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42-421: Districts are the administrative units. They are at a lower level than a division and higher than a tehsil one level below divisions in the administrative hierarchy of Pakistan. Kohat Division consists of the following five districts : Hangu , Karak , Kohat , Kurram , and Orakzai . (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) (km²) (2023) (ppl/km²) (2023) (2023) In 1941, the area which today covers

84-559: A 2 month leave of absence in 1955 to seek treatment in the United Kingdom. Iskander Mirza was appointed as acting governor-general on 7 August 1955. Soon after the appointment, Acting Governor-General Mirza began having confrontations with Prime Minister Bogra on regional disparity though both were Bengali and were from Bengal, and Mirza forced Prime Minister Bogra to resign, appointing him as the Pakistan Ambassador to

126-765: A few miles of Mittughar (12,470 feet), a point on the Safed Koh in 33° 55' N. and 70° 37' E. At the time of the One Unit policy, Kohat District became a part of the then-much-larger Peshawar Division . When the policy ended, though, Kohat District stayed in the division. The area received full-fledged division status between the Pakistani censuses of 1981 and 1998 , and during the same time period, Hangu Tehsil and Karak Tehsil (formerly Teri Tehsil) were also upgraded, to district status (becoming Hangu District and Lakki Marwat District ). In August 2000, Kohat Division

168-445: A rate of more than 3% every year between 1998 and 2017. Karak , Kohat Division's third-largest city, is the largest city and namesake of Karak District . Having a population just over 50,000, it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 24th largest city . Hangu , Kohat Division's second-largest city, is the largest city and namesake of Hangu District . Having a population just under 50,000, it is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's 27th largest city . In 1998, Hangu

210-429: A second-tier of government was formed from three administrative divisions into ten districts. In Gilgit–Baltistan , there are ten districts divided between the two regions of Gilgit and Baltistan . In 2018, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and FATA agencies were converted into districts. Chagai is the largest district of Pakistan by area while Lahore District

252-415: Is Tharparkar and by population its Karachi West with a population of 3,914,757 at the 2017 Census. The combined population of the six districts of Karachi division is over 16 million at the 2017 census, giving an average population for these six districts of Karachi division of over 2.675 million each. Neelum and Kotli are the largest districts of Azad Kashmir by area and population respectively. Gilgit

294-681: Is also used in an extended sense to include almost the whole territory except the Bāzār and Khyber valleys inhabited by these tribed, the portions occupied by them in the winter months being distinguished as Lower Tīrāh. Tīrāh thus consists of the country watered by the Mastūrah, one of the main branches of the Bārā, which flows through the centre of the country, the Khānki Toi, and the Khurmāna — three rivers which rise within

336-470: Is more than six times larger than Parachinar , Kurram District's administrative district capital. Orakzai District is the only district in the division without a single urbanized area. It is entirely rural. The division has one cantonment, the Kohat Cantonment, adjacent to the city of Kohat which had a population of 36,935, making up the division's entire military population. This made 1.15% of

378-718: Is the largest by area and population both for Gilgit-Baltistan. A deputy commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") is the executive head of the district. Deputy commissioners are appointed by the government from the Pakistan Administrative Service . A district council (or zila council ) is a local government body at the district level. The functions of a district council include construction and maintenance of roads, and bridges, building hospitals and dispensaries, schools and educational institutions, health facilities and sanitation, tube wells for drinking water, rest houses, and coordination of activities of

420-501: Is the largest by population with a total population of 11,126,285 at the 2017 census. Quetta is the largest district of Balochistan by population with a total population of 2,275,699 at the 2017 census. Bahawalpur is the largest district of Punjab by area. Chitral is the largest by area and Peshawar is the largest by population from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the population of 4,269,079 at the Census 2017. Sindh's largest district by area

462-687: The British Indian Empire , such as the Government of India Act 1935 and the Indian Independence Act 1947 . The Government had prolonged difficulty in administering East Bengal , with its border with Eastern India , and the four provinces, which border Western India , Iran, China, and Afghanistan. One Unit was conceived by then-Governor-General Malik Ghulam and drafting was completed by then-chief Minister Mumtaz Daultana . The first official announcement about it

