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Today's Paper | November 14, 2024

Published 01 Feb, 2024 08:44am

READ: Central KP— The ‘kingmaker’ of the province’s politics

A POPULAR axiom is that the road to the chief minister’s house passes through central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which comprises Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera and Charsadda.

The region is a political juggernaut, as 33 of the total 115 seats in the KP Assembly lie in the region. The Peshawar valley and its surrounding districts are also considered a barometer to gauge the direction of political winds in the province, since it has a 28pc share in KP assembly seats.

In terms of other demographic metrics, central KP is the most populous, industrialised and prosperous region of the province, with one-fourth — 13 million — of the province’s 40.85m residents living here, according to the 2023 census.

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