Upper Kurram Tehsil

Upper Kurram Tehsil is a subdivision located in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 253,478 according to the 2017 census.^[1]

Upper Kurram تحصیل کرم بالا پورتنۍ کرم تحصیل‎‎
Tehsil
Location of Upper Kurram Tehsil in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Coordinates: 33°52′11″N 70°5′59″E
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Kurram District
Government
• Nazim	Muzammil Hussain (MWM)
Population  (2017)
• Tehsil	253,478
• Urban	5,502
• Rural	247,976[1]
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

History

In 2014, Upper Kurram's Assistant Political Agent Maqsood Hassan was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau on corruption charges.^[2]

In November 2017, a US drone strike was carried out on a house in Ghozgarhy, Upper Kurram. This action was condemned by the Foreign Office.^[3] Four people were killed in this strike.^[4]

Geography

Adjacent administrative units

• Sherzad District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (north)
• Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northeast)
• Pachir Aw Agam District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northeast)
• Central Kurram F.R. (east)
• Lower Kurram Tehsil (southeast)
• Zazi Maidan District, Khost Province, Afghanistan (southwest)
• Dand Aw Patan District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan (southwest)
• Zazi District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan (west)

Demographics

Upper Kurram is predominantly Shiite.^[5]

See also

• Parachinar
• List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa