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Phaphra پھپھرا

Village Phaphra پھپھرا

By: Kafait Ahmad

Introduction:

Village Phaphra is located at the right bank of famous lake lower Jhelum. River Jhelum is on the right side of Village at distance of 1km. It is a small but beautiful village in Malakwal subdivision of District Mandi Bahauddin, containing an area of about 600 Acres. On right side of village there is a natural forest covering an area of approximately 50 acres.  It has a total population of approximately 4000 inhabitants, with all of them Muslims. Major costs of the village are Mughal, Gondal and all other serving Casts.

 Nearby Villages:

Major Crops of the Village

The whole surrounding area of the village is excellent for cultivation of rice, wheat, potato, Tobacco and sugar cane etc.

Schools and Religious Institutions

There are two Government Primary Schools (one for each gender), One Private High school and three mosques in which basic religious education is provided to the people.

But it is important to highlight that there is no one English teacher in both government schools and standard of education is very poor. It urged me to write down on the local forum. I do request on the behalf of my villagers from education authorities to do their best effort for the poor people of my village otherwise it will take long time to educate them.

People of the Village

Village’s disputes are often settled by a committee (Panchyat), The most famous persons of the villages are (alphabetically)

  1. Ch. Faiz Ahmad (Leading Farmer)
  2. Ch. Javeed Iqbal (Leading Farmer)
  3. Ch. Kafait Ahmad (Student of Medical Research UK)
  4. Ch. Khalid Tamioor (B.Tech. Hons.)
  5. Dr. Mazhar
  6. Ch. Muhammad Afzal (Deputy, District Population officer)
  7. Ch. Muhammad Farooq (Lecturer, Govt. Post Graduate College Mandi Bahuddin),
  8. Ch. Muhammad Razzaq (Chairman Bright Future Public School)
  9. Ch. Munawar Iqbal
  10. Ch. Nasir Iqbal (Leading Farmer)
  11. Ch. Sikandar (Leading farmer)
  12. Ch. Tufail (Paris)

Sports:

Famous supports are cricket, kabaddi, football and Horse riding. People also enjoy dogfighting. Youngers are fond of swimming as well, as this village is located on the bank of lake.

Health Facilities:

There is only one private clinic in the village with limited resources. Hospital is at least 25 km away where one could get diagnostic facility and proper medical treatment.  There had been several deaths only because of scarcity of resources available to this area.

I have tried my best to cover all the information in brief manner. I would try to get further information as soon as possible and update them.


Information Provided By:

Kafait Ahmad Mughal

Email: Kafait_ahmad@yahoo.com

Village Phaphra

Info Provided by: Kafait Ahmad

Village Phaphra

Introduction:

Phaphra is located at the right bank of famous lake lower Jhelum. River Jhelum is on the right side of Village at distance of 1km. It is a small but beautiful village in Malakwal subdivision of District Mandibahauddin, containing an area of about 600 Acres. On right side of village there is a natural forest covering an area of approximately 50 acres.  It has a total population of approximately 4000 inhabitants, with all of them Muslims. Major costs of the village are Mughal, Göndal and all other serving Casts.

 Nearby Villages:

·         Kattowal on west –south side, 

·         Bhagowal on east side

·        And Kapoor on north- east side.

Major Crops of the Village                                   

The whole surrounding area of the village is excellent for cultivation of rice, wheat, potato, Tobacco and sugar cane etc.

Schools and Religious Institutions

There are two Government Primary Schools (one for each gender), One Private High school and three mosques in which basic religious education is provided to the people.

But it is important to highlight that there is no one English teacher in both government schools and standard of education is very poor. It urged me to write down on the local forum. I do request on the behalf of my villagers from education authorities to do their best effort for the poor people of my village otherwise it will take long time to educate them.

People of the Village    

Village’s disputes are often settled by a committee (Panchyat),

The most famous persons of the villages are (alphabetically);

Ch. Faiz Ahmad (Leading Farmer)

Ch. Javeed Iqbal (Leading Farmer)

Ch. Kafait Ahmad (Student of Medical Research UK)

Ch. Khalid Tamur (Btech. Hons.)

Dr. Mazhar

Ch. Muhammad Afzal (Deputy, District Population officer)

Ch. Muhammad Farooq (Lecturer, Govt. Post Graduate College Mandi Bahuddin),

Ch. Muhammad Razaq (Chairman Bright Future Public School)

Ch. Munawar Iqbal

Ch. Nasir Iqbal (Leading Farmer)

Ch. Skindar (Leading farner)

Ch. Tufail (Paris)

Supports:

Famous supports are cricket, kabadi, football and Horse riding. People also enjoy dogfighting. Youngers are fond of swimming as well, as this village is located on the bank of lake.

Health Facilities:

There is only one private clinic in the village with limited resources. Hospital is at least 25 km away where one could get diagnostic facility and proper medical treatment.  There had been several deaths only because of scarcity of resources available to this area.

I have tried my best to cover all the information in brief manner. I would try to get further information as soon as possible and update them.

Kafait Ahmad Mughal                                                                                                                     

Email: Kafait_ahmad@yahoo.com

Pakistani Village Pictures: A small canal and a bridge - Photos of Pakistani Villages

Naseerpur نصیر پور

Naseerpur نصیر پور

Introduction:

Village Naseerpur نصیر پور or Naseer Pur is an Island between the River Jehlum and situated 3 KM far from Malikwal City. Daman-e-Khizar Park is very near to the village. It is included in the Union Council No. 49 of Tehsil Malakwal.

History:

Naseerpur is an historical village because it has been established before the constitution of Pakistan. The history of village is 200 year old. The boundaries of the village have been defined during 1979-1980.

