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NSTITUTE OF NFORMATION ECHNOLOGY COMSATS I I T Dera Ghazi Khan Pervaiz Kareem 2012 FA11- BS( ECE ) - 024 State: Community of person more or less numerous occupying a definite portion of area, posses an organized sovereign government, to unhide a great number of people renders habitual obedience. It has four pillars. 1-legislatives. 2-Exective. 3-Judiciary. 4-Media. Province: The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to the sphere of authority of a magistrate; in particular, to a foreign territory. In geology, the term "province" refers to a specific physiogeographic area that comprises a grouping of like bathymetric or former bathymetric elements. In many countries, a province is a relatively small non-constituent level of sub-national government. (Wikipedia). Division: Divisions are the third tier of government in Pakistan, between the provinces and districts. They were abolished in 2000 by the government of former president Pervez Musharraf to make way for local governance via district governments. As of August 2008, divisions in some provinces have been restored with Punjab taking the lead and restoring its eight divisions. The four provinces of Pakistan are subdivided into administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into districts and tehsils. The divisions do not include the Islamabad Capital Territory or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which are counted at the same level as provinces.(Wikipedia). District: are the ( ا ض ﻻع پ اک س تان :The Districts of Pakistan (Urdu second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished. Districts now form the top tier of a three-tier system of local government with the two lower tiers composed of approximately 596 tehsils (included the Kashmir region) and more than 6,000 union councils.(Wikipedia) Tehsil: Generally, a tehsil consists of a city or town that serves as its headquarters, possibly additional towns, and a number of villages. As an entity of local government, it exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction. It is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. Its chief official is called the tehsildar .(Wikipedia) Union council: Sherwin or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councilors, and headed by a nazim (which is equivalent to a mayor) and a naib nazim (deputy). Union councils are the fifth tier of government in Pakistan and are often known as "village councils" in rural areas, the territory represented by a village council usually comprises a large village and surrounding areas, often including nearby small villages. The term "union council" may be used for localities that are part of cities.(Wikipedia) Dera Ghazi Khan Introduction: Welcome To The Biggest Division Of Punjab (PAKISTAN) Dera Ghazi Khan.It is the mid city of country Pakistan located at the junction of provinces of Pakistan. It is one the most It .دی رہ populous city of southern Punjab. Traditionally called has also ranked as division which consist of the Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Muzaffargarh and Layyah districts. History: Dera Ghazi Khan the Royal City of Baluchistan until Anglo time of 1857. But later British Empire separated it from Baluchistan and it formed as the Division of Punjab Province in recent Pakistan..This city is found in 1476, located in western bank of the Indus River. This city is named after Nwab ghazi Khan Mirani. He was son of Nawab Haji Khan Mirani. Nawab Haji was chieftain of a Baloch tribe. Who declared independence from Langah Dynasty.They was the Sultan of Multan.this nawab is settled with other two deras, Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Fateh Khan. Collectively they named as Derajat. Eventually after the Sikh war of 1849 it came in the possession of British government. Derajat were devided into Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan. Later another district named Rajanpur was created out of Dera Ghazi Khan. In 1910 the heavy flood destroyed completely D.G.Khan city. The old city is 16km away from previous city. City of D.G.Khan consist of 66 blocks. According to Wikipedia figures the population of D.G.Khan in 1909 was 23,731, but due to flood it reduced to 18,446 in 1911. Geography: Dera Ghazi Khan is located at 30'03" N and 70'38" E. this city has two phases rural and urban. Most of the rural population lives in hilly areas where climate is very fair. Usually in winter temperature goes down to -2°C, and in summer it goes high as 35 °C. But the situation is different in urban areas where the temperature during summer is about 46 °C, and during winter season temperature is as low as 4 °C. Usually the direction of wind is north-south. Due to sandy soil and hills of