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Basti-Abdullah
Basti-Abdullah Shaheed ( ur, , Basti-Abdullah ) is a town situated a short distance from Rojhan in Rajanpur District, the border district of Punjab province in Pakistan. The town is named after Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and is also noted for being the resting place of Abdul Rashid Ghazi, It is about halfway between Rajanpur to the northeast, and Kashmore to the southwest just off of the Indus Highway. Etymology The town, in flat, cotton-growing area and the nearby train station, are both named after Maulana Muhammad Abdullah. Education In 2002, a religious school, was established by Abdul Rashid Ghazi, which was named "''Madraseh Abdullah Bin Ghazi"''. It is a branch of Jamia Faridia University, Islamabad where students are taught Hifz (memorizing the Noble Qur'an) and Tajwid (Quranic Phonetics), as of 2021 the seminary has 130 students. Abdul Rashid Ghazi Grave The town and the Madrasa came into the limelight on July 11, 2007 when hundreds of people gathered in the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maulana Muhammad Abdullah
Mawlānā Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi ( ur, – 17 October 1998) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar who served as Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee and as the first Imam of Lal Masjid, and founded Faridia University and Jamia Hafsa. He Graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia and served as the first Imam and Khatib of Lal Masjid, the first mosque to be established in the new capital. In 1971, he founded Jamia Faridia in Islamabad, the first Islamic seminary to be established in Islamabad. He taught hadith at the madrasah, and was well-known by the title " Shaykh al-Hadith". He also served as the Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, and led the organization till assassination in 1998. Early life Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi was born on 1 June 1935 in a village of Basti-Abdullah, district Rajanpur into the family of Ghazi Muhammad descending from the Sadwani (Sodvani) clan of the Mazari tribe of Baluchistan. His father was socially active, which got him in trouble many time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Abdul Rashid Ghazi ( ur, عبد الرشید غازی; – 10 July 2007) was a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist who served as the vice-chancellor of Jamia Faridia, Faridia University. Prior to his radicalisation, he served as a diplomat for UNESCO. He was the son of Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi, and younger brother of Abdul Aziz (Pakistani cleric), Abdul Aziz Ghazi. Abdul Rashid was killed during Operation Silence after Pakistan Army Special Operations Commandos' teams stormed the madrasah he and his students had been using. Early life He was an ethnic Baloch people, Baloch, descending from the Mazari (tribe)#Main clans, Sadwani (Sodvani) clan of the Mazari (Baloch tribe), Mazari tribe, in the town of Rojhan in Rajanpur, the border district of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basti Abdullah Railway Station
Basti Abdullah Railway Station ( ur, ) was located near the village of Basti-Abdullah, Rajanpur district, in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. History The railway station was first established during the British Raj as part of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, however it was later incorporated into Main Line 2 (Kotri–Attock Line), and heavy remodeling of the station was completed around 1972 by The Ministry of Railways. The stations served the village Basti-Abdullah and the nearby city of Kashmore (which also has its own separate station). The station and the nearby village are both named after Maulana Abdullah Ghazi. See also * List of railway stations in Pakistan * Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servi ... References External links R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lal Masjid, Islamabad
The Lal Masjid ( ur, ; translated: Red Mosque) is a mosque located in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is near to Abpara Market, Islamabad. It was constructed in 1966 as one of the oldest mosques in the new capital. It was also the largest mosque in the city for twenty years, until the Faisal Mosque was built in 1986. The mosque later came to be known as the site of a siege which led to a military operation by the Pakistan Army against the leaders and students of the mosque, resulting in hundreds of deaths. History The Red Mosque located on Masjid (mosque) Road is one of the oldest mosques within the capital. Before the construction of Faisal Mosque, the Red Mosque was the largest in the capital. Located in a very central position, it lies in close proximity to the two busy commercial centres - the Aabpara Market in the east and the Melody Market in the north. It was built according to Capital Development Authority (CDA) records. Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajanpur District
Rajanpur ( ur, ) is a district of the Pakistani province of Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Rajanpur. Lying west of the Indus River, its inhabitants are mostly Saraikis and Baloch. According to the 1998 census, the district had a population of , and 14.27% of these were inhabitants of urban areas. Administrative subdivisions The district of Rajanpur comprises three administrative subdivisions ''(Tehsil)'' and 44 Union Councils. Etymology and geography The anatomy of Rajanpur district is associated with its town Rajanpur, which was founded by Makhdoom Sheikh Rajan Shah in 1770. It was merged with Dera Ghazi Khan district in 1982. Rajanpur is situated in the west side of River Indus. Its north side is bounded by Dera Ghazi Khan district, and west by Dera Bugti district of Balochistan. The east side is bounded by Muzaffargarh and Rahim Yar Khan districts, while its south part is covered by Kashmore district of Sindh province. The Sulaiman Mountains r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (reporting mark GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway (and by extension, the current state-owned Indian Railways), whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai (later, the Victoria Terminus and presently the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus). The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company was incorporated on 1 August 1849 by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c.83) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It had a share capital of 50,000 pounds. On 21 August 1847 it entered into a formal contract with the East India Company for the construction and operation of a railway line, 56 km long, to form part of a trunk line connecting Bombay with Khandesh and Berar and generally with the other presidencies of India. The Court of Directors of the East India Company appointed James John Berkeley as Chief Resident Engineer and Charles Buchanan Ker and Robert Wilfred Graham as his assistants. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * and lasted from 1858 to 1947. * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotri–Attock Line
Kotri–Attock Railway Line ( ur, ) (also referred to Main Line 2 or ML-2) is one of four main railway lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The line begins from Kotri Junction and ends at Attock City Junction. The total length of this railway line is . There are 73 railway stations from Kotri Junction to Attock City Junction on this line. History The present-day Kotri–Attock Railway Line was built as a patchwork of different railways during the 19th and 20th centuries by North Western State Railway and Pakistan Railways. The present day line consists of the following historic lines: *Mari–Attock Railway The ''Mari–Attock Railway'' opened in 1891 as a broad gauge railway line between Mari Indus and Attock. In 1895 it was extended to Mianwali. *Jacobabad–Kashmore Railway The ''Jacobabad–Kashmore Railway'' (also known as the ''Upper Sind Light Railway'') opened in 1914 as a narrow gauge railway line between Jacobabad and Kashmore. *La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamia Faridia
The Al Faridia University ( ur, , Jamiya Faridia) is an Deobandi Islamic university situated near the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. The university was established in 1971 by Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, who remained the Chancellor until he was assassinated by unknown gunmen in October 1998. As of 2022, it is the largest and oldest Madrasa in Islamabad, and has 1,600 students and more than 95 teachers and is considered one of the leading Islamic educational institutions in Pakistan, and it attracts students from various parts of the country and from other countries as well. The seminary has produced a large number of graduates who have gone on to become prominent Islamic scholars and preachers. History In 1966, a small seminary was established at Lal Masjid by Maulana Abdullah Ghazi, in which there were about 20 to 25 students for the Hifz class. After some time, a need was felt to have a bigger place for running this seminary so that a large number of students who wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Rashid Ghazi
Body may refer to: In science * Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space * Body (biology), the physical material of an organism * Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animals * Human body, the entire structure of a human organism ** Dead body, cadaver, or corpse, a dead human body * (living) matter, see: Mind–body problem, the relationship between mind and matter in philosophy * Aggregates within living matter, such as inclusion bodies In arts and entertainment In film and television * ''Body'' (2015 Polish film), a 2015 Polish film * ''Body'' (2015 American film), a 2015 American film * "Body" (''Wonder Showzen'' episode), a 2006 episode of American sketch comedy television series ''Wonder Showzen'' * "Body", an episode of the Adult Swim television series, ''Off the Air'' In literature and publishing * body text, the text forming the main content of any printed matter * body (typography), the size of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Lal Masjid
The siege of Lal Masjid ( ur, , code-named Operation Sunrise) was a confrontation in July 2007 between Islamist students & fundamentalist militants and the Government of Pakistan, led by President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The focal points of the operation were the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") and the Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex in Islamabad, Pakistan. Since January 2006, Lal Masjid and the adjacent Jamia Hafsa madrasah had been operated by Islamic militants led by two brothers, Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rashid. This organisation advocated the imposition of Sharia (Islamic religious law) in Pakistan and openly called for the overthrow of the Pakistani government. Lal Masjid was in constant conflict with authorities in Islamabad for 18 months prior to the military operation. They engaged in violent demonstrations, destruction of property, kidnapping, arson, and armed clashes with the authorities. After a combination of events such as militants taking host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Railways (Pakistan)
The Ministry of Railways ( ur, , ''Wazarat-e-Railway'', abbreviated as MoR) is a ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked with planning, administrating and overseeing government policies for the development of the national rail network, Pakistan Railways. Originally a department of the Ministry of Communications, in May 1974 it formed into an autonomous ministry of the federal government. The ministry headquarters is located at Block D of the Pak Secretariat in Islamabad. History 1858–1947 In 1858, several railway companies began laying track and operating in what is today Pakistan. The present Pakistan Railways network was originally built as a patchwork of local rail links operated by small private railway companies. These included the Scinde Railway, Punjab Railway, Delhi Railway and Indus Steam Flotilla companies. In 1870, these 4 companies were amalgamated into the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway company. Shortly thereafter, several other railways lines were built i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
