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" ADMINISTRATION OF SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN FATA By Muhammad Farooq Afridi, Advocate High Court, Peshawar The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are located on North- Western Himalaya zone and South-Western Sulaiman Mountains. In Article 246 (c) of the Constitution of Pakistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) consist of seven semi-autonomous agencies or administrative units--Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur, Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan and South Waziristan and includes "Frontier Regions (FR)" that adjoin the districts of Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank and Dera Ismail Khan. This tangled mass constitutes an area of 27,200 sq kilometres and is inhabited by around 4.8 million people belonging to different Pukhtoon/Pushtun tribes. The 1510 miles (2430 KM) long Durand Line, which was drawn in 1893 by the British colonial rulers of India, geographically divides the Pushtun tribes in the region between Afghanistan and the FATA of Pakistan. The FATA has remained strategically important since the times of "the Great Game" for imperial domination that took place in the 19th century. After Pakistan emerged on the world map as an independent entity, the country was governed by the Government of India Act 1935, read with the Indian Independent Act of 1947. Sections 91 and 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, dealt with the Tribal Areas and defined them as 'Excluded Areas' and 'Partially Excluded Areas'. The above instruments were replaced by the Constitution of 1956 which was a short lived document. Its successor was the Constitution of 1962. Articles 103 and 104 of the Constitution of 1956 while Article 223 of the Constitution of 1962 dealt with the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. After the Constitution of 1962…