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Gujar Khan ( )also called the land of SHAHEEDS is a city in Rawalpindi District

. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of punjab. It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad

, the capital of Pakistan

and 220 km to the north west of Lahore

, capital of Punjab. Gujar Khan is bounded on the north by Rawalpindi

, Islamabad

and Attock

, on the south by Jhelum

, Lahore

and Gujrat

, on the east by Azad Kashmir

and Kahuta

and on the west by Chakwal

and Khushab

. The city has a population of approximately 73,000. Gujar Khan lies at the heart of the Pothohar cultural region. The area has considerable natural resources in the form of petroleum and natural gas.

Transport

Gujar Khan is situated on the Islamabad-Lahore National Highway. Travel within Gujar Khan is diverse from auto-rickshaws and tanga.

Gujar Khan Railway Station is on the main line of Pakistan Railways. Trains operate to Karachi

, Lahore

, Peshawar

, Quetta

and Rawalpindi

.

Islamabad International Airport

is about 45 kilometres from Gujar Khan.and bewal is 15 km away from gujar khan.

2008 election results

On 18 February 2008 parliamentary elections were held, the results in Gujar Khan are as follows:

Name	Seat number	Party	Number of votes gained	Percentage of total vote
Raja Muhammad Waqar Rehman	PP-3	Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians	34435	34%
Raja Shoukat Aziz Bhatti	PP-4	Pakistan Muslim League	38437	36%

Administration

Gujar Khan, as well as being tehsil capital, is administratively subdivided into 3 union councils:

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the city had a population of 57,099.

Natural resources

Large reserves of oil and gas were discovered in February 2002 at Tobra, about ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The field is being developed by the Oil and Gas Development Company. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude oil daily.The Ahdi oil and gas field is about 30 km from Gujar Khan, situated near Daultala town and is being operated by Pakistan Petroleum. According to the Oil and Gas Development Company, huge oil and gas reserves have been discovered at Missa oil and gas field, ten kilometres from Gujar Khan. The sources said that the drilling at well no. 3 of the Missa Kaswal oil and gas field at Tobra led to the discovery. The field could produce 1,600 barrels of crude daily.

Gujar Khan is 2 kilometres from the Dohngi Dam and about 35 kilometres from the much larger Mangla Dam

Places of interest

There is an old abandoned Hindu temple in the village of Dera Bakhshian.

Main shopping places are Main Bazaar, Halwai Gali, Railway Road, Sabzi Mandi (vegetable and fruit market).

Sangni Forte is a fort built by Maharaja Kashmir on the borders of Gujar Khan and Kashmir. It is on the road to Bewal through Daryala, on a high rock with only one approach side.

List of banks

Gujar Khan has branches of all the major banks, including National Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank, Muslim Commercial Bank, NIB Bank, and United Bank.

Hospital

Gujar Khan has one main hospital, Tehsil Headquarters Hospital. Private hospitals and health units are also in the city. Government Rural Health centers are also working in Mandra, Doultala & Qazian.and famous hospital in bewal international.

Languages

Potwari is the main language of Gujar Khan, other languages are Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto.

Potwari Adbi Forum has been established in order to promote potwari language and culture, in a collective potwari conference held at Saleem Akhtar Memorial Library. Young poet and educationist SAQIB IMAM RIZVI was elected President of this Forum. Mr. SHAHID HASHMI Poet and Author was also elected as General Secretary...

Telecommunication

The PTCL provides the main network of landline telephone. Many ISPs and all major mobile phone companies operating in Pakistan

provide service in Gujar Khan.

Education

Government Colleges:

Islamia School, Gujar Khan
Sarwar Shaheed College
Govt M C Boys High School Gujar Khan.
Govt Technical Training Institute Gujar Khan Ph : 051-3510959

Private colleges:

Sir Syed Public School Majeed More G.T Road Gujar Khan
Gujar Khan College of Commerce (GCC)
Pakistan Institute of Commerce and Computer Sciences
IQRA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & COMPUTER SCIENCES
Al Mustafa Composing Zone Tehsil Road Gujar Khan
Al Sardar Foundation Gujar Khan
Shahzad Book Centre Tehsil Road Gujar Khan
Graphic designer Muhammad Imran 0313-7860314
DECENT GRAPHICS composing translation & printing services Tehsil Road Gujar Khan

Major industries

Gujar Khan industrial estate was established in 1979 and sits on the main Grand Trunk Road just outside the main city. The total area of industrial estate is 17.44 acres.