Pattoki

پتّوكى
Patton
City
Pattoki
پتّوكى
Coordinates: 31°1′N 73°51′E / 31.017°N 73.850°E / 31.017; 73.850Coordinates: 31°1′N 73°51′E / 31.017°N 73.850°E / 31.017; 73.850
Country  Pakistan
Province Punjab
Government
Area
 • Total 280 km2 (110 sq mi)
Elevation 186 m (610 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 634,236
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Calling 049
Website http://www.merapattoki.com

Pattoki (Urdu: پتّوكى‎), is a City in the Kasur District of the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] It is the headquarters of Pattoki Tehsil and the 2nd Biggest city of District Kasur by Population, an administrative subdivision of the district, and is located at 31°1'0N 73°50'60E with an altitude of 186 metres (613 feet).[2] It is the only city in Pakistan that have a big flower market, mainly for roses .The city is known as "The City of Flowers". It is also the birthplace of Muhammad Shahid Nazir (£1 fish man).

Location

It lies on the N-5 about 80 kilometres (50 mi) away from Lahore the capital of Punjab Province. It is an important railway station between Okara district and Lahore.

History

Pattoki is named after a caste of the Hindus called Pattwaan. It was a Hindu-Sikh dominated town, famous for its cotton production and was called The Cotton Queen.[3] After the independence of Pakistan the cotton industry became weak. This city is still a big trade centre for a number of villages attached to it. The Changa Manga forest is also 10 kilometres away from Pattoki. Ghehlan nurseries are also 1 kilometre away from Pattoki. Pattoki green market is famous all over the Punjab. Pattoki was declared as "Queen of Flowers" by Queen Elizabeth because of the largest Flower Market in the region. People used to export flowers to all over the world.

Food street

There are many food Points in Pattoki in different areas like shahrah Quaid-e-Azam & Allama Iqbal road Old Mandi Bazar, Main Bazar, GT Road. There are also many traditional foodshops and sweets and bakers shops. The famous one is "Nawab sweets and bakers" since 1996, Raisham sweets and Bakers and The Best Sweets and Bakers . There are also local Fast Food restaurants including Pizza point, AFC & Lacasa Continental Hotel, Pizza Hut, RFC, Lahori murgh house, Karmanwala Chargha house etc.

There is another food street on Abbas road Pattoki but the shops there are only set-up once a year on the Urs of "Hazrat Abass Ali Shah" from 6 September to 15 September.

Religious places

There are many Holy Places of Muslims and Christians in Pattoki. The famous ones are listed as follows:

Education

  1. University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Pattoki (Ravi Campus)
  2. Virtual university Campus
  3. Government College (Pattoki)
  4. Government College for women
  5. Government Commerce College
  6. Quaid-e-Azam College of Engineering and Technology
  7. Punjab Group Of Colleges,Pattoki
  8. Superior Group Of Collges
  9. Oasis Group of Colleges
  10. Government High School Pattoki
  11. Government Girls High School Pattoki
  12. Government Islamia High school Pattoki
  13. Government Girls High School Bhedian Pattoki
  14. The Educators school
  15. American lycetuff school
  16. First Nation School
  17. Muslim Model High School,Pattoki
  18. Allied School Pattoki
  19. Ali Public High School Ghumman Kalan
  20. Pakistan Model High School Pattoki

Banks

  1. National Bank of Pakistan
  2. The Bank of Punjab
  3. Punjab Provincial Coperative Bank
  4. Habib Bank Limited Branch 1
  5. Habib Bank Limited Branch 2
  6. Muslim Commercial Bank
  7. United Bank Limited
  8. Allied Bank Limited
  9. Soneri Bank
  10. Fysal Bank
  11. Bank Alfalah
  12. FINKA
  13. The First Microfinance bank
  14. Khushaali Bank, ZTBL
  15. NRSP-UPAP

Present situation

Pattoki was raised to the status of Tehsil in early 1990s. Before it most of the official works were carried in Chunian. The total population of Pattoki, including urban and rural areas is approximately 6.34 lakh (634,000). However it is handicapped in so many sectors i.e. education, health and other civic facilities. The underground water of pattoki is not good for drinking but government provided pure water supply for pattoki people from Halla at a distance of 20 km away. Most of the area is irrigated by canal water because sub soil water is saline and unfit for agriculture. In the present era, it has become an industrial hub, there are approximately 200 industrial units and these are established at G.T Road, with companies such as Honda Cars, Nishat Group Textile Mills, BBJ pipe industries, Aqua Blue, Rafhan Bestfoods, Ashraf Cotton, Pattoki Sugar Mills, Nishat Thermal Power Plants 500 Megawatts, Baloki LNG Power Plant 1200 Megawatts, Ghazi Fabrics International, Wall's ice cream, Martin Dow, Haleeb foods, Shah Taj Textile Mills, Azguard9, Century Paper & Board Mills and DIN Textile mills and dozens of others spinning and weaving units .

References

  1. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kasur - Falling Rain Genomics
  2. ↑ Location of Pattoki - Falling Rain Genomics
  3. ↑ "History of Pattoki". MeraPattoki.com.


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