15 January 2013

Pakistan: Countering Militancy in PATA

Notwithstanding considerable improvements since 2009, this report argues that Pakistan's Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) remain an area of insecurity. Counter-insurgency strategies have been poorly-conceived and civilian governance has been slow to develop. The report urges Islamabad and Peshawar to develop and assume ownership over a reform agenda that ends PATA’s legal and political isolation, strengthens a deteriorating justice system, revokes laws that undermine constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and fully integrates the region into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The report makes recommendations for Pakistan's Federal Government, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Government and for the country's judiciary.

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