Ghari qamar din

Garhi Qamardin or Garhi Qamar Din, is located in the neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan. This township, previously a village, is located at the juncture of Ring Road, Peshawar and Kohat Road, Peshawar. A flyover was built in 1990s at this juncture, called Garhi Qamardin Flyover,but in Oct,2015 the flyover called Rahman BaBa flyover, today a main part of the major bus routes of Peshawar.^[1] The national highway N55 starts at this location downward^[2] joining the Indus Highway which go till Karachi, the most southern city of Pakistan.

History

Garhi Qamardin was a small village under the big Deh-Bahadur/Bahadar Kalay. The village came into being when the residence of Bahadar Kalay (which means 'Village Bahadur') settled in their farmland in the presently Garhi Qamardin. The native residents were mostly the descendents of the families closely relative to the famous sufi poet Rahman Baba of Pushto. However, presently the township resides people from several ethnic groups.

Geographical location

Garhi Qamardin is located in the south of Peshawar city. It is nearby to the Small Industries Estate (SIE), Peshawar^[3] and the Government College of Technology Peshawar.^[4] It is located at the juncture of Ring Road, Peshawar and Kohat Road, Peshawar. The Ring Road, Peshawar is one of the important route used for NATO supply, which resulted in increased terror attacks in this area near to this juncture of Ring Road and Kohat Road.^[5][6]

References

1. "Transport Department KP has notified the following new routes in Peshawar District for CNG-14-Seated Vehicles".
2. "D.I.Khan to Peshawar – Traveling on Highway N55 – Part 4 of 4".
3. "Industrial Estates".
4. "Technical Institutes in Peshawar".
5. SATP.ORG. "Bomb blast in Peshawar".
6. Rescue 1122. "PESHAWAR, 25-02-2011(Press Release) At least 13 NATO oil tankers were burnt following an attack at night at 1:25 a.m. on Friday by unknown gunmen near Ring Road Qamar Din Garhi Jamil Terminal Peshawar.". Retrieved 2012-01-30.