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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eimali_V%C9%99ziristan" title="Şimali Vəziristan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şimali Vəziristan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="قوزئی وزیریستان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قوزئی وزیریستان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a 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Wazīristān Agency" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordwasiristan" title="Nordwasiristan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nordwasiristan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wazirist%C3%A1n_del_Norte" title="Waziristán del Norte – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Waziristán del Norte" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="وزیرستان شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وزیرستان شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan_du_Nord" title="Waziristan du Nord – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Waziristan du Nord" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noord-Waziristan" title="Noord-Waziristan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Noord-Waziristan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ضلع شمالی وزیرستان – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع شمالی وزیرستان" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شمالي وزيرستان – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="شمالي وزيرستان" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agencja_P%C3%B3%C5%82nocny_Waziristan" title="Agencja Północny Waziristan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Agencja Północny 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href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Waziristan_District" title="North Waziristan District – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="North Waziristan District" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="اتر وزيرستان – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="اتر وزيرستان" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Pakistan">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="793" data-file-height="528" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Pakistan" title="Divisions of Pakistan">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bannu_Division" title="Bannu Division">Bannu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1910 (as an <a href="/wiki/Agency_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Agency (country subdivision)">agency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">Federally Administered Tribal Areas</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Miranshah" title="Miranshah">Miranshah</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of <a href="/wiki/List_of_tehsils_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Tehsils</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>9</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">District Administration</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">N/A</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Commissioner_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)">Deputy Commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Manzoor Ahmed Afridi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • District Police Officer</th><td class="infobox-data">Farhan Khan <a href="/wiki/Police_Service_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Service of Pakistan">(BPS-18 PSP)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="List of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">District</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,707 km<sup>2</sup> (1,817 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2023_Pakistani_census" title="2023 Pakistani census">2023</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2023_census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023_census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="List of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">District</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">693,137</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">150/km<sup>2</sup> (380/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,131 (0.60%)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">Rural</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">689,201</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Literacy<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Literacy rate</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><b>Total:</b><br />32.82%</li><li><b>Male:</b><br />46.94%</li><li><b>Female:</b><br />18.03%</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5">UTC+5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Standard_Time" title="Pakistan Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pashto" title="Pashto">Pashto</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://northwaziristan.kp.gov.pk">northwaziristan<wbr />.kp<wbr />.gov<wbr />.pk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>North Waziristan District</b> (<a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a>: <span lang="ps" dir="rtl">شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ</span>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">ضلع شمالی وزیرستان</span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Pakistan" title="Districts of Pakistan">district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> province in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Waziristan" title="Waziristan">Waziristan</a>, a mountainous region of northwest <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, bordering <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> and covering 4,707 square kilometres (1,817 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The capital city of North Waziristan is <a href="/wiki/Miranshah" title="Miranshah">Miranshah</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview_and_history">Overview and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>North Waziristan comprises the area west and south-west of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Kurram_River" title="Kurram River">Kurram River</a> (Tochi) to the north and the <a href="/wiki/Gomal_River" title="Gomal River">Gomal River</a> to the south. <a href="/wiki/Miranshah" title="Miranshah">Miranshah</a> is district headquarter of North Waziristan. The city of <a href="/wiki/Bannu" title="Bannu">Bannu</a> lies immediately to the east, while the largest town on the Afghan side of the border is <a href="/wiki/Khost" title="Khost">Khost</a>. </p><p>North Waziristan is divided into the three subdivisions of <a href="/wiki/Mirali" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirali">Mirali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miran_Shah_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Miran Shah Subdivision">Miran Shah</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Razmak" title="Razmak">Razmak</a>. The three subdivisions are further divided into nine tehsils: <a href="/wiki/Datta_Khel_Tehsil" title="Datta Khel Tehsil">Datta Khel Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dossali_Tehsil" title="Dossali Tehsil">Dossali Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gharyum_Tehsil" title="Gharyum Tehsil">Gharyum Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Khan_Tehsil" title="Ghulam Khan Tehsil">Ghulam Khan Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mir_Ali_Tehsil" title="Mir Ali Tehsil">Mir Ali Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miran_Shah_Tehsil" title="Miran Shah Tehsil">Miran Shah Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Razmak_Tehsil" title="Razmak Tehsil">Razmak Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shewa_Tehsil" title="Shewa Tehsil">Shewa Tehsil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spinwam_Tehsil" title="Spinwam Tehsil">Spinwam Tehsil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_(1894–1947)"><span id="British_.281894.E2.80.931947.29"></span>British (1894–1947)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: British (1894–1947)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The British entered Waziristan in 1894. After the British military operations in 1894–95, Waziristan was divided into two "agencies", North Waziristan and <a href="/wiki/South_Waziristan" class="mw-redirect" title="South Waziristan">South Waziristan</a>. The two parts have quite distinct characteristics, though both tribes are subgroups of the <a href="/wiki/Wazir_(Pashtun_tribe)" title="Wazir (Pashtun tribe)">Wazir tribe</a>, after which the region is named.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_on_Terror">War on Terror</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: War on Terror"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, about 98,640 people were reported to be <a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">internally displaced</a> from North Waziristan as a result of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Zarb-e-Azb" title="Operation Zarb-e-Azb">Operation Zarb-e-Azb</a>, a military offensive against militant extremists launched by the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> along the Pak-Afghan border.