Safdarabad,is a city in Sheikhupura District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Safdar Abad is the capital of Safdarabad Tehsil. Its Postal code or ZIP code is 39540. Its urban area is approximately 600 acres. Until 2005 it was a tehsil of Sheikhupura District,but in that year Sheikhpura was bifurcated and the district of Nankana Sahib was created. - with Safdarabad as one of its tehsils. Now at present,once again Safdarabad has been rejoined with Sheikhupura as a Tehsil of it. The city of Safdarabad lies 95 km from Lahore the provincial capital of Punjab. The area has a population of more than 40,000 the majority of whom are Muslims. There are many engineering and medical students from Safdarabad admitted to different universities across Pakistan,including UET,Lahore. Safdarabad is now developing and has changed a lot in the past few years.
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024,having previously served as the prime minister from April 2022 to August 2023. He has also served as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). Previously,he served as the chief minister of Punjab three times,making him the longest-serving chief minister of Punjab.
Solar power in Pakistan became part of the energy mix in 2013,following government policies aimed at supporting renewable energy development. Benefiting from nine and a half hours of sunlight daily,the country now has seven solar projects that contribute 530 MW to the national grid. Rising electricity costs and grid reliability concerns have driven industries,businesses,and urban homeowners to increasingly turn to solar solutions,including rooftop photovoltaic installations.
Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the chief minister of Punjab from April 2022 to July 2022. Previously,he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from September 2018 to April 2022,and resumed this role on 20 October 2022 and continued until the dissolution of the assembly. Prior to this,he was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2008 to May 2018.
The transport system in Islamabad,the capital of Pakistan,connects it with all major cities and towns via regular trains and bus services running mostly from the neighbouring city of Rawalpindi.
The Lahore Metrobus is a bus rapid transit service operating in Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan. The service is integrated with Lahore Transport Company's local bus service to operate as one urban transport system,providing seamless transit service across Lahore District with connections to neighboring suburban communities. The Lahore Metrobus was designed to be opened in stages,with the first stage opening on 11 February 2013 stretching from Gajumata to Shahadra. The 27 km stretch was opened during a ceremony by Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif along with Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bekir Bozdağ. The second and third stages have been put on hold,as proposals have been put forth to convert the remaining stages to light rail.
The Sharif family is the most prominent political family in Pakistan and is based in Lahore. The Sharif Family are Punjabi-speaking Kashmiris with their origin in Anantnag,Jammu and Kashmir and settled in Punjab in the late 20th century.
Divisional Public Schools and Colleges,established in 1963,is a series of mega-schools at the division level in Punjab,Pakistan. The series consists of one of the largest institutions providing education at school level in Pakistan. They are selective schools. The scheme of Divisional Public Schools was initiated in 1958–59,when the “Sharif Commission”,a special commission on national education for secondary education submitted detailed recommendations on primary through post-graduate education.
The Nandipur Power Project is a 425 MW combined cycle thermal power plant situated at Nandipur near Gujranwala in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Being constructed by the China Dongfang Electric Corporation,the project was completed in March 2015. The initial cost of the project was Rs. 27 billion,but this escalated during the revised project cycle-1 and totalled Rs. 58.42 bn at completion. The power plant faced a series of hiccups during and after launching its commercial operations. Prior and after construction,the project continued to attract a number of court cases,inquiries,investigations,audits,and political and commercial disputes. The plant collapsed after 5 days of operation,launching a series of inquiries ordered by then prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Nawaz Sharif Medical College is a medical school located in Gujrat,Punjab,Pakistan.
The Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park is a photovoltaic power station in Bahawalpur,Punjab,Pakistan,named in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,the Founder of Pakistan. It is a 400 MW solar facility spanning an area of 8 km2 and hosting 1.6 million solar modules. The initial phase of the project was constructed by the Government of Punjab through a 100% owned subsidiary QA Solar in May 2015 at a cost of $131 million. On 5 May 2015,the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the first 100 MW project and dedicated it to the nation. Subsequent expansion was done in public-private partnership with Appolo Solar Development Pakistan Limited,Best Green Energy Pakistan Limited and Crest Energy Pakistan Limited each installing a 100 MW unit. The next phase of 100 MW will be installed by Zorlu Solar Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited,making it a 500 MW facility. Total planned capacity of the solar park is 1,000 MW.
The Multan Metrobus is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Multan,Punjab,Pakistan. Construction work on the line began in May 2015,while operations commenced on 24 January 2017. It was the third BRT project in Pakistan,after the Lahore Metrobus and the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus.
The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus is a 83.6 km (51.9 mi) bus rapid transit system operating in the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area of Pakistan. It consists of four routes,namely the Red,Orange,Blue,and Green Lines. The Red and Orange Lines have dedicated lanes with proper stations built along them,while the Blue and Green Lines currently run along the Islamabad Expressway and Srinagar Highway respectively,with regular traffic.
Zaeem Qadri is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from 2008 to May 2018 and also Executive Member of Lahore Gymkhana Club.
Muhammad Shahbaz Shabbir Gill,commonly known as Shahbaz Gill,is a Pakistani academic,lecturer,politician,former provincial spokesperson to the Government of Punjab,Pakistan,and former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) of Pakistan to Imran Khan. He was a member of the Imran Khan cabinet from 13 May to 3 April 2022. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Imran Khan following Khan's removal from office in April 2022.
The constitutional crisis in Pakistan's Punjab province began on 28 March 2022,when Usman Buzdar tendered his resignation as Chief Minister at the request of Prime Minister Imran Khan and nominated former Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to replace him. On 1 April 2022,his resignation was accepted by then Governor of Punjab,Chaudary Mohammed Sarwar.
Muhammad Aun Saqlain Chaudhry is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. He was also an advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif on tourism and sports from April 2022 to August 2023.
The National History Museum is a digital museum located in Greater Iqbal Park in Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan. A project of the Parks and Horticulture Authority Lahore,it was inaugurated on 17 April 2018 by Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Citizens Archives Pakistan,a not-for-profit organization,was selected to curate the project. It is the first digital museum of Pakistan.
Ahad Khan Cheema is a retired Pakistani bureaucrat who is the current Federal Minister of Economic Affairs,appointed on 11 March 2024. Previously,he has served as a chief executive officer (CEO) of the Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Company and director-general of the Lahore Development Authority. In 2018,the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Cheema on charges related to irregularities in the Ashiana Housing Scheme project during his time as chairman of the LDA. The investigation also involved former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's principal secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad and Shehbaz Sharif. Cheema was released on bail in 2021 after spending three years in jail and was acquitted of all charges by the NAB in 2023. He took retirement from civil service in January 2023.
