Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Bara باړه
City
Logo of Bara Khyber
Coordinates: 33°54′53″N 71°28′05″E
Country	Pakistan
District	Khyber
Tehsil	Bara
Established	1873
Government [2]
• Type	Tehsil-council
• Chairman	Muhammad Kafeel[1] (JUI-F)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal Code	24801
Main language(s)	Pashto

Bara (Pashto: باړه; Urdu: باڑہ) is a town located in Bara Tehsil in the Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Kohat is located to the south while Peshawar is located to the north of Bara.

Overview

Bara is also the name of the local administrative division of Bara Tehsil in the Khyber Agency within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, of which Bara Town is the administrative seat. The Bara River flows through the town. The town has a fort built by British Raj and supplied water to Peshawar.[3] The town is ethnically Pashtuns, and has been the site of increasing militancy by Lashkar-e-Islam against the central government.[4][5]

Location

The approximate location is 33° 55′ N latitude, 71° 27′ longitude.[6] The mud fort is visible on Google Earth at 33° 54' 53" by 71° 28' 05", lying alongside a water tank and the Bara River which eventually flows to the East of Peshawar.

Incidents

• 2023 Bara explosion

Notable people

• Javed Afridi, Pakistani Business executive and entrepreneur best known as the CEO of Haier Pakistan.
• Shahid Afridi, Pakistani international cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.
• Ayub Afridi (drug lord), Pakistani politician and drug smuggler.
• Ayub Afridi (politician), Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018.
• Shams Afridi, Finance Manager at Peshawar Zalmi & Haier Pakistan.
• Zarif Khan, Pashtun American restaurant owner and investor.
• Rehmat Shah Afridi, opened the first English newspaper established from KPK

References

1. "Tehsil Council Bara - KPK Local Body Election Result 2021". Geo News. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
2. "KP's new LG system: structure, powers, and voting process". SAMAA TV. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
3. John Murray (Firm); Eastwick, E.B. (1883). Handbook of the Punjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir, and Upper Sindh. J. Murray. p. 278. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
4. "10 killed in Pakistan as teen bomber blows himself - Thaindian News". thaindian.com. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
5. "Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, Lifestyle". Retrieved September 23, 2012.\06\30\story_30-6-2008_pg7_32
6. "Bara Tehsil Map | Pakistan Google Satellite Maps". maplandia.com. Retrieved 2014-11-16.