Category: Cities

Mian Channu is a city in Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is also the capital of Mian Channu Tehsil in Khanewal District, Punjab. The city was named after a saint, Hazrat Baba Mian Channu (Rehmatallah Alahay) who lived and buried there. There is a folklore about the name that during English rule administration tried to change the name of city. They painted all boards with the new name. But at night somehow the boards changed to back to the original. They tried repeatedly in vain, and since then the name of area is Mian Chunnu. Mian Channu is situated On L.M.Q Road at a distance of 96 Kms. from Multan towards East. … Read More >Mian Channu

Mailsi is a city located in Vehari District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Mailsi is the headquarters of Mailsi Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district. It is one of the largest tehsils of Multan District; the districts of Lodhran and Vehari were created from Mailsi in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vehari, now a district, was sub-tehsil of Mailsi. The region’s name derives from the Malloi group which resided in Multan, but moved to the area near the Satluj river when Alexander attacked Multan. It is located at 29°48’1N 72°10’33E at an altitude of 126 m (416 ft). Mailsi is located in the Indus Valley near the city of Multan in central Pakistan. … Read More >Mailsi

Mandi Warburton is a mid-sized town in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town was named by or after John Paul Warburton who was a high ranking police officer of the Raj period. It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Nankana Sahib and 30 km southeast of Sheikhupura. The town was named by or after John Paul Warburton (1840-1919), a high ranking police officer of the Raj period. The Warburtons were a prominent Anglo-Indian family but John Paul was adopted, originally being called Jan Dad Khan. His residence at that time was turned to a high school which is still functional. … Read More >Mandi Warburton

Mandi Bahauddin is a city in central Punjab, Pakistan.It is also the capital of Mandi Bahauddin District. Hazrat Bahauddin a Sufi Darvesh established this city so was named as Mandi Bahauddin. The Urdu word “Mandi” implies “marketplace”. The city is some 220 metres above the sea level and is located in central Punjab, between the rivers Jhelum (north 12 km) and Chenab (south 39 km). The city of Mandi Bahauddin had contained no traffic lights up until February 2010 when the first set of traffic lights was installed at the major intersections. … Read More >Mandi Bahauddin

Mamoori or Mamuri is a town in province Punjab of Pakistan. It is also a union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District of Punjab. It is located at Latitude of 29°54’57N and Longitude of 70°33’52E and has an altitude of 115 metres (380 feet). Punjabi is the main language spoken in this town while other languages are also spoken. Nearly 97% of the people speaks Punjabi language and rest speaks other languages. Mamoori is an agriculture area and it has a fertile land. Cotton, wheat, sugarcane, rice, tobacco being the major crops grown. … Read More >Mamoori

Lodhran is a city and the capital of Lodhran District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Malik Ghulam Hussain Lodhra ‘zaildar’ suggested the name “Lodhran” for this area. It is located on the northern side of River Sutlej.It is the 32nd district of Punjab which is situated between the Sutlej and Bias rivers, which form its borders. The Bias River is dry, but the Sutlej River still flows. Lodhran is the administrative centre of Lodhran tehsil, which is subdivided into 28Union Councils. unjabi is the main language spoken in this city while there are also some languages spoken. About 90% of the people of Lodhran speaks Punjabi Language and rest of people speaks other languages. … Read More >Lodhran

Layyah is a small city and capital of one of the 36 districts of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is also a part of the recently established civil division of Dera Ghazi Khan. Layyah District is bounded to the North by Bhakkar District, to the east by Jhang District. The Indus River flows to its Western side across which lies district Dera Ghazi Khan and to the south Muzaffargarh District. It lies between 30–45 to 31–24 deg north latitudes and 70–44 to 71–50 deg east longitudes. The area consists of a semi-rectangular block of sandy land between the Indus and Chenab rivers in Sindh Sagar Doaba. The total area covered by the district is 6,291 km2 with a width from east to west of 88 km and a length from north to south of 72 km. … Read More >Layyah

Jauharabad is a town in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. It is a planned town and district headquarters of Khushab District. auharabad is named after Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, a prominent figure from the Pakistan independence movement. The etymology of the Urdu word “Jauharabad” also means “atomic city” in English, although this is purely coincidental as the town was planned and constructed 33 years prior to the construction of the nearby Khushab Nuclear Complex, which lies 30 km south of Jauharabad. This city lies at the confluence of the Thal Desert and the Potohar in flat agricultural territory immediately south of the Salt Range, marking the end of the Pothohar Plateau and the start of the Punjab plains. … Read More >Jauharabad

Jahanian is a town in Khanewal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Jahanian Tehsil a sub-division of the district name. It is 30 minutes drive from Khanewal(28 km) and 45 minutes drive from Multan (42 km). The town is located at the crossroads of the Khanewal–Lodhran National Highway (N-5A), and theMultan–Delhi Grand Trunk Road. It is situated at 416 feet above sea level. Its climate is dry and hot in the daytime, but nights are usually pleasant. … Read More >Jahanian

Khushab is a city as well as a District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Khushab city also serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district Khushab. Sweet Water is the Meaning of the word Khushab. The town situated on the right bank of the Jhelum River was on the route of the Sindh-Sagar branch of the North-Western Railway. The Literacy rate of the District is about 65%. … Read More >Khushab