Chishtian ( ur, ) is a city in Bahawalnagar district in

Punjab Province Punjab Province may refer to: * Punjab Province (British India), a former province of British India from 1849 to 1947 In Pakistan * Punjab, Pakistan, a province in Pakistan from 1970 onward * West Punjab, a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 195 ...

, Pakistan. For administrative purposes, it is a part of the similarly named

Chishtian Tehsil Chistian Tehsil ( ur, ) is a tehsil located in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Chishtian is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 29 Union Councils.59th largest city of Pakistan by population.

Education

Daanish Schools Daanish Schools are free education schools in the Punjab. The schools admit 110 students annually in which 10 fee-paying students can also take admission out of total 110 students and the remaining 100 are admitted on merit and are offered free of ...

* Government Post Graduate College for Girls

Healthcare

A branch of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre is based in Chishtian.

Religion

The city experienced armed sectarian violence in 2013 between

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

and Shia Muslims. The local authorities called in the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

to bring order to the situation, which may have been a reaction to similar violence in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

on the preceding day.

References

Populated places in Bahawalnagar District Cities in Pakistan Cities and towns in Punjab, Pakistan Cities and towns in Bahawalnagar District Chishti Order {{Bahawalnagar-geo-stub