Mardan Division
Following the conclusion of the One Unit policy ended in 1970 and the subsequent reinstatement of the original provincial structure, the divisions that emerged during the policy period remained in the North-West Frontier Province.The area received full-fledged division status between the Pakistani censuses of 1981 and 1998, and during the same time period, Swabi Tehsil was also upgraded, to district status (becoming Swabi District).The division borders the important Indus River to its south and east, and has an abundance of natural beauty.Mardan had a population of 358,604 in 2017[12] and was the second-largest city in the entire province (after Peshawar) at the time.[12] This made only 0.17% of the entire population of the division active military personnel (one of the smallest military-civilian ratios in all of Pakistan).