Hafizabad District
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| Hafizabad District | |
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| Area | 2,367 km² |
| Population (1998) • Density |
832980 • /km² |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Established • District Nazim • District Naib Nazim • District Council • Number of Tehsils |
• • • seats • 2 |
| Main language(s) | Punjabi |
| Website | www.lokasher.com |
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Hafizabad district (Urdu: حافظ آباد) is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan. It consists of two tehsils: Hafizabad and Pindi Bhattian[1]. Hafizabad was made a district in 1991; formerly, it was a tehsil of Gujranwala District. It is situated in the central Punjab and is known for its rice industry on agricultural side and cotton textile industry on industrial side.
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[edit] Introduction
The Chenab River forms the Northern and North-Western boundary of the district. On the North-West touches Mandi Bahauddin, on the South lies Sheikhupura, on the West Sargodha and Jhang districts and on the East Gujranwala District. The district Hafizabad has a total area of 2,367 square kilometres.
The district is included in the agricultural areas of central Punjab and is home of one of the most amazing canal networks of the world. Hafizabad is famous for its rice production. The Hafizabad City Grain Market and Jalalpur Bhattian Grain Market are considered the biggest Rice Export centres of the country.
The hafizabad district is also popular in education sector. In this district many colleges provided high quality education. Hafizabad College of Commerce, is very popular college in whole district, he make a record in district having securing marks 1130 in B.Com and get 4th position in university. Mr Zaheer Ahmed Bhoon his principal are very keen to improve the education level in district. The majority of the population in the district 97% is Muslim, while Christians & Ahmadis inhabit the area in small numbers with the share of 2.9% and 0.1%, respectively. Punjabi is the dominant language 98.7%, while, other languages spoken in the district are Urdu 0.9%, Pushto 0.3% and Siraiki 0.1%. [2]
Hafizabad is known as "Sheraz-e-Hind" as many a poets and scholars of international repute were born in the area.
[edit] Geographic Location
Hafizabad is situated at a height of 800 feet (240 m) above sea-level. The district is located between 32°-20' north latitudes and 73°-12' and 73°-46' east longitude. Situated in central Punjab Hafizabad has its border with the Sheikhupura District and Gujranwala in east, District Mandi Bahauddin in north, District Sargodha in west and District Jhang in south. Hafizabad is situated at a distance of 300 km from Federal Capital Islamabad and is 90 km away from Provincial Capital Lahore.[2]
[edit] Climate
The climate of the district is of extreme. In summer it is very hot and in winter it is very cold. The maximum summer temperature in the month of June, goes up to 48 degrees Celsius while in winter, during January, the minimum temperature goes down to 7 degrees Celsius. The climate of the district is hot and dry during the summer and moderately cold in the winter. Owing to the proximity of the hills there is more rainfall in the East than the Western part of the district. May and June are the hottest months with temperature rising up to 48 degree Celsius monsoon starts usually from the midst of July and continues till September. The soil is alluvial and fertile. It is a flat strip of land running roughly East to West. [2]
[edit] Political representation
Hafizabad has two constituencies in Pakistan's National Assembly, and three constituencies in the Punjab's provincial assembly.
Mainly Tarars represent Hafizabad. They are the noble caste and very respectful. Other than Tarars, Arain, Bhatti and Chatta main families of this region and go for election. Mehdi Hussan Bhatti and Afzal Hussain Tarar are the main political leaders in this district. Mehdi Hussan Bhatti was Previous MNA of Hafizabad. In Election 2008, Saira Afzhal Tarar Won the Election.She is Daughter of Afzhal Hussain Tarar. Mehdi Hussan Bhatti has majority votes but due to PML-Q he loses.In Hafizabad,Everyone Hates PML-Q and President Musharraf.
[edit] Administration
The District is Under District Nazim Chaudhary Mubashar Abbas Bhatti (Nephew of Mehdi Hussan). Tehsil Nazim is Rai Jahangir Kharral.The district is administratively subdivided into two tehsil, Hafizabad and Pindi Bhattian, which contain a total of 42 Union Councils[3]
| Tehsil | No. of Unions |
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| Hafizabad | 25 |
| Pindi Bhattian | 17 |
| Total | 42 |
[edit] Towns
Main towns of the district are:
- Hafizabad the capital was built by Mughal emperor Akbar for strengthening administration of the Punjab District.
- Sooianwala Chatha سوئيانوالہ چٹھہ
- Kolo Tarar
- Kot Hassan Khan
- Chak Chatha
- Jalalpur Bhattian
- Sukhekey Kaleky
- Sandhwan Tarar
- Rasoolpur Tarar
- Fateh Pur (Hazrat Mian Mosa Sahib)
- Wanikay Tarar
- Wan : Chah Hakimwala
- Dera Ch M. Nawaz
[edit] Sawan Pura
This is a small village with the population of five hundered people. Noon family is living in this village. this village is 12 kilometers from hafizabad . this village is very beautiful and there are many facilities in this village. A very famous person Rana Adeel Asgher Noon belonged to this village
[edit] Demographics
According to the 1998 census, the district had a population of 832,980, of which 26.73% were urban.[4]
[edit] Famous Saints
- Hazrat Pir Syed Hyat Muhammad Shah | Hazrat Pir Syed Muhammad Saleh Hyat Shah is a famous saint from vilagge Khuram Chorera.
- Hazrat Mian Muhammad Moosa is a famous saint from the village Fateh Pur Sharif ( editor:Muhammad Saeed Ahmad) near Jalal Pur Bhuttian.
- Hazrat Mian Akbar
- Hazrat Mian Muhammad Alam
- Hazrat Mian Abdul Latif
- Hazrat Gulam Hassan Naqushbandi is a famous saint from vilagge Chak Bhatti sharif.
- Hazrat Baba Sabat Shah Sarkar is a famous saint from vilagge Sabat Shah.
- Hazrat Hussain Shah Sarkar is a famous saint from vilagge Sharbaga.
- Hazrat Arif Hussain Shah Sarkar is a famous saint from vilagge Dohatta Azmat.
[edit] JALALPUR BHATTIAN PRESS CLUB ONLINE
| Name | Desiganation | Newspaper/Channel | Cell Number |
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| Ch Muhammad Sharif | President | Daily Jinnah, Rworld | 0300-6529034 |
| Muahammad Anwar Javad | General Secretary | Online, Atv News | 0300-6526949 |
| Mirza Zaghum Abbas Naz | Coardinatior | INP, Aaj News | 0345-7915776 |
| M Ikram Ullah Asim | Sr. Vice President | PPI, Daily Jurat, News One | 0345-6641994 |
| Zulfiqar Akbar Rana | Vice President | Daily Insaf, Dhoom News | 0300-6528486 |
| Dr Haq Nawaz Jalali | Deputy General Secretary | Daily Express, Express News | 0300-6524028 |
| Ch Muhammad Ali | Finance Secretary | Daily Jung, Geo News | 0321-6844761 |
| Malik Mazhar Hussian | Press Secretary | Daily Mahaz, Waseb Tv, Dunya Tv | 0321-7008398 |
| Mirza Waseem Abbas | IT Secretary | Sun News | 0322-5489626 |
| Mukhdoom Aziz-ur-Rehman | Member | Daily Shafiat, nVibe News | 0300-6528760 |
| Safder Hussian | Member | Kook Tv News | 0321-6213264 |
| Ch Nubile Sharif | Member | Daily Nawa-e-Waqt, Waqt News | 0300-6479647 |
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