Peshawar District

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Peshawar is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Until divisions were abolished as part of local government reforms in 2000 it was part of Peshawar Division. The city of Peshawar, as well as being the provincial capital, is the capital of the district.

Administration

The district is represented in the provincial assembly by eleven elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: [ [http://www.panwfp.gov.pk/index.php/members/bydistrict/en/9/53 Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP] ]

* PF-1 (Peshawar-1)
* PF-2 (Peshawar-2)
* PF-3 (Peshawar-3)
* PF-4 (Peshawar-4)
* PF-5 (Peshawar-5)
* PF-6 (Peshawar-6)
* PF-7 (Peshawar-7)
* PF-8 (Peshawar-8)
* PF-9 (Peshawar-9)
* PF-10 (Peshawar-10)
* PF-11 (Peshawar-11)

The district is represented in the provincial assembly by two elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: [ [http://www.panwfp.gov.pk/index.php/members/bydistrict/en/9/57 Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP] ]

History

The original district of Peshawar was a district of the North-West Frontier Province of British India. [ [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_117.gifPeshawār District - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 111.] ] At independence in 1947 the old Peshawar District became Peshawar Division, containing the current district of Peshawar.

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