Frontier Crimes Regulations
The Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) comprises a set of laws of Pakistan that are applicable to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The law states that three basic rights are not applicable to the residents of FATA – appeal, wakeel and daleel (respectively, the Right to Appeal detention, the Right to Legal Representation, and the Right to present reasoned evidence).
The FCR has its origins in laws that were enacted by the British Raj in the Pashtun-inhabited tribal areas in the Northwest of British India. They were specifically devised to counter the opposition of the Pashtuns to British rule, and their main objective was to protect the interests of the British Empire. Over a century later, the laws continue to be applied to FATA residents by the Government of Pakistan.
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