Lower Dir District

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Lower Dir District
ضلع دیرِ زیریں
District
Location of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Location of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
HeadquartersTimergara
Area
 • District1,582 km2 (611 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • 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/

Lower Dir District (Pashto: لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر زیریں) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarter and largest city, while the other small cities are Chakdara, Munda, Samar Bagh, Khall and Kumbar.

At the time of independence, Dir was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. It was merged with Pakistan in 1969 and later 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 Swat District on its East, Afghanistan on its West, Upper Dir and Chitral on its North and North-West respectively and Malakand and newly merged on its South.

Town/villages in Lower Dir[]

  • Asbanr
  • Badwan
  • Chakdara
  • Khadagzai
  • Mayar
  • Tazagram
  • Khanpur
  • Kotigram
  • Ouch
  • Balambat
  • Hayaserai
  • Lajbook - a valley situated in the northern part of Lower Dir. It is famous for its tourists spot such as Sheen Ghar and Gidaro Sar Top.
  • Munjai
  • Koto
  • Rabat
  • Odigram - A village situated on the junction of River Panjkora & Konai connecting Timergra, Balambat Maidan, and Lajbok.
  • Khall
  • Bishgram
  • Lal Qilla
  • Gall Maidan
  • Kotkai (Maidan)
  • Zaimdara,
  • Khazana
  • Mian Kaly
  • Munda
  • Shalkandi
  • Gosam
  • Darangai
  • Kambat
  • Mayar
  • Maskini
  • Sadbar Kali
  • Samar Bagh
  • Bagh Dush Khel
  • Saddo, Bandagai
  • Khungai
  • Malak Abad Ghara
  • Noora Khel
  • Toormang
  • Timergara
  • Ziarat Talash

Education[]

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
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
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
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[]

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. ^ "Tribe seeks ban on sale, purchase of shared land". www.thenews.com.pk.
  4. ^ 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. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Coordinates: 34°51′N 71°51′E / 34.850°N 71.850°E / 34.850; 71.850

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