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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Jhang Page
Chiniot is at present the Sub-divisional Headquarters of Chiniot Tehsil of Jhang District in Faisalabad Division of the Punjab.
The name Chiniot is a corruption of the name Chandan, a king's daughter who used to hunt in men's clothing while out hunting, she saw the site of Chiniot and was so impressed that she ordered a town to be built there.
Chiniot was once famous for the manufacture of boats and bows for both civil and military purposes.
jhang.8m.com /cities/chiniot.htm   (585 words)

  
 The Rise of Chiniotis
Chiniot is a small town of 200,000 inhabitants, on the banks of River Chenab, in district Jhang in Southwestern Punjab famous for the trading skill of its people, popularly known as the ancestral homes in their native town, then Chiniot might have the biggest concentration of millionaires per square yard in the world.
Ironically not every resident of Chiniot is entitled to call himself a Chinioti and this description is reserved for only those and their descendants who migrated to far off Indian cities in the late 19th or early 20th century, to eke out a living for themselves.
Mian Mansha narrowly escaped the effects of the fall of East Pakistan and nationalization since a family division had taken place in 1969 after the death of his father Mian Mohammad Yahya and the bulk of the assets in East Pakistan was inherited by his uncles.
members.tripod.com /richpaki/risechiniotis.htm   (1414 words)

  
 USAID/Pakistan/Governance/News: USAID-Funded Water Filtration Plants Inaugurated in Chiniot, Jhang
In her speech, she said the overarching objectives of this program were to enable the local governments to: a) generate resources by competing for USAID grants and by mobilizing the corporate and private resources; b) deliver services needed at the local level; and c) strengthen their own capacities in project cycle management.
She said she was encouraged to see that the TMA Chiniot has successfully implemented the project in partnership with the Iqbal Rice Mills to provide clean drinking water to the local communities.
He noted that the Chiniot water project was planned to cost around Rs 2 million, with Rs 1.5 million being contributed by USAID, Rs 0.1 million by Iqbal Rice Mills Private Limited, and Rs 0.4 million by the TMA Chiniot.
www.usaid.gov /pk/governance/news/050512_waterfiltration   (569 words)

  
 Chiniot Pakistan - CHINIOT (An Ancient Town With Unique Artistry)
Chiniot is one of the oldest historical towns of Punjab,on the banks of river Chenab, the second largest river of Pakistan also famous for the tales of Sohni-Mahiwal and Hir-Ranjha.
In ancient times, it was considered among the important cities on the trade route from Khyber Pass to Delhi.Alexander the Great had entered the suncontinent through the same route.A local legend says that the is named after Chandan, a king's daughter who was accustomed to hunting in a man's attire.
The artisans of Chiniot have been renowned for the excellence of their work since the Mughal Period.Masons from Chiniot were employed in the building of Taj Mahal in Agra and Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore.The town is still known for arts and crafts specially door carving, brass work, inlays and furniture.
www.globosapiens.net /travel-information/Chiniot-2074.html   (378 words)

  
 Maulana Manzoor Chinioti - Friday Times, Lahore
He was invited by the founder of the Banuri Mosque in Karachi, Maulana Yusuf Banuri, to come and instruct the youth there in his speciality of condemning the Ahmedi community as apostates.
Rabwah, where the sect founded its headquarters after 1947, was a part of Chiniot which in turn is a tehsil of Jhang district.
He caused a lot of disruption in the activity of the house by raising points of apostatisation but averted total suspension of the house by using the device of a carefully worded apology.
www.thepersecution.org /nr/chinioti.html   (2149 words)

  
 Chiniot General Hospital
The Anjuman service the needy and deserving class of people regardless of caste and creed without compromising the quality of service provided.
In Fasilabad,the CAI runs the Blood Bank and Dialysis Centre, and in Chiniot it runs the islamia Hospital.
Among the ambitious projects the Anjuman has now undertaken, is the Chiniot General Hospital, which will have 267 beds in Phase III.
chiniot.com /cgh/AboutCAI.htm   (62 words)