koh-e-sulaman wind storm in summer is very common in this area. The urban area of dera Ghazi Khan is amongst the hot places of country. The mountains of koh-e- suleman are very beauty full, Fort Munro is a very famous place. Civic Administration: Dera Ghazi Khan has two tehsils, D.G.Khan and Taunsa. Tehsil D.G.Khan is district headquarter of D.G.Khan. The city Dera Ghazi Khan itself is subdivided into seven union councels. All the councels of this district are: Aaliwala · Bahadur Garh · Barthi · Basti Fauja · Basti Malana · Chhabri · Choti Zerine · Chotibala · Churatta · Darkhast Jamal Khan · Drahma · Fateh Khan · Fazal Katchh · Gadai · Ghaus Abad · Haji Ghazi · Hero Sharqi · Jakhar Imam Shah · Jaluwali · Jhoke Uttra · Kala · Khakhi · Kot Chutta · Kot Haibat · Kot Mubarak · Kot Qaisrani · Lakhani · Makwal Kalan · Mamoori · Mana Ahmadani · Mangrotha · Morejhangi · Mubaraki · Mutafariq Chahan · Nari Shumali · Nawan · Notak · Paigah · Pir Adil · Ramin · Sakhi Sarwar · Samina · Shadan Lund · Shah Sadar Din · Sokar · Tibbi Qaisrani · Tuman Leghari · Tuman Qaisrani · Vehoa · Wadore · Yaroo Politics: The people of this area are not of political mind. In rural areas there is tribal system, controlled by tribal chief. Some famous politicians are:- Former president of Pakistan, sardar Farooq Leghari. Former governer of Punjab Sardar Zulfaqar Khosa. Governor of Punjab Sardar Latif Khosa. Former chief minister of Punjab Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa. Chief secretary Nasir Mehmood Khosa. The Khosa, leghari,Buzdar and Qaisrani tribes are relatively active in politics. The MNAs of this region are: Khawaja Sheraz Mahmood Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari Sardar Muhammad Saif-ud-Din Khosa There are five MPAs. PP-241 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Buzdar PP-240 (Dera Ghazi Khan-I) Sardar Meer Badshah Khan Qaisrani PP-242 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III) Sardar Muhammad Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa PP-246 (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII) Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Khan Leghari PP-244 (Dera Ghazi Khan-V) Sirdar Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa Other Famous Personalities: Former Inspector General Police Punjab Tariq Khosa. Supreme Court Judge Asif Khosa. Historical Places: Tomb of sakhi Sarwar: The tomb of Hazrat Skhi Sarwar is a famous place of this region. People comes from far places to visit this place on annual celebration of berth of Sakhi sarwar. This tomb was built in 13th century in Sulaiman Mountains. This tomb is 35km away from D.G.Khan city. This is one of unique building of Mughal architecture. Tomb of Ghazi Khan This tomb is built in 15th century. This building is similar with the tomb of Shah Shah Rukn-e-Alam in Multan. It has a main gate in eastern side two small windows. This is the oldest building of D.G.Khan city. Fort Munro Fort Munro lies at Queta road 49.5mile from D.G.Khan city. Its altitude is 6,470 feet above sea level. It is a picnic point for people of Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur, Jampur Layyah, Taunsa, Kot addu, Lodhran, Bahawalpur and Kot Mithan. In summer usually its temperature remains 20°C. Jamia Masjid Jamia masjid is the biggest mosque of city. It was constructed in 1916. In this mosque 13,000 Muslims can say their prayer at a time. The minarets of this mosque are 26m high. Shah Bagh Mosque After the flood of 1910 when the people D.G.Khan shifted in new city, this was the first mosque in which they performed their first jumah namaz. It is in block 7. Churchyard A churchyard which is located near central jail was built in 1910. This churchyard could not spread because christens are in minority in this region. Thermal Water of Pir Zinda Zinda Pir is located near 40km from city. It is named before sofi believed that he is alive and preaching in a “rodkohi”. An annually zinda mala is held there and people comes from far places to attend this event. There are minerals of Sulfurs in this region so water of this place is warm every time. This warm water minimum temperature is 35 °C . the condition of roads in this region is very poor. Parks: There is not so many parks in this area. Some parks are:- →Nawaz Sharif Park →D.C. Garden →Company Bagh →Ghazi Park →Wild Life Park Dera Ghazi Khan →Kamal Park →Shah Suleman Park Economy: Agriculture This land is rich in agriculture. A large number of people is linked with this field. Cotton Wheat Sugarcane Rice Tobacco being the major crops grown. Dates Mango Cattle Forming: As this district is mostly consist of rural areas so cattle’s forming is also a very important source of income. Large Industries: D.G.Cement D.G.Cement is the prominent industry of this region.