Dera Ismail Khan Division is an administrative

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

Province,

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. It is the southernmost division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Location

Dera Ismail Khan Division borders

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(also Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in the north,

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and

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(both

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) in the south-east and east respectively,

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(

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) province in the south, and

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in the west.

History

It was formed after the implementation of the

One Unit Scheme The One Unit Scheme ( ur, ; bn, এক ইউনিট ব্যবস্থা) was a geopolitical programme launched by the Government of Pakistan led by Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra on 22 November 1954 and ...

in 1954, according to which the

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was divided into Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar Divisions reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. Until the 1990s, it also contained

. After the passing of the

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in 2018, the South Waziristan Tribal Agency was added to the division.

Districts

It currently contains the following districts: *

Dera Ismail Khan District Dera Ismail Khan District ( ps, ډېره اسماعیل خان ولسوالي, bal, ڈیرہ عِسمائیل خان, ur, , skr, ; often abbreviated as D.I. Khan) is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in P ...

Tank District Tank District ( ps, ټانک ولسوالۍ, ur, '; skr, ') is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The city of Tank is the capital of the district, which consists of Union Council City I and U ...

Lower South Waziristan District Lower South Waziristan District ( ur, ; ps, لر جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is district located in Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Lower South Waziristan District was created in April 2022 by bifurca ...

Upper South Waziristan District Upper South Waziristan District is district located in Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Upper South Waziristan District was created in 13 April 2022 by bifurcation of the South Waziristan District. with Spinkai Karzai as ...

References

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