Swabi District

Swabi District (Pashto: سوابۍ ولسوالۍ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. Before becoming a district in 1988, it was a tehsil within the Mardan District.[1] 96% of the population speaks Pashto as their first language.[2]

Swabi District
ضلع صوابی
سوابۍ ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Sunset at Jalbai at Maini
Bottom: Kunal River
Swabi District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Swabi District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionMardan
HeadquartersSwabi
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total1,543 km2 (596 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,894,600
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
275,964
 • Rural
1,349,513
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils4
Websiteswabi.kp.gov.pk

The dominating tribe of Swabi is the Yusufzai, followed by the minor Utmankhel, Ghilzai, Tarakai, Jadoon and Khattak.[3][4]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 272,279—    
1961 332,543+2.02%
1972 507,631+3.92%
1981 625,035+2.34%
1998 1,026,804+2.96%
2017 1,625,477+2.45%
Sources:[5]

At the time of the 2017 census the district had 211,328 households and a population of 1,625,477. Swabi had a sex ratio of 992 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 59.06% - 73.99% for males and 44.35% for females. 275,964 (16.98%) lived in urban areas. 28.05% of the population was under 10 years of age. 1,086 (0.07%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians and Ahmadis.[6]

Languages of Swabi district (2017)

  Pashto (95.49%)
  Hindko (2.93%)
  Others (1.58%)

At the time of the 2017 census, 95.49% of the population spoke Pashto and 2.93% Hindko as their first language.[6]

Education

Swabi District is now home to many excellent educational institutes. But there was no public sector university until 2012. The only degree awarding institution then was private sector Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, which was inaugurated in 1993.[7] In 2012, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa established the first public sector university in Swabi, when it upgraded Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Swabi campus into full-flege University of Swabi[8][9] while Women University Swabi[10] was established in 2016. Swabi district also has a public sector medical college Gajju Khan Medical College Swabi,[11] which was established in 2014.[12]

The district also has 2 public sector Postgraduate degree colleges: Government Postgraduate College Swabi[13] and Govt Girls Post Graduate College Maneri Swabi.[14]

Administration

Swabi District is currently subdivided into 4 Tehsils.[15]

  • Swabi Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل صوابی)(Pashto: سوابۍ تحصیل‎)
  • Topi Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل ٹوپی)(Pashto: ټوپۍ تحصیل‎)
  • Lahor Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل لاہور)(Pashto: لاهور تحصیل‎)
  • Razar Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل رزار)(Pashto: رزار تحصیل‎)

Provincial Assembly
Member of Provincial AssemblyParty AffiliationConstituencyYear
Rangez AhmadPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-46 Swabi-I2018
Aqibullah KhanPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-47 Swabi-II2018
Abdul Karim KhanPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-48 Swabi-III2018
Muhammad Ali TarakaiPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-49 Swabi-IV2018
Shahram Khan TarakaiPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-50 Swabi-V2018

Newspaper in Swabi

Currently there are couple of newspaper publishing in Swabi under the supervision of the Swabi Group of Newspapers.

  • Swabi Times,[16] a weekly publishing newspaper in Urdu.
  • Swabi News, a daily publishing newspaper in Urdu.

Notable people
  • Najib ad-Dawlah - A main combatant of Third Battle of Panipat
  • Mir Azam, first-class cricketer of the Abbottabad team, also known as the falcons
  • Haroon Bacha - Pashtun singer, musician, and composer
  • Muhammad Fareed – Islamic scholar
  • Ali Gohar - scholar and restorative justice expert and founder of Just Peace Initiatives
  • Bushra Gohar - Politician and Pashtun human rights activist
  • Fazal Ali Haqqani - Minister of Education and member of the NWFP Assembly (then) now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from 2002 to 2007
  • Sardar Ali Haqqani - Islamic scholar
  • Gulalai Ismail - Pashtun human rights activist
  • Nigar Johar - Only Female General in Pakistan Army History
  • Abdul Aziz Khan Kaka, Khudai Khidmatgar Politician who defeated the Imperial Crown's Political Agent, Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan in the elections of 1936
  • Gaju Khan - A historical Pashtun rebel chief and general
  • Junaid Khan[17] - Cricketer
  • Karnal Sher Khan[18][19] - Military officer
  • Khan Roshan Khan - Historian
  • Muhammad Arshad Khan - Artist
  • Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Member of the Senate of Pakistan
  • Shahram Khan Tarakai, former Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[20]
  • Usman Khan Tarakai, former Member of National Assembly who contested the 2008 Pakistani general election
  • Taskeen Manerwal, Pashto poet
  • Asad Qaiser[21] - Speaker of National Assembly
  • Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum[22] - First Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province (in 1937) and founder of Islamia College University
  • Abdul Qadir, founder of Pashto Academy at Peshawar University and ambassador in Kabul.
  • Mohammed Sadiq, Political Scientist, Diplomat and Ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan
  • Yasir Shah[23] - Cricketer
  • Kalu Khan Yousafzai, Afghan Warrior Chief who crushed the army of Akbar the Great of the Mughal Empire at the Karakar Pass
  • Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai - Decorated War Hero of the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War, escaped a British Death sentence and became the first People's Commissar for Education in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

References
  1. PCO 1998, p. 1.
  2. PCO 1998, p. 29.
  3. KP Government - District Swabi
  4. Tarakai Clan of Swabi (2022)
  5. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  6. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. "Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute". GIK Institute. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. "University of Swabi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". uoswabi.edu.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  9. Ashfaq, Mohammad (10 August 2012). "University to be set up in Swabi". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. "Women University Swabi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". www.wus.edu.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  11. "Recognised Medical and Dental Colleges - Pakistan Medical and Dental Association". www.pmdc.org.pk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  12. "Gajju Khan Medical College | Home". gkmcs.edu.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  13. "Government Postgraduate College Swabi". www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  14. "Govt Girls Post Graduate College Maneri Swabi". www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  15. "Pakistan Tehsil Wise Census 2017 [PDF]" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  16. "Swabi Times | Home". swabitimes.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  17. "Junaid Khan - espncricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  18. "Lion of Kargil- Captain Karnal Sher Khan 18th martyrdom anniversary today". The Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  19. "Captain Karnal Sher Khan". www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  20. "Shahram khan | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  21. "Asad Qaiser | KP Assembly". www.pakp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  22. "Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan". kp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  23. "Yasir Shah - espncricinfo". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

Bibliography
  • 1998 District Census report of Swabi. Census publication. Vol. 83. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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