The present invention aims to provide a pants-type disposable wearing article improved so that fastening means adapted to reconnect front and rear panels to each other after these panels have been disconnected from each other can be maintained in useful and undamaged state until actual use of the fastening means.A disposable diaper (10) includes a front panel (16) and a rear panel (17) connected to each other, tear-apart zones (22) provided at side edges (18, 19) of a waist region, in which the front and rear panels (16, 17) can be disconnected from each other, fastening members (23) provided on the side of inner surface (14) of the rear panel (17) in a vicinity of the respective tear-apart zones (22) and adapted to reconnect the disconnected front and rear panels (16, 17) to each other and cover members (24) provided on the side of the inner surface (14) of the rear panel (17) so as to cover the tear-apart zones (22) as well as the fastening members (23).