  
 District (Chiniot): 2 women killed in two separate incidents. - Articles, News, and Journals
District (Chiniot): 2 women killed in two separate incidents.
CHINIOT Sept, 30-(PPI): Two women were killed, one by a father and other by brother, on the suspicion of illicit relations here in two separate incidents on Tuesday.
According to details, Sattain Bibi seconded with her paramour one month ago and was taken back through public council (Panchayat).
www.accessmylibrary.com /coms2/summary_0286-800558_ITM   (97 words)

  
 [Econo-list] Mini steel plant at Chiniot proposed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It has been envisaged that market share of 60 percent of Central Punjab and NWFP can be met if a mini steel plant is established at Chiniot located nearby the central point of steel industries, the release added.
The Chiniot iron ore reserves were originally discovered by Geological Survey of Pakistan in 1990.
The study suggested that a mine development plant at Chiniot is technically feasible.
lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/econo-list/2002-July/002654.html   (444 words)

  
 Pakistan News PakTribune.Com
CHINIOT: At least twelve persons were killed and over 40 injured, six of them seriously, in a head on collision between two buses at Jamia Abad, Bhawana on Sunday.
Soon after the incident, the district health officer Jhang, Dr. Muhammad Afzal arrived in civil hospital Chiniot, announced emergency in the hospital and called the doctors to duty.
Edhi and civil hospital ambulances shifted the injured to the civil hospital Chiniot and later shifted the dead bodies to Bhawana hospital.
www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=143698   (263 words)

  
 Wazir Khan Mosque
Ilam-ud-Deen Ansari, originally form Chiniot (a small and old town on the left bank of River Chenab in Jhang District of Punjab), became one of the most respectable personality due to his knowledge and intellectual approach, besides being a good physician who cured Noor Jehan and was given the title of Wazir Khan.
Artisans from Chiniot excelled in designing and assisted the construction and designing of Taj Mahal, The Golden Temple, Shahi Masjid at Chiniot.
Nowadays, Chiniot is known for its carved furniture.
www.nashjaffer.net /lhr_wazir_khan_mosque.htm   (550 words)

  
 Qadiani gets life in jail for blasphemy - Daily Times, Pakistan
MULTAN: An additional sessions court in Chiniot has found a Qadiani man guilty of blasphemy and sentenced him to life in prison, as well as a Rs 10,000 fine.
Iqbal Ahmed was arrested by Chiniot police last year after locals complained that he had made offensive remarks about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Meanwhile, Chiniot Civil Judge Mustahsan Ahmed Minhas has issued arrest warrants for several Qadianis wanted by police in 16 blasphemy cases.
www.thepersecution.org /news/2004/dt041202.html   (162 words)

  
 Rabwah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabwah is a dry little town, surrounded by the Chenab river.
It is also near another city called Chiniot.
If you ever go there, the bare sedimentary mountains will greet you which have a beautiful scenary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rabwah   (516 words)

  
 News
"At least eight people, including a minor girl Rafia, were killed in Sahiwal, Chiniot, Layyah and Kot Mithan Sharif while more than three dozen people injured due to caving in of their dwellings, hundreds of cattle heads have also killed in southern Punjab during last three days," the Flood Control Authority said.
The Indus water was reported to be cutting the embankments in the Punjab area near Bhong Bund and according to the official sources, some 200 feet have already been slashed by the river at Bhong.
Chiniot correspondent adds: The flood wave is passing through Chiniot in the river Chenab smoothly.
www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/July05/10/06.htm   (462 words)

  
 The Nation
He said livestock development programme has been initiated in the province for poverty alleviation and Bank of Punjab is providing soft-term loans to the farmers for the purchase of cattle.
Ch Pervaiz Elahi said President Pervez Musharraf’s agriculture package is being effectively implemented in the province and besides better management of water resources, provision of loans to the farmers is also being ensured.
Tehsil Nazim Chiniot said that the living standard of the people has improved due to the reforms introduced by the government in education, health, agriculture and other sectors.
www.nation.com.pk /daily/apr-2005/9/index6.php   (387 words)

