District Nowshera Profile

PHYSICAL COORDINATES

34°N 71° 59°E

Population 1.336 Million

Urban 0.320mi (24%)

Rural 1.154mi (64%)

AREA 1,748 km² total area

TEHSIL 01- Nowshera

UCs 47

Municipal Committees

o4

Households 175000

Livelihood Agricultural and pastoral economy; Potato , Cane sugar and Wheat are main crops.

Crops (Hectors) 374000

Irrigation Main Canals- Warsak Gravity Canal

Literacy Rate 42.50 Percent

PROFILE OF DISTRICT NOWSHERA

It is situated on the Eastern side of Peshawar.This district is surrounded by 04 other districts

&and 02 FR Area, Namely

F.R.Peshawar South West Charsadda North West Mardan North Swabi East Attock South East FR Kohat South East

Introduction:Geography of District Nowshera

The Terrain of Nowshera is plan in its Northern half while its southern part is hilly

River Kabul is the main River running through Nowshera

Terrain

Kabul River

River Kabul flows through out District Nowshera west to east from village Garhi Momin to village Khairabad where it enters river Indus at Attock bridge. It has 07 streams entering into it from various parts and making it a potential source of flood. In 2010 flood 45 % of the whole district has been unprecedented submerged and caused massive damages.

Prominent Features

Khattak Mountain Range:

It is a very small range of mountains spreading from south west to south east separating areas of FR- Peshawar & FR-Kohat from District Nowshera. In south west it has areas of Cherat from there its runs down to Manki Sharif till Nizampur in South East.

G.T Road & Motorway:

Nowshera is known as a G.T Road District. It was the only route available to travel from Rawalpindi to Peshawar till 2007 when M-1 Motorway inaugurated. Nowshera is connected with Motorway at Rashakai interchange 15 KM from Nowshera Cantt on Mardan Road. Nowshera is geographically located at a very strategic location where it can be accessed from all directions.

NA-5: Dr. Imran Khattak (PTI)NA-6: Mr. Siraj Muhammad Khan (PTI)PK-12: Mr. Khaliq Ur Rehman (PTI)PK-13: Mr. Pervaiz Khattak (PTI) Chief

Minister.PK-14: Mr. Mian Jamshed Uddin (PTI)PK-15: Mr. Idrees Khan Khattak (PTI)PK-16: Mr. Qurban Ali Khan (PTI).

Political Profile

Nowshera become tehsil of District Peshawar in 1930. In 1988 it became District; one of the 03 districts of Peshawar division apart from district Peshawar and district Charsadda.

Deputy Commissioner is the head of administrative structure. He is also entrusted with powers of Land Collector after LGO 2012 is implemented.

Administrative Profile

One Tehsil:

Assistant Commissioner is the Incharge of tehsil for administrative purpose, apart from Nowshera, a Tehsildar sits in Pabbi as well.

One District Council and 4 Municipal Committees.

There are 04 Municipal Committees that are headed by respective Chief Municipal Officers (CMOs) who are responsible for cleanliness and sanitation in urban areas. In rural areas District Council performs duties. It is headed by Chief Coordination Officer (CCO) and Deputy Commissioner is acting as Administrator District Council.

One District Court:

District & Session Judge heads the District Court in District Nowshera.

47 Union Councils:

Assistant Director local Government

3 Cantonments:

Nowshera is the only district in Pakistan that has 03 cantonments; Nowshera Cantt, Risalpur Cantt, Cherat Cantt. In Nowshera Cantt there are School of Artillery, School of ASC and Armour School. Risalpur Cantt hosts Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy. It is also called as Home of Eagles.

Special Service Group (SSG) had quarter is in Cherat Cantt. During British era in 1866, Cherat has served as a Hill Cantonment.

08-Police Stations:

There is a District Police Officer In charge of Police in district. SP Investigation and 05-DSPs are the part of Police force in district Nowshera.

62-Patwar Circles

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

FOOD DEPARTMENT: Food department originally came into being in Indo-Pak

subcontinent during world war-II. At that time this department was named as “Civil Supplies.” Its main functions were to procure wheat, sugar, rice, cloth and other essential commodities whichever was found short and then distribute it through rationing to the general consumers.

Food Department is administrative department of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa headed by Secretary Food whereas Food Directorate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is an attached Department. There are 1007 personnel working in Food Department which includes 167 Executive and remaining ministerial and other staff members. The Department is organized down at District Level. District Food Controller holds the charge of Field Office at District Level.

