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Topic: Lower Dir District

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		Upper Dir is one the 24 districts of North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
		Upper Dir district is 5,280 square kilometres in area and part of the Malakand division, lying along the Afghanistan border between Chitral and Peshawar.
		Apart from the tehsils of Adenzai round Chakdara and Munda in the south-west, Dir is rugged and mountainous with peaks rising to 16,000 feet in the north-east and to 10,000 ft, along the watersheds with Swat to the east and Afghanistan to the west.
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		Dir is an area of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, it is administratively subdivided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts.
		The population of the Lower Dir district's 37 Union Councils is 797,852 according to the 1998 census report.
		The projected male population of Dir lower in 2005 is 514,072 and the female is 523,020.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Lower_Dir_District (541 words)

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		The topography of the district is dominated by the mountains and hills which are part of the ranges/branch of the souther Hindukush.
		District Lower Dir is located from 34° 37' to 35° 07' north latitudes and from 71° 31' to 72° 14' east longitudes.
		It is bounded on the north by Upper Dir district, on the east by Upper Dir and Swat districts, on the south by Malakand protected area and on the west by Bajaur Agency and Afghanistan.
	www.dtce.org.pk /DTCE/sources/nwfp/Lower_Dir/Lower_Dir.htm (149 words)

	Upper Dir District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Upper Dir District is one of the districts in Dir, NWFP, Pakistan.
		Dir district is 5,280 square kilometres in area and part of the Malakand division, lying along the Afghanistan border between Chitral and Peshawar.
		Apart from the tehsils of Adenzai round Chakdara and Munda in the south-west, Dir is rugged and mountainous with peaks rising to 16,000 feet in the north-east and to 10,000 ft. along the watersheds with Swat to the east and Afghanistan to the west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upper_Dir_District (312 words)

	The State of Dir :: Khyber.ORG
		Dir district [1] is 5,280 square kilometres in area and part of the Malakand division of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, lying along the Afghanistan border between Chitral and Peshawar.
		Apart from the tehsils of Adenzai round Chakdarra and Munda in the south-west, Dir is rugged and mountainous with peaks rising to 16,000 feet in the north-east and to 10,000 ft. along the watersheds with Swat to the east and Afghanistan to the west.
		Dir's population has grown at over three per cent annually in the last fifty years and in the 1998 Census was found to be almost 1.3 million.
	www.khyber.org /places/2005/TheStateofDir.shtml (2248 words)

	Surplus budget for Dir district -DAWN - National; July 23, 2006
		TIMERGARA, July 22: District Nazim Dir Lower, Ahmad Hassan Khan, on Saturday presented a tax-free, surplus budget of the district for the year 2006-07 with a total outlay of Rs1.25 billion.
		The district nazim said that in the development sector Rs17.532 million would be spent on the ongoing schemes under Annual District Development Programme 2006-07 and Rs1.962million on the ongoing schemes under Education Sector Reforms (ESR) 2001-02 programme.
		According to the district nazim said that Rs5.963 million would be spent during the current year under the CCBs and Rs1.016million on development of sport facilities in the district.
	www.dawn.com /2006/07/23/nat29.htm (343 words)

	Terrorism Update
		Separately, Tariq Usman alias Hamza, a ‘deputy district commander’ of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) was killed in an encounter at Bhadarwah in the Doda district.
		Talking to reporters at a place in the Churachandpur district on July 3, a spokesman of the outfit disclosed that the death penalty was awarded to Menaka for collaborating with the security forces.
		He also ordered the Maoist district committees to accept only voluntary public donations to the party and not to open new custom offices in a bid to promote “dialogue, peace and progress.” He said the Maoists needed voluntary donations for the upkeep of the militia until the interim constitution and interim government are formed.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=7/4/2006 (1915 words)

	Dir women councillors barred from sessions -DAWN - National; April 30, 2006
		Sources in Upper Dir told this correspondent that political leaders and nazims of the district, tehsil and union councils had barred the women councillors from attending meetings and other activities of their union councils.
		Sources in the district government said that only two women councillors were attending the council sessions but the others kept away from the meetings.
		In Lower Dir district, women councillors are not given any role in the district council’s working and planning.
	www.dawn.com /2006/04/30/nat10.htm (301 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines
		The foundation of Dir Museum, Chakdarra, was laid by former governor NWFP Khwaja Muhammad Azhar Khan on September 20, 1970 while Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Fazal Haq inaugurated it on May 30, 1979.
		The excavations in Dir were conducted by the staff of Department of Archaeology, University of Peshawar under the directives of Prof Dr Ahmad Hasan Dani, founding chairman of the department.
		Lower Dir district has more than 1,000 archaeological sites and the relics excavated from these sites belong to a school separate from that of Swat and Takht Bhai, Mardan.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Mar/28/18.html (923 words)

