Abdul Hakeem (also known as Abdul Hakim), ( ur, ), is a city in

Kabirwala Tehsil Kabirwala ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision, tehsil, of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Administration It is administratively subdivided into 34 Union Councils, two of which form the tehsil capital Kabirwala Kabi ...

Khanewal District Khanewal District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan.Khanewal , Punjab Portal. Retrieved 16 January 2022, from https://www.punjab.gov.pk/khanewal According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the d ...

in the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

province of

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Location

The city is situated 10 kilometres from

Tulamba Tulamba (also Tulambah) ( ur, ) is a small town in Punjab, Pakistan. Tulamba is situated on the eastern edge of the Ravi River, between the cities of Abdul Hakeem and Mian Channu. Prior to 1985 Tulamba belonged to the district of Multan, bu ...

and is 3 km from the Ravi River and 28 km from

Mian Channu Mian Channu, alternately spelled Mian Chunnun, is the capital city of Mian Channu Tehsil in Khanewal District, Punjab province of Pakistan. Etymology The city was named after a Sufi saint, Baba Mian Channu, who had lived there at one point. ...

. The tomb of Saint Abdul Hakeem is located in the city centre near Multan road.

Famous events

The famous event in the city is the yearly

Urs Urs (from ''‘Urs'') or ''Urus'' (literal meaning wedding), is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the saint's dargah (shrine or tomb). In most Sufi orders such as Naqshbandiyyah, Suhrawardiyya, Chishtiyya, Qadiriyya, etc ...

of the Saint Abdul Hakeem, held every year from 21 to 23 June. Thousands of the followers of the saint visit the tomb, and a Grand Lok Mela and the Lucky Irani Circus take place during the

. Colleges and schools Abdul Hakeem has schools and colleges including Dare Arqam school, Allied School,

Army Public School Army Public School may refer to: * Indian Army Public Schools * Army Public Schools & Colleges System Army Public Schools & Colleges System or APSACS is one of the largest educational institutions of Pakistan which provides education till inte ...

. The city has

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s for girls and boys and a

degree college Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...

for both genders. There is also a

vocational training Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an ind ...

centre for boys and girls. Now Punjab group of college and Superior college also providing their facilities to the students.

Emergency medical services

In Abdul Hakeem City, is a rural health center run by the government of Punjab, and some private clinics, these clinics have the facility of many medical services e.g. dialysis, operations and gynaecology.

History

Abdul Hakeem is also one of the historical city in the region. The city is named after Sufi Saint of Silsila Qadria descent Hazrat Sultan Abdul Hakim (R.A) who came to this place, settled here. The shrine of Sultan Abdul Hakeem is located in the start of City. The city is more than 300 years old.

Notable people

Rana Asif Saeed Rana Asif Saeed Khan ( ur, ) is a Lawyer of the Apex Court of Pakistan. Also served as Chief legal Advisor of Wapda. Has extensively worked as a criminal trial lawyer now conducting cases in diversified fields mainly constitutional, criminal, s ...

Advocate, Ex Member

Punjab Bar Council The Punjab Bar Council ( ur, ) is a deliberative assembly of lawyers in Punjab. It is established by Parliament of Pakistan and consists of 75 members elected from different constituencies of Punjab. Its main functions are to promote and sugges ...

Economy

Important in the city is a 450 MW Rousch thermal power plant working at Sidhnai Barrage in Abdul Hakeem.Rousch Pakistan
/ref> The city has an old head-work on the historical river Ravi, and a canal named Fazil Shah and a small link canal that are used for irrigation. The city has the one out of the 3 railway station situated in

, which is named 'Abdul Hakim', other 2 are named as #Dirkhana and 'Jan Muhammad Wala', while the other 3 Tehsils of

Khanewal Khanewal () is a city and the capital of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 36th largest city of Pakistan by population. Khanewal is named after the earliest settlers here who belonged to the caste ‘Daha’ (A Sub ...

have one railway station each. The population of the city depends on agriculture, and there are wheat، rice and cotton factories and flour mills in the city.

Politics

The residents of this city do not adhere to any one political party. Every new election here is won by a different party.

Transport

The latest development in the city is the junction interchange of the two motorways by CPEC, M3 (Lahore) & M4 (

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) which will merge the two motorways and will lead to

Shujabad Shujaabad ( ur, ) is a city and the capital of Shujabad Tehsil of Multan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located about in south from Multan. Chenab River is situated in the west of city. Neighbouring settlements include Jal ...

near

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...

and connect to M5 which will lead further to

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest ci ...

( M6). The Abdul Hakeem inter change on the Lahore Abdul Hakeem Motorway leads the traffic to

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

and

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

References

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Kabirwala Kabirwala ( ur, , Punjabi ), is a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. Kabirwala was 118th biggest city, with a populatio ...

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Mailsi Mailsi () is a city in southern Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Mailsi Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Vehari District. Description It is one of the largest tehsil of Vehari District; the cities of Lodhran and Vehari were ...

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