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The FATA Development Authority was a regulatory development organisation which executed construction and development projects in former
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region,
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. Based in
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, the body was chaired by the
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Although the governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a c ...
.


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), Jund ...
. The region, affected by terrorism, was experiencing a downfall of infrastructure. There was hence an incentive from the
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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. 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 The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( ur, ; ps, د خیبر پښتونخوا حکومت), is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Cons ...
dissolved the authority after FATA merger.


See also

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Administrative System of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Administrative System of FATA was the system by which semi-autonomous tribal region of Federally Administered Tribal Areas was governed. Historical Constitutional Status of FATA Before 25th Amendment to Constitution of Pakistan, FATA was federall ...


References


External links


Official website

FATA Development Authority - World Security Network

FATA Development Authority
Federally Administered Tribal Areas 2019 disestablishments in Pakistan {{Pakistan-stub