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Khawaja Ghulam Farid
Khwaja Ghulam Farid ( Urdu: ) or Khwaja Fareed (1845–1901) was a 19th-century Sufi poet from Punjab. He was a member of the Chishti Nizami Sufi order. He wrote poetry in several languages, and his literary heritage has been claimed by both the Punjabi and the Saraiki language movements. Early life Farid's mother died when he was four years old and he was orphaned around the age of eight when his father, Khwaja Khuda Bakhsh, died. He was then brought up by his elder brother, Khwaja Fakhr-ud-Din, also known as Khwaja Fakhr Jehan Sain, and grew up to become a scholar and writer. He wrote kafi poems in Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, Persian, and Braj Bhasha. Sadeq Mohammad Khan III Nawab of Bahawalpur took Farid to his palace at Ahmedpur East for his religious education by a scholar, when he was 8 years old. His brother Fakhr-ud-Din, who had brought him up after his parents' deaths, also died when Farid was 28 years old. Farid then left for the Cholistan Desert (also known as ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chachran
Chachran Sharif ( ur, ), is a town in Khanpur Tehsil of the Rahim Yar Khan District, in the Punjab state of Pakistan. Chacharan Sharif is a historical town of District Rahim Yar Khan which is attributed with the name of famous 19th century poet and saint Khawaja Ghulam Farid and it is called Farid city as he was born and lived in this city. This city is situated at the east bank of Indus River and is the last northern town of District Rahim Yar Khan. After it the territory of District Rajan Pur begins; Mithankot, another historic town is directly across the river Indus on its west bank. A new Baynazeer bridge is built on the Indus River useful for connection between two districts – R. Y. Khan & Rajan Pur. In this way, the bridge facilitates travel for thousands of people of the District Rahim Yar Khan and District Rajan Pur. There are many villages (mouzas) near Chachran Sharif like ''Pahuran'', ''Mud Adil'', ''Beit Mughal'', ''Mehran'', ''Hasil Pur'', ''Mouza Chachar'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cholistan Desert
The Cholistan Desert ( ur, ; Punjabi: ), also locally known as Rohi (), is a desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan that forms part of the Greater Thar Desert, which extends to Sindh province and the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of two large deserts in Punjab, the other being the Thal Desert. The name is derived from the Turkic word ''chol'', meaning "sands," and ''istan'', a Persian suffix meaning "land of." In ancient times, Cholistan was a fertile region with a large river fed by meltwater from the Himalayas, and so has a high density of ancient settlements from the Indus Valley civilization period dating back as early as 4000 BCE. The region later became a center for caravan trade, leading to the construction of numerous forts in the medieval period to protect trade routes - of which the Derawar Fort is the best-preserved example. Geography Cholistan covers an area of in the Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, and Rahim Yar Khan districts of southern Punjab. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadiq Public School
The Sadiq Public School (SPS) is a college-preparatory boarding school located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It also takes day pupils. It is one of the largest schools in Pakistan and its area of makes it both the largest in the country and in continental Asia. The curriculum includes education from KG to O-level and A-level as well as local board Matriculation/Intermediate. The school has over 1400 boys and 600 girls supported by a staff of about 135. The foundation stone of the school was laid by Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V on 4 March 1953 and the school started functioning on 18 January 1954. Organization and curriculum Pupils in each school are divided into houses. Houses promote inter-house competitions and mentorship opportunities. The Senior school offer four types of diplomas/certifications. One branch is School Certificate/O-level (for grades 910) and the Higher Secondary School Certificate/ A-level (for grades 1112). The other two types are Secondary School C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Post
Pakistan Post ( ur, ) is a state enterprise which functions as Pakistan's primary and largest postal operator. 49,502 employees through a vehicle fleet of 5,000 operate traditional "to the door" service from more than 13,419 post offices across the country, servicing over 50 million people. Pakistan Post operates under the autonomous ''"Postal Services Management Board"'' to deliver a full range of delivery, logistics and fulfillment services to customers. In addition to its traditional role, Pakistan Post also offers services such as ''Postal Life Insurance'' and ''Pakistan Post Savings Bank''. It also operates services on behalf of the federal and provincial governments, by acting as a collection point for tax and utility bills. Digital Franchise Post Offices (DFPOs) DFPOs are relatively a newer concept in Pakistan. Individual entrepreneurs are issued IDs by the Master Franchiser (Pakistan Post Foundation). They set up a franchise post office in their own location with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismail Ahmedani
Ismail Ahmedani (1930–2007) (اسماعیل احمدانی) was a Saraiki novelist, fiction writer, and promoter of the Saraiki language. Life He was born 1 January 1930 in a small village "Khoi" in Rajanpur District, British India (now Pakistan). His father Muhammad Moosa Khan was a writer and teacher. He earned a BA in art from Dera Ghazi Khan after which Ismail Ahmedani started his life as a teacher from Bahawal pur and then Khan pur district Rahim Yar Khan. He wrote a travelogue named ''Peet de Pandh'' (travel of love)worldcat listing at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18673065?tab=details#tabs and won an award for this writing. He wrote his autobiography named ''Yadden De Kak Muhal'' (places of memories). In 2013 he was again awarded the Khwaja Ghulam Farid award for literature in the Saraiki language for this autobiography.Amir Jalil BobraPAL confers awards on literary figures The Nation; Lahore, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Academy Of Letters
The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) ( ur, ) is a national academy with its main focus on Pakistani literature and related fields. It is the largest and the most prestigious learned society of its kind in Pakistan, with activities throughout the nation. It was established in July 1976 by a group of renowned Pakistani writers, poets, essayists, playwrights, and translators, inspired by the Académie Française. PAL as a government institution After its founding in 1976, Pakistan Academy of Letters remains a government-sponsored institution. It works under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Pakistan). The poet Ahmed Faraz was appointed its first Director. It is an autonomous non-profit organisation, supervised by its own Board of Governors, receiving support from the Government of Pakistan as the apex national institution. The Academy maintains several regional offices, and links with other national and international organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahimyar Khan
Rahim Yar Khan () is a city in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 9th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is the capital of the Rahim Yar Khan District and Rahim Yar Khan Tehsil. The administration of the city is subdivided into nine Union Councils. History It has been renamed several times over the last 5,000 years. The earliest recorded name was AROR or ALOR, and then it became City of Pattan, Phul Wada, Noshehra and now Rahim Yar Khan. The ancient tower of Pattan Minarah stands 13 km to the south of the city center in its original form. Ummayads led by Muhammad Bin Qasim conquered the key cities of Uch and Multan after conquest of Sindh. After that Arabs ruled the vast areas of Punjab including Rahim Yar Khan region. Rahim Yar Khan region was part of Multan province of Mughal Empire. In 1881, Nawab of Bahawalpur gave the city its current name by naming it after his first-born son and crown prince Rahim Yar Khan. Rahim Yar Khan has had the status of a sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
