Gujar Khan

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Gujar Khan
 General Information
 Country Pakistan
 Province Punjab
 Coordinates 33°15′33″N 73°18′18″E / 33.25917, 73.305Coordinates: 33°15′33″N 73°18′18″E / 33.25917, 73.305
 Elevation 461 m (1,512 ft) AMSL
 Area 1,466 km2 (566 sq mi)
 Calling code 0513
 Time zone PST (UTC+5)
 No. of Towns
 Population 57,152[1] (1998)
 Estimate 72,957[1] (2007)
 Density 49.7/km² (129/sq mi)
 Government
 Nazim (Mayor) Muhammad Azeem
 No. of Union Councils 3 [2]

Gujar Khan (Urdu: گوجرخان ) is a city located in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, one of the seven tehsils or subdivisions of Rawalpindi District.[3] It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore capital of Punjab. Gujar Khan is bounded with south side by Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, north side by Jhelum, Lahore and Gujrat, East side by Kashmir and Kahuta and west side by Chakwal and Khushab. The city has a population of approximately 73,000.[1] Gujar Khan lies at the heart of the Pothohar cultural region. The area has considerable natural resources in the form of petroleum and natural gas.


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Transport

Gujar Khan is situated on the Islamabad-Lahore National Highway. Travel within Gujar Khan is diverse from auto-rickshaws and tanga.

Gujar Khan railway station on the main line of Pakistan Railways. Trains operate to Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Rawalpindi.

Islamabad International Airport is about 45 kilometres from Gujar Khan.

2008 Election Results

On 18 February 2008 Parliamentary Elections were held, the results in Gujar Khan are as follows: [4]


Name Seat Halqa Party Vote Gained Percentage
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf MNA NA-51 Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 80247 39%
Raja Tariq Kayani MPA PP-3 Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians 34435 34%
Raja Shoukat Aziz Bhatti MPA PP-4 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 38437 36%

Administration

Administrative subdivisions of Rawalpindi District.
Administrative subdivisions of Rawalpindi District.

Gujar Khan, as well as being tehsil capital, is administratively subdivided into 3 Union Councils:[5]

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the city (Gujar Khan Urban - which includes the 3 Unions) had a population of 57,099.[6]

Natural resources

Large reserves of oil and gas were discovered in February 2002 at Tobra, about ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The field is being developed by the Oil and Gas Development Company. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude oil daily.[7] There are two place at Gujar Khan from where Oil and Gas reserves have been discovered. The Ahdi Oil and Gas field is about 30 km from Gujar Khan City, situated near Daultala town Pakistan Petroleum Limited. (PPL)is producing oil and gas from this field. According to Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), huge oil and gas reserves have been discovered at Missa oil and gas field, ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The sources said that the drilling at Well No 3 of the Missa Kaswal oil and gas field at Tobra led to the discovery. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude daily.

Gujar Khan is 2 kilometres from the Dohngi Dam and about 35 kilometres from the much larger Mangla Dam.

Places of Interest

Jinnah Hall, Main Bazaar, Railway Road, Railway Station, Underpass, Dhungi Dam, Sawar Hussain Stadium, Sarwar Shaheed College, and Bhata

There is an old abandoned Hindu temple in village Dera Bakhshian. Main shopping places are Main Bazaar, Halwai Gali, Railway Road, Sabzi Mandi (Vegitables & Fruit market).

List of Banks

Gujar Khan has all major banks. Those are

  1. National Bank of Pakistan
  2. Habib Bank Limited
  3. Muslim Commercial Bank
  4. PICIC Commercial Bank
  5. United Bank Limited
  6. Allied Bank of Pakistan
  7. Bank of Punjab
  8. Zarai Taraqiati Bank
  9. Askari Bank
  10. Bank Alfalah Limited
  11. Standard Chartered Bank

Hospital

Gujar Khan has one main hospital, Tehsil Headqauter Hospital & numbers of Private Hospitals and health Units are working in the city. Govt. Rural Health Units are also working in Mandra, Doultala etc.

Languages

Pothowari is the main language of Gujar Khan, other languages are Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto.

Telecommunication

The PTCL provides the main network of landline telephone. Many ISPs and all major mobile phone companies operating in Pakistan provide service in Gujar Khan.

Education

  • Fauji Foundation Model School Nagail Campus
  • Fauji Foundation Model School City Campus
  • GTTI
  • Little Star Academy Jand najar
  • Government Sarwar Shaheed College
  • Government College for Women
  • Government Islamic High School
  • Government MC Boys High School
  • Government No. 1 High School for Girl
  • Government Technical Training Institute (TTi)
  • Government Commercial Training Institute ( GCTI)
  • Pakistan Institute of computer and Commerce (PICCS)
  • Quaid Model
  • P.O.F. Science Degree College
  • Kamal Homeo Labs & College
  • Al-Khair University (Private), Gujar Khan campus
  • Al-Hijra Educational Complex
  • The Educators
  • Dabistan e Fatima TuZahra (Educational complex)
  • MC Junior Public School
  • MC Girls High School
  • Government Qadria High School
  • Pakistan Secondary School
  • Mash'al Academy
  • Aleem Naziria Public School
  • Zahore-ul-islam boys and girls high school.
  • Nimble University of Science and Technology (Proposed project of Nimble Solutions)
  • Nimble Research for Science and Technology (Proposed project of Nimble Solutions)

Sports

Cricket, football, Hockey, Kabaddi and Bull Race are the main sports of Gujar Khan.

Major Industries

Gujar Khan industrial estate establish in 1979 and its on the main G.T. Road just outside the main city. The total area of industrial estate is 17.44 acres.

  • Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited
  • Pakistan Petroleum Limited
  • Lakson Tobacco Company Limited
  • Kohinoor Gujar Khan Mills Limited.

Sister Cities


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Stefan Helders. "World Gazzeteer". Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
  2. ^ Election Commission of Pakistan. "Zila, Tehsil & Town Councils Membership for Punjab". Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
  3. ^ Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. "List of Administrative Units of Pakistan (Tehsil/Taluka)". Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
  4. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan".
  5. ^ Towns & Unions in the City District of Rawalpindi
  6. ^ 1998 Census details - Official website of Rawalpindi District
  7. ^ Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd. "Business in Asia". Retrieved on 2007-07-02.

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