Jhang جھنگ
—  City  —
Muhammadi Masjid Mosque
Jhang Location of Jhang in Pakistan
Coordinates: 30°21′N 71°23′E / 30.35°N 71.39°E / 30.35; 71.39Coordinates: 30°21′N 71°23′E / 30.35°N 71.39°E / 30.35; 71.39
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Population (1998)
• Total	387,418
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Postal code	35200
Calling code	47

Jhang (Punjabi, Urdu: جھنگ) is the capital city of Jhang District, in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated on the east bank of the Chenab river, about 210 kilometres from Lahore and 35 kilometres from Gojra. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 387,418^[1]

Geography[link]

Jhang is situated at place where two rivers Jhelum and Chenab join together to make a great looking sight. It is situated on the left banks of both rivers. Jhang is the capital city of Jhang District located at the coordinates 31.30677 N, 72.32814 E.

	Bhakkar	Mianwali	Sargodha
	Multan		Chiniot
		Jhang    East
	Toba Tek Singh	Okara	Faisalabad

Climate[link]

Climate of Jhang has extreme summer and extreme winter like most areas of Pakistan, it has four seasons.

Demographics[link]

According to 1981 census of Pakistan population of Jhang was 1,970,944 with the 434,495 housing units in Jhang. In 1998 census, population of Jhang was 2,834,545, whose annually growth rate was 2.16%. Male population was 1,474,099 (52.00%) and female population was 1,360,446 (48.00%). Languages mostly spoken in Jhang are Punjabi and Urdu.

History[link]

The area was inhabited at the time of Alexander but the present city of Jhang is said to have been founded in the twelwth century by Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari. Its first inhabitants were sials who were his followers or murids. It was then destroyed by the river and re-founded during the reign of Aurangzeb by Mehboob Alam - called Shah Jewna - who asked his followers to settle again in that area in 1402. Under Mughal rule, the city flourished and was notable for commerce and trade.

Under the British Raj, the towns of Jhang and Maghiana, lying two miles apart, became a joint municipality, then known as Jhang-Maghiana.^[3]

Jhang-Maghiana became a municipality in 1867^{[citation needed]}. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs.46,800 and the expenditure Rs. 44,200, in 1903-4 the income was Rs. 49,700 mainly derived from octroi. Maghiana lies on the edge of the highlands, overlooking the alluvial valley of the Chenab, while the older town of Jhang occupies the lowlands at its foot.^[3] [[File:Trimmu.jpg|thumb|Trimmu] Commerce declined in Jhang, which was no longer considered a place of importance. Maghiana, however, had a considerable trade in grain and country cloth, and manufactured leather, soap, locks and other brass-work.^{[citation needed]} Maghiana also contained a civil hospital and Courts where Vakil Rajaram Kinra practised, whilst Jhang had a high school and a dispensary.^[3] The population in 1901, according to the 1901 census of India, was 24,381 of whom 12,189 were Hindus and 11,684 were Muslims.

Administration[link]

Jinnah Hall Jhang

Jhang city is the administrative center of Jhang tehsil (a subdivision of the district), the tehsil itself is divided into 55 Union councils.^[4]

Notable landmarks[link]

• Astana Alia MANGANISHAREEF
• Darbar Sufi Saint Hazrat Sheikh Ali

Heer Ranjha's Grave in Jhang

• Chenab College Jhang
• Shakarganj Mills Limited
• Sultan Bahoo
• Chenab Park
• Tomb of Heer Ranjha
• Jinnah Hall
• Head Tarimu
• Officer School System
• Nawaz Sharef Park
• Darbar Hazrat NOURANG Jahanian [tehsil ahmadpur siyal]

Education[link]

Jhang contains many schools and colleges

• Govt.Post Graduate College Jhang
• Govt College of Commerce Jhang
• Government Comperehensive Model High School (Jamia School) Jhang
• Government College of University - Lahore Jhang Campus
• Faran Model College Jhang
• Chenab College Jhang
• Cadet College Jhang
• Punjab Poly Technical college
• Degree college jhang
• punjab College of Commerce jhang
• Islamia College of Commerce and City School jhang
• Rachna College of Commerce Jhang(Boys & Girls Separate campases)
• Ghazali Public Boys High School Jhang
• Ghazali Science College for Boys Jhang
• Garrison School System
• Government Ghazali Degree College Jhang
• Superior College of Commerce, jhang
• Allied School project of Punjab Group of Colleges
• Islamia govt school
• saifia politecnic institute jhang
• I-soft college of commerce
• faran school diilowalla
• Victory Model School,Jhang
• Jhang Poly Technical College
• punjab group of colleges
• Lodhi photostat katchehry road jhang
• Sacred Heart High School Jhang

