Pakistan is a Federal State because that is how the constitutuion was written. Each province has its own provincial government which is under the federal Government in Islamabad. All provinces except for FATA. The Federally Administered Tribal Areas which are largely lawless.
Pakistan has 4 territories.Islamabad Capital TerritoryFederally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)Azad Jammu and KashmirGilgit-Baltistan
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas are a region of northwest Pakistan, also claimed by Afghanistan. The mostly Pashtun area is divided into seven tribal agencies and six frontier regions.
The capital city of FATA is Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan.
The area of Federally Administered Tribal Areas is 27,220 square kilometers.
Provincially Administered Tribal Areas was created in 1970.
Federally Administered Tribal Areas was created on 1970-07-01.
Shahid Afridi is born on 1st March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Noor ul Haq has written: 'Making of Pakistan, the military perspective' -- subject(s): History, India, India. Army, Pakistan movement, Politics and government 'Federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan'
F.A.T.A. are areas of Pakistan outside the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²).
FATA stands for Federally Administered Tribal Areas, these areas are located in Pakistan but are not part of the four main provinces. Afghanistan claims the areas as its own.
federally administered tribal area