Daska ڈسکہ
General Information
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Coordinates	32°19′50″N 74°21′09″E / 32.33056, 74.3525Coordinates: 32°19′50″N 74°21′09″E / 32.33056, 74.3525
Elevation	217 m (712 ft) AMSL
Calling code	052
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
No. of Towns	1
Population	200,000 (2006)
Government
Nazim (Mayor)	Haji M.Nasir Mahmood cheema
No. of Union Councils	83/3
Location

Daska (Urdu: ڈسکہ, Punjabi: ڈسکا, pronounced [dska]) is a small industrial city with a population of around 300,000 in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town has the status of Tehsil (Sub District) and is one of four Tehsils of district Sialkot. It is located at 32°19'60N 74° 20' 60E ^[1] For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... Currently, Pakistan is subdivided into four provinces, two territories, and also portions of Kashmir that are administered by the Pakistani government. ... This article is about the Pakistani province. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A telephone number is a sequence of decimal digits (0-9) that is used for identifying a destination telephone line in a telephone network. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Pakistan Standard Time (PST) is the time zone for Pakistan. ... UTC +5 is the timezone for : Pakistan Standard Time in Pakistan. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nazim (Urdu: ناظم ) is the Coordinator of cities and towns in Pakistan. ... Union Councils of Pakistan are local governments in Pakistan. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Shahmukhi (شاہ Ù…Ú©Ú¾ÛŒ) is a script used to record the Punjabi language. ... This article is about the Pakistani province. ... The equivalent terms tehsil, tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, and taluq refer to a unit of government in some countries of the Indian subcontinent. ...

History

Daska has gained a measure of prominence due the large number of products which are produced there including agricultural machines, sporting goods, musical instruments and surgical goods The city and its people enjoy a reputation for being industrious and warm hearted.^{[citation needed]} The name Daska is said to be a distortion of Dah Kos. The term "Dah" is the Persian word for the numeral ten and "Kos" refers to a unit of distance used in Mughal times. The town was situated some ten "Kos" between neighbouring Gujranwala, Sialkot, Pasroor and Wazirabad which remain much larger centres. Hence Dah Kos became Das Kos in the local Punjabi language. This was further shortened to Daska. The principal Jat clans of Daska and its environs include the Sahi, Ghumman, Khokhar, Bajwa and Cheema. The Jats are said to have originated from Scythian invaders from Central Asia. In addition the local population contains large numbers of Kashmiris, BUTT and Pakhtuns. A number of Biharis from Eastern India as well some Afghan refugees have been settled outside Daska in the early 1970s. The local dialect of Punjabi is the Western or Northern Dialect akin to that spoken in Sialkot. A native speaker from Daska and Sialkot District will easily recognize another native speaker of the area due its rhythmic melodious sound, the use of several distinct words and aspects of syntax. Gujranwala (Urdu: گوجرانوالہ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan with a population of 1,132,509 (1998 census). ... Sialkot (Urdu/Punjabi: ), the capital of Sialkot District, is a city situated in the north-east of the Punjab province in Pakistan at the feet of the snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. ... Wazirabad (Urdu: وزیر آباد) is an industrial city located in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. ... The Jat people (IAST: , Hindi: , Punjabi: , Urdu: ‎) of Northern India and Pakistan, are descendants of Indo-Aryan/Indo-Scythian tribes. ... Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by an Indo-Aryans known as the Scythians. ... For other uses, see Kashmiri (disambiguation) Kashmiri is a Dardic language spoken primarily in Kashmir, an Asian region now split between India, Pakistan and China. ... The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, or ethnic Afghan; in referring to the period of the British Raj or earlier, sometimes Pathan) are an ethnic/religious group of people, living primarily in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India who follow Pashtunwali, their indigenous religion. ... Muhajir or Mohajir are the Afghan refugees that fled Afghanistan after Soviet invasion in 1979. ...

Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947 the city of Daska was under British colonial rule. Daska became famous largely due to the exploits of Jagga Daku who was an admired rebel leader and outlaw fighting against British Imperial rule. In the Punjab he came to be admired as a hero to the masses because of his brave stand against the European rulers. Much like Robin Hood he would loot from the wealthy and redistribute this wealth to poorer sections of society. Most of the wealthy in the area around Daska were native collaborators of the colonial British. Jagga has a prominent place in the Punjabi poetry because of his bravery and generosity. Anthem God Save The Queen/King British India, circa 1860 Capital Calcutta (1858-1912), New Delhi (1912-1947) Language(s) Hindi, Urdu, English and many others Government Monarchy Emperor of India  - 1877-1901 Victoria  - 1901-1910 Edward VII  - 1910-1936 George V  - January-December 1936 Edward VIII  - 1936-1947 George... Jagga Daku is a Punjabi movie released in 1991. ... For other uses, see Robin Hood (disambiguation). ...

