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  Bahawalpur District,Bahawal Pur History,District Boundaries,Climate & Vegetation,Areas of Bahawalpur,Bahawal Pur ...
Bahawalpur is located south of the Sutlej River and it lies in the Cholistan region.
The State of Bahawalpur was one of the largest states of British India, more than 450 kilometres long, and was ruled by a Muslim ruler who decided to join Pakistan at the time of independence in 1947, but the state maintained its sovereignty until 1955.
Bahawalpur District is one of the districts in Pakistan.
www.southpunjab.com /bahawalpur   (395 words)

  
  Bahawalpur District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bahawalpur District (Urdu: بہاول پور) is one of the districts in Pakistan.
Bahawalpur was formerly the capital of the state and now is the District and Divisional Headquarters of Bahawalpur Division.
The region surrounding Bahawalpur to the west, called the Sindh, is a fertile alluvial tract in the Sutlej River valley that is irrigated by floodwaters, planted with groves of date palms, and thickly populated.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bahawalpur_District   (775 words)

  
 Bahawalpur travel guide
The Royal House of Bahawalpur is said to be of Arabic origin and claim descent from Abbas, progenitor of the Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad and Cairo.
This park, 36 kms to the east of Bahawalpur, is a combination of a natural lake and a beautiful forest on 77480 acres of land on both sides of the Bahawal canal having watchtowers, catching ground, tourist huts, rest-houses, camping grounds and treks for the visitors and lovers of adventure.
The region surrounding Bahawalpur to the west, called the Sindh, is a fertile alluvial tract in the Sutlej River valley that is irrigated by floodwaters, planted with groves of date palms, and thickly populated.
www.world66.com /asia/southasia/pakistan/bahawalpur   (4241 words)

  
 Rahim Yar Khan District,Rahimyarkhan History,District Boundaries,Climate & Vegetation,Areas of Rahim Yar ...
Rahim Yar Khan is bounded on the north by Muzaffargarh district, on the east by Bahawalpur district, on the south by Jasilmir (India) and Ghotki district of Sindh province and on the west by Rajanpur district.
The climate of the district is hot and dry in the summer and cold and dry in the winter.
Rahim Yar Khan is bounded on the north by Muzaffargarh district, on the east by Bahawalpur district, on the south by Jaisalmer (India) and Ghotki district of Sindh province and on the west by Rajanpur district.
www.southpunjab.com /rahim-yar-khan   (951 words)

  
 BAHAWALPUR: 18 Christians killed in church attack
District Nazim Tariq Bashir Cheema said this was very a dastardly and tragic incident and the people involved in it should not be spared.
Sister Anna Bakhshi, the principal of the Bahawalpur convent school, told AFP that the church was owned by the local Roman Catholic community but was being shared by a protestant group.
BAHAWALPUR, Nov 1 2001: CIA police on Thursday lifted three activists of Jaish Muhammad in a crackdown against suspects of the church carnage, it is learnt.
www.geocities.com /sipahisahaba/2001/28102001.htm   (1997 words)

  
 Legislators from BAHAWALPUR (PP-218 to PP-224)
PP-218 (Bahawalpur): PML(N) Makhdoomzada Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani, son of Makhdoom-ul-Mulk Syed Shamas-ud-Din Gilani (former MPA), was born in 1957 at Uch Sharif, District Bahawalpur; and, is a graduate.
PP-220 (Bahawalpur): PML(N) Mian Najeeb-ud-Din Awaisi, son of Mian Muhammad Qasim Awaisi (former MPA), was born on February 1, 1952 at Khanqah Sharif, Tehsil and District Bahawalpur; and, is a graduate.
PP-221 (Bahawalpur): PML(N) Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, son of Chaudhry Ali Muhammad, was born on March 26, 1947 in Bahawalpur; and, is an Intermediate.
www.pap.gov.pk /legislators/last/dist32.htm   (590 words)

  
 Bahawalpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Royal House of Bahawalpur is said to be of Arabic origin and claim descent from Abbas, progenitor of the Abbasid Caliphs of Baghdad and Cairo.
Daud Khan, the first of his family to rule Bahawalpur, originated from Scind where he had opposed the Afghan Governor of that province and was forced to flee.
It also boasts a number of reputable educational establishments namely The Islamia University, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College and the Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur, which is one of the biggest schools in Pakistan and whole of Asia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bahawalpur   (622 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | Top Story: LB Polls in Pakistan: PML emerges Victorious in 1st Phase
However, in R Y Khan District, the divide in the PML did not lend a blow to the ruling party as the Awam Dost Group of Rafiq Haider Leghari was leaping ahead of Makhdoom Ahmad Mehmood’s group because the majority of legislators were together behind Mr Leghari in the district.
The polling was held in 17 districts of Punjab, 10 of Sindh, 12 of NWFP and 14 of Balochistan.
The polling in the Punjab was held in Gujranwala City district, Sialkot, Sargodha, Khushab, Multan City district, Lodhran, Khanewal, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Vehari, DG Khan, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh, Layyah, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahimyar Khan.
pakistantimes.net /2005/08/19/top.htm   (2977 words)

  
 Terrorism Update
Bukhari, a resident of Bahawalpur in Pakistan, was instrumental in a number of killings in the Thannamandi and Darhal areas, according to SF sources.
Passengers of a Bhubaneswar-Motu bus escaped a Maoist attack on January 1 at Mudliguda in the Malkangiri district.
Bahawalpur district with the highest number of 41,811 students comes first while the cities of Lahore, Bahawalnagar and Faisalabad appear second, third and fourth with 35,339 students, 33,026 students and 31,941 students registered with the religious seminaries, respectively.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=1/2/2006   (1960 words)

  
 Cholistan Desert or Rohi Desert
This famous desert is 30 Km from Bahawalpur and comprises of an area of 16,000 sq.km.
The tombs of the ex-rulers of Bahawalpur and their families are located in this fort.
Prior permission of the senior Amir of Bahawalpur is required to enter the fort.
www.geocities.com /pakistanpoint/cholistan   (512 words)

  
 Bahawalpur - Search Results - MSN Encarta
- city, district, and division of Punjab Province, Pakistan, situated on the Sutlej River.
Complete, objective information on Bahawalpur travel, including photos and reviews.
Bahawalpur travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and...
encarta.msn.com /Bahawalpur.html   (123 words)

  
 itsPakistan - Pakistan - Multan
The Sutlej separates it from Bahawalpur District and the Chenab from Muzaffar Garh district.
District Multan is spread over an area of 3,721 square Kilometers with a population of approximately 31,17,000 people, comprising of following four tehsils.
In district Multan a variety of industrial units are operating including cotton/woollen textile, fruit juice/beverage, fertilizer and chemical, glass, pharmaceutical, vegetable ghee, tannery units and various types of engineering goods industries, etc. Multan Dry Port handles imports and exports of various items.
www.itspakistan.net /pakistan/multan.aspx   (875 words)

  
 The News - International
BAHAWALPUR: ARD district chapter on Thursday claimed a complete shutter down would be observed here today (Friday) on the call of Opposition to register their protest against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti.
PPP P district media coordinator Muhammad Salim Bhatti through a press statement has said that ARD, MMA and other opposition parties' activists and office bearers would gather at Masjid Al-Haq here and then they would stage a protest rally against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti on the city roads.
Meanwhile, district bar association would observe a complete strike today on the call of Punjab Bar Council to register protest against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti and dictatorial policies of Gen Musharraf.
www.thenews.com.pk /daily_detail.asp?id=22196   (190 words)

  
 City Profile - ..: Hamara Multan :..
The Sutlej separates it from Bahawalpur District and the Chenab from Muzaffar Garh district.
District Multan is spread over an area of 3,721 square Kilometers comprising of following four tehsils.
The land of the district is plain and very fertile.
hamaramultan.com /profile.asp   (245 words)

  
 Pakistan News Service - PakTribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In theory, there is no presence of the infectious diseases in Bahawalpur region where people drink unsafe water and the sewerage system is simply non-existent in the fast growing towns and villages in the outskirts of the district headquarters.
Bahawalpur seems to be the favorite place for the bureaucrats of the Punjab Health Department solely for the reason that being a remote district of Punjab, it raises least objection to their easy ways.
Bahawalpur is rife with stories how they mint money during their stay in the area.
www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=133402   (996 words)

