...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
to the civil government after restoring peace and the government’s writ in the militancy-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region.
In 2007, after the Tehrik-e-Taliban
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Pakistain had taken over Swat, armed forced were called in to prise the valley out of their possession ‐ a process that more than a decade later is now officially deemed complete.
"After almost eleven years we have made history with the handing-over of administrative powers to the civil administration," KP Chief Minister Mehmood Khan said at a gathering also attended by Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.Corps Commander Lt Gen Nazir Ahmed Butt, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) Malakand, ministers, MPs and other army officers.
The chief minister regretted that turbans had destroyed the beautiful district by bombing schools, educational institutions, imposing various bans on women and killing innocent people.
He further said that the army, with the support of police, local administration and the people, has succeeded in uprooting militancy from Swat and restored peace.