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	CRL - SAMP - Guides to Collections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		[Proposals for the irrigational settlement of the Ghorabari Taluka of the Karachi District] [microform].
		[Proposals for the revision of a settlement in the Nasharo Taluka of the Shikarpur District].
		[Proposals for a revision of the settlement in the Sukkur Taluka of the Shikarpur District] [microform].
	wwwcrl.uchicago.edu /areastudies/SAMP/collections/landsettpak.htm (3832 words)

	PESHAWAR - LoveToKnow Article on PESHAWAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Peshawar lies within a horseshoe ring of hills on the edge of the mountain barrier which separates India from Afghanistan, and through it have passed nearly all the invaders from the north.
		In early times the district of Peshawar seems to have had an essentially Indian population, for it was not till the 15th century that its present Pathan inhabitants occupied it.
		Peshawar was a favorite residence of the Afghan dynasty founded by Ahmed Shah Durrani, and here Mountstuart Elphinstone came as ambassador to Shah Shujah in 1809.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PESHAWAR.htm (597 words)

	NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE - LoveToKnow Article on NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Adjoining Peshawar, and separated from it by the Jov~aki hills, lies the district of Kohat, a generally hilly tract intersected by narrow valleys.
		South of the Kurram is the Tochi valley, separating it from Waziristan, an isolated mountainous district bounded on the south by the Gomal and the gorges that lead to the Wana plain.
		Dera Ismail Khan district is one of the hottest areas in the Indian continent, while over the mountain region to the north the weather is temperate in the summer and intensely cold in the winter.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NO/NORTH_WEST_FRONTIER_PROVINCE.htm (2605 words)

	POPULATION PUBLICATIONS TILL 1989 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Peshawar : district census of rural settlements 1988._ Peshawar : NWFP.
		District census of rural settlements 1988 : Swabi._ Swabi : NWFP.
		District census of rural settlements 1988 : Kohat._ Kohat : NWFP.
	crm.sdnpk.org /publ/pop89.htm (2611 words)

	Khyber Gateway >> Pashto Places >> Peshawar District
		Peshawar; the city of proud Pakhtoons, the capital of the NWFP, is a frontier town, the meeting place of the subcontinent and Central Asia.
		Peshawar is located around 172 km (107 miles) west of Islamabad by road and around half an hour by air lines.
		Qissa Khwani (Story-tellers) Bazaar was described in the mid-l9th century by British Commissioner in Peshawar Sir Herbert Edwardes as ‘the Piccadilly of Central Asia’.
	www.khyber.org /pashtoplaces/peshawar.shtml (2946 words)

	Peshawar History
		The ancient capital of the district was Pushkulavati from which is obviously derived the Peukelas of Arrian, the historian of Alexander the Great.
		The Pathan chiefs were treated with special favour in his camp and he encouraged the tribesmen to settle in the hill country west of Peshawar with a view to their forming a bulwark between his own country and that of his enemies of Hindustan.
		The branch of the Khattak." known as the Akora Khattaks settled soon afterwards with the permission of Akbar on the south of the Kabul River in the vicinity of Akora.
	www.peshawar1.com /htmls/history.html (3065 words)

	General Description Of The District Mardan
		The district lies from 34 degrees 05 to 34 degrees 32 north latitudes and 71 degree 48 to 72 degree 25 east longitudes.
		It is bounded on the north by Burner district and Malakand protected area, on the east by Swabi and Burner districts, on the South by Nowshera district and on the west by Charsadda district and Malakand protected area.
		The urban proportion of the district is 20.2 percent of the total population where as rural proportion is 79.8 percent.
	www.yespakistan.com /HDF/mardan/Mardan.asp (3136 words)