  
 PTDC (BAHAWALPUR CITY INFORMATION)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The founder of the state of Bahawalpur was Nawab Bahawal Khan Abbasi I. The Abbasi family ruled over the State for more than 200 years (1748 to 1954).
During the rule of the last Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V, Bahawalpur State was merged with Pakistan in 1954.
It is an important marketing centre for the surrounding areas and is located on the crossroads between Peshawar, Lahore, Quetta and Karachi.
www.tourism.gov.pk /d_bahawalpur.html   (112 words)

  
 Rahim Yar Khan
The previous name of this district was Naushehra which was built in 1875 by Fazal Elahi Halani on the ruins of the ancient Pul-Wadda during the Sumra rule in Sindh.
The southern half of the district, characterized by sand dunes, is mostly barren.
Saraiki is the predominant language being spoken in the district.
www.yespakistan.com /HDF/RahimYarKhan/rahim_yar_khan.asp   (712 words)

  
 Bahawalpur Pakistan Travel Hotels and history information
The State of Bahawalpur was a princely state of the Punjab in what is now Pakistan, stretching along the southern bank of the Sutlej and Indus Rivers, with its capital city at Bahawalpur.
Bahawalpur used the postage stamps of British India until 1945.
Although the title was abolished in 1955, the current head of the House of Bahawalpur (Salar ud-din Muhammad Khan) uses the title informally.
www.travel-culture.com /pakistan/bahawalpur.shtml   (1107 words)

  
 In Pakistan, quiet town of violent undercurrents - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan Life is slow in this small, scruffy town in southern Punjab, surrounded by cotton and corn fields, lush from the monsoon rains.
He is from Bahawalpur district and, according to his father, was a pupil at the Dar-ul-Uloom Madnia madrassa.
Interviewed in his home in Had Rajgan, a village 75 kilometers, or 50 miles, from Bahawalpur, the father, Ali Muhammad Sirhindi, said Rehman had studied there for five years and then at the age of 19 went off to fight in Afghanistan.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/08/21/news/rauf.php   (1325 words)

  
 Presbyterian News Service release number 02276   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
NEW DELHI — Pakistan church officials say the deaths of four people arrested in connection with a church massacre last year means that the truth behind the massacre may now never be known.
Police in Pakistan's Bahawalpur district said in a statement that the four were killed on Sunday when a police vehicle carrying the four came under attack.
They were being taken to a village 40 kilometers from Bahawalpur to retrieve the weapons used in the church attack when the police vehicle was ambushed, according to the police statement.
www.pcusa.org /pcnews/oldnews/2002/02276.htm   (360 words)

  
 Differences in Bahawalpur Ittehad over naib nazims -DAWN - National; October 23, 2005
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 22: Differences have surfaced within the ranks of the Bahawalpur Ittehad, a PML-supported alliance, over the nomination of candidates for the slots of naib nazims.
During the function, the Bahawalpur Ittehad leaders, including District Nazim Tariq Cheema, wanted to finalize names of candidates for tehsil nazims’ slots of six tehsils of Bahawalpur district.
It was learnt that there was a tussle between the rival groups for claiming the nomination on the basis of their performance during the election campaign for district and tehsil nazims on Oct 6 here.
www.dawn.com /2005/10/23/nat25.htm   (327 words)

  
 Pakistan Times: | Top Story: End to extremism must for progress: Musharraf
The President on the occasion announced a number of development schemes for the Bahawalpur district, including an agriculture college, which would be subsequently elevated to the level of a university.
He announced the setting up of an agro-based industrial estate in the city, restoration of link canal between Bahawalpur and Mailsi and construction of an underpass for smooth flow of traffic in the city.
The President pledged to the people the supply of gas to surrounding areas of Bahawalpur and all parts of the city, which did not have the facility.
pakistantimes.net /2005/03/19/top3.htm   (576 words)

