Hafizabad

Hafizabad is a city and tehsil of Hafizabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated in 32° 4′ N. and 73° 41′ E.,

History

Hafizabad was formerly a place of some importance, and is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari as head-quarters of a mahal. Hafiz, the founder, was a favourite of emperor Akbar.

British era

During British rule, Hafizabad was a tehsil(sub-division) of Gujranwala District. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 4,597.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India described the city as follows

"The main channel of the Chenab Canal runs 2½ miles east of the town, and the newly irrigated land sends its produce to Hafizabad as the nearest mart and railway station. The factory industries of the place are cotton ginning and flour-milling, and the number of employees in the three mills in 1904 was 73. The District board maintains an Anglo-vernacular middle school and a Government dispensary. The town is administered as a notified area."

Administration

Hafizabad as well as being district headquarters is also tehsil headquarters, the tehsil of Hafizabad is composed of 25 Union Councils, seven of which form the city of Hafizabad.

Industry

Hafizabad/Jalalpur Bhattian is famous for its high quality rice. About 10% of the country's rice exports are from Hafizabad. Cotton weaving is also big industry of Hafizabad.

Infrastructure

Today it has all kinds of facilities,which make it a worth watching place, some of these including schools, colleges, mosques, as well as shopping centres and parks,and also sweets shop and bakery shop.The recreation places are also present like Head Sagar.There is also a Food Street at Vanike Chowk .

Technology

Hafizabad is equipped with Latest Technology.It has 80 Channels Cable System with Optical Fibre Cable wiring. And it has High Speed Internet Cable System and Also WiFi Hotspot is present in some areas.It Has 2 Digital Photo Colour Lab i.e. Lokasher Digital Colour Lab and Photo Zone Colour Lab which are very Popular for their Services.

Tribes

The main families settled here are Awan.Kharl, Tarar, Hunjra, Chathas, Cheemas, Virk, Rajput Bhatti, Khokhar, Malik, Chaddhar, Mohal, Mughal and Syeds. Awan cast is in large number in Main city and north eastern villages like karrhyala, Kassoke, Kot Hassan Khan Jurian religious. most of the population of the city is belong to sunni school of thought. but other also live there like shiaa, wababi and deobandi. it is also important that the qadiani and christian are also have great influence here. religiousn personalities. hafiz abad is a religious city and the religious persons have great effect on the city. the famous persons are, pir syed shabbir hussain shah a reknown sunni scholor and a dynamic speaker. moulana altaf hussain a deobandi scholar ,moulana nusrulaha bhatti a wahabi scholar and yousaf tihammi jamati islami leader. political personalities. mehdi hasan bhatti, afzal husain tararr, liqat hussain bhatti, syed shabbir hussain shah. malik fiaz awan. irshadullah tarratt.