Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabis, Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a ...
, ) is a city in
Bahawalnagar district
Bahawalnagar District (Urdu and ), is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province in Pakistan. Before the independence of Pakistan, Bahawalnagar was part of Bahawalpur (princely state), Bahawalpur state governed by t ...
in Punjab Province, Pakistan. For administrative purposes, it is a part of the similarly named
Chishtian Tehsil
Chistian Tehsil () 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.
Demographics
Population
According to 2023 census, Chishtian had a population of 192,403.
Education
*
Daanish Schools
Daanish Schools are free education schools for underprivileged children in the Punjab.
Described as the brainchild of Shehbaz Sharif when he was the Chief Minister of Punjab, the schools admit 110 students annually in which 10 fee-paying student ...
Punjab Group of colleges
Punjab (; ; also Romanization, romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, Punjabi culture, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the Northwestern South Asia, northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, c ...
Healthcare
A branch of the
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) is a cancer centre with locations in Lahore and Peshawar, and an upcoming branch in Karachi, Pakistan. SKMCH&RC Lahore was the first project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial ...
is based in Chishtian.
Events
The city experienced armed sectarian violence in 2013 between
Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...
and
Shia
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...
Muslims
Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...
. The local authorities called in the
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...
to bring order to the situation, which may have been a reaction to similar violence in
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...
on the preceding day.
Climate
Chishtian is considered to have a Hot Desert climate (
BWh
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...
) according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The mean yearly temperature recorded in Chishtian is and precipitation is virtually non-existent throughout the year, amounting to about per year.