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15 unusual facts about Faisalabad


1970 in Pakistan

The city of Faisalabad has an estimated population of 726,000, while the capital Islamabad has an estimated population of 70,000.

Al-Qaeda guest houses, Faisalabad

The American intelligence analysts who compiled the justifications for continuing to detain the captives taken in the war on terror made dozens of references to an al Qaida safe house, in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Amir Adnan

Amir Adnan currently houses its flagship store in Karachi, with complimenting domestic stores in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Gujranwala and Hyderabad .

Chenab Club

The Chenab Club is a social club in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

In March 1910, the club was established in Qaisary Bagh (Now Company Bagh/Jinnah Gardens).

Chenab Group

Mian Muhammad Latif, the group's chairman, laid the foundation by setting up a processing unit in Faisalabad later joined by his younger brothers Mian Muhammad Naeem and Mian Javed Iqbal.

Children Parliament Pakistan

The members are elected from different schools of Islamabad, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Mithi, Kohlu, Balakot, Karachi and Lahore etc.

Faisalabad Three

Jabran Said bin al Qahtani, Sufyian Barhoumi and Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi were captured in a safehouse in Faisalabad, Pakistan, together with approximately a dozen other suspects, including a senior member of the Al Qaeda leadership, Abu Zubaydah.

Fighter kite

Kite fighting is common in all over Pakistan, but mainly concentrated in cities of Punjab and Sindh region including Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Karachi, Islamabad etc.

Mainly centered in Lahore and Faisalabad, people spend thousands of Rupees in preparing different types of kites and threads best suited to battle.

Graham Yallop

He scored an elegant 172 against Pakistan at Faisalabad yet found himself on the outer two Tests afterwards.

Halwa poori

The food originated in northern India mainly in Uttar Pradesh and in modern day Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab and usually in Uttar Pradesh and Pakistani Punjab it is eaten as a breakfast on weekends in cities like Lahore, Faisalabad and in many other cities.

Mohammad Din

Mohammad Din was born on October 9, 1936 in Jalandhar, India later moving to Faisalabad, Pakistan in 1947 where he began his wrestling career.

Pani patti

In Pakistan, there are many schools (madrassah's) in the cities of Multan and Faisalabad that teach pani patti accent.

Punjabi drama

Later on actors of Faisalabad became famous in the scene and choreographed dances on Punjabi film songs where also introduced which increased the popularity of these stage shows considerably.


Ali Naqi Naqvi

From 1980 to 1984, he expanded his visit of Pakistan by also addressing majalis in various other cities of Pakistan i.e. Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Sialkot and Hyderabad.

Bahá'í Faith in Pakistan

Further local assemblies were formed in Sialkot in 1949, Multan, Chittagong, and Dhaka in 1950, Faisalabad in 1952, Sargodha in 1955, and Abbottabad, Gujranwala, Jahanabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, and Sahiwal by 1956 thus raising the number of local spiritual assemblies to 20.

Blasphemy law in Pakistan

On 30 July 2009, hundreds of members of Sipah-e-Sahaba and International Khatm-e-Nabuwat 'IKNM' the banned Muslim organisations, torched the Christian homes and killed Christians in the Punjabi city of Gojra Faisalabad and in the nearby village of Korian, District Faisalabad.

Charles Lyall

Charles James Lyall (1845-1920), civil servant, founder of Lyallpur (Faisalabad) and Arabic scholar

Clement Sethupathy

Father Sethupathy celebrated his priestly silver jubilee at a Mass concelebrated with Bishop John Joseph of Faisalabad and retired Bishop Paul Andreotti of Faisalabad at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Faisalabad.

Dildar Ahmed

He was born in a village of Faisalabad named Chak No. 571 G.B. He is now living in Rehman Town in Faisalabad.

Fazilka TV Tower

Radio Pakistan then slowly and steadily kept opening new radio stations in the cities of Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Islamabad and Sialkot.

Gatwala Wildlife Park

Gatwala Wildlife Park is a wildlife park, botanical garden and breeding center located in the town of Gatwala in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

Jhumra

Chak Jhumra, Chak Jhumra is a town and tehsil near the city of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

Khaira

Clan members are commonly found near Khadoor Sahib town of Amritsar, Faisalabad and Lahore Gujrat Sahiwal districts of Punjab in India and Pakistan.

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

Later on campuses were set up in the capital city of Pakistan (Islamabad), Peshawar and Faisalabad also.

The National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES or FAST-NU) with headquarters at Islamabad and campuses at Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Faisalabad is one of the leading technical universities in Pakistan.

Pakistan khappay

People’s confusion regarding this word “khappay” has increased since President Zardari has delivered speeches, first in Faisalabad on 17 January and then in Talagang (Danda Shah Bilawal) on 21 January, when he gave speeches in Punjabi on both occasions and he used this phrase.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, Bishop Joseph Coutts (Faisalabad), Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha (Lahore), and Bishop Andrew Francis (Multan) spoke on the occasion.

Royal Airlines

Royal Airlines operates charter cargo flights daily to and from Karachi, Sukkur, Faisalabad, Multan, Lahore, Sui Airport and Islamabad.

Shakoor Rana

In one of the most controversial incidents in cricketing history, Shakoor Rana notably came face-to-face with Mike Gatting in the finger-wagging incident that stopped the Faisalabad Test in 1987.

Sindbad Amusement Park

The Sindbad Amusement Parks are a group of family entertainment centers and amusement parks located in cities of Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and Sialkot in Pakistan.

Timeline of 12th-century conversion of Hindu clans to Islam

However, besides Chakwal, there are a quite a few other Minhas villages scattered all over the province including the famous village of Rohtas in Jhelum, Sagri in Rawalpindi, and in Gujar Khan, Kahuta, Sargodha and Faisalabad.

Transport in Lahore

In addition to the historic Grand Trunk Road (G.T. Road), motorways connecting all major cities (Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, etc.) have been built.