Peshawar Division

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Peshawar Division
پشاور ڈویژن
پېښور څانګه
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Map of Peshawar Division
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Capital Peshawar
Government
  TypeDivisional Administration
   Mayor Zubair Khan (JUI-F)
  CommissionerRiaz Khan Mehsud (BPS-20 PCS)
  Capital City Police OfficerSyed Ashfaq Anwar (BPS-20 PSP)
Website cpd.kp.gov.pk

Peshawar Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It was abolished in the reforms of 2000, like all divisions, but reinstated in 2008. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Until 1976, Peshawar Division contained the districts of Hazara and Kohat, when they both became divisions themselves. Later in the mid-1990s, the district of Mardan (and its tehsils) also became a division itself. CNIC code of Peshawar Division is 17.

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Districts

Peshawar Division contains the following districts:

Tehsils in Peshawar Division

Following are Tehsils of Peshawar division

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