Malakand District is a
district of the province of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.
The District was formed in 1970 as a
Provincially Administered Tribal Area, It had previously been a
Tribal Area known as the Malakand Protected Area, part of the
Malakand Agency. From 1970 to 2000 the District was part of
Malakand Division.
Malakand District lies at a strategically important position as it acts as a gateway to Swat, Dir, Chitral and
Bajaur. It is surrounded by a series of mountains that were overgrown with different kinds of trees in the past though they have a barren look today. The famous
Malakand Pass which connects
Mardan to Swat and Dir is located near
Dargai, where the local Pushtun tribes fought two fierce battles with the British army in 1895 and 1897.
The
Swat River flows through the District down towards
Charsadda District where it falls into the
Kabul River. Malakand Districty is bounded on the north by
Lower Dir District, on the East by
Swat District, on the south east and south west by
Mardan and Charsadda districts respectively and on the west by
Mohmand and Bajour Agencies. The area of Malakand protected area is 952 km<sup>2</sup>.
Administration
The district is represented in the provincial assembly by two elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:PF-98 (Malakand-1)PF-99 (Malakand-2)For the control of law & Order situation a local force has been raised which is called
Malakand Levies whose head is the commandant/DCO...
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