Daska's role in the organized freedom movement is well documented. The nascent sense of nationalism among Punjabi Muslims evolved in the area. The people of the Punjab were a mixture of races and peoples who had been part of a number of kingdoms and territories. The area around Daska had been part of Alexander the Great's Greek Empire, Persia's grand Khorasan, the Turkic Mughal Empire and most recently the rule of Sikhs before the arrival of the colonial British. The panoply of peoples living around Daska bear living testament to its storied past. The British Indian Empire added these people to its realm in the latter half of the nineteenth century unlike other parts of the British Raj which were under British rule from as early as the 1600s. The local people around Daska, especially the majority Muslim population, related little to the Indian National Congress which was primarily a party of the Hindu majority in peninsular India. Daska embraced the cause of the Muslim League which was furthering the struggle of native Muslims. The First Meeting of the Muslim League was held on 13 April 1942 at Mian Lal Dian Ghuman's House in Mohallah Altaf Garaha. Participants of the meeting included Chaudhri Faquir Mohammad Saraf, Gulam Rasool Jarrah, Mian Lal Dian Zergar, Mohammad Dian Dar and Mian Jalal Din Ghuman. These early members opened their hearts and their pockets for the cause of an independent Pakistan. The Ghuman Brothers were "Darugars" or in the pyrotechnic business. This helped the local Muslim League by supplying their knowledge of ammunition production. For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ... Map showing the pre-2004 Khorasan Province in Iran Khorasan (Persian: خراسان) (also transcribed as Khurasan and Khorassan, anciently called Traxiane during Hellenistic and Parthian times is currently a region located in north eastern Iran, but historically referred to a much larger area east and north-east of the Persian Empire... Mughal Empire at its greatest extent in 1700 Capital Lahore, Delhi, Agra , Kabul, Lucknow and Bhopal Language(s) Persian (initially also Chagatai; later also Urdu) Government Absolute Monarchy , Unitary Government with a federal structure Emperor  - 1526-1530 Babur  - 1530–1539 and after restoration 1555–1556 Humayun  - 1556–1605 Akbar  - 1605... A Sikh man wearing a turban The adherents of Sikhism are called Sikhs. ... Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... The All India Muslim League (Urdu: مسلم لیگ), founded at Dhaka in 1906, was a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state from British India on the Indian subcontinent. ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Daska has produced a great many personalities who have impacted Pakistani politics and history. Pakistan's first Foreign Minister Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan hailed from the city. He went on to become the Chief Justice of the International Court of Justice at the Hague. Other renowned personalities include the lights of internationally acclaimed "Syed Ali Deebaj Naqvi" who has made his mark in the field of history. Chaudhry Khalid Qayyum is also very prominent journalist from Daska. Khalid has a flair for writing in Urdu and Punjabi both. He has been associated on top positions of many newspapers in Pakistan and his opinion is given a weight whenever it comes to make or break the ruling setups. Aoun Abbas Sahi is a new addition to internationally renowned journalists produced by Daska, he belongs to Mandranwala, a village just one kilometres from the city centre. He was among the ten journalist selected to join World Water Forum in Mexico in March 2006 from Asia-Pacific Region. Aoun, considered as one of the top feature writers of country at present, is working as reporter with The News International. when Daska's history would be incomplete without mentioning the great social worker Hakeem Ghulam Rasool Sial who migrated to Daska in 1947 from Gurdaspur. He was a renowned physician and social worker who was responsible for the creation of many Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) at a time when there was no concept of social welfare organizations. In modern Daska many renowned names were born in this city. Air Cdr Muhammad Younas (SI, TBt) was born here and studied at Govt Degree College Daska. He was the design team leader of K8 aircraft. This pioneer engineer of Pakistan Air Force also served as MD Aircraft Manufacturing Factory Kamra & Director Technical Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan. Brigadier Ghulam Rasul Sahi (SI MIL) has left a great imprint on Daska, In a city which is rapidly growing, he bought and donated a large tract of land for purely recreational purposes, and it is heartning to see the future generations of this city avialing themselves of this facility. He also bought and rehabilitated the ancestral graveyard of the Sahi clan. Syed Ghulam Abbas Naqvi, A poet, having a great collection of antique hand written books including some antique Holley Qurans hand written with Gold water in early centuries.Pakistan television made a documentory on his collections under the name of "MAKTABA NAQVIA". Another big name from Daska was Dr Mohammad Sharif (late) who is the pioneer of current green UAE. He was working as Director Forests in Abu Dhabi and was very close to Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Alnahyan. Government Christian High School Daska was the first modern educational institution in Daska. It was established by the Church of Scotland which came to the area in 1855 and set up the Scotch Mission High School and the Scotch Mission College (later renamed Murray College) in Sialkot in 1889. The Scotch Mission High School which is now known as the Government Christian High School was established in Daska in 1888. Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (1893 1985) was a Pakistani diplomat, renowned international jurist and a scholar of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. ... See also International Commission of Jurists Peace Palace, seat of the ICJ. Org type Principal Organ Acronyms ICJ, CIJ Head President of the ICJ Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE Status Active Established 1945 Website www. ... The World Water Council is an international collaboration of NGOs, governments and international organisations. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan (خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان, born 1948) is the current president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). ... The Church of Scotland (CofS; Scottish Gaelic: ), known informally by its pre-Union Scots name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. ...

I Still Remember a Small Town in Punjab by O.P. Narula (Available at Amazon.com) is well-written book about the life in the city before 1947. A good source of information about the culture of the area is an MSc Anthropology research thesis (M. Mansoor, 1988, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan) which is an ethnographic study of Raja Ghumman - a neighbouring village.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2004/09/040904_daska_town.shtml

Industry and business

Daska is known for its agriculture products, sports goods, manufacturing spare parts, and for high quality rice. Potatoes, wheat, rice and sugar canes are the major crops. Diesel engines used mainly for irrigation purposes and milling wheat to produce flour, were the major form of industry from 1947 to 1985. Mughal families living in Daska Town were heavily involved in this business, and they have now advanced into the production of washing machines and electric fans (a major regional industry). The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ...

Also now entering to the international sports market Silver Star has contracted with Nike for their future supplies from Pakistan. As Daska is known as the city of doctors so there are many hospitals and medicals stores providing health facilities at cheaper cost. The Doctor medical store is one of them making the drugs available at reasonable cost. Nike, Inc. ...

Sir Zafrullah Khan (1893-1983)- The most famous Daskavi

Sir Zafrullah Khan is certainly the best known Daskavi. This small town boy rose to be one of the shrewdest legal minds of his time.

On 25 December 1947, Jinnah appointed him the Foreign Minister of Pakistan. At the UN, Sir Zafrullah emerged as the most eloquent advocate of all third world and Islamic issues. It was Zafrullah whose efforts materialized into the UN Resolutions on Kashmir, which are the basis of the Pakistani case and grievance. Later he became the first Asian president of the International Court of Justice, a singular and unique honour for any Pakistani. He also served, briefly, as the President of the UN General Assembly. is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ...

However his greatest contribution came when he drafted the famous Lahore Resolution, which till this day is the rallying point of Pakistan and Pakistani nationalism. Minar-e-Pakistan, where Pakistan Resolution was passed The Lahore Resolution, commonly known as the Pakistan Resolution,[1] was the National documentation and a formal political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League at the occasion of its three-day general session on 22-24 March 1940 that called...

He passed away in September 1983 in Lahore.

Location

Daska is located on Lahore Sialkot national highway and distance of the major cities around as follow;^[2]

• 105 km (65 mi) from Lahore
• 28 km (17 mi) from Sialkot

View of a mosque

• 22 km (14 mi) from Gujranwala
• 15 km (9 mi) from Sambrial
• 35 km (21 mi) from pasrur

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Radio station

Sialkot, Punjab 101.0 MHz Radio Pakistan FM101

Daska Industrial Estate STN Building Daska SIALKOT. Tel: +92 52 6625184 Fax: +92 52 6625284

ATN Booster is also installed at Small industrial estate Daska.

http://www.asiawaves.net/pakistan-radio.htm

Transportation

The city is most easily accessible by road from all major cities. The nearest railway station is about 17 km (11 mi) away (Sambrial railway station).

