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Khudrizi
Khudrizi or Khudrizai () is a small village located in Pakistan on GT Road on the way from Nowshehra to Peshawar. Khudrizi is part of Pabbi Pabbi ( ; ) is a large town in Pabbi Tehsil of Nowshera District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located on both sides of the Grand Trunk (GT) around 20 km from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province. O ...2 union council. References Populated places in Nowshera District {{NowsheraPK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pabbi Tehsil
Pabbi is a tehsil located in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The tehsil is named after the Pabbi town, which is located on the GT Road. Overview Pabbi become tehsil in 2008, when NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) caretaker chief minister Shamsul Mulk declared it a tehsil of Nowshera district. The head quarter of Pabbi tehsil is Pabbi town, which is located on Grand Trunk (GT) road. Pabbi tehsil covers the jurisdiction from Taro Jabba to Azakhel Payan and Cherat. Pabbi is 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province. Pabbi is a birthplace of Gul Hassan Khan Gul Hassan Khan (9 June 1921 – 10 October 1999) known secretly as ''George'', was a Pakistani former three-star rank general and diplomat who served as the sixth and last Commander in Chief (Pakistan), Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army ... was a former lieutenant-general and the last Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army. Pabbi is hub of precast concr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is List of cities in Pakistan by population, its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of History of Pakistan, several ancient cultures, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Nowshera ( ; ; ) is the capital city of Nowshera District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the 78th largest city in Pakistan and ninth largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Nowshera lies on the Kabul River, and is approximately east of the provincial capital Peshawar, along the Grand Trunk Road. Etymology The local Pashto name of the city is ''Nowkhār'' (), which means "New City". It was translated into Dari Persian and Urdu as ''Nowshehra'' (), which is a word with the same meaning. History Nowshera was developed during the Afghan Durrani Empire. The Battle of Nowshera was fought in March 1823 between the forces of Pashtuns with support from Azim Khan Barakzai, Durrani governor against the Sikh Khalsa Army of Ranjit Singh.Ganda Singh (1986) ''Maharaja Ranjit Singh: First Death Centenary Memorial''. Nirmal Publishers The battle was a decisive victory for the Sikh Empire against Afghans and led to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census. It is situated in the north-west of the country, lying in the Valley of Peshawar. Peshawar is primarily populated by Pashtuns, who comprise the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Situated in the Valley of Peshawar, a broad area situated east of the historic Khyber Pass, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it one of the oldest cities in South Asia. The area encompassing modern-day Peshawar is mentioned in the Vedic scriptures; it was one of the principal cities of the Gandhara, ancient Gāndhāra. Peshawar served as the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which was among the tallest buildings in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
