Tank District
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Tank District ټک |
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| District | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Headquarters | Tank |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,679 km2 (648 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 393,000 |
| • Density | 142/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Number of Union councils | 16 |
Tank (Urdu: ٹانک ṭāṅk; Saraiki: ٹاک) ṭākk), is a southern district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Tank is the capital of the district, which consists of Union Council City I and Union Council City II. There are sixteen Union councils of district Tank. Until 1992 Tank was a tehsil within Dera Ismail Khan District. Tank is bounded by the districts of Lakki Marwat to the northeast, Dera Ismail Khan to the east and southeast, FR Tank to the north and the South Waziristan Agency to the west. The climate in Tank reaches 110-120 °F. However, in the cold, harsh winters in the mountains to the west, people come to Tank to enjoy a pleasant stay and then return during the summer.
The district contains one tahsil (subdivision), also called Tank. And is represented in the Provincial Assembly by one elected MPA, Ghulam Qader Bittani, who represents the following constituency:
Tank city is one of the less developed district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. I would like to mention few of problems being faced by the people of Tank. In Tank, there is only one Government Civil Hospital which is not sufficient for the people which is more than one hundred thousand in numbers. The second important problem is shortage of clean drinking water. It may be mentioned that the water used for drinking availed from open stream coming from Tank Zam and stored near the city and later given to people. While using you watch dust filled in the water and people use it which is very dangerous for health. The third most important problem is education. There is only few high schools in the city and the existing also need proper maintenance of attention of the government. There is need to establish more high schools for girls students and in my knowledge there are two high school in the city. There is only one Boys Degree College and recently established Girls Degree College which is good addition. But there is need to establish more education institutions in the city. In Tank PPP government established Passport Office which is very good and helpful for the poor people. In Tank one so called Vocational college also operating but nobody check them. In the jurisdiction of city, there is big agricultural land and if government manage water for the farmers they can produce good wheat and other crops.
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