LOWER DIR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Revenue and Estate Department has issued a notification, making Talash as a tehsil of Lower Dir district, claims a chief minister’s aide.

Talking to mediapersons here on Monday, special assistant to chief minister on prisons MPA Shafiullah Khan said one of his promises made with the people had been materialised as the government had notified Talash consisting of 20 village councils as a tehsil of Lower Dir as per the 2017 census.

The lawmaker said new tehsil covered four union councils, including Noorakhel, Shahikhel, Dushkhel and Bandagai.

Mohammad Ibrahim, a former district councillor and PTI activist, said Commissioner Malakand division Shaukat Ali along with MPA Malik Shafiullah Khan would visit the area on Tuesday (today) to formally inaugurate the tehsil.

He said the establishment of a separate tehsil had been a longstanding demand of the locals and the PTI government gave it a practical shape.

Meanwhile, people from different walks of life welcomed the development and thanked the provincial government for it.

Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, while addressing a public meeting in Timergara recently, had announced the establishment of Talash tehsil.

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2022