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504-634: The Kohati dialect of Hindko (a language for which official statistics were not collected in 1998), which was predominant in urban Kohat more than a century ago. Districts of Pakistan Azad Kashmir government Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Local government Constitution of Pakistan Territorial election commission Elections Provincial elections Territorial elections Political parties Provinces Autonomous region Customs Regional topics The districts of Pakistan ( Urdu : اِضلاعِ پاكِستان ) are

546-547: The Punjab provincial government created a new district by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhupura District to a district in its own right. On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored again the districts of Karachi South, Karachi East, Malir, Karachi West and Karachi Central, then later in 2013, the district of Korangi was carved out of Karachi East District. In Azad Jammu and Kashmir ,

588-640: The Assembly for adopting the One Unit Scheme by Iskander Mirza in September 1955.) After the 1954 general election , the four provinces and Tribal Areas were merged in the western wing. The province was composed of twelve divisions and the provincial capital was established at Lahore . The province of East Bengal (including Sylhet and the Hill Tracts) was renamed East Pakistan with

630-703: The Kurram. The Kohāt Toi rises in the Māmozai hills. It has but a small perennial flow, which disapeears before it reaches the town of Kohāt, but the stream reappears some miles lower down and thence flows continuously to the Indus. The Teri Toi has little or no perennial flow, and the Shkalai is also small, though perennial. The most fertile part is the Hangu tahsīl , which comprises the valley of Lower and Upper Mīrānzai. The rest of

672-691: The One Unit program and reinstate the provisional status of the Four Provinces as of August 1947 . Following the failure to implement the Bogra Formula, PM Muhammad Ali Bogra began working towards the controversial One Unit program that integrated the Four Provinces into a single province West Pakistan, to equalize the western wing with the eastern wing, East Pakistan. During this time, Ghulam Muhammad's health began to deteriorate, and paralysis spread through his whole body, forcing him to take

714-664: The One Unit project had mainly been pushed by the Punjabi elite of West Pakistan since 1953 with the aim of preventing politicians from East Pakistan from gaining power at the centre. The National Awami Party successfully sponsored a bill in the National Assembly calling for its dissolution and providing for regional autonomy. This led to the military takeover of the national government. The One Unit programme remained in effect until 1970. Finally, President General Yahya Khan imposed Legal Framework Order No. 1970 to end

756-548: The Union councils within the district. (2023) No. (km ) (2023) (ppl/km ) km ) No. N.B. All the figures require to be re-checked. Data entry error has occurred in Sindh Province. (2023) (2017) (1998) (1981) (1972) (1961) (1951) (km ) (2023) (people/km ) (2023) rate (2023) One Unit The One Unit Scheme ( Urdu : ون یونٹ ; Bengali : এক ইউনিট ব্যবস্থা )

798-626: The United States. On 12 August 1955, he invited Muhammad Ali, the Finance Minister, to take over the government as a prime minister. The One Unit policy was passed on 30 September 1955 by the new Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali. Mirza dismissed Malik Ghulam to take over his post on 6 October 1955 (just one day before his acting capacity ended), supported by the Constituent Assembly's legislators (as Ghulam Muhammad

840-675: The area that would later become Orakzai District was an unadministered patch of land known as Tīrāh. Its description is below. A mountainous tract of ‘unadministered’ territory in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 37' and 34°N 70° 30' and 71° 15' E. It is inhabited in the summer months by all the sections of the Orakzai, two sections of the Jowāki Afrīdis, and by the Kulla Khel Afrīdis. The name

882-739: The country of the Māssozai section of the Orakzai and that of the Zaimusht tribe on the east, its south-eastern corner abutting on the Mīrānzai country of Kohāt District. On the south it borders on Northern Wazīristān; and on the south-west and west it is contiguous with the Afghān district of Khost, of which the Jāji Maidan or plain, the Chamkanni country, and Hariob Jāji lie on its western extremity. At that time,

