INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) continued to oppose the bill in the upper house of the parliament
historic amendment.The National Assembly (NA) on Thursday passed the 31st Amendment in the Constitution with two-thirds majority for merger
of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) with the Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP)
province.The Constitution (Thirty First Amendment) Bill, 2018 which required 228 votes for passage sailed through with 229 votes while one
The bill envisages an end to special powers of the President, governor and FCR.
