Pabbi (Pashto: پبى ; Urdu: پبی ) is a large town in Pabbi Tehsil of Nowshera District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1][2] It is located on both sides of the Grand Trunk (GT) around 20-km from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province.[3]
Pabbi
تحصیل پبی پبى | |
|---|---|
  Pabbi Location within Pakistan  Pabbi Pabbi (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 34°00′36″N 71°47′51″E / 34.01000°N 71.79750°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Nowshera |
| Elevation | 299 m (981 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 52,701 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Overview
editPabbi town is the capital and tehsil headquarters of Pabbi tehsil in Nowshera District. It has a train station called Pabbi station[4] and is a market town. Peshawar City is located to the west around 20-km away while Nowshera City is located to the east around 17-km away.[5]
Pabbi is a hub of precast concrete industries located at the main GT road in Chowki Mumraiz. Currently, there are 43 precast concrete industries that are functional in Pabbi which supply different items to the entire Khyber Paktunkhwa and to some parts of the Punjab.[citation needed]
Geography
editTopography Pabbi is located in the Valley of Peshawar, near the mountain range of Hindu kash on one side & River Kabul on the other side. The mountain range Hindu Kush is fomouse for its beautifule weather.
Demographics
editThe population of city in 1972 was 10,905 but according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population has risen to 52,701.[6]
| Census | Population |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 10,905 |
| 1981 | 13,331 |
| 1998 | 31,153 |
| 2017 | 55,370 |
| 2023 | 52,701 |
Language
editThe primary native language spoken is Pashto, though English is used in the educational institutions, while Urdu is understood throughout the city - as the national language.
Afghan Refugees
editPabbi hosted one of the largest number of afghan refugees during the Soviet Afghan War in 80s with one of the world largest refugees camp in Pabbi. Still a very large number of Afghan refugees are living in Pabbi. Here in Pabbi 5000 house belong to Khattak Pashtun families they own large part of the land in Pabbi.
Notable people
edit- Amir Habib was a student at Abdul wali Khan University serving voluntarily at Awkum Students Council.
- Gul Hassan Khan was a former lieutenant-general and the last Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army.[7]
- Mian Iftikhat Hussain, Provincial Ex-Minister for information
- Sareer Ahmad Khan, ex minister excise and taxation
- Sher Zaman Taizi was a Pashtun writer, poet, intellectual, and journalist from Pakistan
- Waqar Ahmad Khudrizi, entrepreneur.
- Captain Mohammad Iqbal Khan Shaheed (Hilal-e-Jurat) born in pushtoon Ghari Pabbi, was one of the gallant SSG Officers of Pakistan Army, who embraced martyrdom over an altitude of 21,000 feet at the world's highest battle zone 'Siachen glaciers' on September 25, 1987.
- Lieutenant General Muhammad Alam Khan Khattak, HI(M), TBt,
- Saadullah Jan Barq (born 11 May 1940 in Dagbehsod Pabbi) is a Pakistani poet, columnist, analyst and writer. Barq is fluent in Hindi, Persian, Arabic and Urdu. He began his writing career by writing for Bang-i-Haram, a local daily newspaper. He contributed editorials for Inqelab and Shahbaz. He wrote plays in both Urdu and Pashto for radio and PTV. He authored books on Pashtun ethnography and historiography
- Shamsul Mulk also served as the 24th Chief Minister of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province under the Military Government of Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf. He also served as Chairman Water and Power Development Authority WAPDA of Pakistan. He was 3rd Chairperson of Board of Governors of Sustainable Development Policy Institute.
- Mumtaz Ali Khan 1947-2021)was a famous Pashto, Urdu and Punjabi film producer, director, writer and poet. He was director of some mega hit films like Pashto film Orbal
- Hidayatullah (1940 – 28 September 2019; sometimes spelled Hidayat Ullah, also known by honorific title Ustad Hidayatullah), was a Pakistani Pashto folk musician, playback singer[3] and touring artist who primarily sung multilingual songs in numerous regional languages such as Pashto, Urdu, Hindko, Punjabi, and in Persian language.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidayatullah_(singer)
Education
editPabbi is home to many excellent educational institutes. It hosts a campus of the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.[8]
It has a campus of the University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar in Jelozai town while it also has a campus of Peshawar University for its botany studies and research at botanical garden Azakhel.[citation needed]
It is also home to 2 degree colleges: Government Degree College Pabbi[9] and Government Girls Degree College Pabbi.[10]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "SC Commission visits flood-hit areas". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ "Pervez Khattak meets delegation of shopkeepers and elite of Pabbi about removal of encroachments from GT Road". www.infokhyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ Petraglia, Michael D.; Allchin, Bridget (2007-05-22). The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia: Inter-disciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistics and Genetics. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781402055621.
- ^ "More rains bring more misery to survivors". DAWN.COM. 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ "Khyber Pakhtūnkhwā / incl. FATA (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "Remembering Lt Gen Gul Hasan". www.defencejournal.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ "Pabbi Campus - AWKUM". www.awkum.edu.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ "Govt Degree College Pabbi - Online College Admission System, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ "Government Girls Degree College Pabbi, Nowshera - Online College Admission System, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-17.