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  Layyah District,Layyah History,District Boundaries,Climate & Vegetation,Areas of Layyah,Layyah Exclusive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Layyah District (Urdu: لیہ;) is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan.
District Layyah (formerly spelled as Leiah) is bounded to the North by Bhakkar District, to East by Jhang District.
The river Indus passes from North to South on Western side of the district and touches D.G.Khan.
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  Layyah District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Layyah District (Urdu: لیہ) is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan.
District Layyah (previously spelled as Leiah) is bounded to the North by Bhakkar District, to East by Jhang District.
The river Indus passes from North to South on Western side of the district and touches D.G.Khan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Layyah_District   (233 words)

  
 Bhakkar District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bhakkar District is one of the districts in the province of Punjab,seraiki belt, Pakistan.It is situated in the desert of Thal But water is available in abundance.
The Indus River traverse the Bhakkar from north to south.
Neighbouring areas are Layyah District to the south, North Western Frontier Province to the west, Mianwali District to the north, and Jhang District and Khussab District to the east.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bhakkar_District   (133 words)

  
 Districts of Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan, ranking as subdivisions of the provinces of Pakistan.
Districts are further subdivided into tehsils which may contain villages or municipalities.
Prior to 2001, there were 106 districts but with the reorganisation, these were reduced to 102 by the merger of the five districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Districts_of_Pakistan   (434 words)

  
 ..:: District Govt. Bhakkar DCO::..
The Bhakkar district was created in 1982 after slicing the area from district Mianwali of which it was a part as sub division.
It is one of the border district of the Punjab.
To the east are Khushab and Jhang Districts an to the north is Mianwali District.
www.bhakkar.gov.pk /profile.htm   (987 words)

  
 Khyber Gateway >> Pashto Places >> Lakki Marwat
It is bounded on the north by Bannu and Karak, to the east by Mianwali in Panjab, on the South East by Dera Ismail Khan district, and on the southwest by Tank District.
The hilly areas are along the boundaries of the district especially in the east, southeast, southwest and northwest.
In the western portion of the district, the soil is fairly stiff clay covered by a layer of stones at the foot of the hills.
www.khyber.org /pashtoplaces/lakkimarwat.shtml   (2293 words)

  
 The Nation
District Lahore, whose urban population as per the census of 1998 stands at about 5.2 million, found as many 1,185 murder cases, 1,287 hudood cases and a huge 2450 narcotics cases coming before the trial Courts only during the last year.
This was followed by District Sheikhupura, where the rural population exceeds much its urban population of about three lakh, recorded in the year 2004, a filing of 1058 new murder cases, 717 hudood and 657 narcotics cases.
District Bhakkar recorded the lowest institution of 10 murder, 37 hudood and just nine narcotics cases in the preceding year.
www.nation.com.pk /daily/may-2005/22/localnews4.php   (545 words)

  
 Comprehensive information and links about Pakistan Mianwali
Further north, the remains at Mari and, in the Dera Ismail Khan District, at Kafirkot, are indication of the existence of a Hindu civilization of considerable importance and antiquity.
Before the fifteenth century the lower portion of the district was probably occupied by a few scattered tribes of Jats, depending on their cattle for subsistence.The valley of the Indus was a.dense jungle, swarming with pig and hog-deer, and frequented by numerous tigers; while the Thal must have been almost unoccupied.
The upper half of the district was ruled by the Ghakkars, who became feudatories of the Mughal Empire, of which the district continued to form a part until the invasion of Nadir Shah.
www.quicknation.com /Pakistan_Mianwali.htm   (3955 words)

  
 Informat.io on Mianwali
Bhakkar tehsil was carved out of Mianwali district and was made a separate district inside Sargodha division in 1982.
Of the early history of the district nothing can be stated with any certainty, beyond the fact that its inhabitants were Hindus, and that before the Christian era the country formed an integral portion of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom of Kabul and the Punjab.
The district has been settled by a triple immigration from opposite directions, of Awans from the north-east, of Jats and Balochis up the valley of the Indus from the south, and of Pakhtuns from the north-west.
www.informat.io /?title=mianwali   (3851 words)

  
 Pakistan Bait-Ul-Mal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This CSP Pilot is aimed at testing the hypothesis that linking additional cash support to the poorest families with their decision to invest in human development can be a useful complement to ongoing efforts towards achieving universal primary education.
One control district in each province/region have also been selected where the program shall not be implemented but complete survey of FSP families shall be conducted so that at the time of evaluation the progress in the treatment districts shall be compared with control districts.
Enrollment events are to be held at District Bhakkar from 9 to 11
www.pbm.gov.pk /new/Projects/Ongoing/CSP/Introduction.html   (800 words)