Culture[link]

Jhang is the burial place of Heer and Ranjha, of Punjabi folklore. Punjabi folk dances such as Jhummar and Sammi are from this area. Jhummar is a dance for men while Sammi is danced by women. Traditionally men wear turbans and dhotis (like a kilt) though in recent years people have started wearing the national dress which is shalwar kameez. Historically there was a considerable weaving industry in Jhang, but this has since declined.

Punjabi folk dances such as Jhummar and Sammi originated in Jhang District. Jhummar is a dance for men while Sammi is for women. The district also originated a well-known form of folk music known as "Dhola", or "Jhang da Dhola".

Traditionally men wear turbans and dhotis (similar to a skirt or kilt) though in recent years people have started wearing the national dress, the shalwar kameez. Some older women also wear dhotis. When women wear dhotis, the style is referred to called "Majhla" in Jhangochi; th male style is called "Dhudder". However, it is more common for women to wear shalwar kameez.

Street sports are important in Jhang District and include tent pegging (naiza baazi), kabaddi, volleyball, cricket and football (soccer).

In the past, women wove cloth with spinning wheels – known as Teeyan and Trinjan – but now that the area is industrialized the practice is no longer common.

The northwestern Jhang District, particularly the area at the west bank of the Jhelum River, is somewhat different in its culture because it is more influenced by the Thalochi culture emanating from the neighboring districts of Mianwali and Bhakkar .

Jhang District has dominant Muslim (both Shia and Sunni) population and a small number of Ahmadiyya. There is a sizable Christian minority also. Among the majority Sunnis, the Barelvi school of thought has a major influence. Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri is a prominent religious scholar and politician who represents this view of Islam. Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi was another prominent and controversial leader from Jhang who created Anjuman-e-Spahe-e-Sohaba (A.S.S), which the United Nations has now banned. Jhang has been the center of the centuries-old chess match between Sunnis and Shias for more than two decades.

Notable people[link]

See also[link]

Pakistan portal

• List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by area

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Punjab Government (Jhang District profile)
• District Jhang City Portal, Jhang
• Chenab College Jhang
• Council for Social Development (CSD), Jhang

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Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (Urdu: میاں محمد شہباز شریف)
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, PML(N)
15th Chief Minister of Punjab Province
In office 31 March 2009 – Incumbent
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Governor	Latif Khosa Salmaan Taseer
Preceded by	Dost Muhammad Khosa
Constituency	Bhakkar, Punjab Province
Majority	Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N)
In office 20 February 1950 – 12 October 1950
President	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Farooq Leghari Wasim Sajjad
Prime Minister	Navaz Scharif
Governor	Shahid Hamid Zulfiqar Ali Khosa
3rd President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)
In office September 30, 2002 – July 27, 2011
Vice President	Ghaus Ali Shah
1st Executive Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)
In office October 12, 1950 – September 30, 2002
President	Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif
Personal details
Born	Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif 1950 (age 61–62) Lahore, Punjab Province, West-Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N)
Spouse(s)	Begum Nusrat Shahbaz (1973–1993) Aaliya Honey (1993–1994) Tehmina Durrani (2003 – Present)
Residence	Chief Minister House, Lahore (official)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Businessman
Religion	Islam

Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (Punjabi, Urdu: میاں محمد شہاز شریف, born 1950) is a well-known Politician of Pakistan. He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab since 2008. Previously, he held this position from 1997 to 1999, when Pervez Musharraf removed his government on grounds of corruption and hijacking He, along with his entire family, went into was exile until return to Pakistan in late 2007.

