PAKISTAN Federally-Administrated Tribal Areas are being run under British colonial rules called the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). These were implemented in 1901 in their current form. How can laws from the 20thcenturybe Stin the21stcentury? Pakistan`s independence in 1947 brought nothing special for its tribal people. The FCR laws have been declared draconian by many organisations, including the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