Nearby Villages:

  • East: Burj Sattar
  • West: Malikwal 3 KM
  • North: Lokri Fateh Shah

Population:

65 Families, Total 400 people (Including Male & Female)

Area:

24 Marraba

Masajid:

02

Educated Personalities:

  1. Muhammad Ikram S/O Muttalli Khan (M.A. Education)
  2. Muhammad Yar S/O Sher Muhammad(M.A.)
  3. Amjad Farooq S/O Allah Yar(B.A)
  4. Muddassar Abbas S/O Nadir Khan (F.A)

Famous Personalities:

  • Malik Zahoor S/O Sher Muhammad
  • Faiz Ahmed S/O Sher Muhammad
  • Abdul Ghafoor S/O Sher Muhammad
  • Muhammad Yar S/O Sardar Khan

Major Casts:

  • Malik Awan
  • Sipra
  • Langha

Source Of Income:

All the population of the village depends upon Agriculture and most of the people are farmers.

Transportation:

The only way of transportation is personal boats of villagers, because the Village has no by road access to any side.

Sports:

  • Gulli Danda
  • Cricket
  • Garam Pithoo
  • Bantey

etc

 

village Miana Gondal mandi bahauddin

Miana Gondal میانہ گوندل

Miana Gondal  میانہ گوندل

Info. by Babar Shahzad Anjum & Mukhtar Ahmad Samore

Location of Village:

Miana Gondal میانہ گوندل is 50km away from Mandi Bahauddin tehsil and 70 km away from Sargodha District. It is in south-west of city Mandi Bahauddin. In fact it is a hub among many villages. This village is the so-called the Land of Judges.

Brief History:

The old name of this village Miana gondal after the establishment of Pakistan (1947).

Nature of the people:

People of the village are very hospitable, friendly, hard working and moderate.

Area:

The area of this village is about 320 Muraba.

Neighbor Villages:

Neighbor villages are

  1. Waryait – East
  2. Chak No. 29-North
  3. Chak No. 28 – North
  4. Head faqirain – South west
  5. Mona depot – South west

Population:

The total population of this village is round about 30,000 (2008)

  • Male – 45%
  • Female – 40%
  • Children’s – 15%

Major Castes:

  • Samore – 10 %
  • Gujjar- 5 %
  • Jutt – 3 %
  • Malik – 10%
  • Lohar – 10%
  • Muslim Shaikh – 2 %
  • Other – 60%

Main Personalities:

  1. Abdul Reham Alvi (Ex union Nazim)
  2. Muhammad Iqbal Farroqi (Inspector ASF Islamabad)
  3. Gulzar Ahmad (Civil Judje)
  4. Zahoor Elahi  Ranjha (Major Pak Army)
  5. Farooq Ahmad Ranjha  (Inspector)
  6. Khurram Shahzad Janjhua (Advocate)
  7. Rana Rashid Mahmood (Advocate)
  8. Fazal Ahmad (Headmaster Govt. High School Miana Gondal)
  9. Mukhtar Ahmad Samore ( M.Sc. Maths , B.Ed. ) Principal & Chief Executive Garrison Grammar High School Mandi Bahauddin
  10. Colonel Dr: Naseer Ahmad Samore

Highly Educated Personalities:

  • Mushtaq Ahmad Samore (M.Sc. Hons Helsinki University Finland settled in Norway)
  • Mushtaq Ahmad Saddique (M.A Arabic)
  • Muhammad Munsha (M.A)
  • Mukhtar Ahmad (M.A)
  • Colonel Dr: Naseer Ahmad Samore
  • Dr. Imtiaz Ahamd Garbana (Ph.D.)

Business related personalities:

  1. Abdul Qudoos Khan
  2.  Abdul Rouf Khan
  3. Ansar Iqbal Anjum
  4. Arshad Iqbal Anium
  5. Muneer Ahmad Bhatti
  6. Asif  Manzoor Bhatti
  7. Arshad Waseem
  8. Nazar Hussain Minhas
  9. Iftikhar Ahmad
  10. Nasar Iqbal
  11. Sana Ullah Bhatti
  12. Nazeem Ahmad
  13. Muhammad Afzal
  14. Sarfraz Ahmad
  15. Nasir Tabusam
  16. Mobashar Ali
  17. Khawaja Muhammad Younas
  18. Khawaja Muhammad Arshad
  19. Asghar Jutt (Hardware)
  20. Riaz (Hardware)
  21. Malik Farooq (Taaj Karyana)
  22. Malik Arshad (Karyana)
  23. Muhammad Shoaib (Painter)
  24. Mushtaq Ahmad (Cloth House)
  25. Haji Ramzan (Guarder and T-R)
  26. Allah Baksh Javed (cloth house)

Well settled people of my village abroad are:

  1. Malik Liquit (America)
  2. Kohbaib Manzoor  Bhatti (America)
  3. Amjad Gujjar (Spain)
  4. Mohsan Shahzad (Saudi Arabia)
  5. Ansar Mehood (Dubai)
  6. Hammad Ashraf Bahatti (Masqat)

Source of Income:

Almost 50% population of this village is attached with agriculture sector. Rest 10% work in factories, 20% business, 10% government 10% Private and very few are transporters.

Bazaars:

One main bazaar and Twenty sub bazaars

Mosque:

There are 15 mosques in the village and if include all other small mosques then this figure goes upto 4. There are Four Madrassas as well in the village.

Schools

There are some govt schools are Three private schools in the village these are

  1. GHS Miana Gondal
  2. GPS Miana Gondal
  3. GGHSS Miana Gondal
  4. GPS PULL SALAM DAKHLI MIANA GONDAL
  5. AL Saddique public school
  6. Jamaia model middle school
  7. New Age public high school

Hospitals:

There is one govt hospital in the union council base MIANA GONDAL. There is one animal hospital in the union council base Miana Gondal,

Media:

In the village Television, Radio, Tape Recorder, PTCL Phones and Mobile Phones with services of all the Telecom companies are present in almost every house. Few homes in the village also possess COMPUTERS in them very rare people use internet.

Transportation:

Village is located on the Main Road. People of the village travel on Buses, Vans from Main Bus Stop or other two stops. They also travel on Riksha for Pahrianwali. Car, Motor Cycles and Cycles are very common in the village which are used to go towards their lands or near by areas.

RHC Miana gondal

Flora and Fauna:

As the area is very productive both animals and plants love to stay here. Domestic animals of the village are

  • Buffalos (bhainsein)
  • Cows and Bulls (gaey aur bael)
  • Sheeps (bhairain)
  • Goats (bakrian)
  • Horses (ghoray)
  • Donkeys (gadhay)
  • Dogs (kutay)
  • Cats (Bilian)
  • Hens (murgean)
  • Rabbits (khargosh)
  • Pigeons (kabutar)
  • Fishes (in forms)
  • Ducks (batkhain)

As the land of the villagers is 1 to 5 Km from the village and it is very much close to LOAIR JEHLUM therefore a lot of area is available for wild animals. Wild animals found in the villagers land are:

  • Jackals (geedarr)
  • Snakes (saanp)
  • Pigs (sours)
  • Wild Cats (jangly billay)
  • Fishes of many types
  • Tortoises (kachhway)
  • Parrots (totay)
  • Sparrows and Finches (chirian)
  • Sea Gulls (baglay)
  • Wild Ducks (murgabian)

Village land is very much fertile, availability of water is enough although soil not suitable for GYMNOSPERMS and FERNS but ANGIOSPERMS are very much common in the village which include both ornamental and wild. Important plant of the village are as under:

  • Acacia species (kikar)
  • Dalbergia sisso (tahli)
  • Rosa indica (gulab)
  • Orange species (maltay aur methhay)
  • Guava (amrood)
  • Mangoes (aam)
  • Gomi (dhraik)
  • Bamboo (Baance).

miana gondal village mandi bahauddin

Main Crops of the Village:

  1. Wheat
  2. Rice
  3. Sugar cane

Sports:

  • Cricket
  • Volley Ball
  • Kabaddi
  • Gulli Danda

May Allah Bless This Village


Information Provided By

  1. Babar Shahzad Anjum
  2. Mukhtar Ahmad Samore

Last Edit: July, 2014

village kolowal kotehra

Kolowal Kotehra کولووال کٹہڑہ

Kolowal Kotehra کولووال کٹہڑہ

By: Shahid Imran Gondal

Village Kolowal Kotehra کولووال کٹہڑہ has 5 Parts.

  1. Haso Ana Dera
  2. Vada Lok
  3. Alhi
  4. Bijli Ghar
  5. Kothera

It is also called Kolowal Kothera. Alhamdollillah Population is 100% Muslim. It is also called Kalowal Kotehra.

Neighboring Villages:

It is situated on Malakwal Mandi Bahauddin Road. Main Village is about 2-3 Km Malakwal City, But its one Part (Kothera) is very near to Malakwal. Village Shumari is on South East side, Khutiala Khurd is on South West Side, North East Side is Badshahpur, And on West Side of my village is Malakwal City. River Jhelum is about 2 Km away from Kolowal on North Side.

Main Castes:

Main Caste of the village is gondal, about 78% population of village is Gondal. Main castes & their percentage is as follow.

  • Gondal 78%
  • Syed (Hamdani/Bukhari) 10%
  • Ranjha 2%
  • Working Castes 10%

village kolowal kotehra

Social Personalities of the Village:

Following are other main social personalities

  • Haji Nazir Ahmed Gondal (Chairman of Zakat & Ushar Committee)
  • Ch. Ghulam Ali Gondal
  • Ch. Ghulam Abbas Gondal (Counselor)
  • Ch. Shan Ali Gondal
  • Shah Khurshid Alam
  • Mohammad Aslam Gondal
  • Syed Mehmood Hussain Shah
  • Hafiz Zafar Iqbal (Imam Masjid Jamia Mosque)
  • Tahir Hussain Shah (Punjab Police)
  • Shahzaib Ahmed Gondal (Grace marquee owner)

Another Social personality was Ch. Ata Mohammad Numberdar who passed way on April, 2008. His age was about 90 years.

Highly Qualified Personalities of the Village:

  • Shahid Imran Gondal (Transport Manager in Saudi Binladin Group Saudi Arabia
  • Naveed Iqbal Gondal is working as Director in Islamabad.
  • Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal (Supertendent, Pak P.W.D Islamabad).
  • Safdar Iqbal Gondal (PS to DSP Traffic Islamabad)
  • Syed Najam ul Hassan (Manager Allied Bank, Lahore)
  • Mohammad Akram (Grade 18 officer in HBFC)
  • Muzafar Iqbal Gondal (Chemistry Teacher in Govt. High School Malakwal)
  • Ali Atif Hassan (LLB, MA English)
  • Jehangir Abbas Gondal (PS to Director NHA Islamabad)
  • Azhar Iqbal Gondal (SDO Wapda Jhelum)

Personalities in Foreign Countries:

  • Talat Mushtaq Gondal (Holland)
  • Faisal Usman Gondal (Spain)
  • Shahid Imran Gondal (Jeddah Saudi Arabia)
  • Javid Iqbal Gondal (France)
  • Naeem Shahzad Gondal (UK)
  • Omar Gondal/Arshad Gondal/ Naseer Gondal/Tariq Gondal (Jeddah Saudi Arabia)
  • Syed Rashid Shah (Dubai, UAE)
  • Syed Abrar Hussain Shah (South Africa)

Culture of Village:

Culture of my village is almost same like other villages of Punjab. But some people are doing job in Islamabad or Lahore & some are working abroad so you can see a little touch of city life also in life of people. Especially on occasion of marriage.

Schools, Collages & Mosques:

There are 4 Mosques in my village, one is Jamia Mosque where Jumma prayer is also offered. There is also one Imam Bargha & 3 Mazars in the village. There are two Government schools one primary school for Boys & one High School for Girls. There is also one private school in the village. Degree college Malakwal is situated very near to my village.

