Buner District

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Bunair
District
Location of Buner District (highlighted in red) within the Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa province.
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Capital Daggar[1]
Government
 • District Nazim Abdul Rauf[2]
 • District Naib Nazim Ghulam Mustafa
Area
 • Total 1,865 km2 (720 sq mi)
Population (1998)
 • Total 506,048
 • Density 271/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Number of tehsils 6

Buner District (Pashto: د بونیر ولسوالی‎) is a district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Languages

Languages of Kyber Pakhtunkha.jpg

Pashto is main language spoken in Buner which until 1969 was part of Swat, but a significant number of people speak Punjabi languages (Hindko, Gujri and Majhi dialects). Kohistani is also spoken by few. The national language, Urdu, is also spoken and understood.[citation needed]

History

The Buner Valley lies on the Peshawar valley border of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is a small mountain valley, dotted with villages and divided into seven sub-divisions. The Mora Hills and the Ilam range divide it from the Swat Valley, the Sinawar range from Yusafzai, the Guru mountains from the Chamla valley, and the Duma range from the Puran Valley. Until the year 2000 it was a part of Malakand Division - until this division was abolished.[citation needed]

In April 2009, the Taliban seized control of Buner, after a brief battle with local residents. Strict rules were reportedly being enforced, including the elimination of video stores, bans on cutting beards, and the prevention of women from appearing in many public places.[3] On 29 April the government responded to the Taliban by sending the army to the region and dropping parachutists by helicopter.[4] By the end of May 2009, almost all of Buner was cleared of the Taliban.[5]

On November 2, 2012, a bomb attack killed local anti-Taliban politician Fateh Khan, an ex-leader of the secular Awami National Party and three of his guards as his car left a petrol station. Several people were also injured. According to Pakistan's Express Tribune, Mr Khan was a former ANP leader who had recently joined the Qaumi Watan Party. Mr Khan was also the head of a local tribal anti-Taliban force.[6]

Administration

The district is divided into four tehsils:[7]

  • Daggar.[1] (District headquarter)
  • Gagra
  • Khadokhel
  • Mandan

Constituencies

The district has three constituencies in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[8] In 2008 elections Awami National Party won all three seats:[9]

Constituency MPA Party
KP-77 (Buner-I) Sardar Hussain Awami National Party
KP-78 (Buner-II) Habibur Rahman JI
KP-79 (Buner-III) FAZALI GHAFOOR JUF

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Uncertainty rules Pakistan's Buner district", Radio Nertherlands Worldwide
  2. ↑ Zila Nazims & Naib Zila Nazims in the Province of NWFP
  3. ↑ Taliban Exert Influence in Pakistan: April 21, 2009
  4. ↑ Pakistani forces seize main town of Buner district from Taliban
  5. ↑ 90% Buner Cleared: May 27, 2009
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20190337
  7. ↑ "NRB: Local Government Elections". nrb.gov.pk. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  8. ↑ Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP
  9. ↑ PF-78 (Buner-II)
Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Coordinates: 34°30′41″N 72°29′02″E / 34.5114°N 72.4839°E / 34.5114; 72.4839

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