With Pakistan wanting greater control over them, the people are suspicious that a greater agenda is at play. They are afraid to become another helpless appendage of Pakistan, just like Gilgit-Baltistan or Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, reported The Pakistan Military Monitor.
Jirga, consisting of tribal elders, civil society members and some religious scholars, chanted slogans against the merger of former Fata with the province. They also hold black flags.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Pakistan's National Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment bill that clears the the merger between the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).