Population As of the
2017 Pakistani national census, Salarzai Tehsil has a population of 267,636 people, representing a +3.40% population increase from its 1998 census population of 141,750 compared to a +3.23% population growth in the overall Bajaur District. Residents of Salarzai comprise 24.53% of the Bajaur District population as of 2017.
Language The vast majority of Salarzai residents expectedly speak
Pashto as their mother tongue, the predominant language of ethnic
Pakhtuns (Pashtuns) and of the derivatively-named
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK). As of 2017, 99.45% of Salarzai residents recorded Pashto as their mother tongue with other residents recording
Urdu (267),
Brahui (278),
Sindhi (137),
Punjabi (77),
Saraiki (70),
Kashmiri (63),
Balochi (49),
Hindko (5), and 'other' (32) as mother tongues.
Religion As of 2017, 99.99% of Salarzai Tehsil residents reported belonging to the
Islamic faith along with 31 residents recorded as
Ahmadi, 2 belonging to
caste systems, and 1 listed as 'other'.
Politics Salarzai Tehsil is politically represented in the
National Assembly of Pakistan (the
lower house of the national
parliament) in the
NA-8 Bajaur constituency and in the
Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the
PK-20 Bajaur-II constituency. In both bodies, Salarzai Tehsil (as well as Bajaur District and most of
KPK) historically elects candidates from the
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party established by Pakistani
cricketer and 22nd
Prime Minister,
Imran Khan, who is seen as a fierce advocate for the nation's Pakhtuns, many of whom feel disenfranchised by
Islamabad. == See also ==