Karak, Pakistan

Karak (Pashto: کرك, Urdu: کرک‎) is the headquarters of Karak District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is 123 km from Peshawar on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi. It is located at 33°7'12N 71°5'41E. Karak is said to be the single district in Pakistan which is inhabited by only one tribe ofPashtuns — the Khattak.

Language[edit]

Pashto is main native language spoken in Khattak dialect in Karak. Urdu being National language and English being the official language of Pakistan, are also spoken and understood.

History[edit]

Until 1940, this whole area was ruled by the Teri Nawab. Teri was the capital and the only Tehsil. It had tappas (satrapies): 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, a famous Pushtun tribe.

It is the enriched city of plenty reservoir of oil,gas, uranium and salt in country and it has important role in the country economy. Oil and Gas reservoir are located at Makori, Noshpa Banda on the Main Indus Highway and village Gurguri in the Tehsil Banda Daud Shah. Karak is the most educated district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan as well. People of karak are serving the nation in almost all fields all over the Pakistan and abroad as well. Karak is the most peaceful area in the country. People of karak are living in the district with ethics keeping their basic traditions and customs alive. they are custodian of old traditions shifted to them from their grand-parents like Khushal Baba The Warrior Poet and one of the tribal chief ofKhattak tribe.

Administration[edit]

Here are three tehsils in the district which are Karak, Banda Daud Shah and Takht-e-Nasrati. District and Tehsil Headquarters of the district and Tehsil Karak are located in Karak Town. DCO look into all administration related affairs and issues of the district. District Nazim is also a main figure of the district government but when local government is active. This has become an established fact that Karak is the most literate district in Pakistan as it has the highest literacy rate in the country.

Karak Town is a central place for all three tehsils, because all district level headquarters of different department e.g. WAPDA, judiciary, education, police and health are located here and offices of Tehsil karak are also located here.

Here are also some other small towns e.g. Bahadur Khel, Metha Khel, Sabirabad, Land Kamar, Rehmat Abad, Latamber having sizable bazaars but karak bazaar is unique in the district.

District Karak is touched with District Kohat, District Hangu, District Bannu, District Lakki Marwat and District Mianwali. The site of Kala Bagh Dam is to the south of District karak.

Here is one Electoral Constituency for National Assembly and two Constituencies for Provincial Assembly: PF-40 (Karak-1) MPA Mian Nisar Gul IND-Jion ANP Now PF-41 (Karak-2) MPA Malik Qasim Khan