Family[link]

Mian Shahbaz Sharif is the second son of Mian Muhammad Sharif. He is a joint owner of Ittefaq Group. He played a vital role in the success of Ittefaq Group. Shahbaz Sharif's first marriage was with his cousin Nusrat Shahbaz (نصرت شہباز) in 1973, with the approval of his father, the late Mian Muhammad Sharif. They have two sons Hamza Shahbaz and Salman, and three daughters. Hamza Shahbaz is in politics and is a member of the National Assembly. Salman Shahbaz, educated at college, concentrates mainly on business. Shahbaz Sharif's second marriage was with Aaliya Honey (عالیہ ہنی) in 1993–94. They have one daughter, Khadija. He divorced her while in exile in Saudi Arabia. It is claimed that Shahbaz Sharif has a third marriage with Tehmina Durrani but he never publicly admitted it. This is the third marriage for both of them. Tehmina Durrani second marriage was with another well known politician Mustafe Khar (uncle of Hina Rabbani Khar). He also married (4th marriage) a young bureaucrat, Kalsoom Hayi who was earlier wife of a police officer and is mother of three children, in May 2012. It is claimed that Shahbaz Sharif pressurized the officer to give divorce to his wife so that he can marry her. ^[1]

First term Chief Minister of Punjab[link]

He was considered a strict and demanding administrator as the chief minister of Punjab. He received some criticism because he took charge of the office when his brother was the Prime Minister of Pakistan^{[citation needed]} He was ousted along with his brother in the 1999 military coup, which brought Pervez Musharraf to power.^[2]

Exile[link]

Shahbaz Sharif lived in exile in London with his brother as a result of a deal he and his brother made with Pervaiz Musharraf, the exiled former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif after coming from Saudi Arabia. Although Sharif brothers denied the existence of any deal, but the deal papers were made public in 2008. He once tried coming back to Pakistan following a High Court decision that he was free to come back whenever he wanted. On May 11, 2004 his plane landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore but he was arrested and again deported to Saudi Arabia within a few hours.

President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)[link]

Mian Shahbaz Sharif was elected President of PML (N) on 3 August 2002 while in exile in Saudi Arabia. He was re-elected President of PML(N) for a second term on 2 August 2006.

Return to Pakistan[link]

In August 2007, Supreme Court of Pakistan gave its verdict which allowed Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan.

On September 7, 2007, judge Shabbir Hussain Chatha ordered police to arrest Shahbaz Sharif, brother of Nawaz Sharif and produce him before the court, after the hearing in Lahore. The court ruled that "Shahbaz Sharif should be arrested (at) whichever airport he lands at." Nawaz Sharif too faces detention on the pair's planned return from exile to Pakistan on September 10, 2007, to challenge President Pervez Musharraf's 8-year military rule.^[3]

His brother Mian Shahbaz Sharif changed return plans at the last minute.^[4][5]

Sharif was not allowed to participate in the 2008 elections because of allegations against him. His son Hamza Sharif was supposed to run from a NA seat in Lahore but due to the death of a candidate the elections were postponed.

Second term as Chief Minister[link]

On 8 June 2008, Shahbaz Sharif was elected as Chief Minister of Punjab, receiving 265 votes from the members of the 371-seat provincial assembly. He was the only candidate, and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q boycotted the vote. Speaking after his election, he called on Musharraf to resign.^[6] He won a vote of confidence on 9 June, receiving 266 votes.^[7]

His second term as Chief Minister lasted until 25 February 2009, when a three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Justice Moosa K. Leghari, declared him ineligible to contest elections, took away his seat in the Punjab Assembly, and thereby removed him from office.^[8] On 31 March 2009, a five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court granted stay order on an earlier decision of the apex court, in which Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif were disqualified from holding public office. As a result, Shahbaz Sharif returned to office as Chief Minister. From 31 March 2009, Sharif has continued to hold the office of Chief Minister, as a result of the longest 'stay order' in Pakistani legal history. This has added to the belief that the Supreme Court and the Judiciary continues to support the Sharif brothers at the expense of the legal process.

See also[link]

• Nawaz Sharif
• Muhammad Sharif
• Hamza Shahbaz
• Ittefaq Group
• Lahore
• Punjab, Pakistan
• Politics of Pakistan
• Punjab Educational Endowment Fund

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Shahbaz Sharif at Twitter
• Pml(N)Official website
• Interview with Shahid Masood on Geo TV (in Urdu) – 16 June 2007