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Zhob District
District of Balochistan in Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zhob District (Pashto: ږوب ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع ژوب) is a district in the northwestern part of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The population of Zhob District was estimated at 355,692 in 2023.[1] Water from Zhob River is used for irrigation in the district.
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Administration
The 1998 census report lists two sub-divisions: Lower Zhob (comprising Zhob tehsil and Sambaza sub-tehsil) and Kakar Khurasan (encompassing the tehsil of Qamar Din Karez and the subtehsil of Ashewat).[3] A government webpage lists these as Ashwat, Qamar Din Karez, Sambaza and Zhob, without indicating if any of them are sub-tehsils.[4]
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Demographics
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As of the 2023 census, Zhob district has 47,901 households and a population of 355,692. The district has a sex ratio of 117.57 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 36.62%: 45.24% for males and 26.81% for females.[1][9] 159,100 (44.75% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[10] 46,976 (13.21%) live in urban areas.[1] 1,732 (0.49% of the surveyed population) are religious minorities, mainly Christians and some Hindus.[8]
At the time of the 2023 census, 97.65% of the population spoke Pashto and 1.49% Saraiki as their first language.[11]
The majority of the population of Zhob district is Pashtun. The tribes of Zhob district include the Mandokhail, Khosti, Sherani, Kakar, Sulaimankhel, Harifal, Lawoon and Babar. A large number of IDPs were settled within the confines of the district as part of the evacuation from Operation Zarb-e-Azb that took place to the north of Zhob.[citation needed]
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Military activity
On 30 October 2024, Pakistan's security forces killed a member of the TTP and injured another during an intelligence-based operation in Sambaza, recovering weapons and ammunition.[17] The action was followed by a "sanitization operation" in the area.[17] On 10 December, 15 militants and a Pakistan Army soldier were killed during an engagement in the district.[18]
In January 2025, the forces killed an Afghan national in the district having links to terrorism on the 11th[19] and eliminated six TTP militants crossing across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on the 23rd.[20] On 8 August, 33 members of the TTP, which the ISPR describes as Fitna al Khwarij, were killed by the security forces as they tried to cross into Sambaza across the border.[21][22][23] The forces also recovered a cache of arms, explosives, and ammunition.[21]
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Bibliography
- 1998 District Census report of Zhob. Census publication. Vol. 107. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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