  
 Punjab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
(iii) Fazalpur Qanungo Halqa of Rajanpur Tehsil of Rajanpur District.
Tehsil excluding Mirhan Qanungo Halqa of Layyah District.
(b) Rawan Qanungo Halqa of Hasilpur Tehsil; and Hamatian Qanungo Halqa of Bahawalpur Tehsil of Bahawalpur District.
www.hrcpelectoralwatch.org /punjab.cfm   (3153 words)

  
 Districts of pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Legislators from BHAKKAR (PP-40 to PP-42)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mr Saeed Akbar Khan, son of Mr Ghulam Akbar Khan, was born on June 8, 1960, at Bhakkar; and is a graduate.
PP-41 (Bhakkar): PML(N) Mr Najeeb ullah Khan Niazi, son of Mr Zafar Ullah Khan Niazi, was born on October 3, 1964 in Mianwali; and, is an M.A. (Political Science).
PP-42 (Bhakkar): PML(N) Sardar Naeem Ullah Khan Shahani, son of Sardar Aman Ullah Khan Shahani (former MPA and MNA), was born on February 22, 1957 in Lahore; and, is a graduate.
www.pap.gov.pk /legislators/last/dist8.htm   (223 words)

  
 216 militants involved in 300 murder cases
Bhakkar District: Out of the total 58 cases registered against nine activists - 52 against seven Sunnis and six against two Shias - there are six murder cases including four against Sunnis and two against Shias.
Lodhran District: Of the total 17 cases registered against 14 activists - 13 against ten Sunnis and four against four Shias - there are ten murder cases in which six are against Sunnis and four against Shias.
Bahawalpur District: Of the total 65 cases registered against 33 Sunny militants, 30 cases of murder are registered against 15 Sunny militants.
www.fact.com.pk /archives/april/feng/mili.htm   (1223 words)

  
 Mianwali   :::::::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The district resembled, more or less, a human bust, before it gave birth to a daughter larger than itself in 1982 when a new district Bhakkar was covered out of it.
The district can be divided into two parts, a hilly terrain in the north, south-west and north-east, and firm clay plain falling in the front of Salt Ranges and the Dhuk hills, Khattak and Niazi hills in the north-west and the Salt Ranges in the south-east.
Bhangikhel hills are situated at the extreme north of the district all along the Indus and Khattak hills of Kohat.
www.geomianwali.com /html/geography.htm   (920 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Local police officer Mohammad Altaf told AFP the attack occurred in Bhakkar district of central Punjab province, where 10,000 devotees were mourning the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain.
Altaf said the worshippers, who had trekked from all over Pakistan, were staying in tents and the bomb exploded around midnight (1800 GMT Thursday) in an area segregated for women and children.
Bhakkar district hospital official Mohammad Javed said at least 10 people were killed by the explosion.
www.dailynews.lk /2002/04/27/wor01.html   (354 words)

  
 Infrastucture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The sub soil water in and around the district is suitable for industrial purposes.
There are 12 grid stations in the district (ranging in capacity from 66 KV to 132 KV).
There are 16 telephone exchanges operating in the district (ranging in capacity from 206 lines to 5850 lines).
www5.domaindlx.com /mianwalionline/infrastructure.shtml   (298 words)

  
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District Bhakkar, the area of operation of the NGO, was established as a District on 1
Presently District Bhakkar is under administrative jurisdiction of Sargodha Division.
Bhakkar town, the Headquarter of Bhakkar District is situated at a distance of about 375 kilometers from Lahore in the West.
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 The Nation
BHAKKAR - The district government, in consultation with the Fecto Sugar Mill’s management, introduced a package of recommendations for the welfare of sugarcane growers in the district, which would greatly benefit small farmers in particular.
The decision to this effect was taken in a meeting with the sugar mill’s management, presided over by Hameed Akbar Khan Niwani, the District Nazim, at his office.
While addressing the meeting, the district nazim said that elimination of middlemen from Bhakkar district, quick payment of the sugarcane supplies to the small growers against the CPRs through Banks, and an easy as well as timely issuance of indents to the growers would be greatly beneficial for sugarcane growers.
www.nation.com.pk /daily/mar-2005/13/bnews7.php   (152 words)

  
 Legislators from BHAKKAR (PP-47 to PP-50 )
PML(Q) Mr Saeed Akbar Khan son of Mr Ghulam Akbar Khan was born on June 8, 1955 at Bhakkar.
PML(Q) Mr Mureed Hussain Shah son of Mr Ghulam Sarwar Shah, was born on April 23, 1947 at Bhakkar.
Mr Hafeez Ullah Khan son of Khan Habib Ullah Khan, Advocate was born on July 7, 1959 at Bhakkar.
www.pap.gov.pk /legislators/present/dist8.htm   (354 words)

