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With threats to women and children, Pakistani Taliban resurfaces
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Despite the Pakistani government's claim of its successes in the tribal regions, the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) remain the prime hideout of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which has announced its resurgence in the area through IED
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Pakistan: Polling concludes in erstwhile FATA, counting of votes underway
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], July 20 (ANI): The counting of votes is underway after polling concluded in the erstwhile Federal Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan at 5 pm on Saturday.
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BBC report exposes human rights violations in North Waziristan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
North Waziristan [Pakistan], June 4 (ANI): Pakistan Army and the Taliban have killed tens of thousands of people in North Waziristan and other tribal areas in Pakistan's long battle with militants as part of the post 9/11 "war on terror," exposes a BBC report.
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Jharkhand: Painters in tribal areas face monetary crisis due to govt's neg
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) [India], May 1 (ANI): Artists in tribal areas here have been facing monetary problem after the state government has neglected Sohrai and Khovar form of paintings.
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Bodies shifted from Balakot to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after IAF strike: US-bas
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 13 (ANI): There have been reports in the Urdu media of some bodies being transported from Balakot to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas of Pakistan following the anti-terror strike by India, claims an activist from Gilgit.
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HRW calls for transparent probe into Pashtun activist's death
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 17 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for a transparent investigation into the death of Pashtun activist Arman Luni, who died during a sit-in protest in Balochistan earlier this month.
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In Tripura, PM Modi reiterates Centre’s move to strengthen autonomous coun
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): In a bid to woo the tribal community ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that his government has not only taken steps to strengthen the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), but wo
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Naidu bats for development of tribal areas in Andhra
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 09 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced the sanction of Rs 2,564 crore for development of tribal pockets in the state.
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2 sub-committees formed to discuss FATA- KP merger
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Pakistan's interim government has formed two sub-committees to discuss financial requirements for former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and to expedite the process of its merger with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).
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FATA-KP merger exposes Pak duplicity-EFSAS
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam [The Netherlands], June 16 (ANI): An Amsterdam-based think tank has said Pakistan's hasty decision to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), exposes both its duplicity and shallowness.
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Pak Senate passes KP-FATA merger bill
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): The Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill that calls for the merger of the ederally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was passed by the Pakistan Senate on Friday by 71 to 5 vote.
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Pak National Assembly passes FATA-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa merger bill
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
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).
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