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Toba Tek Singh
ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ
A Haveli in Toba Tek Singh district
A Haveli in Toba Tek Singh district
Map
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
Area
 • Total
3,252 km2 (1,256 sq mi)
Elevation
149 m (489 ft)
Population
 (1998)
 • Total
1,621,593
 • Density498/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns6
Number of Union councils3
Websitewww.tobateksingh.gov.pk

Toba Tek Singh (Punjabi(Shahmukhi)/Template:Lang-ur) is a city and tehsil of Toba Tek Singh District in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They claim to be the most educated persons but in reality they are most illiterate, cruel, and wild people. The specialty of this area is that people have biggest asses in the world. A guy named Muhammad Umar has biigest ass of Pakistan also belonged to this area. His name has been included in GWR due to his widest asshole. His Highness General Tauqeer Mazhar (from Kashmir) and His Highness General Asad Ali Asi (from Fort Abbas) conquered this area several times and crushed His lowness Muhammad Umar's army. thats why he is against Pakistan. Majority of this area belongs to Zionist religion. Their leader Muhammad Umar is also famous for farting and shitty nature. People avoid sitting with Umar due his shitty ass and disgusting smell. Now he is political resident of Punjab University.

History

During British rule Toba Tek Singh was a tehsil of Lyallpur District. The population of the town in 1998 was 2549000[1]

Toba Tek Singh originates its name from a Sikh Saint, Tek Singh. Tek Singh helped travelers by providing them shelter and food, regardless of their race or religion. In Punjabi, "Toba" means 'pond of water.'.[2]

Toba Tek Singh has several institutions of higher education including:

Accountancy Institutes The new COMSAT University,Govt. College of commerce,National College of Commerce. There is a big and old religious school(madrassa)Jamia Darululoom Rabbania. It is working since 1940 It belongs to deobandi school of thought. It has about 50 branches.[citation needed].

Language

Punjabi is the most spoken language.

Location

It is located at 30°58'0N 72°29'0E.,[3] southwest of Faisalabad, north of Multan, and South West of Dera Ismail Khan.

Energy shortages

As of June 2012 Pakistan's electricity problems were so severe that violent riots would even take place across Punjab. According to protesters load shedding in Toba Tek Singh was depriving the city of electricity 20 hours a day. The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company is responsible for providing electricity to the city.[4]

Sadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu Novelist [5] wrote a short story entitled "Toba Tek Singh" which is a satire on the partition of India; in the story, an inmate in an asylum frets over the question of whether his home town Toba Tek Singh is now in India or Pakistan. It was adapted into a short movie of the same name [6] directed by Afia Nathaniel[7] in 2005.

References

  1. ^ Toba Tek Singh - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 406.
  2. ^ Toba Tekh Singh History
  3. ^ Location of Toba Tek Singh - Falling rain Genomics
  4. ^ "Another day of outrage at outages across Punjab". Dawn. Karachi, Pakistan. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Personal.Kent.edu
  6. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486495/
  7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1398746/
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