  
 Bhakkar: PPP, PML ally against Shujaat -DAWN - National; September 11, 2002
In Bhakkar district, having four tehsils — Bhakkar, Darya Khan, Kallur Kot and Mankera — there are two seats for national assembly, NA-73 and NA-74, and four for the provincial assembly, PA-47, PA-48, PA-49 and PA-50.
Dr Muhammad Afzal is a nephew of Ghulam Husain Dhandla who was elected MNA from Bhakkar tehsil on the ticket of PML (Convention) and he was among the two elected nominees of PML (Convention) from West Pakistan.
NA-73 comprises Kallur Kot tehsil, Darya Khan, Goharwala, qanungo halqa of Mankera tehsil, Khansar qanungo halqa of Bhakkar tehsil, while NA-74 comprises Bhakkar tehsil excluding Khanser qanungo halqa, and Mankera tehsil excluding Goharwala qanungo halqa of Bhakkar district.
www.dawn.com /2002/09/11/nat37.htm   (688 words)

  
 Gram crop under pest attack in Bhakkar -DAWN - National; December 13, 2001
BHAKKAR, Dec 12: Gram crop in the Bhakkar district, the largest gram producing district in the province, is under severe ‘Heliothis’ attack.
The Agriculture department admitted that the gram crop was under severe attack, advising farmers to water the crop to decrease its affects.
Growers have urged the Agriculture secretary and district Nazim Hameed Akbar to direct the agriculture authorities to send field staff in the area for guiding growers to control the pest attack.
www.dawn.com /2001/12/13/nat4.htm   (189 words)

  
 ETHNODIRECTED APPROACH IN IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF LOWER MARGALLA HILLS, ISLAMABAD
The district lies between the 32-10º to 33-15º, north latitudes and 71-08º to 71-57º east longitudes.
            The district is bounded on the north by district of NWFP and Attock district of Punjab, on the east by Kohat districts, on the south by Bhakkar district of Punjab and on the west by Lakki, Karak and Dera Ismail Khan District of NWFP again.
The botanical aspects of the three different parts of the district, the hills the up-lands and the kacha may well be described separately.
www.siu.edu /~ebl/leaflets/tehsel.htm   (943 words)

  
 District Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Provincial Government may setup sub-offices of the offices decentralised to district government in every tehsil or town in a city district depending upon the needs of such tehsil or, as the case may be, town for such sub-office.
The District Government is competent to acquire, hold or transfer any property, movable and immovable, to enter into contract and to sue or be sued in its name, through District Coordination Officer.
The authority of the District Government comprises the operation, management and control of offices of the departments which are decentralised to it or may be set up under the Local Government Ordinance, 2001 and the District Government shall exercise authority within the district in accordance with the general policy of the Provincial Government.
www.pakistan.gov.pk /divisions/lgrd-division/media/leftpanel/distgovt/distgovt.html   (325 words)

  
 Report on the situation of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan - Section 9 - List of persons charged under 295C PPC and other ...
The allegation in this case is that on a Friday a sermon was given in which it was alleged that the Holy Prophet SAW committed many errors, and that the prophethood never ended after him and many derogatory words were used against Islam.
District Council Bhakkar organized a meeting on family planning on June 29, 1994.
The District Magistrate appointed a Magistrate to investigate the allegation.
www.thepersecution.org /archive/9.html   (2215 words)

  
 Khaleej Times - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Police officer Mohammad Altaf told AFP the attack occurred in the Bhakkar district of central Punjab province, where 10,000 devotees were mourning the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain.
Bhakkar district hospital official Mohammad Javed said at least 10 people were killed instantly but police said the toll had risen to 12 by mid-morning as victims succumbed to their injuries.
In the southern district of Poonch, four militants were killed and four civilians injured in two separate overnight encounters, police said.
www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/260402/subcont.htm   (5293 words)

  
 Districts_of_Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Under the older system in effect before August 2000, the ''district'' was the fourth level of government.
Since 2001, these have been led by democratically elected local councils, each headed by a Nazim (the word means "supervisor" in Urdu, but is sometimes translated as "mayor.") Women have been allotted a minimum of 33% seats in these councils; there is no upper limit to the number of women in these councils.
The Karachi district as it stands today was made by merging the districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir..
q-basic.xodox.de /Districts_of_Pakistan   (192 words)

  
 Sargodha Biography,info
Shahpur which is now a tehsil of district sargodha was the district at that time.
Most part of the tehsil Sillanwali and Kirana Bar region were part of district Jhang and were included later during British Raj in district Sargodha.
District Headquarters Hospital is the major government hospital, while PAF Hospital and CMH are also mojor hospitals of the city.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Sargodha   (508 words)

  
 Mianwali   :::::::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
District Mianwali is bounded by district Attock on North-East, Chakwal and Khushab districts on East and Bhakkar on South and NWFP on its West and North-West.
According to 1998 Population and Housing Census, total population of Mianwali district is 1057 thousands persons out of which 530 thousands are males and 527 thousands are females.
Density of population in the district is 181 persons per square Kilometre.
www.geomianwali.com /html/facts_figures.htm   (434 words)

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