Pattan Kalan is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It lies in an area that was affected by the 2005 earthquake, a total of 27 small camps were set up in Pattan Kalan following the quake.

Pattan Kalan is located in the eastern edge of Abbottabad district where it forms part of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's border with Muzaffarabad District, Kashmir. It also borders the following Union Councils within Abbottabad district, Kukmang and Boi to the north, Kuthwal to the west, Beerangali and Nambal to the south

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas: Bandi Sararha, Banota, Chamiali, Khokhriala, Larri, Sialkot, Maseena Kalan and Pattan Kalan, Kottlion.

Pattan is a town and a municipal committee in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pattan is located at 34°10′N 74°34′E / 34.17°N 74.57°E / 34.17; 74.57. It has an average elevation of 1553 metres (5095 ft). Pattan is one of the historical capitals of Kashmir, nearly in the centre of the valley of paradise. It is a municipality having a population of 16,320 in 2006. However it may be a town of 40,000 when including its suburbs within a 3 kilometre radious. The tehsil has remains of 4 palaces including 2 in the municipal limits…

As of 2001 India census, Pattan had a population of 11,409. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pattan has an average literacy rate of 37%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 44%, and female literacy is 28%. In Pattan, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Yasir Abbasi (born 16 November 1978) is a Director of Photography from India. After completing his initial schooling from Gorakhpur and Lucknow, he completed his Masters in Mass Communication from Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia in 2002. Based out of New Delhi, he shoots documentaries, short films, and ad films. His debut as a producer was the multiple award-winning short film Good Night (2008), directed by Geetika Narang.

Starting out with shooting documentaries, he did a spate of social films with organizations from all over the world like Save the Children and CARE. His cinematography in the documentary Ayodhya Gatha was widely appreciated at festivals like Film South Asia and River to River - Florence Indian Film Festival. After having shot for travelogues and wildlife films for television channels like Discovery Channel and Channel 4, he made his debut in production with the short film Good Night, directed by Geetika Narang. The film won him the Best Cinematography Award at the Fulmarxx Shorts Fest. The film also won the Silver Lamp Tree Award in the Short Film Center section of the prestigious International Film Festival of India and the Best Short Film Award at the Indo-American Arts Council film festival in New York. In a review of the film, The Chronicle describes his work in the film as "exquisite" and "an exercise in visual brilliance". He won the Certificate of Merit for Best Cinematography at the IDPA Awards (2011) for A Drop of Sunshine, directed by Aparna Sanyal.

Muhammad Yasir born in Medan, North Sumatra January 13, 1985 is a soccer player from Indonesia. He currently plays for Persijap Jepara in Indonesia Super League. Yasir previously played for Persija Jakarta, and Persikota Tangerang. He's one team member PSSI U-23 Sea Games 2007 Thailand. He usually plays as a Goalkeeper.

Sajid Ali (born July 1, 1963, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played 13 ODIs between 1984 to 1997.

He had an unusually extended first-class cricket career, from 1982/83 until his last match for Pakistan Customs in December 2005, a period of 22 years. For the majority of his first-class career he played for National Bank of Pakistan for whom he scored over 10,000 runs, a record for the team.