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

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

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

province in Pakistan.

Timergara Timergara ( ps, تيمرګره, ur, ) is a city and also the district headquarters of Lower Dir District in Pakistan. Timergara City is located on the east bank of the Panjkora River. It lies at an altitude of . The town is the site of excav ...

city is the district headquarter and largest city. The district was formed in 1996, when

Dir District Dir is a region in northwestern Pakistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the foothills of the Himalayas. Before Pakistan was created, Dir was a princely state, and it remained so until 1969 when it was abolished by a presidential declaration, and ...

was divided into

Upper Dir Upper Dir District ( ps, بر دير ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The city of Dir is the district headquarters. Badogai Pass connects it to Utror. At the time of indep ...

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

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

, 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.

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...

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

Education

University of Malakand The University of Malakand ( ur, ; ps, ); abbreviated as UOM) is a public university located at the bank of the Swat River in Chakdara, Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Founded in 2001, the university offers undergraduate and ...

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 University of Dir ( ur, جامعہ دیر) is a public university located in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university was founded on 23 November 2021. It was a campus named ''Timergara Campus'' of Abdul Wali Khan University ...

Administration

National Assembly

NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The area was 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 ...

and

NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) ()is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It was created in 2018 by splitting NA-34 (Lower Dir) which contained most of Lower Dir District from 1977 to 2018. It contains Lal Qila Tehsil, Samarbagh Tehsil, Mun ...

are constituencies of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

of Pakistan from Lower Dir district. These areas were formerly part of

NA-34 (Lower Dir) NA-34 (Lower Dir) ( ur, این اے-۳۴، لور دیر) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It was split into NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) in 2018. Members of Parliament 1977—2002: NA-34 (Lower Dir) Si ...

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) NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The area was 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 ...
and
NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) ()is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It was created in 2018 by splitting NA-34 (Lower Dir) which contained most of Lower Dir District from 1977 to 2018. It contains Lal Qila Tehsil, Samarbagh Tehsil, Mun ...

Provincial Assembly

Notable people

Nawabzada Shahabuddin Khan Nawabzada Muhammad Shahabuddin Khan (Urdu: شہاب الدین خان‬) was the last Khan of Jandol, a princely state that is now part of Lower Dir District, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( u ...

, 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 Naseem Shah ( Urdu, Pashto: نسیم عباس شاه; born 15 February 2003) is a Pakistani international cricketer. In October 2019, at the age of 16, he was called up to the Pakistan cricket team for their Test series against Australia. He ...

, 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