	SJRWMD Budget: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Taxpayers in the District’s 18-county service area in north and east-central Florida will see the tax rate remain the same as it was in FY 2002–2003.
		The District’s budget for FY 2006–2007 is $353.1 million, which is about $108 million, or 44% more, than the previous fiscal year.
		The Governor approved the annual budget, commenting that “the district entered a significant partnership to improve the health of the Lower St. Johns River Basin and committed the financial resources necessary for the completion of the project.
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		MALAKAND DISTRICT, having an area of about 952 square kilometres and a population of over 4.5 lakhs as per population census of 1998 is situated in the lower reaches of the Swat region.
		In addition to the above clarification Malakand is bounded on the north by Lower Dir district, on the east by the district of Buner, on the south-east by Mardan district and south-west by Charsadda district and Mohmand Agency.
		It is also bounded by a range of mountains on the north-east separating it from district Swat and another range of mountains to the west separating it from Bajaur and Mohmand agencies.
	www.malakand.8m.com (602 words)

	Writing off women’s rights -DAWN Magazine; July 31, 2005
		Zubaida was a member of the district public safety commission, and was aspiring to contest for the seat of district councillor.
		In 2001, during the second phase of the LG elections, many union councils of district Swabi and Mardan, local religious and political leaders signed an agreement on stamp papers and declared that women would not be allowed to cast their vote.
		During the launching ceremony of one of her campaigns she observed that in many districts the behaviour towards the issue of women casting votes in the LG elections is hostile and the government should do something about it.
	www.dawn.com /weekly/dmag/archive/050731/dmag6.htm (997 words)

	Comunità di Sant'Egidio - News
		Ali Sher, 21, was hanged for murder at the district prison in Timergarah early on Saturday morning.
		The convict, who was only 13 when he killed a minor girl in Swat of the Mingorah district, had availed of all legal options and his review petition had been dismissed by the Supreme Court about a fortnight ago.
		The HRCP filed an appeal on his behalf in the Peshawar High Court on the ground that since he was a juvenile and was not mature enough to understand the gravity of the crime, he should not be awarded capital punishment.
	www.santegidio.org /pdm/news/05_11_01.htm (360 words)

	News: Pakistan: Storm - Feb 2003, Pakistan: CM's orders go unheeded - Compensation to flood victims
		This is evident in the authorities failure to implement the recently issued instructions of Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani viz-a-viz distribution of compensation funds among the flood victims of Dir upper district, according to official sources.
		"Except for the Dir upper district where compensation would be paid at the rate of Rs100,000 per person lost, at all other places the compensation amount would be distributed in line with the normal officially prescribed rates," said the officer.
		Besides, four each were killed in Mardan, Abbottabad and Swat districts, three each in Swabi, Hangu, DI Khan and Buner districts, two each in Chitral and Karak districts.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64CLGF?OpenDocument (928 words)

	NWFP govt urges army to vacate buildings -DAWN - National; July 20, 2007
		Sources said arrival of thousands of troops in Swat and Lower Dir districts had put the local administration in a fix because of the accommodation problem.
		An official said there was not a single additional building in the Lower Dir district to accommodate soldiers.
		“Certainly, the district administration has no option, but to accommodate troops in schools and hospitals,” he said, adding that the district government did not have a single extra room to allot it to security forces.
	www.dawn.com /2007/07/20/nat7.htm (471 words)

	Pakistan
		Lower courts remained corrupt, inefficient, and subject to pressure from prominent religious and political figures.
		In some districts, social and religious conservatives prevented women from becoming candidates; however, in several districts, female candidates were elected unopposed.
		Local leaders in the Lower Dir District in the NWFP did not allow women to contest the local government by-elections in March.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41743.htm (13427 words)

	A victory for Mumia - Salon
		The decision caught both the defense and the Philadelphia district attorney's office by surprise, because the appellate court had been compelled to consider only one possible avenue of appeal by Abu-Jamal.
		Pending before the same court is the district attorney's appeal of the 2001 lifting of Abu-Jamal's death sentence.
		Back in December 2001, U.S. District Judge William Yohn overturned Abu-Jamal's death sentence, saying that the jury verdict form used in Abu-Jamal's trial had been flawed and that the judge's instructions to the jury had been confusing.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2005/12/08/mumia/index.html (589 words)

	News: Pakistan: Mudslides and Floods - Jul 2006, Pakistan: Toll rises as floods, heavy rains wreak havoc in NWFP
		AT least 11 people including five in Swabi, three in Lower Dir and one each in Upper Dir, Swat and Charsadda were killed in flash floods.
		At least four of people a family including three women were killed while another was injured when their house in a village near Islamgarh town in Mirpur district collapsed due to heavy rains on Sunday.
		In Gilgit, heavy flood hit a remote village, Gais Pain, in Diamer district, killing two people while washing away the whole village as 60 houses were completely destroyed, besides inundating the standing corps, disrupting the communication.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KHII-6SG8PA?OpenDocument (655 words)

