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Rawalpindi district contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of 5,286 km² and a population of about 3,363,911 people of which 53.03% were urban in 1998. It is thus the second-most advanced district in Punjab. [1] Image File history File links Information_icon. ... The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan, ranking as subdivisions of the provinces of Pakistan. ... Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Islamabad, the current capital of Pakistan, in the province of Punjab. ...


It was part of Rawalpindi Division. Rawalpindi was an administrative division of Pakistan until the abolition of divisions. ...

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Subdivisions

The district has six tehsils: The equivalent terms tehsil, tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, and taluq refer to a unit of government in some countries of the Indian subcontinent. ...

now. ... Gujar Khan (Urdu: گوجرخان ) is a city located in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. ... The city of Taxila ()[1] was an important early Hindu[2][3] and Buddhist[4] centre of learning from the 5th century BCE[5] to the 2nd century CE[6]. UNESCO has listed 18 locations at Taxila as World Heritage Sites. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Murree (hills and City) (Urdu: مری) is a very popular Hill station and a city of Pakistan in the province of Punjab. ...

Rawalpindi

Khan Ghulam Sarwar Khan is prominent politician of District Rawalpindi from Taxila. He is now serving as Federal Minister of Labour, Menpower and Overseas Pakistanies. He served as Member Provincial Assembly Punjab, Health Minister of Punjab and Member of Central Zakat Council in past. His younger brother Khan Muhammad Sadeeq Khan is elected Nazim of Tehsil Council Taxila.


Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed elected 4 times as Member National Assembly (MNA) and now holds the Ministry of Railways. He was Minister of Information and Broadcausting. Ejaz-ul-Haq is also MNA and Minister of Regligious Affairs from Rawalpindi. He also knows with regards to the son of Dictator General Zia-ul-Haq who served as President of Pakistan and Chief Marshal Law Officer for 11 years.


Hanif Abbasi was elected MNA from Rawalpindi. He is well known social worker of Jamaat-e-Islami, the main religious party of the country.


Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan is the heart of Potohar region and is also called the land of Shaheed. The region had produced people from all professionals of life. Two recipients of Nishan-i-Haider were belong to Gujar Khan. The land had produced top Military professionals. See also famous personalities of Gujar Khan. Gujar Khan (Urdu: گوجرخان ) is a city located in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. ... AHSAN AND ADNAN :::::AHSAN AND ADNAN::::::: WE ARE HERE NOW SO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ADNAN AND AHSAN ADNAN:YEAH..AHSAN I WANA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING BUT I DONT KNOW ABOUT WHAT..UMMM ABOUT A GOOD SITE AHSAN:YEAH ITS A GOOD QUESTION???I M THINKIN ABOUT SOME GOOD SITE YOU... The Nishan-E-Haider is the highest award given by Pakistans military. ... Gujar Khan (Urdu: گوجرخان ) is a city located in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. ... Gujar Khan (Urdu: گوجرخان ) is a city located in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. ...


Taxila

Taxila is famous for UET Taxila, Taxila Museum. The city of Taxila ()[1] was an important early Hindu[2][3] and Buddhist[4] centre of learning from the 5th century BCE[5] to the 2nd century CE[6]. UNESCO has listed 18 locations at Taxila as World Heritage Sites. ...


Federal Minister of Labour, Menpower and Overseas Pakistanies Khan Ghulam Sarwar Khan is elected MNA from Taxila. His younger brother Khan Muhammad Sadeeq Khan is elected Tehsil Nazim of Taxila. Pakistan's prominent tank factory HIT is there


Murree

Main article: Murree

Murree (hills and City) (Urdu: مری) is a very popular Hill station and a city of Pakistan in the province of Punjab. ...

Kotli Sattian

Provincial Minister of Public Health Engineering, Mushtaq Ahmad Kiani is elected MPA from Kotli Satyan


See also

  • Rawalpindi Official Website
Administrative Divisions of Punjab (Pakistan) Flag of Pakistan
Capital Lahore
Districts Attock | Bahawalnagar | Bahawalpur | Bhakkar | Chakwal | Dera Ghazi Khan | Faisalabad | Gujranwala | Gujrat | Hafizabad | Jhang | Jhelum | Kasur | Khanewal | Khushab | Lahore | Layyah | Lodhran | Mandi Bahauddin | Mianwali | Multan | Muzaffargarh | Nankana Sahib | Narowal | Okara | Pakpattan | Rahim Yar Khan | Rajanpur | Rawalpindi | Sahiwal | Sargodha | Sheikhupura | Sialkot | Toba Tek Singh | Vehari 

  Results from FactBites:
 
Rawalpindi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1450 words)
Rawalpindi remained under the rule of the Gakkhars till Muqarrab Khan, the last Gakkhar ruler, was defeated by the Sikhs in 1765.
Rawalpindi is the nearest major city for the holiday resorts and hill stations of the Galiyat area, such as Murree, Nathia Gali, and Ayubia.
Rawalpindi was the headquarter for the relief operations during the aftermath of October 2005 earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan.
Rawalpindi - LoveToKnow 1911 (561 words)
The district is traversed by the main line of the North-Western railway, crossing the Indus at Attock, and also by a branch towards the Indus at Kushalgarh.
The Division Of Rawalpindi lies in the north-west of the Punjab.
It consists of the five districts of Gujrat, Attock, Shahpur, Jhelum, and Rawalpindi.
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