Paharpur is a town of Dera Ismail Khan District

Dera Ismail Khan District

Dera Ismail Khan is one of the 24 districts in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan...

 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The town is the headquarters of Paharpur Tehsil

Paharpur Tehsil

Paharpur Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Dera Ismail Khan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 15 union councils, one of which forms the headquarters, Paharpur....

, an administrative subdivision of the district, and is a Union Council

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

. It is located at 32°6'8N 70°58'12E and has an altitude of 173 metres (570 feet).

Darul uloom Jamia Siddiqia led by famous leader of Jamiat ulma Islam Qari Qasim Qureshi Darul uloomchishtia rizvia led by a famous scholar Zahir Shah Qadri jamia mehria islamia led by Qari Hasan Ali Mueeni gulzareMadina led by G Yasin chishti are famous for religious education. Mulla Nazar, Hasan shah, matti Sultan Pir Ashab, Kamboh shrif are holy shrines.