Rawalpindi is the third-largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is a commercial and metropolitan city being the fourth most populous in Pakistan. It is located near the Soan River in north-western Punjab,and is the third-largest Punjabi-speaking city in the world. Rawalpindi is situated close to Pakistan's capital Islamabad,and the two are jointly known as the "twin cities" because of the social and economic links between them.
Shoaib Akhtar is a Pakistani former international cricketer and commentator. Nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express",he is the fastest bowler in cricketing history,with an unbeaten 161.3 kmph delivery. Akhtar made his Test match debut in November 1997 as an opening fast bowler and played his first One Day International three months later. Post-retirement,he began a YouTube career by starting his own channel,where he gives reviews on International and league matches and Pakistani cricket.
The Rawalpindi conspiracy was an attempted coup to overthrow Liaquat Ali Khan,the first prime minister of Pakistan,in March 1951. It was the first of many subsequent coup attempts against governments in the history of Pakistan. The coup was notably planned by military general Akbar Khan,poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and writer Sajjad Zaheer along with 12 others.
Said Akbar Babrak was an Afghan militant who assassinated the first Pakistani prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan in the city of Rawalpindi on 16 October 1951. Khan,who had become the country's prime minister immediately after the partition of India in 1947,was addressing a crowd of more than 100,000 people at Rawalpindi's Company Bagh when Babrak approached him and shot him twice in the chest;Khan later succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. As Babrak was shot dead by police officers at the scene shortly after the shooting,his motives for the assassination remain unclear. An ethnic Pashtun,he had previously taken part in the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947,fighting against the governments of both Afghanistan and British India.
Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman. She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah,the founder and the first governor-general of Pakistan. She was the Leader of the Opposition of Pakistan from 1960 until her death in 1967.
Gohar Ayub Khan was a Pakistani politician,business oligarch,army officer,and conservative figure of the Pakistan Muslim League,who held ministerial positions during the administration of prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Rawalpindi is a tehsil - an administrative subdivision - of Rawalpindi District in the western part of the Punjab province,Pakistan,it contains the district capital - the city of Rawalpindi.
Rawalpindi cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents Rawalpindi,Punjab. The team's home ground is Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi. They participate in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. They were refounded in the 2023/24 season after a revamp of the domestic structure.
Khajawa and Son,Pakistani TV show is a comedy serial that revolves around Khawaja Sahib and his son Jawad.
Dada Amir Haider Khan was a communist activist of Pakistan,and revolutionary during the Indian independence movement.
Lalkurti,is a locality in the heart of Rawalpindi cantonment in Pakistan. Places with the same name are also found in many other garrison cities of Pakistan and India,such as Peshawar,Lahore,Kanpur,Ambala,Meerut and Delhi.
Vice Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed, TQA,usually shortened to H.H. Ahmed,was a senior Pakistan Navy officer who served as the first Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 1972 until his death from sickness in 1975.
Naeem Akhtar is a former Pakistani cricketer. Akhtar was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
The 2006–07 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the third season of the ABN AMRO Twenty-20 Cup in Pakistan,sponsored by ABN AMRO. It was held in Karachi from 21 to 26 December 2006. The tournament was reduced to a shorter format similar to the 2004–05 edition with 18 matches. The Sialkot Stallions successfully defended the title by defeating the Karachi Dolphins in the final.
Ayub National Park,commonly known as Ayub Park or,historically,Topi Rakh Park,is a national park located on the Grand Trunk Road,not far away from the old presidency in Rawalpindi,Punjab,Pakistan.
Gulraiz Akhtar was a Pakistani field hockey player. He was born in Rawalpindi,Pakistan to Muhammad Amin and Amina. Although his father was a lawyer by profession,Akhtar had a humble upbringing. He was fourth among seven siblings,three brothers and four sisters. Inspired by their uncle Muhammad Naseeb,a member of Pakistan field hockey team in 1950,and Naseer Bunda,a neighbor and family friend who was also an Olympic gold medalist,all three brothers,Javed Akhtar,Pervez Akhtar and Gulraiz Akhtar started playing field hockey regularly at a local playground in Rawalpindi. One of his elder brothers,Pervez Akhtar,also became an international player for Pakistan. However,Gulraiz Akhtar shone the most,becoming Pakistan's first left-half to score a goal. His career concluded with three gold medals in international tournaments. He won his first gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Dera Ismail Khan was a first-class cricket team in Pakistan from the town of Dera Ismail Khan in the south of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In 1964–65,in its first first-class match,it suffered the biggest defeat in the history of first-class cricket.
Syed Masood Akhtar is a former international cricketer who represented the United States national team between 1979 and 1982. He was born in present-day India,and played first-class cricket in Pakistan before emigrating to the United States.
Sohail Akhtar is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Abbottabad in the 2012–13 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 25 January 2013. He plays for Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League and was their captain until he was replaced by Shaheen Afridi for the 2022 season.
Mohammad Afzal Masood is a former Pakistani first-class cricketer. He also represented Ireland on forty occasions.
