Basti Malook ( ur, ) is a town in the
Multan District
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Punjab
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Pakistan
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. Basti Malook, its localities and sub-towns comprise a population of around 20,000. It is located at and an altitude of 119 meters.
Location of Basti Maluk – Falling Rain Genomics
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Basti Malook is a town situated 35 km in south of 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.
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. Duniya Pur is located to its east. There's Shuja Abad to its west, well known for its mangoes. In its south there is another population named Makhdoom Aali. This place is known for its Halwa, the most popular being Munawar ka Sohan Halwa.
History
Before partition, Basti Maluk and surrounding areas were largely unpopulated and consisted of uncultivated land. In order to start cultivation in this area, in 1930 British Raj
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settled a large number of agricultural families here. Some of them were migrated from Salt Range i.e. Khushab
Khushab ( punjabi: خُوشاب) is a town as well as a district of Sargodha Division, located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The word ''Khushab'' means "sweet water." Khushab city also serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil, an admini ...
, Jehlum
Jhelum ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city on the east bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for pr ...
etc. Among these families which migrated here were Awans
Awans (; wa, Awan) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On January 1, 2006, Awans had a total population of 8,696. The total area is 27.16 km² which gives a population density of 320 inhabitants per k ...
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Educational institutions
Some government education institutions are govt high school for boys, govt high school for girls, Govt degree college for women. There are many schools and colleges in this area including:
*PF Cadet School
*Mujahid Model School
*Ibn e qasim comrade college
*Fort college
*Vision college
*The Educators School System
*Dar-e-Arqam School System
*Azeem College of Technology
Business centre
This area was totally agricultural before 2010 but since then it has gain business popularity in a short time. Now it is one of the business platforms for the businessmen. Now it is totally commercial area. The main cause of its popularity is that this town is situated at the multan lodhran highway. It also connects 4 main cities (multan, lodhran, shujabad and Dunya pur). So it is center of these great cities.
Banks
The oldest bank in this region is United Bank Limited (UBL) which is serving from many years. Later other banks established in this area are ZTBL (زرعی ترقیاتی بینک), Bank al Habib (بینک الحبیب), HBL, Askari bank limited, Ubank, and NRSP bank.
Shops
Naya Savera, Dunyapur Road, run by Hafiz Ghulam Yasin, a seasoned trader of pesticides and fertilizers.
Sajjad & Co...run by Rana Sajjad Hussain...C.E.O at GFC
Awan Autos run by Zulfiqar Ali since 1994.
Habib Scrape Dealer Dunyapur Road Basti Malook
Sath Zahid Scrape Dealer Dunyapur Road Basti Malook
Khushi Muhammad Scrape Dealer Dunyapur Road Basti Malook
Abdullah Khushi Scrape Dealer Dunyapur Road Basti Malook
Haji Bashir Auto spare parts shop, Multan Road Basti malook since 2012
Habib Seeds Corporation, Bahawalpur Road, Basti Malook, Multan
References
External links
Satellite Images of Basti
Malook
Populated places in Multan District
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