Hospitals, medical stores and shops:

The is no any hospital in the village but there are two clinics, & also 5 shops to purchase necessities of life. Village is only 3 km away from Malakwal so mostly people done their shopping in Malakwal.

What is Gondal:

Gondal is one of the main elite Jat clans living in PunjabPakistan. They are believed to have accepted Islam on the inducement of famous Sufi poet Baba Farid and were instructed by him to stay in the area between the Chenab River Jhelum River which now forms Mandi Bahauddin, and Sargodha District. They are approximately over half a million in population and are mainly living in Mandi Bahauddin,Malakwal, Kolowal, Phalia,(Rerka Bala) (Ajjowal) Kot Momin, Midh Ranjha, Bhalwal Tehsils Geven Gondal (30km away from Sargodha). The majority is associated with the profession of agriculture but a number of them are also in civil services, such as police, Education and judiciary in Pakistan. Quite a lot of them are also working abroad mainly in the United StatesCanadaSaudi ArabiaItalySpain, France, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

It is widely accepted in Punjab that Gondal’s have amassed great fortunes through their strict tolerance of agricultural expertise. It is therefore not surprising that they are now and always have been regarded as the Elite Senior Jats’ earning the status of Powerful Landlords of Pakistan. Many sources claim that as many as 37% of Pakistan’s Powerful & Secretive Inter-Services Intelligence ISI members of staff come from this clan.

Main Crops:

Famous crops of village are Wheat & Rice. But now a days some landlords are also cultivating Potatoes (Ch. Javid Gondal is a guy who has completed M.com but instead of doing job he prefer to work on his own land & make experiment to cultivate Potatoes on his land and his experiment was successful and now lot of people are cultivating potatoes also). Other main crops are as follow.

  • Sugar Can
  • Cotton
  • Potatoes
  • Maize
  • Tobacco

Media and Communication:

By the passage of time communication through Letters is decreased & Phone & Email has taken its place. So main mean of communication in my village is Phone. Through this people can keep in touch with their loved ones in other cities and abroad. TV/ Radio is main media through which people can get news about their beloved country & other world.

Organizations / Group in the village

There is an Yahoo group named as Gondals Online. This group is created to bring all Gondal’s on one platform, not only from village Kolowal but of Whole world. Shahid Imran Gondal & Saqib Mushtaq Gondal are Moderators of this group. This group is accessible on following address

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gondals_online

Parks & Cannels in Village:

In free time people go on Park near river Jhelum which is on distance of about 2.5 Km from my village named as Daman-e-Khizar Park. There is also a cannel in the village, it irrigate land of village. Its water is not enough so lot of landlords have installed their own Peter Engine to overcome the shortage of water.

Sport:

Kabaddi, Cricket, Vollyball (Shooting), Kushti

Map of villages:

Kolowal

PICTURES:

 

Gohri گوہڑی 

Ghori گوہڑی 

Info. by Lt Cdr Tasawar Iqbal Tungar Pak Navy

 

”’GOHRI”’ is a small and old village situated on the banks of a small canal meant originally for the forest of DAFFAR. 
The village consists of three main tribes namely ”’TUNGARS”’, ”’CHADHAR”’ and ”’SOHLAY”’. The agriculture land is also divided along the canal bank, north side dominated by SOHLA’s where as Southern side belongs to TUNGAR’s and CHADHAR’s. 
I belong to family of Tajy Kay Tungar’s. My maternal family belongs to Hidayat Kay Tungar’s of same village. So i have in other sense more responsibility towards promoting my village as my whole family history stars from Gohri and ends there as well.
The village is having only a school till primary class. It is in true sense still a backward village that needs a lot in order to be able to catch up with other villages around it. Although overall area enjoys the general neglect by the governement agencies by over and above that GOHRI had been adversly affected by the lack of educational facilities or rather lack of interest of its inhabitents in the education. It is a village that has shown perfect content in the situation prevailing and everone is happy in the same state. However, this happiness is mostly because of the reason of their ignorance than anything else. The young generation has no idea at all as well as no guidance for seeking better future. 
Their local definition of better future is equally black. Most of them think if they will somehow or the other way manage to go abroad, all of their worries will be over.
Few of the people who have been able to make their way up through the preavailing conditions are worth mentioning and I am mentiioning them not for the showing that we, the TUNGAR’s are superior or anything else but just for the sole purpose that one day someone will read it and will be inspired and try to imitate the same and achieve something for himself and his family. The list, offcourse not exhaustive is as follows:

 

Armed Forces

  • Lt Col Muhammed Asif Tungar Pak Army
  • Ch. Zafar Iqbal Tungar Suprentendant MES Pak Army
  • Lt Cdr Tasawar Iqbal Tungar Pak Navy
  • Capt Rashid Iqbal Tungar Pak Army

 

Civil Departments

  1. Ch. Safdar Iqbal Tungar Bussiness Man (HSL International School Rawalpindi, Executive New Wah Model Town)
  2. Ch. Ghulam Mujtaba Tungar Executive Dubai Islamic Bank (Sudan)
  3. Ch. Muddassar Iqbal Tungar Punjab Police (Rawalpindi)
  4. Ch. Umar Hayat Tungar Advocate (Rawalpindi)

 

 

This was the contribution of my family. If anyone else from Gohri will hit this site, he/she is welcome to add further data.
My e-mail address is tasawarchoudhary@hotmail.com if anyone wishes to contact me for asking anything regarding Gohri or MBDin.

village Gohar Sharif mandi bahauddin

Gohar Sharif گوہڑ شریف

Gohar Sharif گوہڑ شریف

By: Ch. Saqib Hussain & Ch. Wilayat Sardar Gondal

LOCATION:

Gohar Sharif گوہڑ شریف is a small village of Mandi Bahauddin district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°30’0N 73°18’0E with an altitude of 218 meters and lies 26 km from Mandi Bahauddin city and 16 km from Malakwal. Gohar sharif is part of malakwal union council.

HISTORY:

The village is very old. People say that there was a British sepoy who wanted to destroy this village but by the mercy of Allah and Karamat of Mian Mashkur Hussain he was to his back. People say he fired a gun to this village but  the gun (gola) return back. There are several buildings built by the Hindus and Sikhs such as Sikhs Hawali and house which is approximately 136 years old and there is one well which was built by the person who was the 1st gondal in this village but now it is demolished by the new generation.

NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES:

Neighboring villages consist of:

  1. Gohri – South
  2. Krariwala – South West
  3. 15 Chak – North
  4. Misranwala – West

It is 27 km south-east of city mandi bahauddin. On the south it is bordered by 1 canal and village gohri which is 3 km away. On the south-west it is bordered by there town krariwala. If u walk 3 kilometers from the village towards north there is a town named 15 Chak. In the west it is bordered by Misranwal.

POPULATION OF VILLAGE:

The population of the village consist of about 13,000 people.

FOUNDER OF VILLAGE:

People say there were brother and sister named Gohr and Gohri whom father was sharif they and Gohr was settled in a village but the Gohri his sister was settled in another village which was later renamed as Gohri which was after renamed as Gohar Sharif. The cast of the founder was gondal.

PARTS OF VILLAGE:

The village is divided in to three parts:

  • Dera
  • Lok
  • Ada

BRAUDRIES IN THE VILLAGE:

  1. Gajgane
  2. Aklane
  3. Wajir Ke
  4. Sharf Ke
  5. Kadher

MAIN CASTS:

  • Gondal
  • Ranjah
  • Mughal

NATURE OF PEOPLE:

People have very friendly behavior. People are very much hospitable, friendly, hardworking, sincere and moderate except few black sheep’s vulgarity is a common thing.

SOURCE OF INCOME:

The main occupations consist of zarat (agriculture) but most of the people are abroad in UAE, UK and Saudi Arabia and European countries. Some people are also in civil service who r working in the post office, railway and armed forces.

SOCIAL PERSONALITIES OF VILLAGE:

  • Ch Muhammad Walait Gondal
  • Choudry Sardar Khan Gondal (late)
  • Choudry Mehdi Khan Gondal
  • Choudry Muhammad Ashraf Gondal (UAE)
  • Choudry Munawar Hussain Gondal (UAE).
  • Choudry Riaz Ahmad Gondal (UK).
  • Choudry Usman Ashraf Gondal.
  • Ch Riaz Bashir
  • Syed Munawar Shah
  • Akhtar Mahmood (Advocate High Court)
  • Ch. Iqbal Gondal

Culture of village:

Normally people of this village live a simple life but as people went abroad they became moderate and now the village is moderate by having cars, motorcycles and other important facilities. The culture of the village is however now changed like a city but there are few old people (buzurg) who keep telling about the importance of the culture of the village. By their this effort the culture is saved by the young generation.

village Gohar Sharif mandi bahauddin

SCHOOLS, MADRASSAS AND MOSQUES:

There are four schools in the village named as:

  • Govt. Primary middle school for boys
  • Govt. Primary middle school for girls
  • The Fajar School (private)
  • Arshad model school (private)

There is only one madrasa in the village. There are four mosques in the village.

CLINICS:

There are only three clinics in the village:

  • Dr. Arshad Clinic
  • Dr. Munawar Shah Clinic
  • Dr. Zafar clinic

MAIN CROPS:

  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Sugarcane

MEDIA:

In the village Television, Radio, Tape Recorder, PTCL Phones and Mobile Phones with services of all the Telecom companies are present in almost every house. Few homes in the village also possess Computers in them very less people use internet.

MAIN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS:

There are no restaurant in this village but there are many fresh points such as fresh juice points and there are many journal stores in the village. There are some guest houses in the village.

DARA’s:

Dara is a Punjabi word which mean the place where the barat or a lot of people can sit together in time of decision etc. In our village there are many dara’z. Each braudary has its Dara. In our village there are five dara’z such AS::

  1. Gajgana Dara
  2. Walait Ka dara
  3. Wajir Ka Dara
  4. Sharif ka Dara
  5. Shabl Ka Dara

MAZARS:

There are three mazars popular in the village:

  • Pir Ahmad Shah Sahb

Gohar sharif is also famous for its holy shrines like Pir Ahmad Shah Sahib who was the great wali of Allah.

  • Pir Abdul Ghani Shah Sahb

Another one is Pir Abdul Ghani Shah who was the brother of Ahmad Shah Sahab.

  • Mian Muhammad Shakoor Sahb

Mian Muhammad Shakoor was also the great wali of Allah. At first he was known by the people as an ordinary man but as he ride a wall like a horse in front of approximately 34 people in a barat (marriage procession). Whom my great-grand father have seen doing this.

WELFARE ORGANIZATION:

There is only one welfare organization in the village:

  • Markzay Sehat Behboday Abadi.

FREETIME AND HOBBY:

There are many hobbies of the young ones of the village like swimming in the canal etc. The popular sports of the village are:

  1. Cricket
  2. Volleyball
  3. Badminton
  4. Football
  5. Hockey

TRANSPORTATION:

Transportation is by means of cars, taxis and buses. Gohar was also famous for his buses. No village have 10 or 15 buses of its own.

Marriage Hall, Factories

Fajjar marriage hall Gohar shareef
Abdullah poultry farm (ch. Adeel ahmad Gondal)
Fajjar Poultry Farm (ch akhtar maneka)
Asif poultry farm (saqib nawaz Gondal)
Al Mustafa Poultry farm (ch iqbal gondal)

MAIN PROBLEMS OF VILLAGE:

  1. There is no rain water removing system in the village.
  2. The girls cannot have their education freely. This is another main problem faced by students especially by Girls as there is no institute after metric so the girls have to face great hurdle in their career so most of them stop their education because villagers does not allow their girls to go away from their homes.
  3. Difference of Jutts and other castes can be reduced by educating people and creating awareness of our religion.

GOHAR SHARIF
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May Allah Bless This Village (AAMEEN)


Information Provided By:

Ch. Saqib Hussain

Ch. Wilayat Sardar Gondal

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Pakistani Village Life: Villagers making 'Gur' (Raw sugar) from the sugarcane juice - Photos of Pakistani Villages, Pictures of Pakitani Villages

Faqirian فقیریاں

Faqirian فقیریاں

By Muhammad Sufyan

History:

Faqirian فقیریاں village is in Tehsil Malakwal. It is 54 KM from Mandi-Bahuddin city towards South at the boundary of M.B.DIN with Sargodha and 40 KM from Malakwal towards South. It is a big Town in its nears.

Population:

The Population of this village is nearly 35,000 and it is 70 years old village.

Literacy Rate:

The Literacy rate of the village is average.

It has a Govt. P/S for Boys Since 1977, Middle School for Girls and Community Primary School for Girls. There is also working a private School for the betterment of the Society in my Village. Ghazali Model School. Faqirian is Cultivated Area. The most Population of village is Agriculturist. Some are working in the Government Services, and a number of People are working abroad.

Neighboring Villages:

Miana Gondal (East)

Dhori Sargodha (West)

Remount Mona Depot (North)

Chak No 1 SGD (South)

Social Personalities:

  1. Haji Ahmad Khan Gondal
  2. Haji Abdullah Khan Gondal
  3. Hayat Ahmad Khan Gondal (Chairman).
  4. Nazir Ahmad Gondal
  5. Allah Bakhash Gondal (Lambardar).
  6. Muhammad Khan Ranjha
  7. Malik Hayat Awan
  8. Muhammad Khalid Gondal
  9. Muhammad Akram Gondal

Highly Qualified Personalities:

  • Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal (session judge of anti-terrorism in Bhawalpur)
  • Aqeel Aslam Gondal (MBBS, specialist in physiotherapy in NIH ISLD)
  • Zia Ullah Gondal (Professor of English, Brani University Rawalpindi)
  • Ahmad Bakhash Gondal (Head Master in P/S Faqirian)
  • Muhammad Sufyan Gondal (M.A.LLB Shariah & Law)
  • Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal (SI Punjab Police, M.B.Din)
  • Muhammad Yaqoob (Medical officer in DHQ)
  • Muhammad Amir Ranjah (Civil engineer)
  • Mulana Muhammad Aslam Gondal (M.A Arabic, Diploma in Usual e Din from Riaz University Saudi Arabia Noman Akram Gondal (M.Sc. History from Qaid e Azam University Islamabad & LLB from BHU Multan)
  • Muhammad Tariq Gondal (Arabic Fazal from Jamih Arabia Gujranwala)
  • Muhammad Rehan Gondal (MBA, IIUI)
  • Shaid Rizwan Waddan (LLB)
  • Aftab Ahamd Gondal (M fill In History)
  • Qari Munir Ahmad Gondal (M.A uslu Din)

Schools, Mosques and Madras:

  • One Govt P/S for Boys
  • One Middle School for Girls
  • One Govt community P/S for Girls
  • One Private School
  • Two Jamiah Masques
  • Three Madrisa’s (Two for boys and one for girls).

Photos of Pakistani villages - Wheat crop is ripe

Medical stores and shops in the village

  • Ali Usman Medical store (proprietor Dr. Maher Muhammad Nawaz)
  • 10 small shops & two big shops

Main castes

  • Gondal
  • Ranjha
  • Awan
  • Tarar
  • Mahar

Main crops and fruits:

  1. Wheat
  2. Cotton
  3. Rice
  4. Sugar Cane
  5. Tobacco
  6. Orange
  7. Guava

Mazars:

Baba kanno shah

Welfare Organizations:

Society for  welfare al Quran

Free time & Hobby

Two branches canals from Lower Jhelum Canal. Walking on the benches of these canals in free time and catching fish is the hobby of people of villagers

Sports

Cricket

Volleyball

Kabaddi

Guli danda

May Allah Bless This Village (AAMEEN)


Information provided by

Muhammad Sufyan, Rehan, Kamran & Arslan Gondal

Chak No. 26 چک نمبر ۲۶

Chak No. 26

Info. by M. Irfan Shabbir

Location of Village:

Chak No. 26 is 38 km away from Mandi Bahauddin and 78 km away from Sargodha. It is in south-west of city Mandi Bahauddin. In fact it is a hub among many villages.

Brief History:

The old name of this village was Gavend Pura after the establishment of Pakistan (1947) the name was changed as Chak No. 26 Islamabad.

Nature of the people:

 People of the village are very hospitable, friendly, hard working and moderate.

Area:

Total Area of this village is about 65 Muraba

Neighbor Villages:

Neighbor villages are

Barmusa                         East   

Chak No. 27                   North

Chak No. 28                   North

Shadiwal                         South west

Warryaat                          South west

Bazaars:

One main bazaar and eighteen sub bazaars

Population:

The total population of this village is round about 7500 (2008)

Male                          35%

Female                       45%

Children’s                    20%

Major Castes:

Rajpoot                          90 %

Gujjar                            5 %

Jutt                                3 %

Others                           2 %

Source of Income:

Almost 90 % population of this village is attached with agriculture sector. Rest 10 % work in factories, business, government and very few are transporters.

Mosques:

There are two mosques in the village and if include all other small mosques then this figure goes upto 4. There are two Madrassas as well in the village.

Schools:

There are two govt schools are three private schools.

  1. GGHS Chak No. 26
  2. GHS Chak o. 26

1] AL-Sufa public high school

2] AL-Khalid public middle school

3] AL-Fahad public middle school

Hospitals:

There is one govt hospital in the union council base WARAYAT, it is situated in the west of the village.

Way of living

Peoples of the village live a simple life. They have very friendly behavior. Peoples are very much hostile, peaceful and sincere. Except few black sheeps vulgarity is an uncommon thing. People of the village go to their lands to care their cattles and crops and come back in the evening so they have a very busy life.Young boys play Cricket, Volly Ball or play cards in their extra time. Peoples of the village remains careful about fight and misbehavior because if any body do a little mistake other party persons quickly report to the police at THANA MIANA GONDAL.

Main Personalities:

    • Rana Amjad ail ( Ex member District council )
    • Rana Rashid Mehmood (PS to Project Director SLTS) in Karachi Shipyard & Engineering work………….Retired from Pak Navy.
    • Rana Aquib (Major Pak Army)
    • Rana samar (Foreign Ministry)
    • Rana qadeer (Ex chairman wapada)
    • Faqir Muhammad Gujjar (Ex. Headmaster Govt. High School Chak. No. 26)
  • Muhammad Asim Rana…Audit Officer, Regional Tax Office (RTO),  (FBR) Islamabad 

Highly educated personalities:

    1. Rana muhammad shabbir(M.A)
    1. Rana Zahid hameed(M.A)
    1. Rana Sajad ahmed(M.A)
    1. Raheel Akther bhatti(M.A English)
    1. Ch muhammad saleem gujjar(M.A eco)
    1. Rana Qamar zaman(M.com)
    1. Muhammad Nazir minhas(M.A Urdu)
  1. Jahangir Gujjar M.Sc. (hons.) Agriculture University Faisalabad. 

Business related personalities:

    1. Rana Adnan shabbir
    1. Rana Imtiaz Ul Haq
    1. Rana Babar
    1. Rana Kashif
    1. Rana Pervaiz
    1. Rana Aslam
    1. Rana Ashan ul Haq bapare
    1. Ch. Kushi muhammad Gujjar
    1. Rana sakhawat
  1. Malik masson

Well settled people of my village abroad are:

    • Rana saddat (America)
    • Rana khaursheed (America)
    • Amjad Gujjar(spain)
    • Rana Akmal  (Dubai)
    • Rana Zahid (Dubai)
  • Zaheer Bhatti (Dubai)

Past Famous Personalities of the Village:

    • Rana sultan ahmed
    • Rana Abdul hameed
    • Rana Anwar Ul haq
    • Rana Muhammad iqbal
    • Rana Natho khan
    • Ch Sahaab Ul din Gujjar
  • Rana Glam muhammad(safaad posh)

Main Crops of the Village:

    1. Wheat
    1. Rice
  1. Sugar cane

Sports:

    • Cricket
    • Volley Ball
  • kabadi

Chakk No:26

Info Provided By: Rana Adnan ul Haq

Registered voters      

The number of registered voters in the village is 1500 among them almost half of them are of female voters. Although village is small but at the time of election village splits into three parts. Each group tries to cast votes against each other.

Major Castes

Major casts of the village are

1. RAJPOOT           90%

2. JUTT                    5 %

3. GUJJAR               4%

4. OTHERS              1% 

Important Bradaries

Famous Clans of the village are:

1.SUNRA
      


2.SROA
      

3.GARH SHANKRI
      

5.FEROZ PURI
      



Famous Personalities 

1.RANA ZAFAR AHMAD NUMBERDAR(LATE)   

2.RANA NISAR EHMAD  

3.RANA IFTKHAR AHMAD    

4.RANA EHSAN UL HAQ   

5.RANA KHALID SULTAN(AC INCOMTAX ) 

6. RANA ZIA UL HAQ NUMBERDAR (PATWARI)

7.RANA MAJID ALI(NAIB NAZIM)   

8.RANA AMJAD ALI(BABU G)  

9.RANA DAUD AKHTAR(ARMI OFFICER)   

And among new generation

#   RANA ADNAN UL HAQ(STUDENT OF M.B.B.S)                                                                                                #L.T IMTNAN AKBAR (L.T ARMY)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Means Of Earning

Majority of the peoples earn their livelihood through agriculture. Few peoples are in Government services and among them most are in WAPDA and ARMY. Now there is trend among the youth to go abroad that’s why many peoples of the village are found in France,Spain, Greece, Itlay, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, Muscat etc. in search of their earning.

Way of living                 

Peoples of the village live a simple life. They have very friendly behavior. Peoples are very much hostile, peaceful and sincere. Except few black sheeps vulgarity is an uncommon thing. People of the village go to their lands to care their cattles and crops and come back in the evening so they have a very busy life.Young boys play Cricket,Volly Ball or play cards in their extra time. Peoples of the village remains careful about fight and misbehavior because if any body do a little mistake other party persons quickly report to the police at THANA MIANA GONDAL

Bazars And Markets

THERE IS ONE MAIN BAZAAR AND  10 STREETS IN THE VILLAGE

Mosques          .

THERE ARE THREE MOSQUES AND ONE MADRESA

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Schools and Education

There is one govt high school for boys and one govt high shool  for girls. .But there are four private schools in the village these are

1] AL-Sufa public high school

2] AL-Khalid public middle school

3] AL-Fahad public model high school

Highly Qualified Persons                

Rana muhammad shabbir(M.A)

Rana Zahid hameed(M.A)

Rana Sajad ahmed(M.A)

SHAUKAT HAMEED(H..M HIGH SCHOOL)

Ch muhammad saleem gujjar(M.A eco)

RANA KHALID SULTAN(AC INCOM TAX)

Muhammad Nazir minhas(M.A Urdu)

RANA AFZAAL AHMED(AEO HIGH SCHOOLS)

RANA ADEEL AMJAD(C.A)

RANA IMTNAN AKBAR(L.T. ARMY)

RANA KASHAF(B.S.C HOUNER)

RANA ARFAN SHABER(M.S.C)

RANA ADNAN SHABER(B.A HOUNER)

RANA FIAZ NASIR(B.C.S)

PEOPLE IN ABROAD

RANA RIZWAN(SPAIN)

RANA AITZAZ(SPAIN)

RANA FAROOQ AKHTAR(LONDEN)

RANA ADEEL AMJAD(LONDEN)

RANA FAISAL(UNITED STATES)

RANA FAISAL(KAUWAIT)

RANA PERVEZ(UNITED STATES)

RANA ATTA(SPAIN)

ajjowal

Ajjowal اجووال

Ajjowal اجووال

By: Azmat Gondal

Introduction:

Ajjowal اجووال is a small village in Tehsil Malakwal, district Mandi Bahauddin. It is situated on Kuthiala road. Almost 27 km from city MBDin and 14 km from tehsil Malakwal. The union Council of Ajjowal is Wara Alam Shah. The total land of this village is 80 Murabas (2000 Acres).