Sialkot-Lahore Motorway Route Map.

A link road for Daska is also proposed for Sialkot Lahore Motorway. The proposed motorway will start from Mehmood Booti side of Lahore ring road and will end near Samberial on Sialkot-wazirabad Road. On the way, it will serve cities and towns of Kala Khatai, Muridke, Narowal, Gujranwala, Eminabad, Pasrur, DASKA, Sambrial and Wazirabad. A link to Motorway M-2 near Kala Shah Kaku is also proposed to connect it to the network of motorways. The project will be completed within 30 months.

Sialkot International Airport

Sialkot International Airport is the closest airlink. Sialkot International Airport is just 15km away from Daska city centre. It currently handles only cargo but passenger flights are planned to start in the end of 2007 and airport is being inaugurated soon. On September 28th 2007. Airblue made history by operating its first Test Flight to Sialkot on Friday. Aircraft was A321, (AP-BJB) with 30+ Pax on route Khi-Skt-Khi. Sialkot International Airport (IATA: SKT, ICAO: N/A) is situated 14 km (8. ... The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. ...

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) would announce its tentative flight schedule within couple of days for plying between Islamabad-Sialkot-Islamabad. PIA would start initially three flights weekly between Islamabad-Sialkot-Islamabad revealed Khawar Anwar Khawaja Chief Executive Sialkot International Airport at a special ceremony held on the landing of PIA test flight PK-613 at Sialkot International Airport on Saturday afternoon. Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, more commonly known as Pakistan International Airlines or PIA (Urdu: پی آئی اے or پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایرلاینز), is the flag carrier airline of Pakistan, based in Karachi. ...

Pakistan International Airline (PIA) will start twice-weekly Karachi-Sialkot return flights from November 30, 2007 for convenience of its passengers, especially the business and trade classes.PIA will operate flights on Tuesdays and Fridays with departure time at 11 am from Karachi and arrival at Sailkot by 12.50 pm. Similarly the return flights will depart at 1.30 am to reach Karachi at 3.20 pm. On Friday November 30, 2007, the first commercial and regular flight PK-396 landed at Sialkot airport at 12:50pm with 118 passenger on board. PIA is starting Sialkot Kuwait direct weekly flight from February 15, 2008 and adding one more flight from Sialkot to Karachi. is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sialkot-Karachi-Sialkot

• Sunday, Thuesday PK
• PK 396 13:45 16:00 & PK 397 11:00 13:00

• Friday,
• PK 396 20:20 22:35 & PK 397 07:00 09:00

*Sialkot-Kuwait-Sialkot

• Friday (Weekly One flighty)
• PK 239 10:00 12:50 & PK 240 13:40 19:30

• Sialkot International Airport
• http://www.sial.com.pk

Sialkot International Airport (IATA: SKT, ICAO: N/A) is situated 14 km (8. ...

Institutes

Many Provincial level Institutes are there in Daska. Among most familiar some are followings

Schools

• Government High School Daska
• Government Islamia High School for Girls
• Government High School For Girls
• Government High School Bogray

Colleges

• Government College Daska For Boys
• Government College Daska For Girls
• Hailey Wishers College Daska For Boys
• Chand Millat Commerce Academy(Addha) Daska

Apart from mentioned above many private and government institutes are working through out the city. The educator school system has also opened their branch in Daska. Fatima Jinnah College, Hussainia College is organized later

HAILEY WISHERS COLLEGE DASKA(SIALKOT)

Hailey wishers college daska is playing very much important role in the promotion of education of commerce by launching I.Com and B.Com classes. Malik Enayat Ali Awan,Malik Zahid Awan,Abaid Ullaha and Yasir Mahmood Chand are the key staff of this institution.

Malik Zahid Awan (M.A Eco,B.com,B.Ed)

Abaid Ullaha (B.com)

Yasir Mahmood Chand (M.Com,MIT,MCSE,B.com,B.Ed,C.T)

External links and map

• MeraDaska.com (My Daska)
• NewDaskaCity.com
• Tehsil Pasroor Website
• Forgotten: Sir Zafrullah Khan (1893-1983)
• Mapquest - Location of Daska
• Weather for you - Daska
• http://www.sialkotweb.com/SLMPics.html

Suburban area

• Mandranwala
• Tarigri Sharif
• Mataikay Nagra (jamnuwala)