Sadhar is a town near
Faisalabad
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
, that is situated about from
Faisalabad International Airport
Faisalabad International Airport is an international airport and standby Pakistan Air Force military base situated on Jhang Road, southwest of the city centre of Faisalabad, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The airport is home to two flyi ...
. It has a population of about 0.2 million.
Transport
Rikshaw
A pulled rickshaw (from Japanese ) is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two people.
In recent times the use of human-powered rickshaws has been discouraged or outlawed in many cou ...
s are the main form of local transportation in Sadhar.
Livelihood
Sadhar's
textile mill
Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...
s, which contain
power looms, are the main source of livelihood for its middle-class citizens.
Powerloom workers resume protest as owners deny pay raise
Dawn (newspaper), Published 4 August 2022, Retrieved 29 December 2022
Some people, rely heavily on Agriculture for their income.
File:Industrial exhibition in FSD.jpg, a power loom
File:irrigation canals in Faisalabad.jpg, a field
Population
The population (0.2 million) of Sadhar is mostly Muslim with a Christian minority.
References
Cities and towns in Faisalabad District
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