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unusual facts about Punjab, Pakistan


Pakistani tea culture

In Karachi, the strong presence of Muhajir cuisine has allowed the Masala chai version to be very popular while the thick and milky Doodh Pati Chai is more preferred in Punjab.


1996 in Afghanistan

Taliban officials met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Najmuddin ShaikhThe subject discussed as during Mr. Shaikh's meeting with Dostum and Dr. Abdullah in Mazar Sharif a day earlier was the working out of ceasefire arrangements between the contending factions in Afghanistan and suggesting talks with the Northern Alliance for the formation of a coalition government

2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff

The Pakistan military's information sources, the ISPR's spokesman Major-General Rashid Qureshi, claimed that the Parliament attack was a "drama staged by Indian intelligence agencies to defame the freedom struggle in 'occupied Kashmir'" and further warned that India would pay "heavily if they engage in any misadventure".

66th Punjabis

After the First World War, the 66th Punjabis were grouped with the 62nd, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis, and the 1st Brahmans to form the 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922.

76th Punjabis

During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, the battalion fought at Jassar in the Sialkot Sector, while in the 1971 war, it took part in capture of the Indian fortress of Qaisar-i-Hind in the Hussainiwala Sector.

A.K. Golam Jilani

A. K. Golam Jilani was born in 24 October 1904 in the Algichor village of the Nawabganj Upazila of the Dhaka district of British India (Present day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh).

Aba Khel

Aba Khel, FATA, a town in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan

Abdul Subhan Qureshi

Police sources told The Hindu that he participated in the October,1999 SIMI conference where Sheikh Yasin, the head of the Hamas and the Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, were among those who delivered speeches through a telephone network.

Afzal Khan Lala

He then allied himself with the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM), advocating full provincial autonomy for the various ethnicities of Pakistan.

Al-Ghazi Tractors

The Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited (AGTL), was incorporated in 1983, its plant located in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.

Amanat Ali

Amjad Amanat Ali Khan (1953–2002), classical, semi-classical and ghazal singer from Pakistan.

Bholu Brothers

He has suffered defeat at the hands of Kala Pahalwan " the Lion of Punjab" during the 50's, Big Bill Verna and the 3 times world Judo champion Anton Geesink in South America in 1968.

Buddha Gujjar

Syed Noor has, during the last decade or so, acquired the status of the filmmaker in Pakistan but his critics say his movies seldom defy the 'formula'.

Chand Bagh

Chand Bagh School, an independent boarding school for boys in Pakistan

Displaced persons camp

In recent times, camps have existed in many parts of the world for groups of displaced persons including for refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan, and for Palestinians in Lebanon and Jordan, as well as for Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

Firdous Shamim Naqvi

Naqvi also remains a Director Makro-Habib since 2005, prior to that he served as Director Business Development Makro-Habib Pakistan, Senior Director Commercial Makro-Habib Pakistan Ltd., Chief Executive Baluchistan Concrete and Blocks Ltd., Director Tractebel Power, Karachi (1994–1988), Projects controller RAPCO Roads, Abu Dhabi (1982- 1984) and office Engineer Mergentime Corporation, New Jersey (1979- 1982).

Gharara

Ghararas were also made popular in Pakistan & Bangladesh, in the 1950s and 60s with popular public figures like Fatima Jinnah and Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan wearing them.

Gordon Corera

ISBN 0-19-530495-0, about Abdul Qadeer Khan and Pakistan's nuclear programme.

Government of Pakistan

The basic civil and criminal laws governing the citizens of Pakistan are set down in major parliamentary legislation (a term inherited from the United Kingdom), such as the Exit Control List, the Pakistan Penal Code, and the Frontier Crimes Regulations.

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.

History of Kathmandu

Further west, general Amar Singh Thapa overran lands as far as the Kangra – the strongest fort in the hill region – and laid siege to it (although by 1809, Ranjit Singh the ruler of the Sikh state in the Punjab, had intervened and driven the Nepalese army east of the Sutlej river).

