2. PAKISTAN STUDY ASSIGNMENT
“HARIPUR”
Presented By:
Muhammad Omer
FA12-BS(BA)-026
COMSATS Institute of IT

3. HISTORY OF HARIPUR
Haripur 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.

4. HARI SINGH NALWA

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. IMPORTANCE
 Dams in Haripur District
 Tarbela Dam and Khanpur Dam
 The Tarbela Dam produces 2200-Megawatt of
electricity
&

8.  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.

9. 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.

10. 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%.

11. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Languages
Hindko
Pashtu
Panjabi
Urdu
PERCENTAGE OF LANGUAGES

12. URBAN, RURAL & MEN, WOMEN
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
Urban and Rural liracy
Rate
Men and Women Litracy
Rate
Urban and Men
Rural and Women

13. EDUCATION
 Haripur District has a Post Graduate College, which is
funded by the Government.

14. 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.

15. NA 19 HARIPUR 2008 ELECTIONS RESULT
Sardar Muhammad
Mushtaq Khan (PML-N) 98670 Votes
Dr Raja Amir
Zaman (Independent) 71254 Votes
Umar Ayub
Khan (PML-Q) 50631Votes

16. NA 19 HARIPUR PARTY POSITION FOR 2013 ELECTIONS
 Umar Ayub Khan will be Muslim League Nawaz candidate
from NA 19 in 2013 elections.

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

18.  Ex district Nazim Dr Raja Amir Zaman has joined PTI.

19. PARTIES POSITIONS
Position Candidates Votes
1 Raja Amir Zaman (PTI) 116579
2 Umar Ayub Khan (PML N) 114374
3 Pir Syed Alamzeb Shah (JUI-F) 19765
4 Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan
(PPP)
16396
5 Ghulam Nabi Khan (JI) 5089
6 Major Retd Jameel Ehsan Kiyani (TH) 3621
7 Irum Fatima (ANP) 3577
8 Farooq Shah (Indep) 3095
9 Faiza Bibi Rasheed of (Indep) 2463
10 Muhammad Riaz Baig of (Indep) 1346
11 Habibullah Khan of (MQM) 699
Result of Election 2013

20. RESULT OF ELECTION 2013
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Result of Election 2013
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)

21. 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.