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

Khanewal District Khanewal District (Urdu and ) is a district of the 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 district had a populati ...

in the

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province of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

Location

The city is situated 10 kilometres from

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, 3 km from the

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and 28 km from

Mian Channu Mian Channu (Urdu / ), 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 lived in the area and was buried there. An urban le ...

. 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, F.G Public Schools, Army Public School. The city has

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s for girls and boys and a degree college for both genders. There is also a

vocational training Vocational education is education that prepares people for a Skilled worker, skilled craft. Vocational education can also be seen as that type of education given to an individual to prepare that individual to be gainfully employed or self em ...

centre for boys and girls. Now Virtual University of Pakistan Abdul Hakim Campus(PABH01), 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

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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

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 Kabirwala Tehsil, 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 Punjab, Pakistan. Khanewal also contains Pakistan's third largest railway junction. It is the 36th largest city of Pakistan by population. Etymology According to one theory, Khanewal ...

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 () is a city and the capital of Shujabad Tehsil of Multan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in south off Multan. Chenab River flows in the west of the city. Neighbouring settlements include Jalalpur Pirw ...

near

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and connect to M5 which will lead further to

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

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and

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References

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Kabirwala Kabirwala (, Punjabi language, Punjabi ) is a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Khanewal District. Kabirwala's pop ...

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