Islamnagar

Islamnagar, Lahore, neighbourhood in Gulberg Town in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Ittefaq Group

The Ittefaq Group of Industries, (English The Unity), is a multimillion dollar integrated steel producer with major operations in Punjab Province of Pakistan.

Jammu–Sialkot Line

The writer of Pakistan's first national anthem, Jagan Nath Azad, a Hindu, was forced to leave Lahore due to the escalating violence between Hindus and Muslims.

K M Shafiullah

Major Shafiullah was among those attending the Pakistan surrender on 16 December 1971 at Race Course in Dhaka.

Kandwala

A large majority are Bhullars, as well as Sandhus who fled here after the Indian/Pakistan partition.

Khalifatul Masih

From this time on the headquarters remained in Rabwah, a town built on land bought in Pakistan by the community in 1948.

Khap

These Khaps are found to be spread all the way from Northwest India down to Madhya Pradesh, Malwa, Rajasthan, Sindh, Multan, Punjab, Haryana, and modern Uttar Pradesh.

Launea nudicaulis

Launea nudicaulis is a species of plant which is endemic to India where it is known under a common name bhatal and is found in Hazara, Mansehra, Multan, Rawalpindi and Scinde districts of Punjab and Lahore.

Mike Oddy

He played in an era where the sport was dominated by great players from Pakistan (such as Azam Khan, Roshan Khan, Mo Khan and Aftab Jawaid) and Egypt (such as A.A. AbouTaleb and Ibrahim Amin).

Miranzai Valley

The Miranzai Valley, also Hangu, is a mountainous valley situated in the Kohat and Hangu districts in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

Mirza Hadi Baig

He settled in Punjab near Beas and established a state of 80 villages one of which he named as Islampur which was the ancient name of Qadian.

Mohammad Hashem Cheshti

Ustad Hashem was born and raised in an extremely musical family, which originally came from Kasur in Punjab, but settled in the 19th century in Kabul as court musicians.

Muhammad Zia

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924 – 1988), 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and 6th President of Pakistan

Narangwal

Narangwal is a village in Ludhiana Punjab, India, where most of the Grewal clan live.

Nasim Hasan Shah

Appointed Visiting Professor at the Kulliyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia to deliver a course of lectures on the Islamisation of Laws in Pakistan (1997)

North Korea–Pakistan relations

Pakistan has an Embassy in Pyongyang while North Korea maintains an Embassy in Islamabad, a vast Consulate-General in Karachi, and consulates in other cities of Pakistan.

Pakistan Sangeet Icon

Pakistan Sangeet Icon is a reality-based singing competition shown on MTV Pakistan, Indus TV and Gkaboom.

Pir Ghaib Waterfall

Pir Ghaib Waterfalls are waterfalls situated in the Bolan Valley, 70 km from Quetta, in Balochistan, Pakistan.

PNS Ahsan

Formerly known as Remote Data Station Mianwali (RDSM), the base was renamed in the honor of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan.

Punjab Rights Forum

Another cause for the formation of the Punjab Rights Forum was in response to the crackdown on members of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), including the party's president, Simranjit Singh Mann and activists of the Dal Khalsa following a "Genocide Remembrance Parade" that had been carried out through the streets of Amritsar on June 5 in remembrance of those Sikh civilians and terrorists that had been slain by the Indian army during Operation Blue Star.

Qalandar

Among the contemporary people who hold the title Qalandar are Shams Ali Qalandar of Punjab, Pakistan, Hazrath MASOOM SHAH BABA in WestBengal state of India Dist Bardhman Memari Sarif Takhtipur Hazrath Syed Shah Mohammed Khalandar Shah peeranvaliallah al Qadri al maroof Javagal Baba at Javagal Shareef(Hasan Dist.) in Karnataka state of India, Shahbaz Qalander, Nathar Vali of Trichy, Baba Fakruddin of Penukonda India.

Rahman Syed

Rahman Anwar Syed was born into a Muslim family of the village of Alawalpur, Punjab, British India, the eldest of seven children.

