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Notable people from Haripur
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 Haripur is both
a city and a district in the Hazara region of the North-West Frontier
Province of Pakistan. Haripur District has the highest Human Development
Index of all districts in the NWFP. Haripur District is situated at
latitude 33° 44' to 34° 22' and longitude 72° 35' to 73° 15' and about 610
meters
above the sea level.
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History
Haripur district is situated in the heart of ancient Gandhara civilization.
In 1399,central Asian conqueror Amir Timur, on his way back from his Indian
campaign, left a legion of Karlugh Turks in the current Hazara region of
Pakistan as the rulers. In 1472 Prince Shahabuddin, a descendant of Amir
Timur came to Hazara to lead these Karlugh Turks and formed a state known as
Pakhli Sarkar in the area between Hasan Abdal-Attock to Kashmir. Karlugh
Turks continued to rule most of Hazara until 1703 but gradually lost their
control initially from Hassan Abdal/Attock and then from Haripur, which came
the control of the powerful Gakhars. The Turks however kept their
grasp over the area that came to be known as Abbottabad (in the
mid-nineteenth century) to Kashmir until the collapse of their rule in the
18th century. Now the descendants of these Turk rulers live in several
villages of districts Haripur, Abbottabad and Mansehra.
Prominent villages where they live are Bihali Mansehra and Manakrai Haripur.
One of the descendant of these Turks was Raja Amanuullah Khan who became
Speaker of NWFP assembly in the 1980
The Sikhs annexed Hazara in two stages. Lower Hazara became tributary to the
Sikhs as soon as they wrested the Fort of Attock from the Durranis. Upper
Hazara suffered a similar fate when the Sikhs took Kashmir from the
Barakzais in 1819. The town of Haripur (meaning Hari's town) was founded in
1822 by Hari Singh Nalwa, the Commander-in-Chief of Ranjit Singh's army
along its north-west frontier. On the successful completion of his tenure as
the Governor of Kashmir in 1821, Pakhli and Damtaur were bestowed upon Nalwa
as a jagir in 1822. As soon as Hari Singh Nalwa received this grant, he
built the walled town of Haripur in the heart of the plains of
Hazara-i-Karlugh. To the north of Karlugh flowed the river Dor and to its
south lay the country of the Gakhars. To its east ran a mountainous
range; and to its west stood the Gandhgarh Hills. The selection of this site
by Hari Singh was interesting because some of the most fierce encounters
with the tribes inhabiting this region had been fought by the Sikhs in this
vicinity.
Hari Singh's name and the presence of his fort of Harkishangarh eventually
brought such a feeling of security to the region, that by 1835 a German
traveller found mere remnants of the four-yard thick and 16 yards high wall
built to initially protect the town.
Haripur was the sole example of a planned town in this region till the
British built Abbottabad many years later. Haripur continued to grow and
flourish and eventually became a city and then a District. The first British
Deputy Commissioner, James Abbott, painted an exquisite picture of the town
of Haripur and its commanding fort of Harkishangarh.
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Administration
The District of Haripur was a Tehsil of Abbottabad District until 1992 when
it was separated from the District of Abbottabad and made into a district in
its own right. The district is represented in the provincial assembly by
four elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:
National Constituency MNA Party
NA - 19 Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Constituency MPA Party
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PF-49 (Haripur-1) Raja Faisal Zaman Mutthida
Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan (MMA)
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PF-50 (Haripur-2) Qazi Muhammad Asad Khan Fort Road
Haripur (ANP)
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PF-51 (Haripur-3) Gohar Nawaz Khan on seat of Akhtar
Nawaz Khan(LATE) Independent
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PF-52 (Haripur-4) Syed M.Sabir Shah Pakistan Muslim
League (N)
Haripur District is divided into three tehsils which are subdivided into a
total of 44
Union Councils of which 15 are urban Union Councils
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Boundary
The geographical significance of the district lies in the fact that its
boundaries touch Mardan District, a centre of the ancient Gandhara
civilization in the north west. Abbottabad District in the north east,
Mansehra District in the north, Margallah hills of Islamabad in the south
east, Swat valley in the north-west, Buner and Swabi districts in the west.
Besides Swabi, Mansehra and Abbottabad districts of NWFP, two districts of
Punjab province i.e. Attock and Rawalpindi lie on the southwest and
southeast respectively of Haripur district. The Federal Capital Islamabad is
also adjacent to the district in the south.
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Demography
Haripur's population was 692,228 at the 1998 Census, but was estimated to be
803,000 in 2005. Out of those only 12.0% of the population live in urban
areas, while, the rest (88.0%) of the population lives in the rural areas.