Major Casts:

  • Gondal
  • Ranjha
  • Syed

Population:

The village is consist of round about 300 houses.

Village Culture:

Culture of this village is old Punjabi culture. Mostly people wear here Pakistani national dress Shalwar Qameez, people are divided in families according to their ethnicities.

Main Crops

  1. Wheat
  2. Rice
  3. Sugar Cane

Nearest Villages

  1. Wara Alam Shah
  2. Gohar Sharif
  3. Misranwala
  4. 18 Chak (hakim ma wala)
  5. Shumhari

Famous Personalities:

  • Haji Nazir Ahamd Gondal
  • Tariq Mehmood Gondal (businessman)
  • Sarfraz Ahmad Gondal
  • Syed Mukhtar Hussain Shah (Ex. President Anjuman Fiqah-e-Jafriya Toronto Canada)
  • Syed Ashiq Hussain Shah (Hours Rider)
  • Ch. Mukhtar Ahmad Gondal
  • Ch Mukhtar Ahmed Gondal
  • Haji Nazir Ahmed Gondal Masuana
  • Retd. Karnal Khizar Gondal
  • Shahid Imran Gondal (Adv & Founder of Falah e Ajjowal Trust)

There are many people from this village living abroad. Some of them are

  • Syed Shakeel Abbas Bukhari (Spain)
  • Nazir Ahmed Gondal (Germany)
  • Irfan Nazir Gondal (Spain)
  • Sikandar Nazir (France)
  • Syed Allamdar Hussain Shah (Famous Noha Khan In Toronto)
  • Ch. Zafar Iqbal Gondal (UK)

Social Personalities:

  • Haji Mukhtar Ahmad Gondal
  • Zahid Riaz Gondal
  • Saqib Gondal (Ajjowana)
  • Rafaqat Mukhtar Gondal
  • Shakeel Shah

Highly Qualified Personalities:

  1. Late Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah (Provincial education director of Punjab)
  2. Muhammad Yar Gondal (Session Judge)
  3. Muhammad Inayat Gondal (Civil Judge)
  4. Mukhtar Ahmed (Retd. District & Session Judge)
  5. Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (Income Tax officer)
  6. Mazhar Iqbal Gondal (Deputy Commissioner in Income Tax )
  7. Shafqat Hussain Shah (Islamabad Police)
  8. Khurram Mukhtar Gondal (MA in Economics)
  9. Lt. Asim
  10. Ch. Faiz Ahmed (Advocate)
  11. Gulam Rasul (Advocate)
  12. Shahid Imran Gondal (Advocate)
  13. Syed Ijaz Hussain Shah (Managing Director ALIGO (AIG))
  14. Syed Aqeel Abbas Bukhari (CSS Qualified)
  15. Shahid Nazeer Gondal (LLB Qualified)
  16. Anayat Gondal (Civil Judge)
  17. Major Khizar Hayat Gondal
  18. Colonel Khizar Gondal
  19. Dr. Azmat Gondal (Jinnah hospital Lahore)
  20. Syed Shafqat Shah (Police Officer)
  21. Muhammad Nawaz Gondal (PA to DCO)
  22. Rafaqat Ali Gondal (Advocate)
  23. Mubashar Iqbal janjua (Advocate)
  24. Masood Ahmed Gondal (Advocate)
  25. Naveed Iqbal Gondal (Advocate)
  26. Muzafar Iqbal Gondal (Advocate)
  27. Ishfaq ahmed Gondal (Advocate)
  28. Ghulam Rasool Gondal (Advocate)
  29. Aun Gondal (Advocate)
  30. Talhat Gondal (Advocate)
  31. Akhtar (Advocate)
  32. Usman Arif (Advocate)
  33. Zulifqar Ali Gondal (Advocate)
  34. Mehfooz Gondal (Advocate)
  35. Babar Ali Gondal (Advocate)
  36. Barrister Amjad Farooq
  37. Mansoor Hussain Gondal (ADLG)
  38. Ghazanfar Gondal (Retd. Gardawar)
  39. Sarfaraz Patwari
  40. Mazhar Gondal commissioner FBR
  41. Ch. Mukhtar Ahmed (ETO)

Shrines:

There are one famous darbar in this village called by “Bawa Shah Shakur da Darbar”

Shops and Stores:

  • Waheed Major Karyana store
  • Dhabbia di Hatti

Schools in the Village

  • Govt. Boys Primary school
  • Govt. Girls Primary school
  • Sir Syed Public high school
  • Raza Public High School at Gohar Road

Source Of Income:

Main source of income of people is agriculture followed by foreign remittances sent by people who are working in EU, UK and Middle Eastern countries.

Social Welfare Organizations

Ajjowal welfare society is working in this village, but not any authentic organization is working here

Main Crops:

  1. Sugarcane
  2. Rice
  3. Wheat

Problems of the Village:

There are not any good system for the education of boys and girls

May Allah Bless This Village (AAMEEN)


Information provided by: Azmat Gondal

Email Address: azmatzulqarnainsikander@gmail.com

Contact No. 03193731327