Introduction of Merged Areas

The Merged Areas formerly known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are the tribal districts bordering with Afghanistan to the north and west marked by Durand Line in the east with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan to the south. These districts are Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, North Waziristan and South Waziristan. The six Subdivisions are Hassan Khel, Dara Adam Khel, Wazir, Bettani, Drazanda, and Jandola. These Subdivisions were previously the frontier regions of district Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, D.I. Khan and Tank respectively. The total Merged Area is 27220 Sq.km with an estimated population of 4.9930 million as per Census Report 2017. Post Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-FATA merger scenario was marked by several reasons which required the government to help restore citizen state trust and bridge the wide gaps of socioeconomic development lag.