Upper Dir is one of the 26 districts of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the time of independence,
Dir was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. It was merged with Pakistan in 1969 and later on declared as a district in 1970. In 1996, it was bifurcated into Upper and Lower Dir districts. This district is situated in the northern part of Pakistan. It borders
Chitral district and
Afghanistan on the north and north west and
Swat district to the east, and on the south by
Lower Dir District.