Upper Dir District
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Upper Dir is one of the 26 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-western part of the province and has an area of 3,699 km square kilometers. Dir is the district headquarters.
It used to be one district named Dir but in 1996 it was divided into two, Upper Dir and Lower Dir District.
History
changeAt the time of Pakistan's independence in 1947, 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. Later on in 1996 it was divided.
Administration
changeNational assembly
change| Member of National Assembly | Party Affiliation | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Molana Asad Ullah | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 2002 |
| Najum-dir Khan | Pakistan Peoples Party | 2008 |
| Sahibzada Tariq Ullah | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan | 2013 |
Provincial assembly
changeThe district is represented by three elected MPAs in the provincial assembly.
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