Bhalwal

Pakistani Cities
official_name = Bhalwal
emblem = EmblemofPakistan.jpg
province =Punjab
n1 = 32 |n2 = 8 |n3 = 00
e1 = 73 |e2 = 7 |e3 = 00
estimate_year = 2007
estimate_pop = 2,500,000Fact|date=July 2007
code = 048
uc = 4
nazim = Malik Imtiaz Ahmad Bharat

Bhalwal is a town of Sargodha District in the centre of the Punjab province of Pakistan [ [http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list_tehsil.html List of Tehsils and districts of Pakistan - Statpak.gov.pk] ] . The town of Bhalwal is the headquarters of Bhalwal Tehsil and lies in an agricultural area, close to the M-2 motorway, to which it is being connected by two interchanges. The town is named after a nearby village called Purana Bhalwal (Old Bhalwal),the name of Bhalwal is originated from Bhalwana.Bhalwana is one the most famous family of Bhalwal.Bhalwana family is landlord family of Purana Bhalwal.Fact|date=July 2007 Bhalwal is the city of oranges(Mandrain).Fact|date=October 2007 There are almost 150 orange processing plants.Fact|date=October 2007

Bhalwal town is located on Gujrat Phalia – Sargodha road at a distance of 30 km from Sargodha at its north. It is situated near motorway (M2) in the west at a distance of 11 km from Salam interchange. Lower Bhalwal Canal is passing at its north side at a distance of 3 km. It also lies on Sargodha – Malikwal – Lalamusa section of Pakistan Railway and has a railway station.

Local government

TMA Bhalwal is one of six TMAs of Sargodha District. Bhalwal is the main town of the TMA. There are 31 Union Councils in the Tehsil out of which 8 fall in urban areas/CO units. According to the 1998 Census the total population and urban population of the Tehsil is 819,887 and 132,600 respectively.

Bhalwal tehsil is governed by a tehsil council which comprises the chief officials of the various Union Councils (UC). The tehsil comprises 53 Union Councils of which 8 are urban, including four in Bhalwal town, [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=32&dn=Sargodha Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sargodha - Government of Pakistan] ] the following table shows the Nazims and Naib Nazims for the four Union Councils of Bhalwal city: [ [http://www.tmabhalwal.com/Union-Councils.html Urban Union Councils - TMA Bhalwal] ]

Notable residents

* Feroz Khan Noon - former foreign minister and prime minister of Pakistan, and former chief minster of the Punjab province.
*Viqar un Nisa Noon - wife of Malik Feroz Khan Noon
*Ehsan Ul Haq Piracha - former finance minister of Pakistan. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/18/fea.htm Vested interests hamper growth] ]
* Malik Amjad Ali Noon - prominent member of the Noon Family
* Tariq Aziz Warraich - Personal Secretary to President Musharraf of Pakistan and General Secretary of the National Security Council. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2004/03/11/nat8.htm Why Cheema ditched PPP] ]

Political representation

Bhalwal has one seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan and two seats in the Punjab Provincial Assembly. The current member of the National Assembly (MNA) is Chaudhry Nadeem Afzal Chan and the members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) are Mahr Rab Nawaz Lak and Chaudhry Tahir Ahmad Sandhu.Fact|date=October 2007

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