Dera Ghazi Khan

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Dera Ghazi Khan Pervaiz Kareem

2012

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Dera Ghazi Khan

Introduction: Welcome To The Biggest Division Of Punjab (PAKISTAN) Dera Ghazi Khan.It is the mid city of country Pakistan located

at the junction of provinces of Pakistan. It is one the most populous city of southern Punjab. Traditionally called ‫دی رہ‬. It has also ranked as division which consist of the Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh and Layyah districts.

History: Dera Ghazi Khan the Royal City of Baluchistan until Anglo time of 1857. But later British Empire separated it from Baluchistan and it formed as the Division of Punjab Province in recent Pakistan..This city is found in 1476, located in western bank of the Indus River. This city is named after Nwab ghazi Khan Mirani. He was son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani. Nawab Haji was chieftain of a Baloch tribe. Who declared independence from Langah Dynasty.They was the Sultan of Multan.this nawab is settled with other two deras, Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Fateh Khan. Collectively they named as Derajat. Eventually after the Sikh war of 1849 it came in the possession of British government. Derajat were devided into Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan. Later another district named Rajanpur was created out of Dera Ghazi Khan. In 1910 the heavy flood destroyed completely D.G.Khan city. The old city is 16km away from previous city. City of D.G.Khan consist of 66 blocks. According to Wikipedia figures the

population of D.G.Khan in 1909 was 23,731, but due to flood it reduced to 18,446 in 1911.

Geography:

Dera Ghazi Khan is located at 30'03" N and 70'38" E. this city has two phases rural and urban. Most of the rural population lives in hilly areas where climate is very fair. Usually in winter temperature goes down to -2°C, and in summer it goes high as 35 °C. But the situation is different in urban areas where the

temperature during summer is about 46 °C, and during winter season temperature is as low as 4 °C. Usually the direction of wind is north-south. Due to sandy soil and hills of koh-e-sulaman wind storm in summer is very common in this area. The urban area of dera Ghazi Khan is amongst the hot places of country. The mountains of koh-esuleman are very beauty full, Fort Munro is a very famous place.

Civic Administration: Dera Ghazi Khan has two tehsils, D.G.Khan and Taunsa. Tehsil D.G.Khan is district headquarter of D.G.Khan. The city Dera Ghazi Khan itself is subdivided into seven union councels. All the councels of this district are: Aaliwala · Bahadur Garh · Barthi · Basti Fauja · Basti Malana · Chhabri · Choti Zerine · Chotibala · Churatta · Darkhast Jamal Khan · Drahma · Fateh Khan · Fazal Katchh · Gadai · Ghaus Abad · Haji Ghazi · Hero Sharqi · Jakhar Imam Shah · Jaluwali · Jhoke Uttra · Kala · Khakhi · Kot Chutta · Kot Haibat · Kot Mubarak · Kot Qaisrani · Lakhani · Makwal Kalan · Mamoori · Mana Ahmadani · Mangrotha · Morejhangi · Mubaraki · Mutafariq Chahan · Nari Shumali · Nawan · Notak · Paigah · Pir Adil · Ramin · Sakhi Sarwar · Samina · Shadan Lund · Shah Sadar Din · Sokar · Tibbi

Qaisrani · Tuman Leghari · Tuman Qaisrani · Vehoa · Wadore · Yaroo

Politics: The people of this area are not of political mind. In rural areas there is tribal system, controlled by tribal chief. Some famous politicians are:Former president of Pakistan, sardar Farooq Leghari.

Former governer

of Punjab Sardar Zulfaqar Khosa.

Governor of Punjab Sardar Latif Khosa.

Former chief

minister of Punjab Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa.

Chief secretary

Nasir Mehmood Khosa.

The Khosa, leghari,Buzdar and Qaisrani tribes are relatively active in politics.

The MNAs of this region are: Khawaja Sheraz Mahmood

Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari

Sardar Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa

There are five MPAs. PP-241 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)

Sardar Fateh Muhammad

Khan Buzdar

PP-240 (Dera Ghazi Khan-I) Sardar Meer Badshah Khan Qaisrani

PP-242 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III)

Sardar Muhammad Amjad

Farooq Khan Khosa

PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII)

Sardar Muhammad Yousaf

Khan Leghari

PP-244 (Dera Ghazi Khan-V) Sirdar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa

Other Famous Personalities: Former Inspector

General Police Punjab Tariq Khosa.

