"Mohmand Agency " by FATA Awareness Initiative

Mohmand Agency
Introduction

Mohmand or Moomand (مومند ) is an agency (tribal district) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, created in 1951. Its terrain is mostly hilly and the scanty rainfall makes it dry. Its border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistan and the region.

Ghalanai is the chief town of Mohmand and houses the headquarters of the Agency’s administration and the paramilitary Mohmand Rifles force. The main tribe of the agency is Mohmand (or Moomand), however, a large population of Safi and Utman Khel tribes also live in the agency. The Safi and Utman Khel are concentrated in the the north and east while Moomand are spread all over the agency.
Geography

Mohmand Agency has a total area of 2,297 Sq Km. To its west lies Kunar from which it is separated by a series of rugged Hindukush hills and intermittent mountain passes; Bedmanai Pass being the notable one. To the south of Mohmand lies another tribal district, Khyber Agency while Peshawar lies to its south-east. To the east are Malakand and Charsadda districts while to the north is Bajaur Agency
The major towns of Mohmand are Ghalanai, Gandhab (Mian Mandi), Yekka Ghund and Lakaro. Other notable towns of the agency include Danishkul, Khwezai, Ghanam Shah, Qandharo.
Mohmand is inhabited almost exclusively by Mohmand Pukhtoons alongwith a sizeable population of Safi and Utman Khel. The clans of Mohmand tribe inhabiting the agency are Halimzai, Tarakzai, Khawezai, Baezai, Dawezai, Utmanzai and Kukkozai. The Safi sections living in Mohmand are Massaud, Qandhari, Wader and Gurbaz while the Utman Khels are mostly of Boot Khel section.
The 1998 census conducted by the Govt. of Pakistan put the population of Mohmand at 0.334 million and population growth rate at 4.28 percent. By simple interpolation of the 1998 census data, the current population of Mohmand Agency (as of 2011) must be touching the 0.6 million figure.
Administrative Setup of Mohmand Agency:

Mohmand Agency is divided into a number of administrative units as under:

Agency	Subdivision	Tehsil
Mohmand Agency	Lower Mohmand	Yekka Ghund
		Ambar
		Pandyalai
		Praang Ghaar
	Upper Mohmand	Safi  / Lakaro
		Khwezai / Baezai
		Halimzai

The administrative Setup of the agency and the various departments are given as under:

Appointment / Post	Jurisdiction / Authorities / Responsibilities
Administration and Judiciary
Political Agent	Overall Charge-de-Affairs of the Agency
Additional Political Agent	Oversees development activities in the Agency
Assistant Political Agents, A.P.A	Admin / Judicial affairs of their respective Subdivisions
Political Tehsildars, P.T / Naib Tehsildars, P.N.T	Admin / Judicial affairs of their respective Tehsils
Law and Order
Subedar Major of Levies	Incharge of Levies / Khasadars (Local Police force)
Quarter Master of Levies	Head of Operations of Levies
Subedars / Naib Subedars of Levies	Incharge of their respective Levies Posts / Piquets
Education
Agency Education Officer, A.E.O	Overall Incharge of Schools (Primary to Higher Secondary)
Assistant Agency Education Officer (Female)	Incharge of Girls Schools
Assistant Agency Education Officers (Male)	Incharge of Boys Schools in their respective subdivisions
Health
Agency Surgeon	Overall Incharge of Health Facilities
Medical Superintendent	Incharge of Agency Head Quarter (AHQ) Hospital
Support Departments
Executive Engineer, XEN (C&W)	Incharge of Civil Works
Sub Divisional Officer, SDO (WAPDA)	Incharge of Electricity Supply
Assistant Divisional Engineer, ADE (PTCL)	Incharge of Telephone Services
Sub Divisional Officer, SDO (Public Health)	Incharge of Water Supply / Tube wells etc
Assistant Director, AD (Forests)	Incharge of Forests plantation and conservation etc
Assistant Director, AD (Agriculture)	Incharge of Agriculture affairs

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