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Kohat کوهاټ
Coordinates: 33°21′N 71°16′E / 33.35°N 71.26°E / 33.35; 71.26
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Government
• MNA (NA-14)	Pir Dilawar Shah
• MPA (PK-37 Kohat-1)	Amjid khan Afridi
• MPA (PK-39 Kohat-3)	Iqbal Din
• MPA (PK-38 Kohat-2)	Qalb-e-Hassan
Elevation	489 m (1,604 ft)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Calling code	0922
Number of Union councils	6

Durrani prince tomb in Kohat

Kohat (Pashto: کوهاټ) is a medium sized town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 33°35'13N 71°26'29E with an altitude of 489 metres (1607 feet)^[1] and is the capital of Kohat District. The town centres around a British-era fort, various bazaars, and a military cantonment. A British-built narrow gauge railway runs through the town. Kohat Pass is to the north.

Geography[link]

The town of Kohat is situated on the left bank of the Kohat toi at a point where, after running nearly due east for 50 miles (80 km), is takes a turn to south. The total area of the district is 2,545 square kilometres (983 sq mi).^{[citation needed]}

Education[link]

Before the partition there were only two high School in Kohat, Islima High School and Barathery High School.^{[citation needed]}

Private sector[link]

• St. Joseph Covent High School Kohat
• City School, Kohat
• Eductors School Kda Kohat
• Preston University, Kohat
• Al-Asar Academy Usterzai Payan Kohat
• Becon Public High School
• International Public High School
• City Educators High School
• Jack & Jill High School
• Fauji Foundation Model School
• Islamic International School & College
• Iqra Public Secondary School and College

Public sector[link]

• Govt Higher secondary School No.1 for Boys
• Govt High School No.2 for Boys
• Govt High School No.3 for Boys
• Govt High School No.4 for Boys
• Govt High School No.5 for Boys
• Islamia Higher Secondary School No.2 for Girls
• Fauji Foundation Model Schools Kohat
• Cadet College Kohat
• Fazaia Inter College Kohat
• F.G Public High School Kohat Cantt
• Army Public School & College Kohat
• Govt Post Graduate College Kohat (Men)
• Govt Post Graduate College # 2 Kohat (Men)
• Govt Post Graduate College Kohat (Women)
• Govt Commerce College Kohat
• Govt Poly Technic Institute Kohat
• Kohat University of Science & Technology
• Virtual University of Pakistan
• Garrison Cadet College Kohat
• Govt High School Shawaki Sharif kohat

Colleges[link]

• Kohat Law College
• Sir Syed College of Education
• Comp. Tech. Computer Academy
• Regional Institute for Teacher Education (RITE) (Female)
• Regional Institute for Teacher Education (RITE) (Male)
• COMPROS Computer Academy, Mustafah Bazaar, Kohat City

Media[link]

• Radio Pakistan Kohat
• Kohat Press Club

http://www.kohatpressclub.n.nu

History of Kohat[link]

• Kohat History Book in Urdu Language with the title "Kohat Tareekh kay Aeny main" has been written by a Local Journalist Zulfiqar Shah in the year 2003,its second editon came in the market in the year 2009.

Transport[link]

List of airports in Pakistan, Kohat Airbase

Much of the transport is privately operated within the city limits. There are also many buses that pass through the city via the Indus Highway. Most going to Peshawar and running between Bannu, D.I. Khan, Islamabad and rest of Pakistan. The railway line is operated between Kohat and Rawalpindi only.

There is a total of 372 kilometres of metalled roads in the district.^{[citation needed]} Indus Highway passes through the district. Some of the main roads include (i) Kohat Khushal Garh road (ii) Kohat Hangu road (iii) Kohat Dhoda Guddi road (iv) Shawaki -Shakardara road (v) Kohat Tunnel Road (All Traffic From Pukhtonkhwa to Sind goes through this road.

Kohat Tunnel

Due to demand from the people for a tunnel at the Kotal hills, the Government has recently sanctioned a huge amount for this project, benefiting all the southern districts. Tunnel was completed in 2004. The following are some salient features of the project.

• Total project cost: 6626.75 millions
• Total length of approached road: 29.8 kilometres
• Length of north section: 7.7 kilometres
• Length of south section: 22.20 kilometres
• Length of tunnel: 1.89 kilometres
• Width of tunnel: 10.3 meters
• Black topped: 7.3 meters
• Shoulders: 3.0 meters
• Time of completion: 48 months

Utility services[link]

The city is facilitated with three dams; Tanda Dam Gandiali Dam, and Kandar dam.

See also[link]

• 1924 Kohat riots
• Kohath

References[link]

http://www.kohatpressclub.n.nu/

External links[link]

• Sarhad Tourism Corporation, Government of NWFP, Pakistan
• [1]
• Members National Assembly
• Members Provincial Assembly

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Saeed Anwar (Urdu: سعید انور; born September 6, 1968 in Karachi, Sind) is a former Pakistani left-handed opening batsman and ocasional Slow left arm orthodox bowler who played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. He played 55 Test matches scoring 4052 with the help of eleven centuries while in 247 One Day Internationals (ODIs) he made 8824 runs. He made twenty centuries in ODIs which are the most than any other pakistani batsman in the format.^[1][2]

In February 1999, Anwar became the third Pakistani to carry his bat through a Test innnings, following father and son Nazar Mohammed and Mudassar Nazar. He scored 188 not out - single-handedly beating his team's previous innings (185), when he mad a duck, and contributing 60 per cent of a total of 316.^[3][4] It was also the highest Test score by a Pakistani on Indian soil which was surpassed by Younis Khan (267) in 2005.^[4][5][6] He is most notable for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai in 1997, then the highest, and now the joint third highest individual score in a ODI.^[7][8]

Personal life[link]

Saeed Anwar graduated from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi in 1989 and is an engineer by profession. He was planning to go to the United States for his Master's studies before becoming a professional test Cricketer.

