Chakwal

Interview Commanding officer of the 38 Punjab Regiment of the Pakistani army, Major Hussain (left), surrendering to the Indian army on 16 December 1971 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maj Gen (Retd) Tajammal Hussain Malik A.H Amin September 2001 Please tell us something about your early life, parents? I was born on 13th June 1924, in village Thanil Kamal, Tehsil Chakwal, then District Jhelum (now District Chakwal). I spent my childhood in rural atmosphere, which at that time was quite primitive. There was no electricity, no roads, no telephones and as far as I remember no one owned even a bicycle. Radio came much later. Men, women and children wore the same dress as their ancestors put on centuries ago. There was not much difference between the rich and the poor. There were no social barriers and the living style of all the inhabitants was almost alike.A village was a self-sustained compact unit. They produced their own

The location of the Malot fort is about 15 kilometers westward form Katas. Here, on a hilltop is the ancient fort, which was built around 980AD. It is said that over here the last Hindu Shahi Raja Mal embraced Islam. In days gone-by the town and fort of Malot covered and area of over 5square kilometers. Two Hindu temples, which are located here, are beautiful specimens of ancient Kashmir architecture. The Malot temples, built of local red sand stones of salt range mountains, are located on the road leading to Malot village near Choi village. The road is linked with main Kallar Kahar road from where it turns from Karuli Chowk towards Malot via Pakistan cement factory and Choi village along with coalmines. It is 12 kilometers away from Kallar Kahar in the east. The Malot was also called Namrod and Ramrod. The name is after the King of MalDev or Malu. The Rajput history claims its name Malot from the word Malik-Kot, as they believed that the title of Malik was given to the

Darbar Ghazi Mureed Hussein Shaheed His name was Mureed Hussein. He was the only son of Numberdar, Chauhdry Abdullah, a dignified pious old man of Bhallah, Tehsil Chakwal. He was married at the age of 20 years. A few days after marriage, he was honored with the ziarat (seeing or meeting) of the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) in dream. With this, a revolutionary change took place in his life. In 1935 he read a painful news in the daily “Zimindar” with the heading “Palol Ka Gadha” (Donkey of Palol) which was sufficient to annoy any rational human being what to say of a lover. The incident was that a hindu veterinary doctor, in charge of veterinary hospital Palol, District Gorganwàn dared to name the donkey of the hospital on the name of the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam). Every Muslim of India was irritated and flared up on this absurdness and rascality. The British government, observing the unrest and the ag

Kallar Kahar is situated in a beautiful valley in the southern hilly area of Potohar plateau in the salt range of Pakistan. No one knows the origin of this town, but in some books mention of Kalda-kahar is made, which seems to have become Kallar Kahar. The town is famous on four accounts; for one, it was here that when the first Mogul emperor of India, Zaheer ud Din Babar broke his journey from Afghanistan to Delhi and laid his first Mogul garden atop Kallar Kahar hills over looking the picturesque Kallar Kahar Lake, secondly the salt water lake located in the foothills dates back to millions of years when the Thysis Ocean rolled back, leaving behind its water bodies and mountain springs and thirdly the shrine of Skahi Sultan Bahu and lastly the peacocks... Stairs to Tahkt-e-Babri Kallar Kahar came to limelight somewhere around 1510 AD, when Zaheer ud Din Babar, came and rested in this area. Ove

Responding to the floods in Pakistan Pakistan has been struck by the worst flooding in its recorded history. The latest estimate of the number of people affected by the flood exceeds 14 million —more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Critical infrastructure has been damaged over the last two weeks and clean water is in short supply. As monsoons approach, flooding is expected to worsen. Our Crisis Response team has been working to use existing tools and build new ones to help the relief efforts. We just launched a page in Urdu and English where you can find information, resources and donation opportunities to help the victims of the floods. We’re also donating $250,000 to international and local NGOs to immediately aid in relief efforts. Although we’ve been able to provide satellite imagery for disasters in the past, cloud cover in Pakistan has prevented us from compilin

Excellent blog, All Things Pakistan , has compiled a list of agencies that are helping flood victims in Pakistan. I have reproduced that list below. It is still hard to imagine the fact that 20% of Pakistan - about the size of all of England - is under water, and that 20 million people, out of a population of 170 million, have been affected. Please pick whichever organization you like and help whatever you can. Thanks!

The people of Chakwal along with government functioneries as well as NGOs trying their best to help the flood affecties all over pakistan. The General Sec. Of UNO also called this desister a biggest disaster of the centuary on this plannet, and this is more horrible than Sonami. Here is a map of the devastation in the path of the mighty river Indus: And here are some pictures: This gives us an idea of the floods. This is in Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province. Notice that the residents from one side probably will be trying to cross to the other side. (Image from Reuters) A town in the northwestern region of Pakistan. This is in the Nowshera district in the Northwestern Pakistan No - this is not a stunt. This truck, with all these people, is really trying to cross these waters. Another picture from the Nowshera district. Notice the waist-deep water where everyone is standing. I have no idea, how that truck in the background is going to make even a mile. This is an effective