Kurram Sources and Research Library

خلاصہ

کسی عدد، تاریخی بات یا منصوبے کو سمجھنے کے لیے اس کا اصل حوالہ، تاریخ اور علاقہ دیکھیں۔

اس لائبریری میں وہ ذرائع شامل ہیں جو ہمارے موجودہ مضامین کو سمجھنے میں مدد دیتے ہیں۔

پرانا ریکارڈ، تجویز اور آج کی صورت حال الگ چیزیں ہیں۔

Follow a claim back to its evidence. This library connects CKP’s guides to selected public sources. It is a reading aid, not a claim that every page of every report has been independently verified.

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  • Dated news report

    APP: Parachinar Airport rehabilitation report, 27 April 2026

    Read the dated report about rehabilitation and operational trials, then separate that milestone from passenger routes and booking availability.

    Location / coverage
    Parachinar Airport, Upper Kurram
    Source period
    27 April 2026
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Dated rehabilitation and landing/take-off trial report reviewed.

    Trials do not establish a current scheduled passenger service, fare or timetable. Confirm any travel arrangement with the responsible operator or authority.

    Open source for APP: Parachinar Airport rehabilitation report, 27 April 2026 →
  • Planning report

    Parachinar Final Structure Plan, September 2015

    Use the older plan for dated service-centre, transport and agricultural context, with historical observations kept separate from present conditions.

    Location / coverage
    Parachinar planning study area and its wider historical catchment
    Source period
    September 2015; some observations relate to earlier years
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Selected planning passages and relevant crop and airport sections reviewed.

    Its study population, maps and historical narrative should not be treated as current district statistics. Uncorroborated historical claims are not adopted.

    Open source for Parachinar Final Structure Plan, September 2015 →
  • Planning report

    Parachinar Urban Center Master Plan 2024–2042

    Read the plan’s study boundary, preferred development scenario and proposals alongside the guide that explains how to interpret them.

    Location / coverage
    Parachinar urban planning study area, Upper Kurram
    Source period
    Plan period 2024–2042; underlying observations have their own dates
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Selected passages reviewed, including PDF pp. 10–15, 45, 48 and 53–54.

    A proposal is not a completed project or a land entitlement. Preserve each map’s boundary and the underlying date of every figure.

    Open source for Parachinar Urban Center Master Plan 2024–2042 →
  • Census

    PBS Census 2023: district and tehsil totals

    Use Table 1 to compare Kurram District with Upper, Central and Lower Kurram while keeping rural and urban totals in view.

    Location / coverage
    Kurram District and the administrative units in Table 1
    Source period
    Census 2023; table also includes a 2017 comparison
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Relevant Kurram rows on PDF page 4 inspected.

    A population total does not explain the causes of change. Match the year and administrative unit before comparing figures.

    Open source for PBS Census 2023: district and tehsil totals →
  • Census

    PBS Census 2023: Parachinar and Sadda town committees

    Use Table 2 for the named urban localities; the Sadda and Parachinar town-committee figures are narrower than their surrounding tehsils.

    Location / coverage
    Sadda TC, Lower Kurram (PDF p. 1); Parachinar TC, Upper Kurram (PDF p. 2)
    Source period
    Census 2023
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Relevant named urban-locality rows inspected.

    A town committee, a wider planning area and a district are different units. Do not substitute one figure for another.

    Open source for PBS Census 2023: Parachinar and Sadda town committees →
  • Census

    PBS Census 2023: rural locality names

    Find Dogar within the Kurram section and distinguish the separately named Zeran census entries before attaching figures to a place.

    Location / coverage
    Selected Kurram rural locality entries, including Dogar and Zeran names
    Source period
    Census 2023
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Selected text around PDF pages 96–102 inspected; Dogar in the Kurram section and distinct Zeran names matched.

    The full 257-page table was not checked visually. Locality totals require exact unit and boundary checks; similarly named entries elsewhere are not the same place.

    Open source for PBS Census 2023: rural locality names →
  • Planning report

    Sadda Final Structure Plan, September 2015

    Explore the report’s service-centre reasoning, municipal planning priorities and the need to fund operation and maintenance.

    Location / coverage
    Sadda and its historical planning catchment, Lower Kurram
    Source period
    September 2015
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Selected PDF pp. 22–24 and relevant settlement-context passages reviewed.

    The report is a planning record, not evidence that proposals were built or services are available today. Historical agency-era descriptions need dated context.

    Open source for Sadda Final Structure Plan, September 2015 →
  • Economic profile

    SMEDA District Economic Profile: Kurram, 2022

    Find sector and livelihood research leads, then trace each table’s original year before using a number or assessing a local opportunity.

    Location / coverage
    Kurram profile; individual tables and claims have different scopes
    Source period
    2022 profile; several underlying observations are older
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Contents and selected relevant passages reviewed.

    Potential is not realised output or guaranteed profit. Check dates, units, current local conditions and practical maintenance before drawing conclusions.

    Open source for SMEDA District Economic Profile: Kurram, 2022 →
  • Music archive notes

    Smithsonian Folkways: Music of Afghanistan notes, 1961

    Read a dated description of Attan in a wider regional music context, then keep that scope distinct from Turi-specific traditions.

    Location / coverage
    Broader regional musical context; not a Turi-specific field study
    Source period
    1961 descriptive notes
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Selected Attan description around PDF pp. 5–6 reviewed.

    This source does not establish that every community performs the dance in the same way. Turi-specific detail needs its own evidence and local voices.

    Open source for Smithsonian Folkways: Music of Afghanistan notes, 1961 →
  • Historical book

    The Pathan Borderland, second edition, 1921

    Read the Kurram chapter as an attributed historical account and compare its claims with later scholarship and local evidence.

    Location / coverage
    Kurram chapter within a colonial-era regional account
    Source period
    Second edition, 1921
    Checked
    2026-10-28 — Selected Kurram passages around PDF pp. 157–161, printed pp. 123–127, reviewed from the supplied copy.

    The author’s colonial viewpoint and reported accounts are part of the source context. This is not a definitive statement of present community identity or ancestry.

    Open source for The Pathan Borderland, second edition, 1921 →

Read the date, boundary and purpose

A census counts people within defined units. A master plan proposes a future pattern of development. A historical book records an author’s account from a particular period. A dated news report documents what was reported at that time. These sources answer different questions.

For a worked example, compare the census guide with the master-plan explanation. Both concern Kurram, but their boundaries, dates and purposes differ.

Why original writing still needs references

CKP explains the material in its own words, connects ideas and gives readers practical ways to understand them. A reference shows where a factual claim came from. It also lets a reader inspect the original context instead of treating our interpretation as the source itself.

We link to publishers and public repositories. We do not republish whole books, copy report chapters or present a government document as CKP’s original research. Read the research and correction method.

Sources and links checked 28 October 2026. Listings are a starting point; confirm changing details with the provider.