Supreme Court Judge Asif Khosa.

Historical Places: Tomb of sakhi Sarwar: The tomb of Hazrat Skhi Sarwar is a famous place of this region. People comes from far places to visit this place on annual celebration of berth of Sakhi sarwar. This tomb was built in 13th century in Sulaiman Mountains. This tomb is 35km away from D.G.Khan city. This is one of unique building of Mughal architecture.

Tomb of Ghazi Khan This tomb is built in 15th century. This building is similar with the tomb of Shah Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan. It has

a main gate in eastern side two small windows. This is the oldest building of D.G.Khan city.

Fort Munro Fort Munro lies at Queta road 49.5mile from D.G.Khan city. Its altitude is 6,470 feet above sea level. It is a picnic point for people of Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Jampur Layyah, Taunsa, Kot addu, Lodhran, Bahawalpur and Kot Mithan. In summer usually its temperature remains 20°C.

Jamia Masjid Jamia masjid is the biggest mosque of city. It was constructed in 1916. In this mosque 13,000 Muslims can say their prayer at a time. The minarets of this mosque are 26m high.

Shah Bagh Mosque After the flood of 1910 when the people D.G.Khan shifted in new city, this was the first mosque in which they performed their first jumah namaz. It is in block 7.

Churchyard A churchyard which is located near central jail was built in 1910. This churchyard could not spread because christens are in minority in this region.

Thermal Water of Pir Zinda Zinda Pir is located near 40km from city. It is named before sofi believed that he is alive and preaching in a “rodkohi”. An annually zinda mala is held there and people comes from far places to attend this event. There are minerals of Sulfurs in this region so water of this place is warm every time. This warm water minimum temperature is 35 °C . the condition of roads in this region is very poor.

Parks: There is not so many parks in this area. Some parks are:→Nawaz Sharif Park

→D.C. Garden →Company Bagh →Ghazi Park →Wild Life Park Dera Ghazi Khan →Kamal Park →Shah Suleman Park

Economy: Agriculture This land is rich in agriculture. A large number of people is linked with this field.

Cotton

Wheat

Sugarcane

Rice

Tobacco

being the major crops grown.

Dates

Mango

Cattle Forming: As this district is mostly consist of rural areas so cattle’s forming is also a very important source of income.

Large Industries: D.G.Cement D.G.Cement is the prominent industry of this region.

Pakistan Atomic energy commission

Al-Ghazi Tractors

Rahim Bux textile Mills Flour mills Rice, sugar, and ghee mills Oil refinery OGDC Dewan Group

Taunsa Barrage Taunsa Barrage is situated in the northern side of the city D.G. Khan at the distance of 60 km. It is worth seeing place. It is also a good picnic point. Many school trips and families use to go for recreation.

Markets Grain market:(Cotton, rice and wheat are the major crops of the area) Rani bazaar:(All kinds of jewellery and beautiful dresses for ladies are available in this market) Cloth market:( situated in Saddar Bazar near Committee Gollai)

Garments market:( located in Block-10 behind Govt. City High School) Electronic market:( located at middle of the city) Medicine market:( near the Civil Hospital Dera Ghazi Khan) Vegetable and fruit market:( near the Faridi bazaar) Mowaishi Mandi:( held in Shah Saddar-Din) Maki Market:(Main market of Taunsa)

Hotels The main hotels of this region are:Shalimar Hotel , Pakeza Hotel , Pakeza Hotel , Indus Hotel , D.G. Hotel , Mola Bux Hotel , Airport Hotel , Alsarwar Hotel & Aaghosh Hotel.

Natural Resources:

There are iron, gypsum, marble, limestone, cement, precious stones, uranium, coal and petroleum and gas reserves in The Koh-e-Sulaiman Range.

Education: According to MICS survey of 2008-09 literacy rate of district Dera Ghazi Khan is 55.5%. the education is a very

important factor for progress. The figures in this area is not very excellent but figures showing improvement are encouraging. The figures are shown below:-

Code for Dera Ghazi Khan is “6”.

The above figure is encouraging.

These figures are also not bad.

10-14% is very good change for underdeveloped area.

Hope for beter future.

BISE DGKhan

Famous School

Degree College

Universities: University of Agriculture Faisalabad Campus: UAF college of agriculture near the airport imparts training in the degree of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture. The college consists of teaching sections of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Horticulture, Agronomy, Soil and Forestry Range Management and Wildlife, Agricultural Entomology, Plant Pathology, Animal Production and Health, Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Social Sciences and Rural Development

BZU Sub Campus:

In order to improve the academic facilities of remote areas, former Governor of Punjab Lt General (Rtd) Khalid Maqbool opened up sub campuses of the public sector universities with a vision to transform them into independent universities in future. With this vision in mind D.G.Khan sub campus was established in 2004 by Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. The campus has grown from one department to five departments within a span of just six years with many new departments in pipeline as well. The goal of the campus has always been to produce quality rather than quantity. Focus has always been to develop close liaison with the industry, for this regular industrial visits are arranged. Eminent regional as well as national business leaders are invited to give regular seminars. To orient students with professional knowledge internships are arranged for the students. Programs that are currently being conducted are MBA, BBA (Morning and Evening), MBA Executive, MBA-IT, MCS, MSc Economics and MA English. Recently, the campus has added a new program of MSc Sociology. Programs like BS(CS), BS(IT), MIT and

MCS(Evening) are in pipeline. Along with new programs the university is thinking about starting new departments like Biotechnology, Statistics, Environmental Studies, Mass Communication and Performing Arts. The campus is currently equipped with a state of the art computer lab. The lab also includes the facility of HEC Digital library.

The Virtual University of Pakistan:

Campus of virtual university was establishment in 2004 which is providing both campus based and distance learning education primarily based on IT tools and technology.

Allama Iqbal Open University Campus: This campus is providing chance for those people who cannot give full time to any institute.

Medical College:

A Medical College is established and its classes are started in 2010 at Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur. Health Facilities: In D.G Khan city, there is a civil hospital called the Divisional Headquarters Hospital, along with many private hospitals and labs. The number of beds is being doubled from 250 to 500 in DHQ. Along with the DHQ there are several private hospitals working for the welfare of the people of Dera Ghazi Khan. But

situation is totally different in other areas of district. In tribal areas there is not a single working hospital for people of these regions. The overall conditions of public health are miserable in the district.

Transport: ◊Road Infrastructure The city is well connected with whole country by road. Indus Highway, which connects the country from Karachi to Peshawar, and National Highway from Gowader to Lahore passed through Dera Ghazi Khan. Daewoo Bus Service, Faisal Movers and other bus services operate from the city to the entire country. But unfortunately these facilities are only

available in city of dera ghazi kahn. In rural area there is no concept of road.

◊Dera Ghazi Khan Railway Station Dera Ghazi Khan city is connected with the country through Chiltan Express and Khushal Express trains.

◊Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport: Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport is situated over 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the city of Dera Ghazi Khan. It has a single, double sided, runway. It was built in 1996. The airport provides flights to Multan, Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and

because of high demand is operating flights to and from Dubai since 2008 making it an international airport. The traffic to and from most airports is usually low, although flights to Karachi, especially, get a large number of passengers. Although it is international airport, a night landing facility is still not provided.

Culture: Saraiki and Balouchi are main spoken languages in Dera Ghazi Khan. In rural and hilly areas, Balochi is spoken. In Baloch Tribal Hilly Areas: Buzdar, Ahmedani, Qaisrani, Lund, Khosagh, leghari, Gorchani, Drishak and Mazari, tribes speak the Balochi language. Their Chiefs, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir Balakh Sher Mazari, Former Governor Sardar

Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosgh, Former Chief Minister Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosagh, Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Buzdar MPA speak Balochi Language.

