Talk:Federally Administered Tribal Areas

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Contents 1 Changed infobox 2 what about F.R. Kala Dhaka? 3 History 4 Cleanup 5 FATA 6 Governance 7 Vocab problems 8 Economy

[edit] Changed infobox

One infobox per province is pointless, so I've added a new generic one for all provinces and territories. Green Giant 00:27, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

why is there mention of Taliban and AQ in this article?? everything does not revolve around this bloody war on terror. This article is for information on the geography and culture of the region.

[edit] what about F.R. Kala Dhaka?

Between Mansehra District and Shangla/Buner Districts is F.R. Kala Dhaka - this is how it is listed on numerous maps. It's known as a tribal area and indeed there is no civilian government or army presence there. So is it also officially a tribal area? It is not listed as an Agency or among the other F.R. listed in the article. 203.82.49.97 07:08, 19 March 2007 (UTC)Chance

[edit] History

This unusually lengthy history section contains lots of reference numbers ([29], [30]...) without showing the source. I suspect it's a copy and paste from a book or an article. 24.8.141.185 17:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I've just performed a substantial cleanup of this article, though there is more to be done. Why are there so many quotes without a single reference to where they come from? If these are not correctly footnoted to a published reliable source, they should be removed. I am also very concerned about the neutrality of the section on the extension of the adult franchise to the FATA. Clearly this is an important issue; however, it is very important that this article is written in a neutral, encyclopedic style, and does not push a particular agenda. This section needs to be rewritten and appropriately footnoted. -- TinaSparkle 11:02, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I appreciate your work on the article. I wish I was an expert on the subject to help you. Great work anyway. --Webkami 15:25, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

TinaSpark, the section the neutrality of which you have marked as disputed ironically seems to be the most accurate description of the FATA situation. The rest of the article can only be termed scrap written to further Pakistani Govt propaganda with reagrd to FATA.FatehM 19:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FATA

Here is a useful source about the situations and problems of FATA. Hope someone will incorporate information from this into the article.

http://khyberwatch.com/nandara/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=9&Itemid=83&limit=9&limitstart=36

Another article is:

http://www.pakistanlink.com/Opinion/2005/Jan05/14/11.htm

http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/pakistan/gelber2dec1962.jpg

—Preceding unsigned comment added by FatehM (talk • contribs) 22:08, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Governance

Table in the Governance section says FATA population in 1998 was c. 3.17 million. Source is not indicated. BBC report citing government sources states that population that year was 5.8 million: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1711316.stm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kanbrain (talk • contribs) 23:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vocab problems

Each FR is headed by the DC/DCO (for FR Peshawar, DC/DCO Peshawar and so on). Under his supervision there is one Assistant Political Agent and about 1 or 2 Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars, as well as support staff. Each Agency has roughly 2 to 3 thousand Khasadars and levies and 5 to 9 Wings of FC for maintenance of law and order in the Agency and borders security.

What do DC/DCO, Khasadar, Wing, and FC mean? -- Beland (talk) 22:03, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

DC= (Not sure but District...something)

FC= Frontier Corps

Khasadar= Khasadar Force (a paramilitary force)

Sorry, best I could do. --→ Ãlways Ãhëad (talk) 03:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

USAID / Pakistan says "DCO" means "District Coordination Officer". Perhaps "DC" is "District Coordinator" and is used synonymously with DCO? I am unable to provide a specific citation, but I did find this one that links DCO to the above definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_coordination_officer —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarylandBoy (talk • contribs) 01:37, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Economy

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The Economy section says a lot right now about what's not happening, but what economic activity is going on there now? -- Beland (talk) 22:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC)