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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).01 10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).01 Published : Dec 2025Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13)
The erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan (presently part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) had geo-strategic importance for British India as well as post-colonial Pakistan after 1947. Before its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2018, political reforms were introduced by the then government of Pakistan People’s Party (2008-13), which played a significant role in the socio-economic and political development of the erstwhile FATA. Due to its proximity to Afghanistan and the abundance of precious natural resources, the geo-political importance of the erstwhile FATA enhanced even after its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Therefore, it is customary to study the impacts of political reforms on socio-political development in the erstwhile FATA. This research paper seeks to highlight important political reforms during the Pakistan People’s Party government under President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
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Electoral Reforms, FATA, Local Government, Political Parties
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(1) Fazal Muhammad
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Ehtaisham Ahmed Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Mohammad Ayaz
In-Charge Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Muhammad, F., Khan, E. A., & Ayaz, M. (2025). Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13). Global Political Review, X(IV), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).01
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CHICAGO : Muhammad, Fazal, Ehtaisham Ahmed Khan, and Mohammad Ayaz. 2025. "Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13)." Global Political Review, X (IV): 1-6 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).01
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HARVARD : MUHAMMAD, F., KHAN, E. A. & AYAZ, M. 2025. Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13). Global Political Review, X, 1-6.
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MHRA : Muhammad, Fazal, Ehtaisham Ahmed Khan, and Mohammad Ayaz. 2025. "Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13)." Global Political Review, X: 1-6
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MLA : Muhammad, Fazal, Ehtaisham Ahmed Khan, and Mohammad Ayaz. "Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13)." Global Political Review, X.IV (2025): 1-6 Print.
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OXFORD : Muhammad, Fazal, Khan, Ehtaisham Ahmed, and Ayaz, Mohammad (2025), "Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13)", Global Political Review, X (IV), 1-6
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TURABIAN : Muhammad, Fazal, Ehtaisham Ahmed Khan, and Mohammad Ayaz. "Political Reforms in Erstwhile FATA and its Implications: A Critical Study of the Government of Peoples Party (2008-13)." Global Political Review X, no. IV (2025): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-IV).01