Ismaila

For other uses, see Ismaila (disambiguation).

Ismaila is a town and Union Council of Swabi District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°13'0N 72°15'0E

Its population is about 60,000.. Ismaila falls in the outer periphery of Swabi District bordering Mardan District.

There is a government high school for girls and secondary school for boys. Kernel Sher Khan Cadet college is also located here. There is also a basic health unit in the town. Ismaila is very famous village and is situated at the foot of Kara Mar Mountain which has historic significance. Ismaila is accessible through Swat Motorway with a dedicated Ismaila interchange (Exit 2) approximately 18 km from Kernal Sher Khan Interchange on Motorway M1. All historical and Archeological sites are within easy reach from Ismaila Interchange. Within about a 20 km radius from Ismaila, there are several archaeological sites. The village of Hund had been the capital of Kabul Shahi for about 300 years. The archaeological site Rani Gatt, part of the ancient Gandhara Kingdom, is also nearby.

Crops like wheat, maize and rice are grown here and the lands are irrigated by the Malakand Canal. Pashto poet Ali Haider Joshi was born in this town in 1914. He was the author of Yusuf Khan and Sherbano, which was turned into the first Pashto movie, Yousuf Khan Sher Bano in 1970.