Khushab District, is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, with its administrative capital in Jauharabad. The district is named after the historical city of Khushab located within its boundaries. According to the 1998 census, the population was 905,711, with 24.76% living in urban areas.
Khushab is a town as well as a district of Sargodha Division, located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The word Khushab means "sweet water." Khushab city also serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district Khushab. It is the 77th most populous city of Pakistan.
Kashmore District, previously known as Khizmer or Khizmore, is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The capital city is Kandhkot. The district has a population of 1,090,336. Kashmore District is a part of Larkana Division. Its old name was Khizmer or Khizmor. The spoken languages are Sindhi and Balochi. Its border is connected with Punjab and Balochistan provinces. Kashmore city is gateway to Punjab province and Balochistan province. In 2004, Kashmore became a district after its separation from Jacobabad District.
Doaba, also known as Bist Doab or the Jalandhar Doab, is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. People of this region are given the demonym "Doabia". The dialect of Punjabi spoken in Doaba is called "Doabi". The term "Doaba" or "Doab" is derived from Persian دو آب meaning "land of two rivers". The river Sutlej separates Doaba from the Malwa region to its south and the river Beas separates Doaba from the Majha region to its north.
Kasur District, is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It came into existence on 1 July 1976. Prior to its creation, it was a tehsil of the Lahore District.
The Thal desert is situated at 31°10’ N and 71°30’ E in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located near the Pothohar Plateau, the area falls under the Indomalayan biogeographic realm and stretches for a length of approximately 190 miles with a maximum breadth of 70 miles. It is bound by the piedmont of the northern Salt Range, the Indus River floodplains in the west and the Jhelum and Chenab rivers' floodplains in the east. It is a subtropical sandy desert that resembles the deserts of Cholistan and Thar geographically.
Karor Lal Esan is a city of Layyah District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Karor Lal Esan Tehsil and the administrative subdivision of the district.
Quaidabad, is a city and tehsil of Khushab District in the Punjab, Pakistan. It is located 283 kilometers away from Islamabad and 295 kilometers from Lahore in northwest Punjab. It is located on the main Lahore-Mianwali road, 90 kilometers from Sargodha and 40 kilometers from Khushab. It was founded by Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar in 1951 named after Quaid-e-Azam.
Botala is a village and one of the 51 Union Councils of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is situated 2.0 km south of the main Mianwali-Lahore Road. It is about 12 kilometers from district headquarters Jauahrabad and 60 kilometers from divisional headquarters Sargodha.
Bola Shareef is a town in municipal committee of Hadali, of Khushab District in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Khushab tehsil. Bola is famous for its waan. The word waan, meaning a water well, refers to a Baoli built here by Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century. He built similar structures along every route his army followed. This Baoli was a source of fresh water not only for humans but it was built in a way that animals as huge as elephants could go down to drink water directly from the well. The people started settling in the area due to availability of fresh water. The "Baoli" is still there, though water wells are no more in use and the condition of the well is deteriorating. Appropriate measures should be taken to preserve the well as a historical monument.
Pelowaince, "Peelowains" or "Pilowains" is a village and one of the 51 Union Councils of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.
Rahdari is a centuries old village and one of the 51 union councils of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It was founded by the Tiwana clan of Mitha Tiwana to collect tax on this major trade route; the name of the village means 'trade route' in Urdu. The founders of this village were settled here by the head of Tiwana clan. The founders of this village were later known as Rahdari branch of Tiwana clan. The Union Council is part of Noorpur Thal. It is connected with the roads from Noorpur Thal to Quaidabad and from Noorpur Thal to Jandanwala. Rahdari is the part Thal, of the third largest desert in Pakistan. Most of the area is barren wasteland with scanty drought resistant trees, shrubs and grasses. The main activity in the region is cattle rearing. Mostly people are earning from their agricultural lands. People grow grams and wheat. Rahdari is the 12th biggest village in Noorpur Thal Tehsil after Chan. Union Council Rahdari consists of Rahdari with a population of 7554 respectively Shah Wala 4473, Mehmood Shaheed 4066, Chak No. 52DB 1073, 53DB 909, and 54 DB 435. Total population of Union Council is 22,631. Major casts of the area are Rahdari Tiwana, Khokhar, Aheer, Pahore, Dhudi, Sheikh, Bamb, Malana etc
Roda is a village (Thal) and one of the 51 Union Councils of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°4'26N 72°5'60E, southwest of Khushab city.
Akbarpura, or Akbarpūra is a village, which is located roughly 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Peshawar and is part of Pabbi Tehsil of Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Akbarpura is named after the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who camped there before going to Afghanistan. It was known originally as Sapalikhera. Akbarpura is noted for its Sufi shrines - Baba Saib and Nanga Baba.
Peer Syed Abdul Latif Kazmi Qadri, often referred to as Barī Imām or Barī Sarkār, was a 17th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi ascetic. He is venerated as the patron saint of Islamabad, Pakistan. Born in Karsal, Chakwal District, he is one of the most prominent Sufis of the Qadiriyya order of the Islamic spirituality and within this order is addressed as the Master (Murshid) of the Hazrat Ishaans of the Naqshbandiyya sub branch of the Qadiriyya, known as Dakik Family today.Today, he is widely visited by those Sunni and Shia Muslims who venerate saints.
Noorpur Thal is a Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Khushab District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Noorpur Thal is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 10 Union Councils. It comprises a major part of the Thal desert.
The Jinnah Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus near Kalabagh, Pakistan. It is part of the Thal Project which helps irrigate 770,000 ha in the Sindh Sagar Doab east of the Indus. Planning for the project dates back to the nineteenth century but final plans for the barrage were made in 1919 and it was constructed between 1939 and 1946. The barrage diverts an average of 283 m3/s (10,000 cu ft/s) of water into the 51.5 km (32.0 mi) long Thal Canal where it serves areas in Bhakkar, Khushab, Layyah, Mianwali and Muzaffargarh Districts with 3,362 km (2,089 mi) of additional canal branches and distributors. It has a maximum flood height of 8.5 m (28 ft) and it spans 1,152 m (3,780 ft) over the river. The barrage can discharge up to 27,000 m3/s (950,000 cu ft/s) downstream with 42 spillway gates which are each 18.2 m (60 ft) wide. Between 2006 and 2012, a 96 MW hydroelectric power station with four 12 MW pit turbine-generators was added on the right bank. In June 2012 a major rehabilitation project for the barrage began. The project includes the construction of a weir 244 m (801 ft) downstream to help dissipate energy from the spillway upstream of it. New guide banks will be built and existing ones repaired. The railway bridge upstream will be rehabilitated as well. The project is expected to be complete in June 2016.
Chaubara is a tehsil located in Layyah District, in Dera Ghazi Khan Division, Punjab, Pakistan. The market town of Chaubara is the administrative headquarters of the tehsil. Chaubara is the least populated tehsil in Punjab, with a total population of 252,200. Of this total population, 80.9% lives in rural areas and 19.1% in urban areas.
Chowk Sarwar Shaheed, previously known as Chowk Munda, is a tehsil in Kot Addu District, Punjab, Pakistan. Chowk Sarwar Shaheed is the headquarters of the tehsil.
