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Five ISIS suspects arrested in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Aug. 15 (ANI): At least five people were arrested for their alleged connection with the Islamic State (ISIS) from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) by law enforcement personnel in a crackdown on Monday.
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Remote-controlled bomb blast kills three in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bajaur Agency [Pakistan], Aug 11 (ANI): At least three people were killed and 24 others injured after a remote-controlled bomb blast occurred in a truck at roadside in Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Bajaur Agency.
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Tribal leaders challenge Pak govt's plan to merge FATA with KP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 10 (ANI): Some tribal leaders have challenged Pakistan Government's plans to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwan (KP), a move aimed at bringing the area to the mainstream.
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Himachal: Higher reaches continue to experience heavy snowfall
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Mar. 9 (ANI): The tribal areas and other higher reaches in Himachal Pradesh continue to experience moderate to heavy snowfall.
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Tribes opposed to FATA merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar. 6(ANI): A Pakistan government move to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province is facing resistance from tribals.
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Pak Govt. approves recommendations for FATA reforms
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 2 (ANI): Pakistan's federal cabinet has approved recommendations of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) reforms committee.
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Pakistan denies presence of terrorist safe havens in FATA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 14 (ANI): Pakistan has reiterated that it does not allow its soil to be used by radical elements to launch terror attacks on other countries and denied the presence of safe havens in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), as alleged by Afghanistan.
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Pakistan remains committed to peace efforts in Afghanistan, says Foreign O
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 13 (ANI): Rejecting allegations of offering safe havens to terrorists in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan' Foreign Office said Friday that Islamabad remains committed fostering to peace in and with Afghanistan.
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Hyderabad: Health Minister inaugurates '102-Vehicle Services' fo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister Dr. C. Laxma Reddy on Wednesday inaugurated "102 - Vehicle Services" called Amma Vodi which will be used for pickup and drop of pregnant women and Neonatal Children in tribal areas.
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Army will work with govt. for development of FATA, says General Bajwa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Dec.13 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the army will work with the government to ensure equitable development in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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Shocker for Pakistan, situation in FATA is worse than in Indian Kashmir, s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct.1 (ANI): The Pakistani establishment's poster boy and chief of the Jamait-Ulema-I- Islam (JUI-F) and Chairman of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has left the Nawaz Sharif-led government in a state of shock by saying that t
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