Gujar Khan

Pakistani Cities
official_name = Gujar Khan
province = Punjab
city_

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n1 = 33
n2 = 15
n3 = 33
e1 = 73
e2 = 18
e3 = 18
elevation_m = 461
area_total_km2 = 1466
census_year = 1998
estimate_year = 2007
census_pop = 57,152cite web| url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-172&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=a&va=x&geo=443761330| title=World Gazzeteer| author=Stefan Helders| accessdate=2007-07-02]
estimate_pop = 72,957
population_density_km2 = 49.7
uc = 3 cite web| url=http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/zttc/townpunjab.htm| title=Zila, Tehsil & Town Councils Membership for Punjab| author=Election Commission of Pakistan| accessdate=2007-07-02]
code = 0513
post_code = 47850
nazim = Muhammad Azeem
naib nazim

Gujar Khan ( _ur. گوجرخان ) is a city located in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, one of the seven tehsils or subdivisions of Rawalpindi District.cite web| url=http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list_tehsil.html| title=List of Administrative Units of Pakistan (Tehsil/Taluka)| author=Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan| accessdate=2007-07-02] It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore capital of Punjab. Gujar Khan is bounded with south side by Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, north side by Jhelum, Lahore and Gujrat, East side by Kashmir and Kahuta and west side by Chakwal and Khushab. The city has a population of approximately 73,000. Gujar Khan lies at the heart of the Pothohar cultural region. The area has considerable natural resources in the form of petroleum and natural gas.

Transport

Gujar Khan is situated on the Islamabad-Lahore National Highway. Travel within Gujar Khan is diverse from auto-rickshaws and tanga.

Gujar Khan railway station on the main line of Pakistan Railways. Trains operate to Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Rawalpindi.

Islamabad International Airport is about 45 kilometres from Gujar Khan.

2008 Election Results

On 18 February 2008 Parliamentary Elections were held, the results in Gujar Khan are as follows:cite web| url=http://www2.ecp.gov.pk/vsite/ElectionResult/AllResults.aspx?assemblyid=NA|title=Election Commission of Pakistan ]

Administration

Gujar Khan, as well as being tehsil capital, is administratively subdivided into 3 Union Councils: [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=26&dn=Rawalpindi Towns & Unions in the City District of Rawalpindi] ]

*Gujar Khan-I
*Gujar Khan-II
*Gujar Khan-III

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the city (Gujar Khan Urban - which includes the 3 Unions) had a population of 57,099. [ [http://www.rawalpindi.gov.pk 1998 Census details - Official website of Rawalpindi District] ]

* List of Union Councils of Gujar Khan

Natural resources

Large reserves of oil and gas were discovered in February 2002 at Tobra, about ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The field is being developed by the Oil and Gas Development Company. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude oil daily.cite web| url=http://www.atimes.com/bizasia/DB22Aa01.html| title=Business in Asia| author=Asia Times Online (Holdings) Ltd| accessdate=2007-07-02] There are two place at Gujar Khan from where Oil and Gas reserves have been discovered. The Ahdi Oil and Gas field is about 30 km from Gujar Khan City, situated near Daultala town Pakistan Petroleum Limited. (PPL)is producing oil and gas from this field. According to Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), huge oil and gas reserves have been discovered at Missa oil and gas field, ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The sources said that the drilling at Well No 3 of the Missa Kaswal oil and gas field at Tobra led to the discovery. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude daily.

Gujar Khan is 2 kilometres from the Dohngi Dam and about 35 kilometres from the much larger Mangla Dam.

Places of Interest

Jinnah Hall, Main Bazaar, Railway Road, Railway Station, Underpass, Dhungi Dam, Sawar Hussain Stadium, Sarwar Shaheed College, and Bhata

There is an old abandoned Hindu temple in village Dera Bakhshian.Main shopping places are Main Bazaar, Halwai Gali, Railway Road, Sabzi Mandi (Vegitables & Fruit market).

List of Banks

Gujar Khan has all major banks. Those are

# FAYSAL BANK LIMITED
# National Bank of Pakistan
# Habib Bank Limited
# Muslim Commercial Bank
# NIB Bank
# United Bank Limited
# Allied Bank of Pakistan
# Bank of Punjab
# Zarai Taraqiati Bank
# Askari Bank
# Bank Alfalah Limited
# Standard Chartered Bank
# Bank Al-Habib Limited
# Meezan Bank Limited
# Pak Saudi Bank Limited
# RBS Royal Bank Of Scotland Limited
# Pak Oman Bank Limited

Hospital

Gujar Khan has one main hospital, Tehsil Headqauter Hospital & numbers of Private Hospitals and health Units are working in the city. Govt. Rural Health Units are also working in Mandra, Doultala etc.

Languages

Pothowari is the main language of Gujar Khan, other languages are Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto.

Telecommunication

The PTCLprovides the main network of landline telephone. Many ISPs and all major mobile phone companies operating in Pakistan provide service in Gujar Khan.

Education

* Fauji Foundation Model School Nagail Campus
* Fauji Foundation Model School City Campus
* GTTI
* Little Star Academy Jand najar
* Government Sarwar Shaheed College
* Government College for Women
* Government Islamic High School
* Government MC Boys High School
* Government No. 1 High School for Girl
* Government Technical Training Institute (TTi)
* Government Commercial Training Institute ( GCTI)
* Pakistan Institute of computer and Commerce (PICCS)
* Quaid Model
* P.O.F. Science Degree College
* Kamal Homeo Labs & College
* Al-Khair University (Private), Gujar Khan campus
* Al-Hijra Educational Complex
* The Educators
* Dabistan e Fatima TuZahra (Educational complex)
* MC Junior Public School
* MC Girls High School
* Government Qadria High School
* Pakistan Secondary School
* Mash'al Academy
*Aleem Naziria Public School
*Zahore-ul-islam boys and girls high school.
*Nimble University of Science and Technology (Proposed project of Nimble Solutions)
*Nimble Research for Science and Technology (Proposed project of Nimble Solutions)
* Minhaj-ul-Quran Model School
* NICE school Housing scheme
* NICE college Railway Road
* GCC Gujar Khan College Of Commerce
* INDUS college Gujar Khan Campus
* Al-Sardar Foundation
* Rah Bar Foundation
* Siddique Public School
* IGT Institute Of Global Technologies
* Gentry College

ports

Cricket, football, Hockey, Kabaddi and Bull Race are the main sports of Gujar Khan.

Major Industries

Gujar Khan industrial estate establish in 1979 and its on the main G.T. Road just outside the main city. The total area of industrial estate is 17.44 acres.
* Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited
* Pakistan Petroleum Limited
* Lakson Tobacco Company Limited
* Kohinoor Gujar Khan Mills Limited.

ister Cities

*:flagicon|UK Redditch, UK
*:flagicon|Saudi Arabia Taif, Saudi Arabia
*:flagicon|Germany Munich, Germany
*:flagicon|New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand

See also

* Rawalpindi District
* Sarwar Shaheed College
* Gujar Khan Tehsil
* Hayatsar
* Hayatsar Road
* Dohngi Dam
* Mangla Dam
* List of people from Gujar Khan

References

External links

* [http://www.apnagujarkhan.we.bs information & pictures of Gujar Khan And much more about Gujar Khan.]
* [http://www.listgujarkhan.com Search Engine of Gujar Khan]
* [http://www.gujarkhannews.com/english/english.html Gujar Khan News]
* [http://www.gujarkhanonline.com/english/index.htm Gujar Khan Online]
* [http://www.gujarkhan2day.com/EnglishNews/EnglishNews/En.html Gujar Khan Today newspaper]