	Pakistan's Premier News Agency ::: Associated Press of Pakistan
		Higher authorities have decided to write letters to ambassadors of at least 60 countries to witness the event at the historical Derawar Fort in Bahawalpur district and to invite racers from their countries to participate in the event.
		Dir lower, Mansehra, Haripur, Swat, Charsadda, Mardan, Hangu, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, and provincial capital Peshawar, he disclosed.
		District sports officer Mahr Abdur Rashid told APP on Wednesday that the two-day basketball events will be held at the government girls college Khanewal on December 20-21, while wrestling matches will be held at the Thana Ground on December 22.
	www.app.com.pk /sports.htm (2960 words)

	Saviour of Pakistan, Musharraf Khan?
		In the run up, the NWFP governor, ministers, district government representatives, various political parties, and numerous non-entities waxed eloquent on the military ruler and came down heavily on the Bhutto and Sharif governments.
		All district nazims, notwithstanding their close political affiliations before the local bodies election, backed the drive.
		Professor Ibrahim, the JI provincial chief, played down this occurence, stating that action may be taken against Musharraf supporters on the report of the party district amir.
	www.newsline.com.pk /NewsMay2002/cover3.htm (1197 words)

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		The area of district malakand is about 952 square kilometers and have a population of over 4.5 lacks as per population census of 1998.
		You proceed onwards till Landakay where limits of District Malakand end and District Swat welcomes you.
		It is also bounded by a range of mountains on the north-east separating it from Bajour and Mohmand agencies.
	www.malakandpoint.com /malakand/index_malakand.htm (654 words)

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		In Lower Dir district, only six seats were filled out of a total 204 allocated for women, however, the Batagram district had only one female representative against an available 122 positions.
		While in Kohistan district not a single seat of the 228 reserved for woman was filled, Malik said.
		In its latest move, the ECP extended the nomination paper filing date for women candidates in four districts of NWFP: Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Batagram and Kohistan.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=48415&SelectRegion=Asia (699 words)

	Lower Dir District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lower Dir is an area in the Dir, North-West Frontier Province Pakistan.
		Dir is administratively subdivided into Upper Dir District and Lower Dir districts.
		The only motor road to Chitral reaches 10,234 ft at the Lowarai Pass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lower_Dir_District (324 words)

	Pakistan News Service - PakTribune
		The power politics in District Dir lower and upper is being manipulated by Jamaat Islami Pakistan and Pakistan Peoples Party since 1970.
		A female officer in Dir Area Support Programme told on the condition of anonymity that she faces no hurdles in executing her job as people are friendly and whenever she was on field trip people welcomed her with great deal of enthusiasm.
		An official of Dir Bar Association Javed Iqbal Roghani advocate said that while dealing with the community non governmental organisations must abide by local norms, values, and traditions as society was still conservative and majority of the masses in twin districts were against the free mixing of men and women.
	www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=105484 (894 words)

	NWFP-Increasingly under Anti-India, Anti-US Jihadi Control- International Terrorism Monitor- Paper No. 154
		In the North, the situation in the Bajaur Agency is igniting religious extremism in Dir, Swat and the Malakand tribal regions and as far East as Kohistan and Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
		Meanwhile, the presence of jihadi camps in the districts of Manshera and Abbotabad, both bordering Kashmir, completes a picture of the province that is increasingly overwhelmed by a rising tide of political Islam on the one hand and by the presence of active jihadi cadres on the other.
		However, it was established that Maulvi Naquibullah, who was a Minister in the pre-9/11 Taliban Government, was staying for two years in the house of a local leader of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema Islam Pakistan of Maulana Fazlur Rahman at Barawal in Upper Dir District.
	www.saag.org /papers21/paper2031.html (1852 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		The attack took place in Guntur district's Vemavaram village, the news agency said, adding a police inspector was among the five killed by the blast.
		In Shair Khana, a district of Kabul more than half of which was destroyed in the different conflicts which have beset the city, other families talk of "death in their souls" and of leaving their country to avoid "living like rats".
		The militants were killed in two separate clashes in the southern district of Doda, which is a stronghold of Islamic rebels fighting Indian rule in the divided Himalayan region.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/151002/subcont.htm (11401 words)

	IRC \| Critical Aid Reaches More Families Cut Off by Storms in Pakistan
		In the past week, IRC teams were able to reach 280 stricken families in hard-hit Lower Dir district, bringing them food, wheat flour, blankets, warm clothing and construction tools and materials.
		The IRC also signed separate agreements with the World Food Program and USAID to distribute dry food supplies to a total of 16,000 families in the nine worst affected districts of the province.
		A majority of roads continue to be blocked by snow and debris from landslides and avalanches.
	www.theirc.org /news/critical_aid_reaches_more_families_cut_off_by_storms_in_pakistan.html (376 words)

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