PATA meaning in Governmental ?

Answer: What is provincially Administered Tribal Area mean?

The Provincially Administered Tribal Area (PATA) was an administrative subdivision of Pakistan designated in the Article 246(b) of the Constitution of Pakistan. No Act of Provincial Assembly can be applied to PATA whereas the Governor of the respective province has mandate parallel to the authority President of Pakistan has over Federally Administered Tribal Areas. In 2018, a constitutional amendment merged PATA, as well as FATA into full control of the Khyber-Paktunkhwa government, thus the PATA designation has no legal standing in the future of Khyber-Paktunkhwa.

Provincially Administered Tribal Areas as defined in the Constitution include four former princely states as well as tribal areas and tribal territories in districts:

Khyber-PakhtunkhwaChitral District (former Chitral state)Upper Dir District (former Dir state)Lower Dir District (former Dir state)Swat District (former Swat state including Kalam)Buner DistrictShangla DistrictKohistan DistrictKala Dhaka DistrictMalakand and Tribal Area adjoining Mansehra District (Battagram, Allai and Upper Tanawalormer) and former Amb state.BalochistanZhob DistrictKilla Saifullah DistrictMusakhel DistrictSherani DistrictLoralai DistrictBarkhan DistrictKohlu DistrictDera Bugti DistrictDalbandin Tehsil of Chagai DistrictPunjabDera Ghazi Khan District (Taunsa, Koh e Sulaiman)Rajanpur District (Jampur, Rowjhan) reference

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