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13July_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13July-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, it became a district of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> Province, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> with merger of the entire FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the Parliament's approval. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>North Waziristan District is currently subdivided into nine <a href="/wiki/List_of_tehsils_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">tehsils</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-census_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Datta_Khel_Tehsil" title="Datta Khel Tehsil">Datta Khel Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dossali_Tehsil" title="Dossali Tehsil">Dossali Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gharyum_Tehsil" title="Gharyum Tehsil">Gharyum Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Khan_Tehsil" title="Ghulam Khan Tehsil">Ghulam Khan Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir_Ali_Tehsil" title="Mir Ali Tehsil">Mir Ali Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miran_Shah_Tehsil" title="Miran Shah Tehsil">Miran Shah Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Razmak_Tehsil" title="Razmak Tehsil">Razmak Tehsil</a></li> <li>Shawal Tehsil</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shewa_Tehsil" title="Shewa Tehsil">Shewa Tehsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinwam_Tehsil" title="Spinwam Tehsil">Spinwam Tehsil</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_Assembly">Provincial Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Provincial Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Member of Provincial Assembly</th> <th>Party Affiliation</th> <th>Constituency</th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Iqbal_Khan_(Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_politician)" title="Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician)">Muhammad Iqbal Khan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf" title="Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf</a></td> <td>PK-111 North Waziristan-I</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2018_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_provincial_election" title="2018 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial election">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mir_Kalam" title="Mir Kalam">Mir Kalam Wazir</a></td> <td>Independent</td> <td>PK-112 North Waziristan-II </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">128,235</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">159,470</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1972 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">250,663</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.20%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">238,910</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.53%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1998 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">361,246</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2017 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">540,546</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.14%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2023 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">693,332</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.24%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2017census_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017census-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Pakistani_census" title="2023 Pakistani census">2023 census</a>, North Waziristan district has 99,595 households and a population of 693,332. The district has a sex ratio of 104.71 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 32.82%: 46.94% for males and 18.03% for females. 254,259 (36.68% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 4,131 (0.60%) live in urban areas.<sup id="cite_ref-2023_census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023_census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2,170 (0.31%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pashto" title="Pashto">Pashto</a> was the predominant language, spoken by 99.66% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mining">Mining</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following minerals have been found in the area: </p> <ul><li>Copper associated with volcanics at Boya<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arsala_Khan_(Pakistani_politician)" title="Arsala Khan (Pakistani politician)">Arsala Khan</a>, Pakistani politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Wasim_(cricketer,_born_2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Wasim (cricketer, born 2001)">Mohammed Wasim</a>, Pakistani cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsin_Dawar" title="Mohsin Dawar">Mohsin Dawar</a>, Pakistani politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faqir_of_Ipi" title="Faqir of Ipi">Faqir of Ipi</a>, Pashtun Freedom Fighter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilaman_Wazir" title="Gilaman Wazir">Gilaman Wazir</a>, Pashto poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir_Kalam" title="Mir Kalam">Mir Kalam</a>, Pakistani politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Miran_Shah" title="Miran Shah">Miran Shah</a> is the headquarters of North Waziristan District, It is connected with <a href="/wiki/Bannu" title="Bannu">Bannu</a> and other important places in the district by metalled roads. This town houses the offices of all government departments in the agency and also serves as a market centre for people of the area. </p><p>Razmak and Shawaal Valleys are both summer resorts for the local Waziristanis and beautiful tourist spots for tourists, thousands of tourists visit here annually. </p><p>Razmak Cadet College is one of the most famous and historical educational institutions of the country, and students from all corners of the country come to study here.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pakistan's_new_Waziristan_strategy"><span id="Pakistan.27s_new_Waziristan_strategy"></span>Pakistan's new Waziristan strategy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pakistan's new Waziristan strategy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 June 2007, the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Pakistan)" title="National Security Council (Pakistan)">National Security Council of Pakistan</a> met to decide the fate of Waziristan and take up a number of political and administrative decisions to control "Talibanization" of the area. The meeting was chaired by president Pervez Musharraf and it was attended by the Chief Ministers and Governors of all four provinces. They discussed the deteriorating law and order situation and the threat posed to state security.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government decided to take a number of actions to stop the "Talibanization" and crush the armed militancy in the Tribal regions and <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>. </p><p><b>The NSC of Pakistan has decided the following actions will be taken to achieve the goals:</b> </p> <ul><li>Deployment of unmanned reconnaissance planes</li> <li>Strengthening law-enforcement agencies with advanced equipment</li> <li>Deployment of more troops to the region</li> <li>Operations against militants on fast-track basis</li> <li>Focused operations against militant commanders</li> <li>Action against madrassahs preaching militancy</li> <li>Appointment of regional coordinators</li> <li>Fresh recruitments of police officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</li></ul> <p>The ministry of interior has played a large part in the information gathering for the operations against militants and their institutions. The Ministry of Interior has prepared a list of militant commanders operating in the region and they have also prepared a list of seminaries for monitoring. </p><p>The government is also trying to strengthen the law enforcement in the area by providing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police with weapons, bulletproof jackets and night-vision devices. The paramilitary Frontier Corps will be provided with artillery and APC's. The state agencies are also working on studying ways to block FM frequencies of illegal FM radio channels.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Waziristan_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miranshah" title="Miranshah">MiranShah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannu" title="Bannu">District Bannu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Waziristan_District" title="South Waziristan District">South Waziristan 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