Chakwal

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Population : 13,893 Male : 6,996 Female : 6,897 Literacy ratio(%) : 66.6   Religion  Muslims : 13,540 Others : 353 Bhaun  is a town in Chakwal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan 12 kilometres away from the district capital Chakwal. In 2007 Pakistan Railways announced the resumption of the Bhaun to Chakwal service.   However, no progress has been made to this effect as of February 2009. The importance of resumption of this service and extending it to salt range in Kallar Kahar area will bring significant commercial advantages for the region as the cement factories in the area can use rail for their merchandise.

Population : 6,859 Male : 3,659 Female : 3,290 Literacy ratio(%) : 64.0 Religion  Muslims : 6,690 Others : 169 Personal Photography of kallar kahar Beautiful view of kallar kahar lake Kallar Kahar  Evening time kallar kahar view Kallar Kahar  is a union council and subdivision of Chakwal District in Punjab, Pakistan. [1]  It is a tourist destination located 25 kilometres southwest of Chakwal along the motorway. It is notable for its natural gardens, peacocks and a saltwater lake. It is 125 km away from Rawalpindi.

CHAKWAL: At least 37 people — 30 students, six teachers and a school principal — were killed and more than 65 suffered serious injuries when a school bus overturned in Kallar Kahar area on Monday night.

Professor Anwer Baig  died on 12 Mar 2011 was most famous writer of Bhaun . He wrote a lot of books. Another important name is Malik Muhammad Safdar Faizi, Advocate who is also the author of several books. Ch Yasar Abbas Khokhar also wrote a book on history of Bhaun. And an Army Shaheed Faheem Zafar .Book named "Shaeed Watan aur Tarekhe Bhaun". Ghulam Akbar wrote a book on complete Bhaun history named "Dastan-e-Bhaun".

CMG Girls College is the most prominent educational institution in village Bhaun which is an opportunity for the girls of village to achieve higher education up to degree level at their doorstep. This College is being supervised by Ch. Asif Ali Khan. Presently there are two Higher Secondary Schools, one for boys and other for girls. Pre-partition there were also two High Schools, Sanatum Dharum Middle School and Khalsa primary School, both for boys. Govt. High School Bhaun was under control of District Council Jhelum and was named "D.C High School" in early seventies it was taken over by Punjab Govt. Many old students of GHS Bhaun are in Pakistan Armed Forces, telecom and IT companies and a no. of other fields. Before partition this School was founded by Jemadar Rehmat Khan with the name of Muslim High School for Muslim students. Fauji Foundation School is also providing quality education and it has given very good results in SSC examination 2008, the Highest score of t...

The ever famous OX (Daand) not only of bhaun and chakwal District,but in whole Pakistan was known as Babay wala Daand of Ch.Ghulam Rasool (Late) a very famous & richest personality of Bhaun,the Ox was purchased in rupees 1 lac in 1980-82.Recently Ox (daand) of Mr.Shaukat Cheema nephew of Ch.Ghulam Rasool are very Famous (Daand 75riya and Sawa Daand). OX RACE (KARAHA or JALSA) being an agricultural area has led to development of some local cultural sports involving animals one popular sport is Oxen race where the owners specially race their animals at special festivals and the winners are judged based on the animals health, walk and speed to pull a weight of earth in style.

An artist’s depiction of Deinotherium whose fossils were uncovered. Photos: express/Internet CHAKWAL:  The fossils remains of Deinotherium (“Terrible beast”) have been discovered during an excavation at village Lava district of Chakwal. The fossils are reportedly 14 million years old and belong to the primitive animal species which had lower denture with undistributed set of teeth attached to the gums. This terrible beast is known to have survived between the Miocene epoch (from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals) to the Pleistocene epoch (from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution). Its ancestors or descendants can not yet be ascertained due to unavailability of fossil records with which a chain of identification could be testified. But Deinotherium is said to be a prehistoric relative of modern elephants. Us...

CHAKWAL, Sept 16: Seven people have tested positive while 33 are suspected of dengue in Chakwal, Executive District Officer Health Dr. Nasir Mehmood told Dawn on Friday. “The majority of the suspected are those who had traveled to Lahore and other affected areas during Eid holidays and contracted the virus there,” EDO Dr. Nasir maintained. However, unlike last year, the situation seems far better and under control. “We are doing our best to create awareness among the masses by distributing pamphlets, holding walks and through media,” he maintained. He said that health department had fumigated the vulnerable areas during spring season. “We have tried our best to eliminate the mosquitoes in their breeding stage by fogging,” he claimed. He said that a force of 1,227 personnel of health department is straining hard to combat the viral disease.  “We have 1125 Lady Health Workers, 61 Nutrition Supervisors and 41 doctors who are imparting health services besides making them aware,” he...

A facility of chair lift has been provided at picnic point at darbar Sakhi Aho Baho sarkar kallar kahar.

   

Kallar Kahar is a subdivision of Chakwal District in Punjab. It is famous for its natural gardens, peacocks and a salty lake. The main attraction of the eastern Salt Range are the shrine of Saidan Shah at Choa Saidan Shah, the lake and shrine of Abdul Qadir Gilani at Kallar Kahar and the Hindu Temple Complex at Katas. Kallar Kahar is located at a distance of 135 km from Rawalpindi. The Temple of Shiva at Katas (10th century AD) and other temples around Katas are valuable pieces of architecture and history. How to get there Kalar Kahar is accessible from Lahore-Rawalpindi Motorway and is located 25 kilometres southwest of Chakwal along the motorway Accomodation The TDCP has built a six-room motel and restaurant overlooking Kallar Kahar (Salt Lake) with boating facilities.

Yellow Cab Scheme Government of Punjab has launched Yellow Taxicab Scheme for the unemployed people of province. 20,000 taxis will be distributed among qualified applicants. 40 percent quota has been allocated for 11 districts of Southern Punjab. Transparency of this project will be ensured by provincial government through computerized balloting in the presence of media. According to details, 2500 taxis will be distributed every month so the total 20,000 taxis will be distributed in a period of eight months. Punjab Cabinet has approved Yellow Cab Scheme. Suzuki Mehran VX and Suzuki Bolan VX in green and black colors would be given to the eligible applicants on easy installments. Also in the first PML-N government, Yellow Cab Scheme was introduced for the unemployed youth. Suzuki Bolan and Suzuki Mehran are amongst the most popular vehicles in Pakistan due to their affordable price, fuel efficiency, lesser fuel consumption and lesser running cost. More...

Flood Light Cricket Tournament at Jhamra Distt. Chakwal start from 10 July 2011 to 18 July 2011 in which more than 20 regional teams are participating. Prize ceremony will be held on 18th of July in which ex-District Nazim Sardar Ghulam Abbas will be the chief guest.

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