Manglawar


Manglawar is an administrative unit, known as Union council or Ward of Tehsil Babuzai, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
It is located at 34°48'30.7"N 72°25'50.0"E with an average altitude of 987 meters.

Administrative division

Manglawar is divided into sub-parts for better administrative hold. Manglawar is divided on the basis of two systems:
This division is based upon West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967.
According to this division Manglawar is Union Council which also includes Union Council Aka Maruf Khel i-e: Goratai, Taligram etc. This system is still used in most of Patwar and Land revenue systems.
This division is based upon the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government System and Act 2013 which was recommended on 31 October 2013, and was practically applied in Local Bodies Election May 2015 by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf officials, as they are ruling at the time. According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013. District Swat has 67 wards, of which total amount of village councils is 170, and neighborhood councils is 44.
According to this system Manglawar is a ward which is further divided into two village councils:
Manglawar East, also known as Manglawar No.1 or Aka Maruf, is a Village Council. It is situated on East side of Manglawar. Manglawar East is inhabited by Akamaroof Pashtuns which is a sub tribe or clan of Babuzai. Manglawar East, Akamaroof consist of Haqdad Khel, Mazid Khel, Malakanan, Miangan, Mulan and other racial groups.
Manglawar East consists of small Mohallas :
  1. Shingrai
  2. Salanda
  3. Said Abad
  4. Azimabad
  5. Murad Abad
  6. Gul Mayera
  7. Azgharai
  8. Enzartangai
  9. Dewangai
  10. Batra
  11. Shakhorai
  12. Tekai
  13. Kuz Mazid Khel
  14. Mazid Khel Bala
  15. Mohalla BakhtMand Khan
  16. Gudyan
  17. Mohalla Madi Khel
  18. Mohalla Saidan
Manglawar comes in Manglawar Ward No.39 East-1. The following are details on electoral point of view :
Manglawar West also known as Manglawar No.2 or Bami Khel is a Village Council. It is situated on West side of Manglawar.
Manglawar West is inhabited by Bami Khel Pashtuns which is a sub tribe of Babuzai. Manglawar West also known as Bami Khel consisted of Musa Khel, Burhan Khel, Mir Khel, Usman Khel, Langar Khel, Bibal Khel, Fateh Khan Khel, Dawlat Khel, Esa Khel, Miangan, Mulan and other peoples.
Manglawar West consists of small mohallas :
  1. Ali Khan Khel
  2. Fateh Khan Khel
  3. Bibal Khel
  4. Rahat Abad
  5. Kara
  6. Kalkata
  7. Zanagram
  8. Miangan
  9. Mohalla Esa Khel
  10. Garai Kalay
  11. Manglawar Pul
  12. Malak Nagar
  13. Dawlat Khel
  14. Tawheed Abad
  15. Shaheed Abad
  16. Gulshan Colony Maira
  17. Cheel
  18. Mohalla Bakht Pur Khan
  19. Bhatai
  20. Shakaray
  21. Shaldara

    Local Bodies Election 2015

Local Bodies Elections were held on May 29, 2015.
Manglawar East and West have their own Chairman and Vice Chairman.
Manglawar is a whole Ward having its own local Ggvernment, consisting of District Councilor and Tehsil Councilor.
According to Election Commission of Pakistan the following are the Cabinet for five years:
S.NoDesignationName
1District Councilor Ward ManglawarSarwar Khan
2Tehsil Councilor Ward ManglawarBuneray Khan
3Chairman VC Manglawar EastHanifa Gul
4Vice Chairman VC Manglawar EastArshad Ali
5Chairman VC Manglawar WestIftikhar Khan
6Vice Chairman VC Manglawar WestBarkat Ali

Before this Nazim and Naib Nazim in 2002 were Malak Bakhtmand Khan and Haji Bakhtiar Khan.

Population

In 1998 population of Manglawar was 17,812.
Total population of Manglawar is estimated to be around 45 thousands.

Education

Educational institutes

Government sector

Total number of government boys' schools in Manglawar are: 47 Details of which are given below:
S.NoCategory of schoolsNumber
1Govt primary schools 39
2Govt high schools 3
3Govt maktab schools 1
4Govt maktab primary schools 4
Total number of government boys' schools47

Sports

Residents of Manglawar take a keen interest in sports. Local games include Parpatonay, Amprakakay, Tekaan , Gwatai, Shengrii , Qat, Ludo, Ghal bacha, Peetogaram, Da simano elay, Chendakh, Parai, and Neenzaki. They also play football, cricket and badminton.

Manglawar Ground

Manglawar has its own ground on West side of Manglawar near Sangota and Excelsior College Swat, opposite to Pakistan State Oil Fuel Station, and beside Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital Manglawar Swat. In playground youth of Manglawar plays in after dawn time. Approximate Length of Manglawar Playground is 195 meters and width is 70 meters. There is football posts and nets are placed. Facility of playing Cricket is also available.

Football teams

Manglawar currently has a number of football teams, which takes part in Village based and Inter District. They are:
Manglawar had very famous teams in past like Tofan Eleven and Brazil Eleven. Manglawar have some legends of footballers named Rahim Ali, Duraj Khan and Rokhan.
Manglawar also had junior teams, including
Cricket teams are as follows:

Post office

Manglawar Swat has BO which works under GPO Saidu Sharif.

Postal Code

of Manglawar is 19201. While postal code of Saidu Sharif GPO is 19200.

ZIP Code

of Swat is 19200. So Manglawar also has ZIP code 19200.

Fame

Manglawar is famous for many things. Some of them are:

Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital

Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital is situated in Garai Kalay Manglawar Swat. It is named after Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif as it is gifted and funded by him. It is 116-bed hospital, with 12 Dialysis machines and Air Conditioning which is spread over 32 kanals at cost of 600 million rupees.It is a Project of Punjab Hospitals Trust.
The hospital has an OPD, Male and Female Wards, an Operation Theatre, a Dialysis Unit and other basic facilities.

Economy

Crops & Fruits

The village climate is favorable for many crops and fruits. The village not only fulfill their own need but also supply its product to other areas. Among these Apricots, Palms, & Peach, Maze, Wheat, Rice, Vegetables are more common.

Insurgency

During insurgency period of Swat, People of Manglawar suffered from Terrorism of extremists. But rather than other parts of Swat, Manglawar was very less suffered. Because of less involvement of people in such instances. When Pakistani military agrees on doing operation against terrorism, people of Manglawar migrated from their homes to Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera etc. First they migrated on 25 Oct, 2007 during Operation Rah-e-Haq, and then on 16 May 2009 during operation Operation Rah-e-Rast
During these black days one of high profile Miangul Asfandyar Amir Zeb was assassinated in Kass Manglawar on December 28, 2007 with six of his supporters including Malak Bakhtmand khan and Zahir Shah Khan.

Miscellaneous

Babagan

Baz Dada, Mian Shah Rasool baba, Mian Shekh baba are spiritual people which are buried in Manglawar. There are many folk tales attached to them in local people. In Manglawar a brave women fighter is also graved named as Shaheeda Abai.

Bank

National Bank of Pakistan is situated near Manglawar Pul.

Time zone

Time zone of Manglawar is Pakistan Standard Time: PST.

e-Sahulat

e-Sahulat is situated in a Mall which is situated near Manglawar Pul / Bridge.

Shingrai Waterfall

Shingrai Waterfall is situated in Shingrai Manglawar, which is situated in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the province of Pakistan. It is located from Manglawar and about northeast of Mingora. Shingrai Waterfall is about above sea level. It is wide and about in height.