PAKISTAN STUDY ASSIGNMENT“HARIPUR”Presented By: Muhammad OmerFA12-BS(BA)-026COMSATS Institute of IT

HISTORY OF HARIPURHaripur was founded in 1822. Haripur means “Town of Hari”. Haripur was derived by the name of “Hari Singh Nalwa”.He was the Sikh General of Ranjit Singh Army.He was the Governor of Kashmir in 1822 to 1823.Haripur was built as a fortress surrounded by a wall which was 3.7 m thick and 15 m high and had only four opening gates.The population in 1901 was 5,578.

HARI SINGH NALWA

ADMINISTRATION Haripur District was tehsil of Abbottabad

District in 1992. Haripur District is divided into three Tehsils

which are sub-divided into a total of 44 Union Councils.

In the north and west of Haripur are Pashtun areas.

GEOGRAPHY Haripur District is situated at latitude 33° 44' to 34°

22‘ and longitude 72° 35' to 73° 15‘. It is 610m above the sea level.

IMPORTANCE Dams in Haripur District Tarbela Dam and Khanpur Dam The Tarbela Dam produces 2200-Megawatt of

electricity

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Haripur District is expanded in Area of 1,725 km².

The estimated population of the Haripur district was 803000, according to 2005 census.

Agriculture is the major profession of the rural population.

Total agriculture land is 77370 acres.

HARIPUR BOUNDARIES Its boundaries are meet with Mardan and

ancient Gandara Civilization in the North West.

Abbottabad District in North East. Margallah hills of Islamabad in south east. Swat valley in the north-west. Attock and Rawalpindi lie on the south west

and south east, respectively.

POPULATION The estimated population of Haripur was 803,000. 12% of population lives in urban area. 88% of population lives in rural area. Hindko speakers are 68% of population, Pashtu is

28.9%, Punjabi is 1.8%, and Urdu is 0.5%. The average literacy rate for Haripur district is

53.7%. The provincial literacy rate in NWFP which is 35.2%. The female literacy rate is comparatively low at

37.4% than male literacy of 70.5%. Urban literacy rate is lower, 51.4%, than rural

literacy rate, 69.7%.

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HindkoPashtuPanjabiUrdu

PERCENTAGE OF LANGUAGES

URBAN, RURAL & MEN, WOMEN

Urban and Rural liracy Rate

Men and Women Litracy Rate

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%

Urban and MenRural and Women

EDUCATION Haripur District has a Post Graduate College, which

is funded by the Government.

The city also has two Colleges for Girls which are also funded by the Government.

Haripur has 907 government primary schools, including 656 for boys and 251 for girls, in 2000–2001.

NA 19 HARIPUR 2008 ELECTIONS RESULT

Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan (PML-N) 98670 VotesDr Raja Amir Zaman (Independent) 71254 VotesUmar Ayub Khan (PML-Q) 50631Votes

NA 19 HARIPUR PARTY POSITION FOR 2013 ELECTIONS

Umar Ayub Khan will be Muslim League Nawaz candidate from NA 19 in 2013 elections.

Ex MNA Sardar Mushtaq has left PML-N and now joined PPP.

Ex district Nazim Dr Raja Amir Zaman has joined PTI.

PARTIES POSITIONS

Position Candidates Votes 1 Raja Amir Zaman (PTI) 1165792 Umar Ayub Khan (PML N) 1143743 Pir Syed Alamzeb Shah (JUI-F) 197654 Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan

(PPP)16396

5 Ghulam Nabi Khan (JI) 50896 Major Retd Jameel Ehsan Kiyani

(TH)3621

7 Irum Fatima (ANP) 35778 Farooq Shah (Indep) 30959 Faiza Bibi Rasheed of (Indep) 246310 Muhammad Riaz Baig of (Indep) 134611 Habibullah Khan of (MQM) 699

Result of Election 2013

RESULT OF ELECTION 2013

Result of Election 20130

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140000 Raja Amir Zaman (PTI)

Umar Ayub Khan (PML N)

Pir Alamzeb Shah (JUI-F)

Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan (PPP)

Gulam Nabi Khan (JI)

Major Retd Jameel Ehsan Kiyani (TH)

Irum Fatima

Habibullah Khan (MQM)

SOME VILLAGES OF HARIPUR

KOT NAJIBULLAH Kot Najibullah means "Fort of Najibullah". Kot Najibullah is one of the 44 union

council of Haripur. The Ex MNA Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq

Khan belongs to this union council.