Razmak (Pashto and Urdu: رزمک) is one of the three subdivisions of North Waziristan district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
[2] The famous Pashtun tribal leader Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi) was based in Gurwek, but also hid for a long time in Razmak.
The self-contained cantonment was capable of holding 10,000 men, and eventually contained gardens, sports pitches, a cinema, and a bazaar.
The camp would be an important location for the British in terms of pacifying the surrounding region, and in the Waziristan campaign of 1936–1939.
Stories about Haji Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi) are part of the folklore of the area.
This is said to be the origin of the many grey hard pebbles lying on the hills of Razmak where Mirzali Khan was hiding.
A Pashtun tribal jirga, held in Razmak, appointed Mirzali Khan as the President of the National Assembly for Pashtunistan.
[4] However, later on Faqir Ipi, while addressing a gathering at Razmak, said that the Government of Afghanistan had misled him and deceived him in the name of Islam.
[5] The population is migratory and owns land also in other parts of the North Waziristan Agency where they migrate when it gets too cold.
Boorakhel are involved in trade and business, many of them drive trucks and buses down in the rest of Pakistan.
The Mahsud live in the southern part of Razmak near Shuidar Ghar, as well as in the adjoining South Waziristan.
Schools are usually owned and managed by the local elders and have been granted to them and are being funded by the government as a bribe.