  
 District Coordination of Bahawalpur District
Preparation of civil list of employees of district government and official gazettes of the district.
Appointment of commissions of inquiry of panel of officers in class of misconduct of government servant in respect of district government employees.
Overall super vision of district offices and implementation of rules and policies.
www.bahawalpur.gov.pk /dc.htm   (245 words)

  
 Assassins Hired to Kill Ahmadis - An Ahmadi Mr. Muhammad Akram son of Mr. Muhammad Sardar fell victim to assassins' ...
The shooting incident is primarily a result of personal vendetta between two rival parties, however, the fact that Mr.
Religious extremists, subsequent to the massacre in the Bahawalpur Church, are now threatening Ahmadis of the same dose of terrorism.
Ahmadis of Chak No. 23/DNB, District Bahawalpur, received a threatening note in Urdu by mail, during November.
www.thepersecution.org /nr/2001/nov2001.html   (1575 words)

  
 Ancient Geographical Places and Tribes in Sindh
centuries BC, mentions a town of Brahmanka and also a Parguna of Sindh called by the same name and occupying the present Hyderabad and Nawabshah and Sanghar districts on the left bank of the river Indus in the Central Sindh, Brahmanka would certainly be Brahhmanabad of later period.
The coastal Districts i.e., Karachi, Thatta, and Badin.
North Eastern Indus Plains of the Northern Sindh, Rahim Yar Khan and Parts of Bahawalpur District.
www.panhwar.com /Article96.htm   (519 words)

  
 PAKISTAN KABADDI TEAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Born on December 21, 1962 in District Gujranwala.
Born in 1958 in District Gujranwala, Abbas is serving as ASI in the Punjab Police.
Born on January 2, 1955 in District Bahawalpur.
www.sports.gov.pk /html/2nd_SAF_pakistan_kabaddi_team.htm   (328 words)

  
 Ahmadi Doctor escapes murder attemp. Blasphemy case against 17 Ahmadis.
Basharat, Nasir Ahmad and Muhammad Idrees along with 7 others of Chak Sikandar were arrested in September 2003 on false charge of murder of a mullah, at the complaint of Ahmadi-bashers.
Mr Abdul Razzaq of Kakki Nau, District Jhang facing religious and Ahmadi-specific charges under sections PPC 295A, 295 and 298C is in prison, awaiting trial.
Seven Ahmadis are in prison in District Bahawalpur on fabricated charge of blasphemy.
www.thepersecution.org /nr/2005/june.html   (2247 words)

  
 Bahawalpur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
By Air: PIA runs regular flights to the small commercial airport in Bahawalpur.
By Train: This is probably the best way to reach Bahawalpur as it is located on the main train rout that connects the southern port city of Karachi to Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar in the north.
Cycle rickshaws that used to be ubiquitous were banned several years ago.
websitepakistan.com /bahawalpur/bahawalpur8.htm   (108 words)

  
 Literacy Department of Bahawalpur District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
On the very inception of this Literacy and NFBE Department, the government gave the assignment of “Early Childhood Education (age group from 3 to 5 years)” by allotting 13 centers in Govt.
I am conducting periodical checking and supervision of the ECE centers and the same are going on successfully without any hurdle.
As a result of strong response from the parents I have observed significant progress in ECE Project and thus suggest that similar projects / schemes may also be started in other four Tehsils of the district to achieve our goal of accelerated literacy rate.
www.bahawalpur.gov.pk /lit.htm   (530 words)

  
 Community Development  of Bahawalpur District
The main objectives of the community Development Department is to deal with the problems of multipurpose public agencies with regard to management of social Development.
Industrial peace was maintained throughout the year in district Bahawalpur.
No industrial dispute was arisen in district Bahawalpur during the last year.
www.bahawalpur.gov.pk /community.htm   (1304 words)

  
 Episcopal News Service
Pakistan church officials say the deaths of four people arrested in connection with a church massacre last year means that the truth behind the massacre may now never be known.
Police in Pakistan's Bahawalpur district said in a statement that the four were killed when a police vehicle carrying the four came under attack.
The four men had been arrested in July in connection with the attack last October by unidentified gunmen on a church in Bahawalpur in which 15 worshippers and a security guard died.
www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_20488_ENG_Print.html   (294 words)

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