platform for more involvement in sports in this region. In 2017 he introduced a tennis ball cricket league, named Dera Premier League, and the teams from different geographical regions of Pakistan competed. Season two was held in 2018. DPL became Pakistan's biggest tape ball cricket tournament. Dera Ismail Khan has a cricket team as well: Dera Ismail Khan cricket team. Some cultural games (, and , which is played by three sportsmen called where one runs while two other have to catch him in a big circular ground encircled by spectators) are still popular among native Saraiki people and have been for decades. Administration The district is subdivided into five Tehsils which contain a total of 47 Union Councils: Tehsils D.I. Khan Kulachi Paharpur Paroa Drazanda (formerly Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan) After the merger of Tribal areas, Darazinda is now also a tehsil of D.I.Khan. See also Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan National Assembly of Pakistan Tehsil Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sport in Pakistan President of Pakistan Arif Alvi Pakistani cuisine References Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa