Dera Ismail Khan Division
Encyclopedia
Dera Ismail Khan Division was an administrative division
of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government.
Until the 1990s it also contained Bannu Division
, at abolition it contained the districts
of Dera Ismail Khan
and Tank
Divisions of Pakistan
Divisions are the third tier of government in Pakistan, between the provinces and districts. They were abolished in 2000 by the government of former president Pervez Musharraf to make way for local governance via district governments...
of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government.
Until the 1990s it also contained Bannu Division
Bannu Division
Bannu Division was an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government...
, at abolition it contained the districts
Districts of Pakistan
The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished...
of Dera Ismail Khan
Dera Ismail Khan District
Dera Ismail Khan is one of the 24 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan...
and Tank
Tank District
Tank , is the southern district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, the city of Tank is the capital of the district, which consists Union Council City I and Union Council City II. There are totally sixteen Union councils of district Tank. Tank was formerly part of district Dera Ismail...