Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi in Malakand Division (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): A Case Study of the Process of “State Inversion”  Navid Iqbal Khan  Abstract The challenges of globalization and increased corruption resulted in failed governance and a weakening of political authority, particularly in those areas of Pakistan which are not being directly administered by the Central Government. The result was a dramatic decline in administrative capacity and societal legitimacy. Malakand Division consisted of three states and one agency i.e. Swat, Chitral, Dir and Malakand Agency. Before merging with Pakistan in 1969 each state had its own rules and regulations. After this merger, the PATA Regulations (Provincially Administrative Tribal Area) was implemented and this made the judicial system from bad to worse. This gave way to the rise of Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM). Twenty five years of civil and proxy wars in Afghanistan and later Taliban Islamic movement which emerged in Afghanistan in 1995 strongly impacted on the deteriorating position of Malakand Division. For  The article has been written under the supervision of Dr. Lubna Abid Ali (Chairperson, Deptt. of International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and Dr. Sultan-i-Room, Government Post Graduate Jahanzeb College, Saidu Sharif, Swat).  Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only.