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 THE SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURT (EXTENSION OF 
JURISDICTION TO FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED TRIBAL 
AREAS) ACT, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Extension of jurisdiction of Supreme Court 
3. Extension of jurisdiction of High Court 
 
  
 

 
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THE SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURT (EXTENSION OF 
JURISDICTION TO FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED TRIBAL AREAS) 
ACT, 2018 
ACT NO. X OF 2018 
[17th April, 2018] 
An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Peshawar High Court 
to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas 
WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and 
the Peshawar High Court to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:⸻ 
1. Short title and commencement.⸻ (1) This Act may be called the Supreme Court and 
High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction to Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Act, 2018. 
(2) It shall come into force on such date or dates and in such Federally Administered 
Tribal Areas or part thereof, as the Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, 
determine from time to time. 
2. Extension of jurisdiction of Supreme Court .⸻ The Supreme Court of Pakistan 
shall have, in relation to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the same jurisdiction as it has 
in relation to the province of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 
3. Extension of jurisdiction of High Court.⸻ The Peshawar High Court shall have, 
in relation to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the same jurisdiction as it has in relation to 
the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RGN. Dated. 20-05-2026