Miryan Tehsil

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Miryan Tehsil
Miryan Tehsil
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Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Region PK-NWFP.svg Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Bannu District
Government
  ChairmanKamal Shah
Area
  Total
130 km2 (50 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
  Summer (DST) UTC+6 (PDT)

Miryan Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Bannu District in Bannu Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 145,948 and it covers an area of 130km2. [1]

Kamal Shah is the chairman of the tehsil. [2] Shah took part in tehsil-wide protests in Bannu District following the abduction of a schoolteacher and for other local issues. [3] The tehsil forms part of the Bannu-II and Bannu-III electoral constituencies. [4]

Militancy

The area has seen attacks by militants for a while, in 2011 a car-bomb killed 18 at Miryan police station, [5] two years later (2013) a police van was damaged by an IED outside a Girls school. [6] In 2024 an attack on a police station in Miryan took place, [7] in June 2025 Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised the police for foiling an attack that month [8] and in July 2025 the latest attack involved a quadcopter drone [9] in which one woman was killed and three others were injured. [10]

References

  1. "tehsil level information - United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)".
  2. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkwa
  3. "Protest jirgas planned for teacher's recovery, other issues resolution". www.thenews.com.pk.
  4. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk.
  5. "Deadly car bomb kills 18 at police station in north-west Pakistan". France 24. 12 January 2011.
  6. No casualties: Police vehicle damaged in roadside blast
  7. "Attack on Bannu police station repulsed". DAWN.COM. 8 February 2024.
  8. KP Police receive praise from Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi
  9. "Police say militants behind quadcopter attacks in northwest Pakistan that killed one, injured three". Arab News.
  10. "At least one killed, three injured in Bannu drone attacks". www.geo.tv.