Economic Potentails Of FATA
ECONOMIC POTENTIALS OF FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED TRIBAL AREAS (FATA)
1. General. Situated midway along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan is a wedge of rugged terrain, dotted with sparsely populated valleys, home to a dozen Pakhtun tribes and hundreds of clans and sub-tribes. This mountainous land, known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), is made up of seven ‘political agencies’ and six smaller zones, called ‘Frontier Regions’ (Annex P refers), which separate the tribal agencies from the rest of the country. Starting with the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the turmoil and instability across the border spilled over into FATA. FATA has remained one of the most insular and isolated corners of the country cut off from the mainstream of Pakistani society. Increasingly impoverished and marginalized, they have become an easy pray to terrorist elements. The overall economic situation of the region has remained below normal level due to governmental policies coupled with overall economic decline in the country due to the after effects of Global War on Terror (GWOT) .In the succeeding paragraph an attempt has been made to analyze economic potentials of FATA with a view to initiate an economic development drive in the region.
2. Aim. The aim of this paper is to give an insight of economic potentials of FATA, bringing into sharp focus untapped vast mineral / natural resources with a view to suggest measures to overcome impediments for its economic prosperity.
3. Scope. The scope of the paper is as follows:-
a. Brief Economic History of FATA.
b. Economic Potentials of FATA.
c. Main Issues / Impediments
d. Recommendations.
Brief History of Economy of FATA
4. FATA is one of the most impoverished regions of Pakistan where majority of the population lives in rural areas. The economy of the FATA is chiefly pastoral, with agriculture practiced in the region 's few fertile valleys. Historically it used to be a major centre for opium production. Although that has
1. General. Situated midway along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan is a wedge of rugged terrain, dotted with sparsely populated valleys, home to a dozen Pakhtun tribes and hundreds of clans and sub-tribes. This mountainous land, known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), is made up of seven ‘political agencies’ and six smaller zones, called ‘Frontier Regions’ (Annex P refers), which separate the tribal agencies from the rest of the country. Starting with the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the turmoil and instability across the border spilled over into FATA. FATA has remained one of the most insular and isolated corners of the country cut off from the mainstream of Pakistani society. Increasingly impoverished and marginalized, they have become an easy pray to terrorist elements. The overall economic situation of the region has remained below normal level due to governmental policies coupled with overall economic decline in the country due to the after effects of Global War on Terror (GWOT) .In the succeeding paragraph an attempt has been made to analyze economic potentials of FATA with a view to initiate an economic development drive in the region.
2. Aim. The aim of this paper is to give an insight of economic potentials of FATA, bringing into sharp focus untapped vast mineral / natural resources with a view to suggest measures to overcome impediments for its economic prosperity.
3. Scope. The scope of the paper is as follows:-
a. Brief Economic History of FATA.
b. Economic Potentials of FATA.
c. Main Issues / Impediments
d. Recommendations.
Brief History of Economy of FATA
4. FATA is one of the most impoverished regions of Pakistan where majority of the population lives in rural areas. The economy of the FATA is chiefly pastoral, with agriculture practiced in the region 's few fertile valleys. Historically it used to be a major centre for opium production. Although that has
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