Pattoki ( ur, ) is a city in the
Kasur District
Kasur District ( Punjabi and ur, , translit=Zilā Qasūr), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It came into existence on 1 July 1976. Prior to its creation, it was a tehsil of the Lahore District.
The district capit ...
of the
Punjab province of
Pakistan. It is the headquarters of
Pattoki Tehsil
Pattoki Tehsil ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is ...
, an administrative
subdivision
Subdivision may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Subdivision (metre), in music
* ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009
* "Subdivision", an episode of ''Prison Break'' (season 2)
* ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005
* "Subdivisions" (song), by Rus ...
of Kasur District. Pattoki is known as the 'City of Flowers', due to the abundance of flowers found there. It is a highly neglected city on the part of administration to provide this city as a status of district because Kasur city is very very far from Pattoki.
Notable people
Famous personalities of Pattoki include
Arif Nakai
Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai ( pa, ) was a Punjabi politician from Pakistan and a former Chief Minister of Punjab.
Biography
He was born to a noble Jat family of the Nakai Misl, one of the twelve Misls of Sikh Confederacy. His great-grandfa ...
who was ex-
chief minister Punjab.
Location of Pattoki - Falling Rain Genomics
/ref> belong to its vicinity and lives in nearby village Wan Adhan. As well as One Pound Fish Man
Muhammad Shahid Nazir (Urdu, pa, ; born 1981), also known as the One Pound Fish Man (sometimes stylised as £1 Fish Man), is a Pakistani trader and singer-songwriter who found Internet fame with his viral video, "One Pound Fish". His subsequen ...
who is a singer who was born in the city. Also Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan who was ex - Speaker of Punjab Assembly lives nearby its village in Lambey Jagir in a small village near a Phool nagar town.
Location
Pattoki lies on the N-5 National Highway about away from the Lahore, the capital of Punjab Province. It is an important railway station between the Okara District and Lahore. Pattoki city has also one of the largest University of Pakistan which called University of Veterinary and Animal sciences Ravi campus.
References
{{Neighbourhoods of Kasur
Market towns in Pakistan
Populated places in Kasur District