Lower Dir District

Lower Dir District (Pashto: لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ‎, Urdu: ضِلع دیرِ زیریں‎) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarters and largest city, while the second largest city is Chakdara.

Lower Dir District


ضلع دیرِ زیریں
District
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
HeadquartersTimergara
Area
 • District1,582 km2 (611 sq mi)
Population
 • District1,435,917
 • Density910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
 • Urban
40,373
 • Rural
1,395,544
Time zonePST
Main languagePashto (99.4)[2]:27
Websitehttp://dirlower.com/

At the time of independence, Dir was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. It was merged in Pakistan in 1969 and later on declared a district in 1970. The district was formed in 1996, when the district of Dir was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir. The District borders with Swat District on its East, Afghanistan on its West, Upper Dir and Chitral on its North & north-west respectively and Malakand and Bajaur Agency on its South.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into seven tehsils, Adenzai, Timergara, Balambat, Khall, Munda, Samar Bagh and Lal Qila Maidan, which contain a total of 41 Union Councils.[3] In Lower Dir, there are 7 tehsils:

TehsilUnion councils
Adenzai

Asbanr, Badwan, Chakdara, Khadagzai,Tazagram, Khanpur, Kotigram, Ouch

Balambat

Balambat, Hayaserai, Lajbook, Munjai, Koto, Rabat , Odigram

Khall

Khall-I, Khall-II, Toormang-I, Toormang-II, Sultankhel (Payeen Dara)

Lal Qilla

Bishgram, Lal Qilla, Gall Maidan, Kotkai (Maidan), Zaimdara,

Munda

Khazana, Mia Kalai, Munda,

Samarbagh

Darangai, Kambat, Mayar, Maskini, Sadbar Kali, Samar Bagh

Timergara

Bagh Dush Khel,Saddo, Bandagai, Khungai, Malak Abad Ghara, Noora Khel, Shahi Khel Ziarat Talash, Timergara (Urban)

National Assembly

This district is represented by one elected MNA (Member of National Assembly) in Pakistan National Assembly. Its constituency is NA-34.[4]

Member of National AssemblyParty AffiliationYear
Qazi Hussain AhmadMuttahida Majlis-e-Amal2002
Maulana Ahmad Ghafoor GhawasMuttahida Majlis-e-Amal2003
Malak Azmat KhanPakistan Peoples Party2008
Shahib Zada Muhammad YaqubJamaat-e-Islami Pakistan2013

Qazi Hussain Ahmad won the general elections in 2002 but he left the seat as he had also won from his native constituency. Therefore, in January 2003 bye-elections were held.Muhammad Bashir Khan From Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is the current MNA who won the elections in 2018 with majority.

Provincial Assembly

The district is represented by four elected MPAs in the provincial assembly who represent the following constituencies, after shifting of three union council from the Upper Dir to Lower Dir the provincial constituency of upper Dir, PF-93 now consists of UCs Khall, Toor Mang and Akha Gram of Lower Dir :[5]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. 1998 District Census report of Lower Dir. Census publication. 31. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
  3. "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Lower Dir – Government of Pakistan". nrb.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Constituencies and MPAs – Website of the Provincial Assembly of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Archived 2008-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

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