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Dera Ghazi Khan

Pervaiz Kareem

2012

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definite portion of area, posses an organized sovereign
government, to unhide a great number of people renders
habitual obedience. It has four pillars.

1-legislatives. 2-Exective. 3-Judiciary. 4-Media.

Province:
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foreign territory.

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physiogeographic area that comprises a grouping of like
bathymetric or former bathymetric elements. In many
countries, a province is a relatively small non-constituent level
of sub-national government. (Wikipedia).
 Division:
Divisions are the third tier of government in Pakistan,
between the provinces and districts. They were abolished in
2000 by the government of former president Pervez
Musharraf to make way for local governance via district
governments. As of August 2008, divisions in some provinces
have been restored with Punjab taking the lead and restoring
its eight divisions.

The four provinces of Pakistan are subdivided into

administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into
districts and tehsils. The divisions do not include the
Islamabad Capital Territory or the Federally Administered
Tribal Areas, which are counted at the same level as
provinces.(Wikipedia).

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second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts
were the third order of administrative divisions, below
provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000,
when "divisions" were abolished. Districts now form the top
tier of a three-tier system of local government with the two
lower tiers composed of approximately 596 tehsils (included
 the Kashmir region) and more than 6,000 union
councils.(Wikipedia)

Tehsil:
Generally, a tehsil consists of a city or town that serves as its
headquarters, possibly additional towns, and a number of
villages. As an entity of local government, it exercises certain
fiscal and administrative power over the villages and
municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate
executive agency for land records and related administrative
matters. Its chief official is called the tehsildar .(Wikipedia)

Union council:
Sherwin or village council in Pakistan is an elected local
government body consisting of 21 councilors, and headed by a
nazim (which is equivalent to a mayor) and a naib nazim
(deputy). Union councils are the fifth tier of government in
Pakistan and are often known as "village councils" in rural
areas, the territory represented by a village council usually
comprises a large village and surrounding areas, often
including nearby small villages. The term "union council" may
be used for localities that are part of cities.(Wikipedia)
 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-e-
suleman 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-e-
Fitrat, 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-i-

Qaba 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-e-
Akram” & 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-e-
Akram, 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

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.

 Thanks:
∞Wikipedia

∞Punjab assembly

∞National assembly

∞MICS

∞ www.fas.org

∞ waseb.wordpress.com

∞ wiki.dbpedia.org

∞ floodrelief.punjab.gov.pk

∞ baask.com

∞ www.supremecourt.gov.pk

∞ www.pbit.gop.pk

∞ www.findpk.com

∞ www.unicef.org

∞www.altavista.com