	Pathans Tribes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Khattaks of the Peshawar District all belong to the Akora section.
		After the annexation of Peshawar by the Sikhs in 1834 the Khattak villages in the Peshawar Valley proper were brought under direct control of Sikh governors and the Akora chiefship was confined to the four tappas of Nilab, Khwarra, Zira and Patiala.
		In the Peshawar District the Khattaks hold all the Lhwarra and Nilab Valley, as well as the country north of the Cherat range to the Kabul river.
	www.peshawar1.com /htmls/history/Tribes01.html (1733 words)

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		Peshawar division being an irrigated area with ample water supply and green fodder could not be a better place for rearing buffaloes on small or larger scale.
		District distribution and location of the farm had a significant effect on peak milk yield (Table 3), with higher peak milk yield in Peshawar (11.4±0.39 kg) as compared to those in district Charsadda (9.58±0.27 kg).
		District distribution of buffaloes and location of the farm had a significant effect on lactation yield (Table 3).
	www.cipav.org.co /lrrd/lrrd15/10/hami1510.htm (3532 words)

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		PESHAWAR (APP): A total of 1404 candidates have come forward to try their luck for 1404 seats of District Councils in 24 Districts of NWFP in the third phase of the LG elections however they could wit more...
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		PESHAWAR (inp): Activists of Pasban Welfare Foundation of Pakistan Friday staged a protest demonstration against prize-hike and rising crimes in the metropolis in front of the Peshawar Press Club.
	frontierpost.com.pk /city.asp (434 words)

	Mardan
		Mardan district is hilly in the northeast, while the southwestern half is a fertile plain.
		The major crops in the district are wheat, sugar cane, tobacco, maize, rice, rape seed, and mustard seed.
		99.51 percent of the population in the district is Muslim.
	www.yespakistan.com /hdf/mardan.asp (892 words)

	Definition of peshawar
		15:...ndustan and the Panjab; in Ladakh and Kashmir, in Peshawar, Kabul, Kunduz, and Bokhara...
		1: The University of Peshawar (UOP) was established in October 1950 by the firs...
		5: Khushhal Khan was born near [[Peshawar]], the son of Shahbaz Khan, a chief of the Khatta...
	www.wordiq.com /search/peshawar.html (401 words)

	PESHAWAR: District govts ignore PFC’s instruction -DAWN - Local; March, 13 2005
		PESHAWAR, March 12: The NWFP government’s bid to make district governments plan and execute major projects under their respective Annual Development Programme for the 2004-05 financial year remained unfulfilled after none of the districts complied with instructions, officials told Dawn.
		Informed sources said that the district governments had not paid heed to the provincial finance commission’s (PFC) recommendation under which they were required to allocate 40 per cent of their respective development budget for major projects.
		Similar views were expressed by the executive planning officers of a couple of districts who, on request of anonymity, said that district nazims of their districts preferred to distribute development funds on equal basis among the union councils to protect their political interests, which could have been threatened in case of going for major projects.
	www.dawn.com /2005/03/13/local20.htm (523 words)

	Ch20
		In the Peshawar district, the author was told that citrus trees have suffered from stunting and dieback since 1960.
		At the Tarnab Agricultural Research Institute (Peshawar district) the seven-year-old Bloodred sweet orange trees on Troyer citrange in the high density block are very small for their age and show severe symptoms of exocortis (bark scaling) on the citrange rootstock (Fig.
		In the Peshawar district, many sour orange seedlings, planted closely together in a row to form a hedge, showed yellow vein clearing and, in addition, many leaves were crinkled, warped and bumpy with wavy edges.
	www.fao.org /docrep/u5000e/U5000E0k.htm (6286 words)

	Tourism @ Pakwatan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The area constituting Mardan district is a part of the Peshawar valley, which first appears in the history as part of the Gandhara kingdom.
		In 1738 came the surrender of Peshawar to Nadir Shah by which all the territory west of the Indus, which included present Mardan district was ceded by the Mughals to Nadir Shah.
		However, climatic conditions of Mardan district have been interpreted in the light of the data recorded at Risalpur station which is nearest to the Mardan district and have more or less similar topographic condition.
	www.pakwatan.com /main/tourism/city_detail.php3?ID=38 (1305 words)

