Lower Dir District
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Lower Dir District
ضلع دیرِ زیریں | |
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Top: Katora Lake Bottom: Rock formation near Abid | |
![]() Location of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province | |
Coordinates: 34°51′N 71°51′E / 34.850°N 71.850°ECoordinates: 34°51′N 71°51′E / 34.850°N 71.850°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Division | Malakand |
Headquarters | Timergara |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
Area | |
• Total | 1,583 km2 (611 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,436,082 |
• Density | 910/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
• Urban | 40,314 |
• Rural | 1,395,768 |
Time zone | PST |
Number of Tehsils | 5 |
Website | dirlower |
Lower Dir District (Pashto: لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر زیریں) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 1,436,082, of which 709,829 were males and 726,203 females. Rural population was 1,395,768 (97.19%) while the urban population was 40,314 (2.81%). The literacy rate was 61.83% - the male literacy rate was 74.45% while the female literacy rate was 49.45%. 471 people in the district were from religious minorities. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 99.30% of the population.[1]
Education
- University of Malakand is a public university located in Chakdara.
- University of Dir
Administration
National Assembly
NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) are constituencies of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Lower Dir district. These areas were formerly part of NA-34 (Lower Dir) constituency from 1977 to 2018. The delimitation in 2018 split Lower Dir into two separate constituencies, NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II).
NA-34 constituency (2002-2018)
Member of National Assembly | Party Affiliation | Year |
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Qazi Hussain Ahmad | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 2002 |
Maulana Ahmad Ghafoor Ghawas | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 2003 |
Malak Azmat Khan | Pakistan Peoples Party | 2008 |
Shahib Zada Muhammad Yaqub | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan | 2013 |
Since 2018: NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)
Member of National Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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Mehboob Shah | PTI | NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) | 2018 |
Muhammad Bashir Khan | PTI | NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) | 2018 |
Provincial Assembly
Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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Muhammad Azam Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-13 (Lower Dir-I) | 2018 |
Humayun Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-14 (Lower Dir-II) | 2018 |
Shafi ullah | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-15 (Lower Dir-III) | 2018 |
Bahdur Khan | Awami National Party | PK-16 (Lower Dir-IV) | 2018 |
Liaqat Ali Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-17 (Lower Dir-V) | 2018 |
Notable people
- Nawabzada Shahabuddin Khan, Former Ruler of Lower Dir[2][3]
- Siraj ul Haq, politician
- Muhammad Bashir Khan, politician
- Naseem Shah, cricketer
- Zahid Khan, Ex-Senator
- Imran Khan (cricketer, born 1987)
See also
- Constituency NA-6 (Lower Dir-I)
- Constituency NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)
- Education in Lower Dir District
- Upper Dir District
References
- ^ a b c "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Tribe seeks ban on sale, purchase of shared land". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ High Court, Peshawar. (PDF) https://www.peshawarhighcourt.gov.pk/PHCCMS//judgments/R.F.A.--No.--53-M-of-2016--Govt-of-KPK-Vs--Nawabzada-M.-Shahabuddin.pdf.
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