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M-12 Motorway (Pakistan)
The M-12 motorway ( ur, ), or the Sambrial-Kharian motorway, is a motorway in Pakistan, under construction since July 2022. M-12 will connect Sambrial to Kharian. The long motorway will have 5 interchanges, a service area, and a long bridge spanning River Chenab The Chenab River () is a major river that flows in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul regi .... The M-12 will be a four-lane motorway (expandable to six-lanes) with a design speed of and an expected completion time of 2 years. References External links National Highway AuthorityPakistan National Highways & Motorway Police* M12 {{Pakistan-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway Authority (Pakistan)
The National Highway Authority (NHA; ur, ) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Communications (MoCom) of Pakistan. History In 1978, the Government of Pakistan federalised five important inter-provincial roads and named them ''National Highways''. That same year, the ''National Highway Board'' was set up to monitor the development and maintenance of these federalised roads by provincial highway departments. In 1991 by the ''Highway Authority of Pakistan Act'' was passed to monitor the works and administration of national highways, motorways, expressways and strategic roads. Function The function of the NHA is to plan, develop, operate, repair and maintain all roads entrusted to the NHA by the Government of Pakistan. The NHA is the custodian of 39 national highways, motorways, expressways and strategic roads, combining for a total length of 12,131 kilometers (4.6% of the national road network). The NHA is committed to provide a safe, modern and efficient transportation sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan M-11
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-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley civilisation of the Bronze Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sambrial
Sambrial ( ur, ) is a city in Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Sambrial Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. Sialkot Dry Port is located in Sambrial. Sialkot international Airport is also located near Sambrial. It is the 90th largest city of Pakistan by population. Location The city is situated on the bank of Upper Chenab Canal and lies to the west of the district capital Sialkot. The tehsil of Sambrial is a tehsil of Sialkot District in Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the P ... comprising 160 villages which are politically organized under 17 union councils in 2017. Sambrial motorway In mid 2022, the NHA started constructing the 69 km Kharian-Sambrial motorway, expanding Lahore-Sialkot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan M-13
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-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley civilisation of the Bronze Age, the most extens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharian Cantonment
Kharian Cantonment (Urdu: کھاریاں چھاؤنی۔), ( Punjabi: ) or Kharian Cantt is one of the largest Cantonment (Army bases) in Pakistan. It is located near Kharian city, in the Gujrat district of Punjab province. This cantonment is located in the Gujrat District of the Punjab province in Pakistan. It is located about 130 kilometers northwest of Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province. Kharian Cantt is home to a number of military installations and is a hub for the Pakistani Army. The town is also home to a number of schools, hospitals, and other amenities. History Construction of Kharian Cantonment began late in 1956. Roads, Railroad lines, fuel-storage tanks, a sewage system and treatment plant were constructed for First Five Thousand Troops. The construction work was slowed down in October-November 1956 due to Suez Crises. By the end of 1957, Contractor had completed over 350 buildings and had work pending for another two fiscal years to complete the facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gujrat, Pakistan
Gujrat (Punjabi and ur, ) is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and it is the 21st largest city of Pakistan by population. Along with the nearby cities of Sialkot and Gujranwala, Gujrat forms part of the ''Golden Triangle'' of industrial cities with export-oriented economies. History The area around Gujrat was settled during the reign of the Suri ruler Sher Shah prior to the Mughals. The area was named ''Khwaspur,'' in honour of Suri's Governor of Rohtas, Khwas Khan. Local traditions state that Gujrat is the second town to be built in the area, with the first having been destroyed by Mongol invasions in 1303. The city came under the Mughal Empire and was further developed during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, who built the Gujrat Fort in 1580, and compelled local Gujjars to settle in the city in 1596–97. The city was then named in reference to the Gujjar tribes. In 1605, Syed Abdul Kasim was granted the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharian
