Lower Dir District

Lower Dir District

ضلع زیریں دیر
Lower Dir District ; ضلع زیریں دیر
District
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Headquarters	Timergara
Area
• District	1,582 km2 (611 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• District	1,435,917
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
• Urban	40,373
• Rural	1,395,544
Time zone	PST
Main language	Pashto (99.4)
Website	http://www.lowerdir.pk/

Lower Dir (Pashto: لر دیر, Urdu: دیر زیریں) is one of the 26^[3] districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarters and largest city, while the second largest city is Chakdara.

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.^[4] In Lower Dir, there are 7 tehsils:

Tehsil	Union councils
Adenzai	Asbanr dara, Badwan,Ramora, Darah, Gulabad,Chakdara area, Khadagzai area,Shabad area,laram area, Kotigram, Ouch
Balambat	Balambat, Hayaserai, Lajbook, Munjai, Koto, Rabat
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, 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.^[5]

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

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.

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 :^[6]

Notable people

Siraj ul Haq, Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan

References

^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ 1998 District Census report of Lower Dir. Census publication. Vol. 31. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
^ Report, Bureau (16 January 2014). "KP govt creates new Kohistan district". dawn.com.
^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Lower Dir – Government of Pakistan". nrb.gov.pk.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Constituencies and MPAs – Website of the Provincial Assembly of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Archived 2008-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir

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

[census2017-1] "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

[1998census-2] 1998 District Census report of Lower Dir. Census publication. Vol. 31. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

[3] Report, Bureau (16 January 2014). "KP govt creates new Kohistan district". dawn.com.

[4] "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Lower Dir – Government of Pakistan". nrb.gov.pk.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] Constituencies and MPAs – Website of the Provincial Assembly of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Archived 2008-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Provincial capital: Peshawar
Bannu	Bannu Lakki Marwat North Waziristan
Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan Tank Lower South Waziristan Upper South Waziristan
Hazara	Abbottabad Allai Battagram Haripur Kolai-Palas Upper Kohistan Lower Kohistan Mansehra Torghar
Kohat	Hangu Karak Kohat Kurram Orakzai
Malakand	Bajaur Buner Central Dir Lower Chitral Lower Dir Malakand Shangla Swat Upper Dir Upper Chitral
Mardan	Mardan Swabi
Peshawar	Charsadda Nowshera Peshawar Khyber Mohmand
Former	Chitral South Waziristan

v t e Administrative divisions of Lower Dir District
Tehsils	Union Councils
Adenzai	Asbanr Badwan Khanpur Kotigram Khadagzai Ouch
Balambat	Balambat Hayaserai Koto Lajbook Munjai Rabat
Lal Qilla	Bishgram Gall Maidan Kotkai Lal Qila Zaimdara Tazagram
Munda	Khazana Miakili Munda Gosam Toormang-1 Toormang-2
Samar Bagh	Daranga Kambat Mayar Maskini Samar Bagh Sadbar Kali
Timergara	Bagh Dush Khel Bandagai Chakdara Khungai Noora Khel Timergara Ziarat Talash