The FATA Development Authority was a regulatory development organisation which executed construction and development projects in former
FATA
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas, commonly known as FATA, was a autonomous administrative division, semi-autonomous tribal region in north-western Pakistan that existed from Independence Day (Pakistan), 1947 until being merged with the ...
region,
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. Based in
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...
, the body was chaired by the
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as Governor of North-West Frontier Province) is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province, or NWFP), Pakistan. Alth ...
.
History
The FDA was established in 2007 as a result of the ongoing
War in North-West Pakistan
The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jun ...
.
The region, affected by terrorism, was experiencing a downfall of infrastructure. There was hence an incentive from the
President of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan () is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces. to propose an organisation which would "restructure the administrative and developmental regime in FATA" as well as tackle poverty.
In the financial year 2009-10, the FDA announced a focus development program where it would spend 1.15 billion
rupee
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s on 44 development schemes in eight designated sectors. The statement was made during a meeting presided by several committee members, including the provincial governor,
Owais Ahmed Ghani
Owais Ahmed Ghani (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani politician who served as the governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in 2008-2011, having previously governed the southwestern province of Balochistan for four and a half years (2003-2008). ...
. Additional proposals were made for the future construction of several dams and solar energy projects in FATA.
In August 2019, the
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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dissolved the authority after FATA merger.
See also
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Administrative System of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
References
External links
Official websiteFATA Development Authority - World Security NetworkFATA Development Authority
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
2019 disestablishments in Pakistan
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