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Marrot fort fort abbas bahawalnagar pakistan
Anwar Hussain Fort Abbas (Urdu: فورٹ عبّاس), (Punjabi: فورٹ عباس), formerly Pholra, is a town and a tehsil in Bahawalnagar District in the Cholistan Desert of Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated south of Haroonabad, near Faqirwali, on the border of Pakistan and India.
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- Marrot fort fort abbas bahawalnagar pakistan
- Map of Fort Abbas Pakistan
- Jamghar fort fort abbas pakistan
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Transportation
- Foundations
- Banks
- Educational institutes
- References
Map of Fort Abbas, Pakistan
Jamghar fort fort abbas pakistan
History
Fort Abbas is a historical city and has strategic importance during the Nawab of Bahawalpur's rule. It was known as Pholra until it was renamed in 1927 by Nawab Sir Sadiq, who named it on his eldest son, Muhammad Abbas.
Geography
Fort Abbas is a Tehsil of Bahawalnagar District, in southern Punjab, Pakistan. It is famous for its desert Chulistan. The city is surrounded by forests, deserts and agricultural land. The land of Fort Abbas is highly fertile, but there is a shortage of water, causing much of the fertile land to be left uncultivated. Hackra Canal is the main source to provide most of the water to the area. The major crops are wheat, cotton and sugar cane.
Demographics
The language of this city is Punjabi, In city areas some people speak Urdu. Saraiki is also spoken in desert areas. The tribes that are in majority are [JUTT, specially Bubak 279/HR,Kasar, Basra, Pansota, Bhittewad 179/7R, Raa, Bajwa, Wahla,Virk(187)Bottar(169)Cheema ,Chatta ,Kahlon,Suleria,Ghuman,Warraich ], Arain including.Nakudaria 213/9R, jalahndri, patvalyvi etc, Malkera, Joiya, Syed, Malik including punjabi, chouhan, alvi,ghauri, teli, Abbasi,Lodi, Rajput,Meher siraiki speaking, [Kamboh].
Transportation
The city is connected by the roads to other parts of the country. The main roads are from Fort Abbas to Haroon Abad which also leads towards Bahawalnagar, Sahiwal and Lahore. The 2nd road is from Fort Abbas to Chishtian, while a third road leads to Bahawal Pur via Yazman.
The Main Transport companies:
The railway track has not been used since 2002. The track was used by Pakistan Railway but nowadays the situation is so poor that even Pakistan Railway cannot manage to run any kind of train service.
Foundations
Young Star Foundation (President : Muhammad Azam Kamboh) Aao Parhein Foundation ( Shabbir Hussain Ludharh) MADAD Foundation ( President : Muhammad Junaid Iqbal) and some other foundations.
Banks
Bank Alfalah Limited started business as on September 9, 2013. Other banks are MCB - UBL - ABL - BOP - PPCB - HBL - NBP - KBL - NRSP - ZTBL - National Saving Center - Bank Alflah
Educational institutes
There are many other Govt primary and Madrisa schools in the city and surroundings.
Major private educational institutes