Lower Dir District ( ps, لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

province in Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarter and largest city. The district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir. The district borders

Swat District Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...

on its East, Afghanistan on its West, Upper Dir and

Chitral Chitral ( khw, , lit=field, translit=ćhitrār; ur, , translit=ćitrāl) is situated on the Chitral River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Chitral District and before that as the capital of Chitral ...

on its North and North-West respectively and Malakand and

Bajaur Agency Bajaur District ( ps, باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, then during restructuring that merged ...

on its South.The people of lower dir is yousafzai pathan. And other are Ali khan khail

History

At the time of independence of

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, 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.nowsday Dir lower have most user of social media in province KPK.

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.

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was the predominant language, spoken by 99.30% of the population.

Education

* University of Malakand is a public university located in

Chakdara Chakdara (چکدرہ) is a city in Lower Dir District. It's the 2nd largest city after Timergara. It serves as the educational center of Malakand Division and the Gateway of Lower Dir District . It is located north of Malakand near the confl ...

. * University of Dir

Administration

National Assembly

NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) are constituencies of the

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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)

Since 2018: NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)

Provincial Assembly

Notable people

* Nawabzada Shahabuddin Khan, Former Ruler of Lower Dir *

Siraj ul Haq Siraj ul Haq ( ur, سراج الحق; born 5 September 1962) is a Pakistani politician who was elected as the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, a religious political party in Pakistan which seeks to establish an Islamic legal system. He also served as ...

, politician *

Muhammad Bashir Khan Muhammad Bashir Khan is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023. Early life He was born at Gambir village, Lower Dir. Political career He was elected to the Nationa ...

, politician * Naseem Shah, cricketer * Zahid Khan, Ex-Senator *

Imran Khan (cricketer, born 1987) Mohammad Imran Khan ( ps, ; born 15 July 1987) is a Pakistani cricketer, born in Maidan valley of Lower Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He made his Test match debut for Pakistan against Australia in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014. ...

* Absain yousfzai (poshto pote) * Sudais khan from Tindadog

References

https://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=804

External links

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower DirKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa news website section on Lower Dir
{{Lower Dir Union Councils Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa