Abstract
This paper addresses the precarious condition of law and order situation aggravated by the interplay of militantsand local criminalsin Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan and its spill over to adjacent areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Post-2001, with theinflux of militants (some foreign and others created), crimes within FATA and on the periphery transformed into complicated and sophisticated one, which is now beyond the control of security apparatus. This work explores that how militant groups with the help of local criminals are committing different kinds of crimes in FATA as well in the surroundings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to generate funds. Also discusses thespillover of malevolent elements from tribal areas to settled districts thattransform the adjacent peri-urban and urban areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwain to “Fatacized space and Fatacization” 1 , a process where urban areas resemble the dynamics of FATA regardingsecurity and administrative measures.