ضلع بنو ( Bannu District ؛ Pashto: بنو ولسوالۍ, أردو: ضلع بنوں) is a district in the Bannu Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its status as a district was formally recorded in 1861 during the British Raj.[2][3]:3

ضلع بنو
ضلع بنوں
بنو ولسوالۍ
Mound at Akra
Mound at Akra
Bannu District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Bannu District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country پاكستان
الإقليم خيبر پختون‌خوا
القسمبنو
HeadquartersBannu
الحكومة
 • النوعDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerMohammad Khan Bangash
 • Member of National AssambleyMualana Nasim Ali Shah
 • District Health OfficerN/A
المساحة
 • Total1٬972 كم² (761 ميل²)
التعداد
 • Total1٬167٬892
 • الكثافة590/km2 (1٬500/sq mi)
منطقة التوقيتUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils4
الموقع الإلكترونيbannu.kp.gov.pk

This district constitutes one of the 26 districts that collectively form the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It borders North Waziristan to the northwest, Karak to the northeast, Lakki Marwat and Bettani to the southeast, and South Waziristan to the southwest. It is represented in the provincial assembly by four MPAs.[3]: 3–16

Cloth weaving, sugar mills and the manufacturing of cotton fabrics, machinery and equipment are the major industries in Bannu. It is also known for its weekly Jumma fair. The district forms a basin drained by the Kurram and Gambila (or Tochi) rivers, which originate in the hills of Waziristan. Although Bannu is surrounded by rugged and dry mountains, it is a fertile place, and early English visitors had been known to refer to it as a "paradise" – see the description by Edwardes quoted by Thornton.[2][3]:6–7

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السمات الطبيعية

The district forms a basin drained by the Kurram River , Gambila River and Tochi river[2]:392 which originate in the hills of Waziristan. Extending its reach to the base of the frontier hills, the Bannu Valley unfolds as an asymmetrical oval, spanning 60 miles (97 km) from north to south and 40 miles (64 km) from east to west.[4]


التاريخ

The history of Bannu goes back to prehistoric times due to its strategic location. Notably, Sheri Khan Tarakai is an ancient settlement site located in the Bannu District. Here, remnants bear witness to the presence of the most ancient village settlement within the Bannu region. This site witnessed occupation from the late fifth century to the early third millennium BC.[5]

The sacred texts of Zend Avesta and Vendidad mentions Varəna, the Avestan predecessor of the name for Bannu, as one of the sixteen most beautiful and perfect lands created by Ahura Mazda.[6] Bannu is the homeland and birthplace of Fereydun;[7]:47–50

Malik Dilasa Khan had also fought a successful battle against the sikh empire.[8] in which he killed one of the prominent Sikh Military commander Jai Singh Atariwala in the Battle of Bannu.[9]

العصر البريطاني (1861–1947)

After the British annexation of Punjab, then including parts of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), the valley was administered by Herbert Edwardes.[4] As a result of his administration, the region became a source of strong support[مطلوب توضيح], during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Although the valley itself was peaceful, it was subject to incursions from the Waziri tribes of the Tochi Valley and the neighbouring hills. The primary export of the region was wheat, Salt and alum were also quarried at Kalabagh.[4]

As of 1911, the Indus had no bridges within the district, but was navigable for local boats throughout its course of 76 mi (122 km).[4]

 
Hindus and Sikhs of Bannu migrating to India during the partition of 1947.

جرگا بنو (1947)

On 21 June 1947 in Bannu, a jirga was held by Pashtun leaders including Bacha Khan, his brother Chief Minister Dr Khan Sahib, the Khudai Khidmatgars, members of the Provincial Assembly, Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi), and other tribal chiefs, just seven weeks before the Partition of India. The jirga declared the Bannu Resolution, which demanded that the Pashtuns be given a choice to have an independent state of Pashtunistan composing all Pashtun territories of British India, instead of being made to join either India or Pakistan. However, the British Raj refused to comply with the demand of this resolution, in response to which the Khudai Khidmatgars boycotted the 1947 North-West Frontier Province referendum for merging the province into Pakistan.[10][11]

Pashtun National Jirga (2022)

On 11-14 March 2022, the Pashtun National Jirga was held at Mirakhel in Bannu District in order to defend the rights of the Pashtun people in the country. The critical issues which were faced by the Pashtuns were discussed during the jirga in a bid to suggest solutions to them.[12][13]

التقسيمات الإدارية

Bannu District is divided into 6 Tehsils and 46 union councils.[14][15]

  1. Bannu Tehsil (أردو: تحصیل بنوں)(Pashto: بنو تحصیل)
  2. Domel Tehsil (أردو: تحصیل ڈومیل)(Pashto: ډومیل تحصیل)
  3. Kakki Tehsil (أردو: تحصیل ککی)(Pashto: ککي تحصیل)
  4. Baka Khel Tehsil (أردو: تحصیل بکاخیل)(Pashto: بکاخېل تحصیل)
  5. Miryan Tehsil (أردو: تحصیل میریان)(Pashto: میریان تحصیل)
  6. Wazir Tehsil