The population is spread over 1,725 km˛, with population density of 401.3
persons per km˛, this compares to the average population density of 233
persons per km˛, in the North West Frontier as whole. The average household
size of the district is 6.6 persons per household compared to 8 at the
provincial level. Agriculture is the livelihood of the rural population, the
total arable area is 77,370 acres (313.1 km˛)
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Language
According to the 1998 District Census Report, Hindko is the predominant
language in the district, representing >70% of the total population. Other
languages spoken are Gojri,Potohari,Pashto and Pahaari
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Literacy Rate
The overall literacy rate for Haripur district is 53.7%, substantially
higher than the provincial literacy rate in NWFP (35.2%). The female
literacy rate is dismally low at 37.4% compared to male literacy of 70.5%.
The urban: rural break down show that rural literacy is lower (51.4%) than
urban literacy (69.7%)
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Education
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Haripur District has a Post Graduate College, that is funded by the
Government, Providing education on Higher level. The city also has two
Colleges for Girls which is also funded by the Government to provide Higher
Education for Girls coming all around the City.
Haripur has 907 government primary schools, including 656 for boys and 251
for girls, in 2000–2001. In addition to government primary schools, 166
mosque schools were also functional in the district during this period.
The 907 government primary schools are there to cater a primary school age
population (5–9 years) of 101,670, out of which 52,240 (51.38%) were boys
and 49,430 (48.61%) were girls. The ratio of the primary schools with the
primary school going age population indicates a limited access of the
children to primary education. The district had 83 middle schools (56 for
boys & 27 for girls), during 2001.
The mosque schools were introduced under the National Education Policy 1979
at the time of Fifth Five-Year Plan 1978–83. A mosque school is organized on
the basis of 20–30 students, having normally one PTC teacher and Imam of the
mosque as staff members, a shorter teaching programme (about four hours a
day), same curriculum as of primary schools in addition to teaching of
Quran-e-Nazira (recitation of the Quran). The students qualifying from such
schools are eligible for admission in formal schools for higher education.
During 2000–2001, 166 mosque schools (15.47% of the total primary schools)
were functioning in district, while in 1997–98, this number was 180. Details
about the number of teachers and students, curricular activities and
performance of these schools are not available. The school age population
catered by the mosque schools is not available.
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Industries
Haripur District is comparatively more industrialised than other districts
in the NWF Province. There are many biggest factory units here like
Telephone Industries of Pakistan, NRTC (National Radio Telecommunication
Corporation), Hazara fertilizers, Razzaq Blancket Industry, Ali Hussain
Poltry, Khwaja Children Home, Pak-China fertilizers, Terbela Cotton Mills
etc. Furthermore, many small and big industrial factories are made in the
Hatar industrial state such as Dewan Salman Fibreand Heavy Electrical
Complex. Because of these industries this district is playing an important
role at country level in the economic development.
Since Haripur has developed situation of medium and big industries, its role
in the agricultural field is also admirable. This district especially
provides fruits and vegetable not only to Peshawar but also to Islamabad and
the Punjab. There is more likelihood of social and economical development
due to the project of Ghazi Brotha and Motorway from Peshawer to Islamabad.
One of the well known places of the district Haripur is Khalabat Town named
after a village now under Tarbela Dam lake. It is a well planned town with a
population of around 35,000 and is located at the bank of Tarbela Lake and
is home to those displaced by the Terbela Dam.
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Notable people from Haripur
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Ayub Khan, former President,
Army Chief of Pakistan
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Gohar Ayub Khan, Former
Speaker of National Assambaly of Pakistan, Ex-forign Manister
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Qateel Shifai, Urdu poet
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Fazil Jamili, poet and
journalist
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Ejaz Ali Khan Durrani, Ex
Minister
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Sardar Muhammad Mushtaq Khan,
present MNA of Haripur & Ex-MPA and Provisional Minister of NWFP.
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Gohar Ayub Khan, former
speaker of the National Assembly and Foreign Minister of Pakistan
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Raja Sikinder Zaman, former
Caretaker Chief Minister N.W.F.P and Senior Federal and Provincial Minister
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Dr. Raja Amir Zaman, former
District Nazim
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Raja Mohammad Riazur Rehman,
Novelist, Short Story writer and lecturer of Urdu language and literature.
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Yousaf Ayub Khan, District
Nazim Haripur, a former minister of NWFP Provential Assembly.
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Sufi Seyd Bashir Hussain Shah
Naqeebi is Great man of village Kakotri Dist Haripur.
founder of Astana Alia Faizan Naqeeb Kakotri Shreef.
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Umer Ayub Khan , Ex Minister
for Finance & EX M N A
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Abdul Majeed Khan, Ex Depty
Commioner Hazara During British regime.
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Kamran Mehmood of Taloker, Ex
National Boxing Champion
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