Bahawalpur was a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British Raj,and later Dominion of Pakistan,that was a part of the Punjab States Agency. The state covered an area of 45,911 km2 (17,726 sq mi) and had a population of 1,341,209 in 1941. The capital of the state was the town of Bahawalpur.
Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo is a Pakistani politician. Wattoo was first elected,in 1985,the Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,which,by population,is the largest province of Pakistan. Thrice elected for the same office,he secured the office of the Chief Minister of Punjab,Pakistan in 1993 on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League (J),after a series of tug of war between the federal and provincial government Wattoo twice had to leave office between his term only to leave office permanently on 16 November 1996.
West Punjab was a province in the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. It was established from the western-half of British Punjab,following the independence of Pakistan. The province covered an area of 159,344 km sq,including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory,but excluding the former Princely state of Bahawalpur. Lahore,being the largest city and the cultural centre,served as the capital of the province. The province was composed of four divisions and was bordered by the state of Bahawalpur to the south-east,the province of Baluchistan to the south-west and Sind to the south,North-West Frontier Province to the north-west,and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the north. It shared International border with Indian state of East Punjab to the east and Indian-administered Jammu &Kashmir to the north-east. It was dissolved and merged into West Pakistan upon creation of One Unit Scheme,in 1955.
Muzaffargarh is a city in the province of Punjab,Pakistan. Located on the bank of the Chenab River,it is the capital of the district with the same name. It is the 39th largest city of Pakistan by population.
Rahim Yar Khan District is a district in the province of Punjab,Pakistan. Its headquarters is the city of Rahim Yar Khan.
Akhter Husain,HPk,OBE,was a senior statesman and civil servant of Pakistan. He was appointed Governor of West Pakistan in September 1957 succeeding Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani and then continued in this office during the regime of General Muhammad Ayub Khan until April 1960.
This is a list of notable events that took place in Pakistan in 1954.
The Sadiq Public School (SPS) is a college-preparatory boarding school located in Bahawalpur,Punjab,Pakistan. It also takes day pupils. It is one of the largest schools in Pakistan and its area of 451 acres (1.83 km2) makes it both the largest in the country and in continental Asia.
The princely states of Pakistan were princely states of the British Indian Empire which acceded to the new Dominion of Pakistan between 1947 and 1948,following the partition of British India and its independence.
Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman is a Pakistani politician who is serving as 39th Governor of Punjab in office since 30 May 2022 and was appointed by President Arif Alvi,on advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He took the oath of Governor of Punjab on 30 May 2022,Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court,Muhammad Ameer Bhatti administered his oath. Previously he served as the Minister of State Federal Education and of Interior and Narcotics Control between 2013 and 2017. He had been a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018.
Abdus Salim Khan,also known as Khan Sahib was an Indian Civil Servant who later joined Pakistani Civil Service to become a diplomat. He served as an ambassador to several countries representing Pakistan.
Khan Ahmed Raza Khan known as Aghajan was a Pakistani civil servant,hockey player,tennis player,football player and First class cricketer. He held the positions of Deputy Provincial Superintendent of Census Punjab &Bahawalpur state,Deputy Commissioner,Deputy Rehabilitation Commissioner and Deputy Settlement Commissioner of Lahore,Vice President Lahore Zone Hockey Association,Secretary Lahore Division Cricket Association,President Central Zone Cycling Association and national selector on the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan.
Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi also known as Alhaj Mohammad Abbas Khan Abbasi,was the Nawab and later Amir of the Bahawalpur State. He was also a Brigadier in the Pakistani Army,Governor of Punjab and member of the Bahawalpur royal family.
Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan of Mamdot was a Pakistani politician and an advocate of the Pakistan Movement in British India. After Pakistan's Independence,He served as the 1st Chief Minister of West Punjab and later as the Governor of Sindh.
Karachi Agreement,(where Dr. hafeez Ur Rehman son of Muhammad Ghani Hudurvi represented Northern Area of Pakistan) is an agreement purportedly executed on 28 April 1949 between the Government of Pakistan and the then Government of Azad Kashmir governing the relations between Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. It set down the division of the powers between the two governments as well as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference. Through the agreement,Azad Kashmir ceded to the Government of Pakistan complete control over Gilgit-Baltistan,and the control over subjects of defence,foreign affairs and communications in its area.
The 1955 Poonch revolt,also known as the 1955 Poonch uprising,was a Civil revolt in Azad Jammu and Kashmir against the State of Pakistan. The uprising broke out in February 1955 and was provoked largely by the dismissal of Sardar Ibrahim Khan. It took a year until the uprising was suppressed in October 1956.
The Ministry of Kashmir Affairs &Gilgit-Baltistan is a ministry of the Government of Pakistan. It handles the regional affairs of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan as both territories of Pakistani-administered Kashmir do not have regular provincial status within Pakistan due to political circumstances revolving around the long-running Kashmir conflict.
The Politics of Muzaffargarh takes place at the municipal,provincial and federal levels of the government. ؐMuzaffargarh is a multiethnic,multilingual,multicultural and multireligious city. Tthere are one Municipal Corporation,six Municipal committees,thirteen Town committee and five Thesil councils according to he Punjab Local Government Act 2019. At a national level,Muzaffargarh is very important in provincial and national politics.