Provincial and National Assembly Seats

The district has 4 Provincial Seats in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly[16] while it has 1 seat in National Assembly.[17]

National Assembly

Election Member Party
2002 Maulana Syed Nasib Ali Shah MMA
2008 Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman MMA
2013 Akram Khan Durrani JUI (F)
2018 Imran Khan PTI
2018 (by-election) Zahid Akram Durrani MMA


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Provincial Assembly

Member of Provincial Assembly Party Affiliation Constituency Year
Sher Azam Khan Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians Bannu-I 2018
Pakhtoon Yar Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Bannu-II 2018
Shah Muhammad Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Bannu-III 2018
Akram Khan Durrani Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Bannu-IV 2018

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1972 392٬468—    
1981 485٬240+2.39%
1998 695٬260+2.14%
2017 1٬210٬183+2.96%
Sources:[18]

At the time of the 2017 census the district had 122,638 households and a population of 1,167,892.[1] Bannu had a sex ratio of 968 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 46.55% - 66.84% for males and 26.26% for females. 49,948 (4.13%) lived in urban areas. 33.64% of the population was under 10 years of age. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 98.20% of the population.

Religion

Religion in Bannu District (1941 vs 2017)
Religion Population (1941)[19]:22 Percentage (1941) Population (2017)[1] Percentage (2017)
Islam   257,648 87.06% 1,208,054 99.82%
Hinduism   31,471 10.63% 275 0.02%
Sikhism   6,112 2.07% -- --
Christianity   699 0.24% 1,494 0.12%
Total Population 295,930 100% 1,210,183 100%

Universities in Bannu

District Bannu has two Universities with one i.e University of Science & Technology, Bannu (USTB),[20] founded in 2005 by Mr. Akram Khan Durrani, the then Chief Minister, has a full degree awarding status and another one as a campus of the University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Peshawar. USTB offers a wide variety of courses in Science, Engineering and Arts subjects at Bachelors, Master and PhD level. These universities host students from District Bannu, the neighboring districts of Lakki Marwat, Karak, Waziristan as well as from all over Pakistan.

See also

References

  1. ^ أ ب ت "District Wise Population - Bannu District (Census - 2017)". Citypopulation.de website. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ أ ب ت "Bannu District". Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, page 392. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ أ ب ت S.S. Thorbourne (1883). Bannu; or our Afghan Frontier. London: Trűbner & Co. ISBN 1314135279.
  4. ^ أ ب ت ث   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bannu" . دائرة المعارف البريطانية. Vol. 3 (eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 355. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Petrie, C.A., Thomas, K.D. & Morris, J.C. 2010. Chronology of Sheri Khan Tarakai, in Petrie, C.A. (ed.). Sheri Khan Tarakai and early village life in the borderlands of north-west Pakistan, Bannu Archaeological Project Monographs – Volume 1, Oxbow Books, Oxford: 343–352.
  6. ^ Michael Witzel, "The Home of the Aryans" people.fas.harvard.edu.
  7. ^ Gherardo Gnoli. Zoroaster's Time and Homeland: a study on the origins of Mazdeism.Published by Istituto Universitario Orientale (1980), ASIN: B0018NEFO0.
  8. ^ Rashid, Haroon (2008). History of the Pathans: The Ghurghushti, Beitani and Matti tribes of Pathans (in الإنجليزية). Haroon Rashid. p. 436.
  9. ^ Chopra, Gulshan Lall (1940). Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab (in الإنجليزية). Government Printing. p. 200.
  10. ^ Ali Shah, Sayyid Vaqar (1993). Marwat, Fazal-ur-Rahim Khan (ed.). Afghanistan and the Frontier. University of Michigan: Emjay Books International. p. 256. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  11. ^ H Johnson, Thomas; Zellen, Barry (2014). Culture, Conflict, and Counterinsurgency. Stanford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780804789219. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  12. ^ "Nationalist parties convene jirga on Pakhtun issues". The News International. March 12, 2022.
  13. ^ "په بنو کې درې ورځنۍ "پښتون قامي جرګه" روانه ده". Radio Mashaal (in البشتو).
  14. ^ "Pakistan Tehsil Wise Census 2017 [PDF] (official)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  15. ^ Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1 July 2009). "Pakistan: North West Frontier Province District, Tehsil and Union Code Reference Map" (PDF). United Nations Pakistan unportal.un.org.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2013.
  16. ^ "By Seat | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk (in الإنجليزية الأمريكية). Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  17. ^ "The Election Commission :: Untitled Page". 2012-11-15. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2017-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  19. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME X NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  20. ^ mskd. "University of Science & Technology, Bannu". University of Science & Technology, Bannu (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 2022-02-25.

Coordinates: 33°03′38″N 70°33′08″E / 33.06048°N 70.552176°E / 33.06048; 70.552176

External links

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