Pakistan's 'Pashtun Spring' faces off against a colonial-era law

A major hurdle facing the residents of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is the century-old colonial law that still governs it-the 1901 Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Harrison Akins gives a brief overview of the FCR's history and structure, followed by an analysis of the current opposition to the government's plan for reforming FATA's legal framework.