Shangla is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan that contains two Tehsil Alpuri and Puran. Alpuari Town is the headquarter of the district, and two main tehsils/Sub divisions viz: Tehsil Puran and Tehsil Alpuari. There are three sub tehsils i.e. tehsil Besham, tehsil Chakesar, tehsil Martung. Shangla has the lowest Human Development Index in the province and second lowest in the country.^[1][2] Shangla, previously a subdivision of Swat district, was upgraded to the status of a district on July 1, 1995^[3] by the then Chief Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao.