Ali Pur Noon

Ali Pur Noon is an historical village near Bhera in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan.

History

It was settled in the nineteenth century by the Noon family, one chief Malik Anwer Ali Noon son of Malik Sultan Ali Khan Noon of the village Sultan Pur Noon who moved here from Sardar Pur Noon along with their staff and people to cutivate the lands.

Ali Pur Noon which is one of the twenty villages belonging to the Noon family was settled by the tribal chief himself.

People

Ali Pur Noon is inhabited by over 24,000 people. It is a self sustained community, having schools, medical clinics, ironmongers, carpenters, traditional craftsmen in leather arts, clay arts, etc.

Environment

The village is surrounded by citrus, kinnow, Malta (a variety of potato), grapefruits, mango, lychee, guava, and date orchards. The date and mango orchards are over a hundred years old. It also has a very successful stud farm which is owned by Malik Anwer Ali Noon.

Politics

The political legacy was carried on by Malik Anwer Ali Noon, who was elected a member of the Pakistan National Assembly during the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto regime, and his son Malik Amjad Ali Noon served in several successive governments on different posts. Malik Anwer Ali Noon and his son Malik Amjad Ali Noon are very popular in the area among the poor. Malik Anwer Ali Noon (ex-Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan) and his son mostly live in the village and help the poor. The son of Malik Anwer Ali Noon was born in June 1954 at Lahore. He received his education from Aitchison and FC College -Lahore and completed his Law degree from Punjab Law College, Lahore. Malik Amjad Ali Noon are very popular in the area among poor.Malik amjad ali noon was the youngest one members of Majlis-e-Shoora in Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq government. Malik Amjad Ali noon was the youngest High Commissioner of Pakistan to Kenya. Ambassador Extraordinary & plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Rwanda, Ethiopia and Uganda in the PPP government of Benazir Bhutto in 1989-90 and also youngest chairman of State Cement Corporation of Pakistan Limited and Chief Executive,Cement Research & Development Institute, Lahore and Director, Board of expert Advisory Cell,Corporation House (pvt) Limited, Industrial & Cement Engineer Limited & Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Pak-Arab Fertilizer Limited.

He is a Member of the Board of Governors of Aitchison College. Malik amjad ali noon was the first Nazim of Sargodha in Pervez Musharraf's government. Malik Anwer Ali Noon and his son malik amjad ali noon mostly live in village [Ali pur noon] and help the poors. Noon family has 27 villages in Bhalwal, Nurpur noon, sultan pur noon, sardar pur noon and many more. Malik Feroz Khan Noon ex- Prime minister of Pakistan also belongs to this Noon family.Amjad Noon 's family has very close ties with Bhutto family.Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto many time visited Ali pur Noon in his life.

External links

* [http://www.world66.com/asia/southasia/pakistan/sargodha/history Sargohda history]
*http://malikamjadalinoon.tripod.com/alipurnoon/