Correct Answer:
C. 2018
The correct answer is 2018. The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were officially merged with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) through the 25th Constitutional Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. This historic merger took place in May 2018.
- 2016: This year predates the actual merger.
- 2017: While discussions and legislative processes were underway, the final merger did not occur in 2017.
- None of these: This is incorrect as the merger definitively happened in 2018.
This question assesses knowledge of recent significant constitutional and administrative changes in Pakistan.