Zones:- The Province is divided into five zones comprising the area listed below:-
(a)
Zone-1 :- Agencies of bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Kurram,
Orakzai, North Waziristan, South Waziristan
and Frontier Regions attached to
the Districts of Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and Dera ismail Khan.
(b)
Zone-2:- Districts of Peshawar,
Charsadda, Nowshera, Swabi and Mardan.
(c)
Zone-3:- Districts of Swat, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Chitral, Buner,
Shangla, Kohistan, and Malakand Protected Areas (Swat Ranizai and Sam Ranizai),
backward areas of Haripur, Mansehra and Swabi Districts; i.e. Kala Dhaka Area, Upper
Tanawal Area, Gadoon Area, Backward areas of Haripur District i.e., Kalanjar
Field Kanungo Circle of Tehsil Haripur and Amazai Field Kanungo Circle of
Tehsil Ghazi.
(d)
Zone-4:- Districts of Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Bannu, Lakki
Marwat, Kohat and Karak.
(e)
Zone-5:- Districts of Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra
excluding their backward areas included in Zone-3.