He faced a personal tragedy in 2001, when his daughter died after a prolonged illness.^[9] As a result he turned to religion.^[10] He made his return to Cricket after a long hiatus and was one of the most consistent Pakistani batsmen in the 2003 World Cup.

On 15 August 2003, he announced his retirement from Cricket after he was dropped from the squad for the upcoming One-Day International tournament in Sharjah.^[11] He devoted his life to preaching Islam across Pakistan with the Tablighi Jamaat. He led the funeral prayers for his former team mate Wasim Akram's spouse, Huma Akram, in Lahore.^[12] He is also believed to be responsible for Yousuf Youhana's conversion to Islam in 2005. Youhana was the only Christian on the Pakistan cricket team till then and was said to be heavily influenced by Aanwar and the Tablighi Jamaat.

International career[link]

An opening batsman capable of annihilating any bowling attack on his day, Anwar was an attacking batsman in ODI matches and once settled in Test matches, scored quickly and all over the field. His success came from good timing. Anwar became famous for his trademark flick. He was able to lift a ball that had pitched outside off stump for six over midwicket. Anwar's timing and ability to score quick runs made him a crowd favourite. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.^[14]

Anwar was the first Pakistani batsman to score a century against India on Indian soil in a ODI match. He has the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia, and once scored three consecutive centuries against them. He scored a classic century against South Africa in Durban, which allowed Pakistan to win a Test match for the first time in South Africa.

One Day International Career[link]

Under the captaincy on Imran Khan, Anwar started his international career on January 1, 1989 with a ODI match played at WACA Ground which Pakistan lost to West Indies. He scored only 3 runs in the match.^[15]

On 21 May 1997 in Chennai, Anwar scored 194 against India in India in an ODI match.^[16] Charles Coventry equalled the feat on 16 August 2009, against Bangladesh.^[17] This was the highest individual score by any batsman in the world till Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 200 against South Africa on 24 February 2010 which later was surpassed by Virender Sehwag's 219.

Anwar is a member of the exclusive club of batsmen who have scored three successive hundreds in ODIs, with hundreds against Sri Lanka, West Indies and Sri Lanka during the 1993–94 Champions Trophy in Sharjah. He scored two successive hundreds on three other occasions in his career, and was the first batsman to complete this feat in ODIs.^[18]

Test Career[link]

Records[link]

Anwar (194) and Charles Coventry (194*) shared the record for highest individual score in an ODI match until it was overtaken by India's Sachin Tendulkar (200*) against South Africa cricket team on 24 February 2010 and Virender Sehwag's 219 against West Indies on 8 December 2011 at Indore. Anwar has scored two or more successive hundreds on four occasions. He holds the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia in Test matches, and made 20 hundreds in One Day Internationals as a Pakistan opening batsman.

Saeed Anwar's career performance graph.

Centuries scored by Saeed Anwar[link]

One Day International centuries[link]

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One Day International centuries of Saeed Anwar^[19]

	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	126	12	Sri Lanka	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	1990
[2]	101	20	New Zealand	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1990
[3]	110	34	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1993
[4]	107	39	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1993
[5]	131	40	West Indies	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1993
[6]	111	41	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1993
[7]	104*	65	Australia	Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	1994
[8]	103*	76	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	1995
[9]	115	107	Sri Lanka	Nairobi, Kenya	Nairobi Gymkhana Club	1996
[10]	104*	112	New Zealand	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1996
[11]	112*	113	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1996
[12]	194	121	India	Chennai, India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1997
[13]	108*	136	West Indies	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1997
[14]	104	139	India	Sharjah, UAE	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1997
[15]	140	145	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium	1998
[16]	103	178	Zimbabwe	London, United Kingdom	Kennington Oval	1999
[17]	113*	179	New Zealand	Manchester, United Kingdom	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	1999
[18]	105*	210	Sri Lanka	Nairobi, Kenya	Gymkhana Club Ground	2000
[19]	104	211	New Zealand	Nairobi, Kenya	Gymkhana Club Ground	2000
[20]	103	246	India	Centurion, South Africa	Centurion Park	2003

Test Cricket centuries[link]

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Cricket centuries of Saeed Anwar^[20]

	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	169	3	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1994
[2]	136	5	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	P Saravanamuttu Stadium	1994
[3]	176	17	England	London, United Kingdom	The Oval	1996
[4]	107	21	New Zealand	Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	1996
[5]	118	28	South Africa	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	1998
[6]	145	32	Australia	Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	1998
[7]	126	33	Australia	Peshawar, Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium	1998
[8]	188*	38	India	Kolkata, India	Eden Gardens	1999
[9]	119	41	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	1999
[10]	123	47	Sri Lanka	Galle, Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	2000
[11]	101	55	Bangladesh	Multan, Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium	2001

Player of the Series Awards(Tests)[link]

S No	Series (Opponents)	Season	Series Performance[21]
1	New Zealand in  Pakistan (Test Series)	1996/97	157 Runs (2 Matches & 3 Innings, 1x100, 0x50); 2 Catches

See also[link]

References[link]