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924-406: The differences between the two regions, the 'One Unit' programme merged the four provinces of West Pakistan ( West Punjab , Sind , NWFP & Baluchistan ) into a single province to parallel the province of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The One Unit program was met with great resistance and grievances were raised by the four provinces since its establishment. As per scholar Julien Levesque,

966-481: The district consists of ranges of hills much broken into spurs, ravines, and valleys, which are sometimes cultivated but more often bare and sandy. Kurram, on the other hand, was an agency in the province bordering Kohat District. It is also described in the Gazetteer. A Political Agency in the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 33° 19' and 34° 3' N. and 69° 39' and 70° 28' E., and comprising that section of

1008-610: The division (excluding Orakzai and Kurram) was known as Kohat District. Kohat District was one of five trans-Indus districts in the North-West Frontier Province of British India . It was split into the Tehsils of Hangu, Kohat, and Teri. Here is a description of the area given by the Imperial Gazetteer of India. Central District of the North-West Frontier Province, lying between 32° 48' and 33° 45'N. and 70° 30' and 72° 1' E., with an area of 2,973 square miles. The district has

1050-531: The division, having areas of 3,380 km (1,310 sq mi) and 3,371 km (1,302 sq mi) respectively. Together they make up about 55% of the area of the division. Kohat District , despite being the most populous, comes in as the third-largest district in the province with an area of 2,991 km (1,155 sq mi). The two smaller districts of the division, Hangu (with an area of only 1,097 km (424 sq mi)) and Orakzai (with an area of 1,538 km (594 sq mi)) make up

1092-473: The east by the Indus. Its greatest length in 104 miles, and its greatest width 50 miles. The District consists of a succession of ranges of broken hills, whose general trend is east and west, and between which lie open valleys, seldom more than 4 or 5 miles in width. These ranges are of no great height, though several peaks attain an altitude of 4,700 or 4,900 feet. As the District is generally elevated, Hangu to

1134-405: The entire population of the division active military personnel. In 1998, the dominant language in the division was Pashto , with over 90% of the population speaking it as their mother tongue. Punjabi is spoken by about 1% of the population, and Urdu and Saraiki are spoken by about 0.35% and 0.3% of the population respectively. Of the remaining 5% of the population, most are suspected to speak

1176-476: The framework of the One Unit program on 14 October 1955 after Pakistan National Assembly passed a bill merging all of West Pakistan into a single province on 30 September 1955. 1. It would end the curse of provincial prejudices. 2. It would allow the development of backward areas. 3. It would reduce administrative expenses. 4. It would make it easier to draw up a new constitution. 5. It would give East and West Pakistan maximum autonomy. (The reasons given to

1218-548: The interior of the division, wedged between the three larger districts to their west and east. The important Kurram River (a major tributary of the Indus River ) begins in this division, in Kurram District. To Kohat Division's northeast, you will find Peshawar Division , to the division's southwest, Bannu Division can be found. To the southeast of Kohat Division, the divisions of Sargodha and Rawalpindi in

1260-454: The northward being 2,800 feet and Kohāt, its head-quarters, 1,700 feet above sea-level, the ranges rise to only inconsiderable heights above the plain. The general slope is to the east, towards the Indus, but on the south-west the fall is towards the west into the Kurram river. The principal streams are the Kohāt and Teri Tois (‘streams’), both tributaries of the Indus, and the Shkalai which flows into

1302-481: The province of Punjab can be found, and Kohat Division borders the country of Afghanistan to its northwest. As of the 2023 Census of Pakistan , the division had a population of 3,752,436. Kohat , the division's namesake and largest city, is situated in Kohat District and has over 200,000 inhabitants. Kohat is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's fourth-largest city and is a fast-growing city whose population grew at

