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The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is a tribal region in the northwest of Pakistan, lying between the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the north and east, Balochistan to the south, and the neighbouring country of Afghanistan to the west. The territory is almost exclusively inhabited by various Pashtun tribes. FATA comprises of seven tribal agencies and six frontier regions. These agencies and frontier regions are as follow:
Tribal Agencies:
- Bajaur Agency
- Mohmand Agency
- Khyber Agency
- Orakzai Agency
- Kurram Agency
- North Waziristan Agency
- South Waziristan Agency
Frontier Regions:
- Frontier Region Peshawar
- Frontier Region Kohat
- Frontier Region Bannu
- Frontier Region Lakki Marwat
- Frontier Region Tank
- Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
The region is under the administrative control of the Federal government of Pakistan. On behalf of the President, the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa exercises the federal authority in the context of FATA.
The administrative head of each tribal agency is the Political Agent who is appointed by the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
People of FATA are represented in the Parliament of Pakistan by their elected representatives both in National Assembly of Pakistan and the Senate of Pakistan. FATA has 12 members in the National Assembly and 8 members in the Senate.
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