  
 PAKISTAN, FPCCI, CHAMBERS, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESSES, TRADES, TEXTILES, YARN, COTTON, BUY, SELL, ...
Riaz Ahmed Tata President FPCCI in a meeting with the delegation of Chiniot Sheikh Society led by Mian Arshad Alam, President of the society in Federation House, Karachi.
Riaz Ahmed Tata lauded the services rendered by the Chiniot Sheikh Society in the sector of Education & Health and said that the Almighty Allah has blessed the community with quality education and zeal to work with honesty which is the root cause of flourishing of this community.
The dedication and zeal to work with honesty was taught by the forefathers of the community and now it is the duty of current members of this society to follow the footsteps of their elders to spread this noble cause.
www.fpcci.com.pk /news1/display_newsDetail.asp?newsid=117   (317 words)

  
 Briefings :: Strike for Chiniot’s elevation as district
JHANG: A shutter- down strike was observed in Chiniot on Wednesday to press the administration to grant district status to Chiniot tehsil.
A rally was taken out from the Badshahi Mosque, participated by thousands of man lead by the MNA Sardarzada Tahir Ali Shah, MPA Syed Hasan Murtaza, tehsil Nazim Zulfiqar Ali Shah and secretary general of Zila Banao Movement, Shaukat Azad.
People’s representatives expressed their resolve to offer sacrifice for the elevation of Chiniot to the status of district.
www.punjabilok.com /punb2/full.php?p=362&more=1   (147 words)

  
 Legislators from JHANG (PP-73 to PP-83)
Syed Hassan Murtaza son of Syed Ghulam Murtaza, was born on November 9, 1965 at Rajoya Sadat, Chiniot, District Jhang.
PML(Q) Mr Muhammad Saqlain Anwar Sipra son of Mr Muhammad Anwar Akhtar was born on August 14, 1977 at Jhang.
PML(Q) Mr Imtiaz Ahmad Lali son of Mr Dost Muhammad Lali was born on November 1, 1957 at Chiniot, District Jhang.
www.pap.gov.pk /legislators/present/dist10.htm   (955 words)

  
 CHINIOT: Maulana Chinioti passes away -DAWN - Local; 28 June, 2004
CHINIOT, June 27: Religious scholar and central leader of the International Khatm-i-Nabowat Movement Maulana Manzoor Ahmad Chinioti died of renal failure in Lahore on Sunday.
Maulana Chinioti, who got his basic religious education from Sindh Madrisatul Islam, Tandu Allahyar, and Madrisa Talimul Quran, Rawalpindi, spent his life visiting various countries for spreading the message of Islam.
He also remained chairman of the Chiniot Municipal Committee in 1993.
www.dawn.com /2004/06/28/local33.htm   (269 words)

  
 Chiniot, PAK Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Chiniot, PAK Weather - Forecasts, Radar Maps, Video, and News
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weather.msn.com /local.aspx?wealocations=wc:PKXX0001   (100 words)

  
 Legislators from JHANG (PP-61 to PP-70)
Maulana Manzoor Ahmed Chinioti, son of Haji Ahmad Bukhsh, was born in December 1931 in Chiniot; and obtained Sanad of Farigh-ul-Tahsil Uloom-i-Islamia and Daura-e-Hadith (equivalent to M.A. Islamiyat and Arabic) from Dar-ul-Uloom Islamia, Tundo Allah Yar, Sind.
He served as member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1985 to 1988, 1988 to 1990; and, has been re-elected for the third term in 1997.
Mr Imtiaz Ahmad Lali, son of Mr Dost Muhammad Lali (former MPA), was born on November 1, 1957 at Kanwanwali, Tahsil Chiniot, District Jhang; and, graduated from F.C. College Lahore.
www.pap.gov.pk /legislators/last/dist10.htm   (823 words)