Rupnagar district

Minutely carved and polished stone discs with a figure and motif associated with the cult of the Mother goddess of fertility have also been unearthed in the excavations from Taxila (now in Pakistan), Patna in the state of Bihar and other Mauryan sites.

Salima Sultan Begum

In December of 1557, at the age of eighteen, Salima Begum was married to the considerably older Bairam Khan, (who was in his fifties) at Jalandhar, Punjab.

Samma

Samma Dynasty, ruled in Sindh, parts of Balochistan and Punjab from 1335–1520 AD

Shamozai

Shamozai is a union council, sub tehsil (Tehsil:Barikot) (District:Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) and a group of villages also known as Aalaqa (area) Shamozai located on the right bank of Swat River bordering district Dir, Malakand Agency and Tehsil Kabal of District:Swat.

Shri Keshavraiji Temple, Bet Dwarka

Pushkarna Brahmin along with Bhatia devotees, mostly from Sindh, Rajasthan, Kutch, Gujarat and Punjab, visited Bet Dwarka to worship Lord Keshavraiji most often.

Telecommunications in Sri Lanka

The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Zeeshan Anis Siddiqui

According to the Daily Times he was arrested when he went to a Police Station in Peshawar to report the loss of his passport.


see also

Bande Nawaz

Gandapur living in the area of layyah(Punjab Pakistan), Daamaan (Dera Ismail Khan) are descendants of Storee(ustarana), and brothers of Ustrana and HummaR.

Bhurgari

Bhurgri tribe can be traced from Choti Zareen the ancestral town of the Balochi Aliani clan, the well-known Leghari and other Balochi tribes are located in the Dera Ghazi Khan District of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.

Chitarwata

The Chitarwata Post located in the Sulaiman Mountains, Punjab, Pakistan

Gakhar

Gakhars, an ancient clan predominantly in present day Punjab, Pakistan.

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.

Government Polytechnic Institute Attock

The Government Polytechnic Institute Attock, or GPI Attock is a government technical education institute in Attock and Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan.

Gulab Devi Chest Hospital

Gulab Devi Chest Hospital is a 1,500 bed semi-private tertiary care chest hospital located in Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Hailey Wishers College Daska

Hailey Wishers College Daska is a boys' college in Daska, Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan.

Islam Medical College

Islam Medical College (abbreviated as IMC), established in 2010, is a private college of medicine located on Pasroor Road, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.

Jhumra

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

Kotla, Pakistan

Kotla Arab Ali Khan a town located in Tehsil Kharian, District Gujrat, Punjab Pakistan.

Multani

Multani dialect, a dialect of Lahnda/Punjabi spoken in southern Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab Board of Investment and Trade

Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT) is the trade and investment promotion agency in Punjab, Pakistan,working autonomously under the aegis of Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab, Pakistan.

Sadda

Sadda, Punjab, a town and Union Council of Kasur District in Punjab, Pakistan

Sahan

Sahan Kalan, village in Tehsil Kharian, in the Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan

Sargodha Medical College

Sargodha Medical College (or SMC) is a medical school located in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.

Shalamar Medical and Dental College

Shalamar Medical and Dental College (abbreviated as SMDC, SHMC or SHMDC), established in 2009 and named after the historical Shalimar Gardens, is a private college of medicine and dentistry located on Shalimar Link Road, Shalimar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Shalamar Nursing College

Shalamar Nursing College (abbreviated as SCN), established in 2006 and named after the historical Shalimar Gardens, is a private college of nursing located on Shalimar Link Road, Shalimar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Shazia

Shazia Manzoor, singer from Rawalpindi, later moved to Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Sialkot Cantonment Airport

Sialkot Cantonment Airport is a small army airport for Mushak and Cessna planes and helicopters in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.

Silent Waters

Khamosh Pani (English: Silent Waters), a 2003 French/German film set in Punjab, Pakistan

Sozo Water Park

Sozo Water Park is a water park located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

The Children's Hospital, Lahore

The Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, established in May 1995, is a public children's hospital located on Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.