HEALTH FACILITIES:

01 District Headquarter Hospital Nowshera01 Mian Rashid Hussain Shaheed Memorial

Hospital Pabbi.07 Rural Health Centers10 Civil Dispensaries02 Mother & Child Health Centers32 Basic Health Units01 Sub Health Center

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:

Primary Schools 430 (Male), 328 (Fe-Male)

Secondary Schools 52 (Male), 45 (Fe-Male)

Higher Secondary Schools 72 (Male), 39 (Fe-Male)

Private Schools 372

Technical Institution 01

Commerce Colleges 02

Degree Colleges 05

University 01

Social Welfare Department was established in the year 1970 and it was  devolved on 13th August 2001.

VISION: Provide enabling environments and tangible opportunities through policies, programs and projects that would contribute in promotion of social progress and socio-economic uplift by addressing the needs of the marginalized and vulnerable segments of the society.

OBJECTIVES: To organize voluntary Social Welfare Service through participation. To organize rehabilitation program for the destitute and under privileged women To establish service for the Rehabilitation of Handicapped and Disabled Children/ Adults. To register, guide and supervise Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies To organize training program for Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies To Co-ordinate with Nation building Department.

SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Communication & Works (C&W) Department merged with Public Health Engineer Department to for “Works & Services (W&S) Department on July 01, 2001

Planning, construction, execution and supervision of roads, bridges and buildings, water supply and sanitation in rural areas

Maintenance/repair of roads, buildings and rural water supply schemes

Water supply, sanitary works and internal electrification of government buildings

Lay standards and specifications Tests for the quality of materials and constructions Toll collection Prepare architectural drawings Rent fixation of all government buildings

C&W DEPARTMENT

Livestock plays an important role in the economy of our country. It provides job opportunities to majority of the rural population from which they earn their livelihood and contributes 9% share to the GDP and 37% to the Agriculture Sector. 

Another important benefit of livestock is the best utilization of the passive woman labor force which makes more than 50% of national population. Our rural women are mainly involved in Animal Poultry Husbandry practices such as feeding /grazing housing and milking of animals. This activity is the major source of cash income for rural woman to meet their daily needs.

LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT

Forestry involves the management of a broad range of natural resources within a forested area. In addition to timber, forests provide such resources as grazing land for animals, wildlife habitat, water resources and recreation areas.

Integrated resource management whereby the different land use types (forests, watershed areas, range lands, bio-diversity areas; etc.) and vegetation and other resource type (trees, shrubs, grasses, wild animals and fisheries) will be managed in an integrated way as part of the overall ecological system.

Participation of the local communities and other stakeholders in the plam1ing, implementation, monitoring, and evolution of natural resource management activities.

FOREST DEPARTMENT

SIGNIFICANT PLACES

SHIRNE OF KHUSHHAL KHAN KHATTAK

KHUSHHAL KHAN KHATTAKMEMORIAL LIBRARY

DAR UL ULOOM HAQQANIA AKORA KHATTAK

ZIARAT KAKA SAHIB SHRINE

TAJ BUILDING NOWSHERA CANTT

PAKISTAN TOBACCO COMPANY AKORA KHATTAK

ASKARI CEMENT FACTORY NIZAMPUR

KUND REST HOUSE

MANGLOT WILD LIFE PARK NIZAMPUR

SHEET GLASS INDUSTRY ADAMZAI

LOCOMOTIVE FACTORY RISALPUR

FEROZSONS PHARMACEUTICALS AMANGARH

JINNAH BAGH NOWSHERA

SIGNIFICANT PERSONALITIES

KHUSHHAL KHAN KHATTAK

A great poet and chieftain of Khattak tribe

PIR MANKI SHARIF

A spiritual leader

MAULANA ABDUL HAQ (Sheikh Ul Hadith)

Founder of Dar Ul Uloom Haqqania

MAULANA SAMI UL HAQ EX-SENATOR

Administrator of Dar Ul Uloom Haqqania

SARTAJ AZIZ

Former Minister, Senator & Chief Advisor to PM for Foreign Affairs

NASEER ULLAH KHAN BABER

Former Interior Minister

QAZI HUSSAIN AHMAD (LATE)

Former leader of JI

AJMAL KHAN KHATTAK

Pashto Poet and Former Senator

Thank You

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