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2018. Peshawar High Court in its decision dated 30 September 2018, declared FATA Interim
Governance Regulation ultra vires the constitution, later Supreme Court of Pakistan also upheld the decision of Peshawar High Court. After the judgement, all laws in force in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also apply to the Newly Merged Tribal Districts because separate entity as FATA no longer exists.
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Governance Regulations had provided that for the interim era, Assistant Commissioners in FATA would enjoy judicial powers to help transitioning to the new judicial system. A writ petition was filed by Ali Azeem Afridi in the Peshawar High Court to challenge the FATA Interim Regulations,
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Pakhtunkhwa abolished the posts of Political Agent and Assistant Political Agents after 116 years of their existence. They were introduced in 1897 by British Government. The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa issued another notification on 19
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and application of regular laws, Political Agents and
Assistant Political Agents who held judicial powers ceased to exist. Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioner were now incapable of deciding judicial cases or act as a magistrate because of separation of power as guaranteed in the
95:, legally abolished the offices of Political Agent, Additional Political Agent, and Assistant Political Agent. It also provided for change of status of tribal agencies into districts and frontier regions into sub-divisions.
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According to a report by the government of
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Provincial Assembly were held. Over 2.8 million residents of tribal areas were made eligible for the first time to elect representatives on provincial level. Ruling
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got majority of the seats in the by-elections. Members representing the tribal districts assumed their offices for the first time on 27 August 2019.
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136:Ali Azeem Afridi v. Federation of Pakistan
16:Collection of tribal districts in Pakistan
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409:Sindhi
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