Kharian ( ur, ), is a city located within the Gujrat District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Kharian is the headquarters of Kharian Tehsil. According to 2017 Census of Pakistan, it has a population of about 87,419. It is known as Little Norway of Pakistan because more than 70 percent of Pakistanis in Norway belong to this area. Military Major Aziz Bhatti, one of the recipients of the Nishan Hyder, also belongs to this tehsil. The largest military cantonment of Pakistan is also present in this city. Notable people * Muhammad Alam Lohar, (1928 - 3 July 1979), Prominent Punjabi folk music singer. * Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed (1928 - 10 September 1965) Received Pakistan's highest award for valor (Nishan-e-Haider) * Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was the fifth President of Pakistan. * Ismat Beg Ismat Beg, FPAS, FIMA, ( ur, عصمت بیگ; born January 1951) is a Pakistani mathematician and researcher. Beg is a senior Full Professor at the Lahore School of Economics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalalpur Jattan
Jalalpur Jattan ( pnb, , ur, ) is a city in Gujrat District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the centre of Jalalpur Jattan Tehsil and about 50 km from Kashmir. History When Alexander the Great defeated King Porus, he established two towns: one near the Jehlum River, and another near the Chenab River. The latter, present-day Jalalpur Jattan was named ''Shaklanagar'', an amalgamation of Greek and Sanskrit words meaning "the city of beauty". These cities were settled by people from Alexander's multinational armies, which included a majority of Greeks. These Indo-Greek cities and their associated realms thrived long after Alexander's departure. Later, when Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji and his forces stayed here to suppress the invasion of Mongols, he renamed the city Jalalabad after himself. The name was once again changed to Jalalpur Jattan by the notable Jatts of their time, said to be Zabardast Khan and Ajmer Khan. During the Sikh Empire, the town gained signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sialkot
Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir) in the north east, the districts of Narowal in the southeast, Gujranwala in the southwest and Gujrat in the northwest. Sialkot is believed to be the successor of ancient Sagala, the capital of the Madra kingdom razed by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE, and then made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I in the 2nd century BCE—a time during which the city greatly prospered as a major center for trade and Buddhist thought. In 6th century, it was again made capital of the Taank Kingdom, which ruled Punjab for the next two centuries. Sialkot continued to be a major political centre until it was eclipsed by Lahore around the turn of the first millennium. The city rose again in prominence during the British era and is now one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhagwal
Bhagwal (Punjabi, ur, ), is a village and Union Council of Kharian Tehsil, Gujrat District,in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Bhagwal is approximately from the national capital Islamabad. Geography Bhagwal is located at latitude 32.8214 and longitude 73.9554 with altitude of 282 meters Kharian-Sambrial motorway (still under construction) passes close to Bhagwal village. End point M12 Motorway is south to Dham & east to Bhagwal, and a link road from this point is connecting at Al Mudassar Chowk commonly known as (Bismillah more or chowk). It has 6 mosques Main makrazi jamia masjid Gulzar e Madina situated in the centre of village Nearby villages are Guliana, Golra Hashim , Kotla Haji Shah, Jhantla, Shorian, Dham Dhal Gujjar Lammay Chak Bakhtawar and Jand Sharif. Satellite view Bhagwal, Gujrat Satellite map< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guliana, Gujrat
Guliana, also spelt Galiana and Gulyana, is a town Union Council of Gujrat District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°48'0″N 73°58'0″E and has an altitude of . Guliana is a very old village, now a town in the area. The village is mainly Gujjar dominant amounting to 70% of the population by caste Hashmi/Qureshi constitute the majority of the remaining 30%. It used to be a famous business route during pre-partition era (before 1947 AD) for surrounding villages and towns and for Kashmir. It is located on roads from Kharian and Lalamusa towards Bhimber via Kolta Arab Ali Khan and to Manglia. Surrounding Villages are West Side Dhal Ghair, Dhal Kakka and Chak Kamal, North Side Bhagwal, Dham Jand Sharif,and Chak Bakhtawar , East Side Kotli Bajar, South Side Chechian & Bhangwala Notable people from this village include:- *Suri Sehgal Surinder Mohan (Suri) Sehgal is an Indian-American philanthropist with a long career as a crop scientist, seedsman, ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daulat Nagar
Daulat Nagar (دولت نگر) is a town and union council in Gujrat Tehsil & Gujrat District, Punjab province Pakistan. It's situated nearby to the villages Ghari Bhau, Doga Sharif , Bazurgwal and Shahjahanian. Daulat Nagar around 24 km away from Administration unit Gujrat . Notable people * Diwan Chand Sharma Diwan Chand Sharma (8 March 1896, in Daulat Nagar, Gujrat District, British Punjab – 23 December 1969https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2717/1/lsd_04_09_23-12-1969.pdf ) was member of 1st Lok Sabha from Hoshiarpur (Lok Sabha constitue ... Education * Govt Nawab Mumtaz girls college * Govt Boys High School References * * * Gujrat District Populated places in Punjab, Pakistan Populated places in Gujrat District Union councils of Gujrat District {{Gujrat-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