	SignOnSanDiego > News > Nation > America's War on Terror > Dispatches -- Refugees at a crossroads
		PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- With near-constant artillery fire ravaging their village, drought destroying their crops and malnutrition setting in among their children, 250 people from the Afghan village of Parwan had little choice.
		In Peshawar, they are safe from the shelling and machine guns and well water is available.
		Hussain Momand, a physician who established a hospital for the camps and ran it from 1984 to 1993, said mortality rates among infants and pregnant women in the camps is the highest in the world.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/dispatches/20010926-9999_1n26refugees.html (1100 words)

	PESHAWAR: District body detects 20 ghost schools in Peshawar -DAWN - Local; 22 January, 2004
		He said the city district government had already set up a committee to rationalize the number of teachers in proportion with the number of students in schools.
		It recommended payment of special allowance to male and female teachers in the district who were performing their duties outside the jurisdiction of the defunct municipal corporation.
		The report said under the local government system the district had been divided into four town councils, therefore, the government eliminate discriminatory policies and give equal benefitsto all employees, serving in urban and rural parts of the district.
	www.dawn.com /2004/01/22/local28.htm (488 words)

	PESHAWAR: NGOs activities in schools banned -DAWN - Local; 04 March, 2005
		PESHAWAR, March 3: The Peshawar district government has imposed a ban on activities of non-governmental organisations in public-sector primary and secondary schools, sources told Dawn here on Thursday.
		The district education department has decided not to allow NGOs to continue their projects in government schools.
		The district government should not restrict the non-governmental organisations as many of them were running projects related to health and education.
	www.dawn.com /2005/03/04/local18.htm (343 words)

	Rally Against Small Arms In Peshawar, Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A rally against small arms was held on 9 July in Peshawar, aimed at raising public awareness regarding the devastating effects of small arms.
		The rally was organised by IANSA participant Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) in collaboration with District Government Peshawar.
		Prior to the rally, fliers were distributed through different NGOs in the Khyber agency of FATA and sent to CAMP members in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
	www.iansa.org /action/peshawar_2004.htm (177 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Kabul River Swells: Maroons 100s of Villages in NW Pakistan
		Flood warning centre in Peshawar says that water flow in the river at Attock was 196000 cusecs while river Kabul was flowing at 117000 cusecs high level at Nowshere and 13000 cusecs at Shah Alam.
		While Pakistan Army has begun full rescue operations, low-lying areas in the districts of Charsadda, Nowshera and Peshawar are reported to be at a high risk of flooding.
		Since Monday last the floodwater of Kabul and Shalam rivers had inundated all the villages on their banks in Daudzai area of Peshawar District, and as a result a number of inhabitants were shifted to safer places.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/06/24/top.htm (1304 words)

	:.Mera Mardan.: Mardan Online! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Until 1937, Mardan district was a part of Peshawar district.
		The district lies from 34° 05’ to 34° 32’ north latitudes and 71" 48’ to 72° 25’ east longitudes.
		It is bounded on the north by Buner district and Malakand protected area, on the east by Swabi and Buner districts, on the south by Nowshera district and on the west by Charsadda district and Malakand protected area.
	www.sitesled.com /members/meramardan/mardan.html (148 words)

	PESHAWAR: District govts given Rs1.5 billion in three quarters -DAWN - Local; 28 February, 2004
		PESHAWAR, Feb 27: District governments in the NWFP were given Rs1.5 billion during the first three quarters of the current financial year, to meet their development and current expenditures other than salary of their employees, according to official sources.
		However, a considerable amount of the funds distributed among the district governments - on the basis of their respective share determined under the Provincial Finance Commission award for the current year - went without being spent.
		Despite the fact that the district governments, were released funds - for development and non-salary expenditures - according to their respective shares determined under the PFC award, a majority of them experienced deep financial crisis due to their growing recurring expenditure requirements.
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/28/local28.htm (206 words)