Writers: These are some of Saraiki,Balochi and Urdu writers of Dera Ghazi Khan *Ali Muhammad Chigah Buzdar(Marhom)- some people called him 2nd Allama. He wrote in Balochi. *Zahoor Ahmad Fateh- well known urdu, saraiki, Punjabi,Persian&Arabic poet. His books are: Aaina-e-dil, Akas-e-fitrat(translation of poetry of Ali Muhmmad Chigah) ,Haft rang, sare bhol hamare the, sunahray khawab mat daikho, roh tairay mraqbay man hay, kuch dair pahlay wasl say, asan bahon dor wanjna he, mahrab-e-ofaq. *Ghulam Qadir Buzdar- Balochi & urdu poet. His famous books are- Kalam-e-Chigha(translation of poetry of Ali Muhammad), Akas-e-Fitrat, Haft Rang, shura-e-Koh Sulaman, Nor-e-Agahi, Maraj-al-bahrain, Husn-e-Amal, Asol-eFitrat, Amozgar-e-balochi, Andaz-e-Siasat, Phulware, Han Band, Afkar-e-Drakhshandah, Buzdar Tareekh k Aaenay Man, San-eo-Shahkar, Sharain Gal, Na Khandah Mualim-e-Akhlaq, Zaad-e-Rooh, Kohsar-e-Gohar Bar, Wahashian Tharan, Muraqa-e-Akhlaq.

* Ahmed Khan Tariq – Well-known Saraiki poet. His books are gharon dar tareen, makon see lagday * Aziz Shahid – These collections of his poetry are famous. Phul Sarmi de and Man Derya te *Muhammad Shafi Shorat (Late), a leading saraiki poet , first president of Dera Saraiki Sangat. * Kaif Ansari(Merhoom) – Urdu poet. Two collections of his poetry have been published. Kis ne dekha mera chira. Zanjeeroon ka Noha * Mohsin Naqvi Shaheed(Merhoom) – Urdu poet. Band-iQaba is his first collection of poetry. He wrote poetry on Karbala. * Nadeem Jafri (Merhoom)– Urdu poet. Khana-i-Zanjeer is his collection of poetry * Shafqt Kazmi (Merhoom)– Urdu poet. Hasrat kada and Daghi-hasrat are his books. He was pupil of Hasrat Mohani and teacher of Muhsin Naqvi * Sarwar Karbali (Merhoom)– Saraiki poet. His two Saraiki collections were published after his death. Naghme nok Sanan de and Sijh da Seena

* Atif Hassan – Free lance writer, regularly write for Pakistan and Gulf Economist, an Educationist, PhD Fellow and sole author of book Business Computing * Amer Faheem – Jagdi Akh da Khab is his first collection of Saraiki fictions * Muhammad Ali Khan (a.k.a. Ali Khan) (born in Dera Ghazi Khan) is a Poet (First Urdu Poet whose complete book Kya Kami Thi is on-line since 1998) and free-lance journalist based in USA. * Zaka Ullah Anjum Malghani – Saraiki and Urdu poet and columnist. His first book of poetry Khawahishon ka Sahra * Iqbal Sokri – Saraiki poet and writer of many Saraiki books * Dilber Hussain – Saraiki and Urdu poet and columnist. Famous publications:- “Wasebi Sukhanwar Part 1,02,03) It is a total discussion on poets and writer of Dera Ghazi Khan. Further – “Guftar-e-Dilber”, “Lamha Lamha Ibrat” Yadgar-eAkram” & Naksh-e-Kamal” Dua-e-Kumail in Saraiki translation. Dilber is energetic, enthusiastic and social worker. He is active participant in local literature organizations like Bazm-eAkram, Rooh-e-Adab- Kot Chutta” Qandel-e-Adab – Notak Mehmeed..

Disasters: As dera ghazi kahan located at the bank of Indus river. So there is always a danger of floods. The people of this area faced a heavy flood in 1910 and history repeated itself after 100 years. In 2010 again people faced heavy flood. Some figures of 2010 are as

1,500,000 Animals Affected 11,156 People Evacuated 2,393 People Provided with First Aid 148,146 acres Crops Affected 25 Police Relief Camps 9 NGOs Participating In Relief Efforts Rs. 3.35 billion Worth of Damages Rs. 2.23 billion Rivers and Bridges Damages

AT A GLANCE 2,219,000 Estimated Population 237 No. of Villages Affected Rs. 10.42 Worth of Total Damages in billions.

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