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1344-524: The provincial capital at Dacca . The federal government moved the country's capital in the beginning of the year 1959 from Karachi to Rawalpindi (serving as provisional capital until the town planning of Islamabad was carried out and completed). West Pakistan formed a single and united political entity but with marked linguistic and ethnic distinctions. The One Unit policy was regarded as an administrative reform that would reduce expenditure and help eliminate ethnic and parochial prejudices. However, with

1386-740: The shape of an irregular rhomboid, which one arm stretching north-east towards the Khwarra-Zira forest in Peshāwar District. It is bounded on the north by Peshāwar District, and by the hills inhabited by the Jowāki and Pass Afrīdis; on the north-west by Orakzai Tīrāh; on the south-west by the Kābul Khel territory (Wazīristān); on the south-east by Bannu and the Miānwālī District of the Punjab; and on

1428-495: The six Frontier Regions with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . With this merger, Kohat Division gained the agencies of Kurram and Orakzai, which became districts , and the Frontier Region Kohat (which was fully merged into Kohat District as Darra Adam Khel Subdivision). Kohat Division has a total area of 12,377 km (4,779 sq mi). Kurram and Karak Districts are the two largest districts in

1470-708: The third-level administrative divisions of Pakistan , below provinces and divisions , but forming the first-tier of local government . In total, there are 166 districts in Pakistan, including the Capital Territory , and the districts of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan . These districts are further divided into tehsils and union councils . In 1947, when Pakistan gained independence there were 124 districts. In 1969, 2 new districts (Tangail and Patuakhali) in East Pakistan were formed, bringing

1512-768: The total to 126. With the Independence of Bangladesh , Pakistan lost 20 of its districts and so there were 106 districts. In 2001, the number was reduced to 102 by the merger of the 5 districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District . The number of districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts were created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000 and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created. The new districts were carved out of Mirpur Khas, Jacobabad, Larkana and Dadu Districts respectively. In May 2005,

1554-621: The valley of the Kurram river which lies between the Peiwar Kotal in the west and the borders of Mīrānzai in the east. The Agency has an area of about 1,278 square miles, its maximum length from Thal to the Peiwar Kotal being 72 miles as the crow flies, and its breadth varying from 12 to 24 miles. Bounded on the north by the Safed Koh or 'White Mountain' (called in Pashtū the Spīn Ghar), which separates it from Ningrahār, it adjoins Pāra-Chamkanni and

1596-711: Was abolished along with every other division in the country , but was reinstated (with all the other divisions of Pakistan) eight years later after the elections of 2008 . In 2018, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly . This entirely and fully merged the seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and

1638-637: Was larger than Karak, but due to Karak's fast growth, has been overtaken. Sadda , in Kurram District , is the fourth-largest city in Kohat Division, with about 35,000 inhabitants. It was the second-largest city in the now-defunct Federally Administered Tribal Areas and is the 40th largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . It is a fast-growing city (with a population growth rate of 3.75% every year between 1998 and 2017, which means its population more than doubled during that period) and

1680-442: Was made on 22 November 1954. Rationalizing the framework, Bogra enumerated the benefits of having one unit or province: "There will be no Bengalis, no Punjabis, no Sindhis, no Pathans, no Balochis, no Bahawalpuris (Punjabis of Abbasi Bahawalpur Kingdom), no Khairpuris (Sindhis of Khairpur Mirs Talpur Kingdom). The disappearance of these groups will strengthen the integrity of Pakistan." Prime Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Ali implemented

1722-511: Was seen as despotic). Pakistan was conceived by philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal in 1930 (uniting the four states of the northwestern British Indian Empire ), the country was established on 14 August 1947, directly resulting from the Pakistan Movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah . Since then, the country had been without a consolidated written constitution, and all Pakistan's state affairs had been run under constitutional acts of

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1764-409: Was the reorganisation of the provinces of Pakistan by the central Pakistani government . It was led by Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra on 22 November 1954 and passed on 30 September 1955. The government claimed that the programme would overcome the difficulty of administering the two unequal polities of West and East Pakistan separated from each other by more than a thousand miles. To diminish

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