A. South Waziristan District
B. Dir District
C. Chitral District
D. None of These

Submitted by: Areesha Khan

An official notification said that South Waziristan had been divided into two districts; South Waziristan Upper and South Waziristan Lower.

The decision has been taken under the Land Revenue Act, 1967.

According to the notification, the South Waziristan Upper will comprise two sub divisions – Sarwakai and Ladha. Spinkai Raghazai has been notified as the headquarters of newly-created Upper district. Tiarza, Serwakai, Shawal, Ladha, Makin, Shaktui and Sararogha have been made tehsils of South Waziristan Upper.

Wana has been declared as the headquarters of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe-dominated South Waziristan Lower district. The lower district comprises one sub-division (Wana) and four tehsils, including Wana, Shakai, Tolkhela and Birmal.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now has 36 districts with the bifurcation of South Waziristan.

A. 26
B. 29
C. 32
D. 36

Updated by: Farhan Ahsan

The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) after Fata Merger consist of seven divisions. There are 36 districts in the  Kpk province after the bifurcation of district South Waziristan  into lower and upper as well as Chitral into lower and upper. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the third-largest province of Pakistan by population and the smallest province by area, is divided into 36 districts and seven divisions. recently South Waziristan split into two districts. which makes the total districts of kpk to 36.

The provincial cabinet on Tuesday approved dividing South Waziristan tribal district into Upper and Lower South Waziristan districts.

Updated on: 18 October 2022

below is the notification of KPK districts after Fata merger :