District Karak is a district of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It is situated to the south of Kohat District and on the north side of Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi - it is 123 km from the provincial capital Peshawar.//HistoryUntil 1940, this whole area was ruled by the Teri Nawab. Teri was the capital and the only Tehsil. It had tappas: Teri, Seni, Khurram and Barak. Between 1940 and 1982 it was a part of Kohat, after the July 1, 1982, it has been an independent district with Karak as its capital.The district is predominantly populated by Khattak tribe, one of the famous tribes of Pashtuns.ResourcesKarak has one of the largest uranium mines in Pakistan under supervision of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. Gas has been recently discovered in Shakardara, Gurguri and Makori areas. Agriculture is the main source of living of people.AdministrationThe district is represented in the provincial assembly by two elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: ConstituencyMPAPartyPF-40 (Karak-1)Mian Nisar GulIndependentPF-41 (Karak-2)Malik Qasim khattakMuttahida Majlis-e-AmalTehsilsThe district of Karak is administratively subdivided into three tehsils.Banda Daud ShahKarakTakht-e-NasratiEducationDistrict Karak has the highest literacy rate after Islamabad and Wah. Since both Islamabad and Wah are mainly composed of temporarily migrated people, therefore Karak is ranked as the highest educated district.ClimateVery hot during the summer temperature touching 45-50C and sand storms are common. However, Lakkara regions are the coolest part in summer where people use blankets at night. The best time to visit is between Nov-April with lush green fields of wheat, grams.By the reason of the Khattak nationality is very hardworker on the Government level but they have no accuracy in the job. Then they try to achive meaningful for the area where is no wheat and other thing actlike the greencherry to the banuu stock to send many part of the in countryWildlifeDiverse wild life across the district with annual hunting season of quails, cranes, black and brown pheasants. It is a well known place for hunting quails (batair) and fowl. There are game reserves used for hunting by the VIPs. One such hunting place is Darab o' Kachch abundant in partridges and quail. Hunting is a popular pasttime in the area.FairsThere are a number of Melas (fairs) that take place on a weekly basis, Sabirabad mela on Monday, land kamar mela on Friday and takht-e-e Nasratti mela on Saturday are the most famous fairs of the district with people attending, buying daily food stuff, cattle, also people from neighbouring Bannu attend these fairs. The two and most popular as act like the vegetable buying in the certain level as below 1:karak city mela on the day of (sunday) 2:Metha khel mela on the day of (Tuesday)DemographyTotal population -600000Male – 320,000Female – 280,000Rural population -86%Urban population - 14%Total Union Councils - 21Total Police Stations - 9Annual growth rate - 4.26%Main clans - Barak sub-tribe of KhattakMain Languages - Pushto 99.9%Literacy rate Urban 53.84%, Rural 41.07%Economically active population 14.3%OccupationProfessionals 9%,Technicians 6.7%Clerks 5.5%Service and shop workers 7.7%Agriculture workers 39%Craft & related trade workers 1.9%Plant & machine operators 8.2%Elementary occupations 15.5%Armed forces 6.5%Hotel Management 0.5%The oldest high school, police station and veterinary hospital are in Town Teri. Teri is still the most populated town of the District. Seni Khattak are leaving in Tehsil Banda Daud Shah and Barak Khattak are leaving in Karak and Takh-e-Nasrati Tehsil. In the recent time large reservoirs of natural gas and oil at Gurguri&Makori have been discovered in Banda Daud Shah Tehsil. Karak has got one of the largest Uranium mines in Pakistan.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Karak social Forum
The meeting of Karak Social Forum was held in Town hall Karak.Educated youths belonging to different walks of life participated in its meeting. The grave issues, which the inhabitants of Karak City face today, were discussed in the meeting. Moreover, KSF constitution was approved and Executive body was also constituted .All the members of the forum approved the constitution unanimously ratified its constitution. The Seven members Cabinet was elected in democratic way. Later on MD Blue Birds Akhtar Mahmood was nominated as Chairman and Lecturer Naimatullah Khattak as General Secretary of KSF.Whereas, Tasleem Advocate ,Muhammad Zubair , Abdul Majid and Ihsanullah Shah were elected as Vice-Chairman, Joint Secretary, Finance Secretary and Press secretary respectively while Mansoor Ahmad DDEO (P) karak, Hidayatullah Advocate ,Jamal Yunas ,Sirajul Islam,, Irfan Khattak , Naeem ur Rashid and Khalid ur Rehman were elected as member of Executive Council. .Furthermore, a technical Committee was formed after thorough discussion by the Chairman and the general Secretary to check out the issues and suggestions for its improvement The committee will report in next meeting. The Oath taking Ceremony of KSF would be held by the end of this month as was decided, so that the Forum could prove a success. At the end the organizers which include Engr. Umer Khitab , Naimatullah khattak , Akhtar Mahmood , Taslim advocate and Mansoor Ahmad have stressed all the educated young men of the Karak City to participate in KSF next meeting to be held on 1St February 2009 (Sunday) at 2 .00 PM at Town Hall.
Chairman: Akhtar Mahmood KhattakGeneral Secretary: Naimatullah Khattak
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