	Peshawar alleges step-motherly treatment by PCB -DAWN - Sport; 05 March, 2004
		PESHAWAR, March 4: Peshawar District Cricket Association (PDCA) has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to give representation to the association's members in the organising committee formed for the upcoming series against India.
		Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, president of the Peshawar District Cricket Association (PDCA), Asghar Ali Khan said, the association had been totally ignored by the PCB while constituting the regional organising committee for the one day international scheduled for March 19 against India in Peshawar.
		Not that but Peshawar had won the under-19 grade-1 championship in 2000 under the auspices of PDCA, he said and added that at present, three of the players-Yasir Hamid, Umar Gul and Younus Khan-were part of the national squad.
	www.dawn.com /2004/03/05/spt3.htm (474 words)

	CRL - SAMP - Project Proposals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Report on the revision settlement of the Bassein District, together with the original settlement of certain areas in the Yegyi, Thabaung, Bassein West and Ngaputaw townships, 1935-39.
		Report on the revised land revenue settlement of the Rohtak District of the Hissar Division, 1873-79.
		Report on the revised land revenue settlement of the Rohtak district of the Hissar division in the Punjab, 1873-79 / effected by W. Purser and H. Fanshawe.
	wwwcrl.uchicago.edu /areastudies/SAMP/news/sampprop021.htm (603 words)

	LB Election 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A visit to a number of polling stations in Peshawar district by this scribe, revealed that great rush was witnessed at the polling stations in the rural areas in all directions of Peshawar city.
		In all the urban areas of Peshawar district, the people and candidates have decided not to utilise the female votes in the local government elections.
		District Returning Officer Abdullah Khan Kakar while talking to newsmen said that he was completely satisfied with the day’s work, and paid tributes to the election staff for their excellent contribution.
	www.pak.gov.pk /public/election-032001.htm (4083 words)

	Canadian Foodgrains Bank: Pakistan - Food for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The refugees targeted by this project are living in camps around Peshawar that have not been able to find food from other sources.
		The purpose of the project is to increase food availability for Afghan refugees during the winter of 2002.
		This is a project that supports the efforts of the local community in Peshawar to provide food assistance to Afghan refugees.
	www.foodgrainsbank.ca /projects/pakistan020206.php (205 words)

	Index
		The Khattaks:- The Last important Pathan tribe in the Peshawar District which remains to be described is the Khattak.
		But the iron had entered the soul of Khushhal, and on reaching his native country, he kept as retired as possible; ceased to hold any intercourse with the governor of the province, and other subordinate officers; and declined rendering any assistance to the troops of the Emperor.
		Bahram, however, thinking the prey in his toils, bad despatched a message to the Mughal governor at Peshawar, to the effect that the old lion was at length at bay; and requested him to send a sufficient escort to take charge of him, and conduct him to Peshawar.
	greatkhattaks.4t.com (1509 words)

	The Modern Peshawar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		However, the buildings stand out to proclaim their demand and attract the tourists for a glimpse of the rugged hills around that conceal within their bosom not only the freedom-loving tribes but also the story of old romance.
		The older portion of Peshawar is a walled city, to which the British added their own Cantonment guarded by barbed wires.
		Tradition associates his name with the construction of the biggest mosque in the city of Peshawar.' It is not certain when actually he built this mosque.
	imran.yusafzai.tripod.com /pesh/modern.html (2362 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		PESHAWAR: The NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain, called upon the elected representatives of the people to serve their electorates with devotion as, the present local government system demands mutual consultation and complete cohesion among its different tiers to succeed.
		Talking to a 33-member delegation of the councillors from Peshawar district at Governor's House on Saturday, he said, the government earnestly desires to make this system fully strengthened, said a handout.
		Besides this, he said, as almost all the departments have come under the control of the district governments therefore they must also keep vigilance on their working in the respective areas and keep the nazims informed in this respect.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Mar/25/01.html (236 words)

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