Majority of Jarrals in District Bhimber are 1947 migrants from Kangri Bajwal; an area of Jammu in Indian occupied Kashmir hence known as Kangri Bajwali Jarrals. During the 1947 migration these Jarrals settled in Kot Ali Bahadar - formerly Kot Jamel (named after a great Jarral warrior Col Ali Bahadar Jarral). Intially, they never considered living in Kot Jamal permanently and hoped their return to land of their fore-fathers as and when the disputed Kashmir issue would have been resolved. As the time went by without any significant result for the Kashmir dispute they began to adopt the option of make Kot Jamel their permanent home - after all they did migrate for an Islamic state. Some of the elders never claimed any land entitlment in pakistan in replacement of their lost land in Kangri Bajwal with hope that they would one day return to Kangri Bajwal. But as the 2nd and 3rd generation came into existenc, they became more acquainted with Kot Jamal and started to participate in all kinds of local and national activities.
Below are just a few of the famous Jarrals who settled in Distt.Bhimber:
Late Col (Rtd) Ali Bahadar Jarral
Late Major Qudrat Ullah Jarral(Fateh Pandu)
Late Lt.Raj Mohammed Khan Jarral
Late Lt.Ghulam Muhammed
Late Mirza Faiz Mohammad Jarral (Pahlwan)
Jarrals in District Bhimber have worked very hard to achieve a respectable place and recognition to this day .
Thanks to Almighty Allah Mirza Shafiq Jarral is at present a minister of the AJ &K Govt. (Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Live Stock & Fisheries)
Mirza Zafar Hussain Jarral is a very well known figure in AJ&K Politics a well known lawyer by profession.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Pakistan General Information
Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان listen (help·info)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and converges with Central Asia and the Middle East.[6][7] It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast.[8] Tajikistan also lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor.
The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and then, successively, recipient of ancient Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek and Islamic cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and settlement by the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans and the Mongols.[9] It was a part of British Raj from 1858 to 1947, when the Pakistan Movement for a state for Muslims, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League resulted in the independence and creation of the state of Pakistan, that comprised the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, Balochistan and East Bengal. With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. Pakistan's history has been characterized by periods of economic growth, military rule and political instability.
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia. The country is listed among the "Next Eleven" economies. Pakistan is a founding member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Developing 8 Countries and the Economic Cooperation Organization. It is also a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Trade Organization, G33 developing countries, Group of 77 developing nations, major non-NATO ally of the United States and is a nuclear state.
The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and then, successively, recipient of ancient Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek and Islamic cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and settlement by the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans and the Mongols.[9] It was a part of British Raj from 1858 to 1947, when the Pakistan Movement for a state for Muslims, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League resulted in the independence and creation of the state of Pakistan, that comprised the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, Balochistan and East Bengal. With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. Pakistan's history has been characterized by periods of economic growth, military rule and political instability.
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia. The country is listed among the "Next Eleven" economies. Pakistan is a founding member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Developing 8 Countries and the Economic Cooperation Organization. It is also a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Trade Organization, G33 developing countries, Group of 77 developing nations, major non-NATO ally of the United States and is a nuclear state.
Azad Jammu Kashmir
The Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir, usually shortened to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) or, simply, Azad Kashmir (literally, "free Kashmir") is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It borders the present-day Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the east (separated from it by the Line of Control), the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan to the west, the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) to the north, and the Punjab Province of Pakistan to the south. With its capital at Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir covers an area of 13,297 km² (5,134 mi²) and has an estimated population of about four million. According to Pakistan's constitution, Azad Kashmir is not part of Pakistan, and its inhabitants have never had any representation in Pakistan's parliament. As far as the United Nations is concerned, the entire area of the former princely state of Kashmir and Jammu, including Azad Kashmir, remains a disputed territory still awaiting resolution of the long-standing dispute between India and Pakistan. In 1950, the government of India, ignoring a United Nations resolution on Kashmir, abandoned its pledge to hold a plebiscite and, in 1956, unilaterally annexed that portion of the former state that was under its control, thereby making that portion an integral part of India. The government of Pakistan, on the other hand, continues to this day to regard the entire area of the former state as "territory in dispute" to be resolved by a plebiscite to be held at some future date, in order to determine the entire area's accession to either India or Pakistan. While continuing to call for that plebiscite, however, the government of Pakistan has, so far, been unwilling to entertain the idea of a third option for the plebiscite, i.e., a choice of independence for the entire former state. Today, Azad Kashmir is still referred to by India as part of "Pakistan-occupied Kashmir" (POK) and, conversely, the present Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir is referred to by Pakistan as "Indian-occupied Kashmir."
Azad Kashmir's financial matters, i.e., budget and tax affairs, are dealt with by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, instead of by Pakistan's Central Board of Revenue. The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council is a supreme body consisting of 11 members, six from the government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and five from the government of Pakistan. Its chairman/chief executive is the president of Pakistan. Other members of the council are the president and the prime minister of Azad Kashmir and a few other AJK ministers
Azad Kashmir's financial matters, i.e., budget and tax affairs, are dealt with by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, instead of by Pakistan's Central Board of Revenue. The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council is a supreme body consisting of 11 members, six from the government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and five from the government of Pakistan. Its chairman/chief executive is the president of Pakistan. Other members of the council are the president and the prime minister of Azad Kashmir and a few other AJK ministers
Former prime minister
LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Sunday said the country would not have faced crisis had the President Asif Zardari fulfilled promises. He was addressing a public meeting arranged here at Raiwind Farm today to mark completion of 10 years of bloodless military coup by General Pervez Musharraf. “Today the people are asking as to how and why the country plunged into the swamp of crisis,” Nawaz Sharif said. He assured of his full support to the present government towards resolving the problems being faced by the country. “All the problems must be resolved at the level of centre and all the political parties should play their role in this regard”. The PML-N Chief said instead of restoration of judiciary a few of the deposed judges were reappointed. “They (the deposed judges) were not restored …. they were humiliated,” he complained. Regarding tribal unrest, he said that his party supports resolution of the issue through dialogue.
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