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Samma Satta
Samma Satta (Also spelled Samasatta or Samasata) ( ur, ) is a town in Bahawalpur District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 29°21'0 North 71°32'60 East and has an altitude of . Railway Samasata Junction railway station is located in middle of the Samasata town on the main railway line of Pakistan Railways. It was the junction of Samasata-Amruka via Bahawalnagar branch railway line. The train service on this branch railway line was closed in July 2011. This station is staffed and has booking office. It is the stop of some express trains. Notables Samasata is renowned for its sweet Barfi Barfi, barfee, borfi or burfi is a dense milk-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent. The name comes from the Hindustani (originally Persian) word ''barf'', which means snow. Common types of barfi include ''besan barfi'' (made with gram flou ... References {{Coord, 29, 21, 0, N, 71, 32, 6, E, region:PK_type:city, display=title Populated places in Bahawalpur District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of Pakistan
The administrative units of Pakistan comprise four provinces, one federal territory, and two disputed territories: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan. As part of the Kashmir conflict with neighbouring India, Pakistan has also claimed sovereignty over the Indian-controlled territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh since the First Kashmir War of 1947–1948, but has never exercised administrative authority over either region. All of Pakistan's provinces and territories are subdivided into divisions, which are further subdivided into districts, and then tehsils, which are again further subdivided into union councils. History of Pakistan Early history Pakistan inherited the territory comprising its current provinces from the British Raj following the Partition of India on 14 August 1947. Two days after independence, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab (; , ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest province by population. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the north-west, Balochistan to the south-west and Sindh to the south, as well as Islamabad Capital Territory to the north-west and Autonomous Territory of AJK to the north. It shares an International border with the Indian states of Rajasthan and Punjab to the east and Indian-administered Kashmir to the north-east. Punjab is the most fertile province of the country as River Indus and its four major tributaries Ravi, Jhelum, Chenab and Sutlej flow through it. The province forms the bulk of the transnational Punjab region, now divided among Pakistan and India. The provincial capital is Lahore — a cultural, modern, historical, economic, and cosmopolitan centre of Pakistan. Other major cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier terms, such as '' pargana'' (''pergunnah'') and ''thana''. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, a newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the system of tehsils. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system. In West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. As an entity of local government, the tehsil office (panchayat samiti) exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahawalpur Tehsil
Bahawalpur Saddar is a tehsil located in Bahawalpur District in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The city of Bahawalpur is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils. The tehsil is traversed by the Hakra depression, south of which lies the desert. The north lies in the Sutlej riverain, and between this and the Hakra are the central uplands. History Prior to the independence of Pakistan, Bahawalpur was the headquarters tehsil of the state and nizamat of Bahawalpur. The population, according to the 1901 of census, was 91,954, compared with 90,031 in 1891. The chief city Bahawalpur, also the capital of the State, had a population of 18,546. The tehsil contained 107 villages. The total land revenue and cess Cess is a tax that is generally levied for promoting services like health and education. Governments often charge cess for the purpose of development in social sectors. The word is a shortened form of "assess". The spelling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samasata Junction Railway Station
Samasata Junction railway station (Urdu and pa, ) is located in Samasata town, Bahawalpur district of Punjab province, Pakistan. The station served as the junction between the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and the now defunct Samasata–Amruka Branch Line (and onwards to the Bahawalnagar–Fort Abbas Branch Line). 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 Railway stations in Bahawalpur District Railway stations on Samasata–Amruka Branch Line Railway stations on Karachi–Peshawar Line (ML 1) {{PunjabPK-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 services. In 2014, the Ministry of Railways (Pakistan), Ministry of Railways launched ''Pakistan Railways Vision 2026'', which seeks to increase PR's share in Pakistan's transportation sector from 4% to 20%, using the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor rail upgrade. The plan includes building new Locomotives of Pakistan, locomotives, development and improvement of current rail infrastructure, an increase in average train speed, improved on-time performance and expansion of passenger services. The first phase of the project was completed in 2017, and the second phase is scheduled for completion by 2021. Among them is the Karachi-Peshawar line, ML-1 project, which will be completed in three phases at a cost of . Until October 2022, these project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amruka
Amruka ( ur, ), is a town in Minchinabad tehsil, Bahawalnagar district of Punjab province of the Pakistan. It is located near Pakistan-India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ... border. References Bahawalnagar District {{Bahawalnagar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahawalnagar
Bahawalnagar ( Punjabi, ur, ), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalnagar – Government of Pakistan It is the 54th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census.. Old name of Bahawalnagar was Rojanwali/Ubbha. It was named Bahawalnagar in 1904 after , the ruler of the |
Barfi
Barfi, barfee, borfi or burfi is a dense milk-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent. The name comes from the Hindustani (originally Persian) word ''barf'', which means snow. Common types of barfi include ''besan barfi'' (made with gram flour), ''kaju barfi'' (made with cashews), ''pista barfi'' (made with ground pistachios), and ''sing barfi'' (made with peanuts). Milk powder and sugar are the main ingredients of barfi. The ingredients are cooked in a vessel until the mixture solidifies. The mixture is then transferred to a shallow pan and cooled. Finally, it is cut into squares, diamonds, or circular shapes and served. In addition to nuts, barfi is often flavoured with fruits such as mango or coconut and spices such as cardamom or rose water. It comes in various colours and textures. Barfi is sometimes coated with a thin layer of edible metallic leaf known as ''vark''. It is served at both informal and formal events. Types * ''Kesri pedha'': saffron, flattened yellow rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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