  
 Main Services
Chiniot General Hospital is now equipped with the most modern BioChemistry analyzer and ELISA, By all of these equipment now this is first time in Landhi and Korangi that a Hospital is equipped with the world class standard devices, all these modern facilities is functioning day and night for the local population.
The spiral CT scan by GE is capable of imaging thin slices of any part of the body with minimum exposure to the radiation in minimum time.
With help of Color Doppler, echocardiography and diagnostic imaging for blood vessels and different organs of the body can be performed.
www.cgh-k.com /newEquipment.htm   (194 words)

  
 Mofad -e- Aama Chiniot Sheikh Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Chiniot Sheikh Community has a long history of philanthropic work.
The Association was gifted 20 marlas of land by one of the generous members of the community in 1970.
The Chiniot Hospital started off as a small one-room dispensary in 1961, and now it is a well equipped and modern hospital providing quality health care to the needy patients of Faisalabad and its adjoining towns and villages.
www.pcp.org.pk /certified_NPO/Mcsa/MCSA_home.htm   (291 words)

  
 Chiniot Sheikh community to contest polls -DAWN - National; March 10, 2002
CHINIOT, March 9: The local Sheikh community will contest the next elections.
Addressed by businessmen SM Munir, Mian Muhammad Mansha, Sheikh Aftab Alam and Iqbal Sheikh, the meeting decided to field candidates against different seats.
COLLEGE: The Chiniot Educational Scholarship Society (CESS) will set up a new girls college with an estimated cost of Rs 15 million in Chiniot, says Mian Saleem Omer, CESS president and former chief of the Chiniot Shiekh Biradri.
www.dawn.com /2002/03/10/nat7.htm   (207 words)

  
 News & Updates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
All these targeted schools are located in the different rural areas of Tehsil Chiniot.
In this regard, district resources, Citizen Community Board’s grant and technical assistance from ITA will be utilized to accomplish the development activities in Tehsil.
In this connection, the representative from PAGH and the Chairman Education Committee, Syed R. Bukhari, Tehsil Nazim Chiniot, Mr.
www.itacec.org /newsupdates.htm   (981 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | Metro: 4 Bn ton steel discovered at Chiniot in Pakistan
Metro: 4 Bn ton steel discovered at Chiniot in Pakistan
CHINIOT: As much as forty crores [almost four billion] ton of steel reservoir has been discovered from Chiniot where a project would be launched on the model of the Steel Mill Karachi, according to a report on Wednesday.
Punjab Minister for Mineral and Natural Resources Mohammad Sabtain Khan during a press briefing in Lahore highlighted last year’s progress for the discovery of various minerals.
pakistantimes.net /2004/01/31/metro1.htm   (174 words)

  
 Mekki Rice Mill
Our Rice mill is located in Chiniot the Historical City located near the chenab River where land and the climatic conditions are suitable for the growth of long grain rice.
Mekki Rice Mills Faisalabad Road, Chiniot was established in 1982 and intends to export of rice.
It is export oriented and prepares best quality rice in the globe.
www.mekkirice.com   (426 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Chiniot General Hospital
This summary was automatically generated using information found on the Internet.
Chiniot General hospital is a not-for-profit organization committed to become a center of excellance in terms of quality healthcare,meeting the highest achievable national and international standards,at the most affordable cost to the community,with compassion,love and genuine respect for the diginity of the suffering.
Our sole purpose os to serve mankined for the blessings of Almighty Allah.
www.zoominfo.com /search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=7913918&cs=QFeMG@1rY   (153 words)

  
 Govt. Institute of Commerce, Chiniot.
As our mission statement suggests, it is our aim to provide all our students with learning opportunities which will give you the best preparation for employment and further study.
Institute of Commerce, Chiniot was established in 1986.
We are affiliated with Punjab Technical Education Board Lahore (P. We offer Two years Diploma in Commerce known as D. Com Part 1 and Part 2.
gicchiniot.8m.com   (91 words)

  
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