Chakri Vakilan
| Chakri Vakilan | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
| Country |
 Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab (Pakistan) |
| District | Rawalpindi |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Chakri Vakilan (Urdu:چڪرى وكيلاں ) is a village in Gujar Khan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Pakistan. The village is about 6 miles from Gujar Khan on the road from Gujar Khan to Daultala.
Gulyana, Cheena, Mardyal, Patt, Dhoke Khokar are few villages located in the neighbourhood of Chakri Vakilan.
Etymology
The name Chakri comes from Chak meaning small village. Vakilan comes from Vakil meaning solicitor. So combination of both words Chakri Vakilan would mean small village of solicitors. This village is also famous for the shrine of Sufi saint Baba Sahib Subhan.
Bhatti Rajpoot, Gakhar Rajpoot, Kalyal Rajpoot are the main castes living in the village. There are several martyrs from this village who laid their lives in the service of the country, namely:
- Raja Tariq Kiyani(martyred in 1971 war), an army jawan;
- Raja Mubashar Khalid (shaheed), a police officer(fighting against terrorist) on 27th feb 1999 at RA bazaar Rawalpindi
- ASI Raja Imran Khalid also embraced shahahat on 25 March 2013 in dhoke khaba police station rawalpindi during the process of arresting wanted criminal Raheel s/o Naseer .
Village Sports
The village dwellers take particular interest in sports. Cricket, Volleyball (Shoot ball), football, Hockey and tent pegging are particularly followed. The village has produced some fine players in the game. Waheed Akmal, Nasir Subhani, Raja Asim zia Kiyani, Raja Aamir zia Kiyani (famous as zia brothers), Ihsan-ul-Haq were arguably the finest players of the local village level Cricket. There are no notable performances in football or volleyball although the village team often competes at local levels.
Coordinates: 33°11′N 73°16′E / 33.183°N 73.267°E
