Jatta Ismail Khel
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Jatta Ismail Khel is a village and Union Council of Karak District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located at 33°20'N 71°17'E with an altitude of 550 metres (1,807 feet).[2]
Jatta Ismail Khel is famous for salt and Gypsum mines. And also due to discovery of oil and gas in nearest village Makori, lot of plaster of paris factories are installing here.
Jatta Ismail Khel is situated on Kohat Bannu road. There are mountains around this village, forming a beautiful valley.
This village lies in the heart of Khattak Territory and got an added importance due to the Headquarters of Salt Administrator when Col Goodwin was posted in early 20th century to take charge of the salt mines in Jatta, Bahadur Khel and surrounding areas. British seriously managed the Rock Salt mining, excise duty, storage, transportation and marketing. Law & order gained importance and Goodwin assumed powers of a political agent. local Maliks were empowered and rewarded for keeping peace in the volatile region. Sardar Bahadur Hony Captain Gulzada Khan (OBI) was in charge of keeping law &order from Krappa Defile to Makori for which he kept 20 horses and 30 men. Gulzda Khan led many expeditions and encountered many dacoits notably Spin Gul.
The villager had then followed the Khattak traditions in letter and spirit till as late as turn of the Century when the people became harder Islamists, madrassahs crept up and men started wearing beards and women started wearing Burqa.
Maj Gen Sultan Habib is grandson of Gulzada Khan who has worked as IGFC (N.W.F.P) and Pakistan Ambassador to Pyongyang.
