Dera Ghazi Khan

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Dera Ghazi Khan (Urdu: ڈیرہ غازی خان ) is located in Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. Dera Ghazi Khan is one of the most populous cities in Southern Punjab and it is the largest district in Punjab in terms of area.Dera Ghazi Khan District is about 5,306 square miles.

1 History
2 Business and Industry
3 Pakistan's Nuclear Program
4 Transport
5 Educational Institutes/Facilities
6 Health Facilities
7 The Rich Agricultural Land
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

[edit] History

The city was founded at the close of the 15th century and named after Ghazi Khan, son of Haji Khan, a Balochi chieftain, who had declared independence from the Langhi Dynasty Sultans of Multan. Together with two other Deras i.e. settlements, Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Fateh Khan, it gave its name to Derajat. Derajat eventually came into the possession of the British after the Sikh War in 1849 and was divided into two districts: Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan. The district of Rajanpur was later carved out of the Dera Ghazi Khan district.

[edit] Business and Industry

Two prominent employers in Dera Ghazi Khan are the D.G.Khan Cement Company and the Al-Ghazi Tractor Company. It is considered that these companies, along with various other flour mills, companies in the cotton, chemical, and textile industries, and rice, sugar, and ghee mills, form the backbone of the Pakistani economy.

[edit] Pakistan's Nuclear Program

Pakistan's uranium mining and extraction industry is mostly located in D.G. Khan. North and South Nangar Nai, Khara-Murghan Zai and Pitek Sori Gorakh in the Dera Ghanzi Khan region have various mining sites where uranium Ore is mined. The extraction plant for the processing of raw ore, and uranium Yellow Cake plant are also located in this region.

[edit] Transport

Dera Ghazi Khan is well connected with the country by a wide network of roads, railways and airways. Also there is an airport, situated 20 KM away from city, on Sakhi Sarwar Road called Dera Ghazi Khan Airport (DEA). It provides weekly 6 flights, 1 for Lahore, 1 for Islamabad and 4 for Karachi. Only flight to Lahore is done by Fokker, rest flights are conducted by Boeing 737. PIA is the only airlines operating in this area. Dera Ghazi Khan Airport (DEA) is suitable only for fokkers and small jets, e.g. Boeing 737. More techinical data about this airport is available at Dera Ghazi Khan Airport

[edit] Educational Institutes/Facilities

Dera Ghazi has a literacy rate of 95 percent. It also had three government-run colleges; one for boys, and two for women. Government college has been established as a university. Other campuses include Multan sub-campus, Education University, and the Agricultural University under construction. Finally, there are the Campuses of Alama Iqbal Open University, Virtual University, Commerce College, Technology College,the Institute for Special Children, an Inter-College, and many governmental & private institutes which educate the people of Dera Ghazi Khan.

[edit] Health Facilities

In D.G Khan, there is a big civil hospital called the Divisional Headquarters Hospital, along with many private hospitals. The number of beds is being doubled from 250 to 500. There is also an ICU for emergency patients that has been recently constructed, along with an upgrade to the cardiology ward. There is also a government medical college under construction. Divisional Headquarters Hospital is one of the major hospitals in this area. It includes surgical department (including general surgeory, arthopedic surgeory, E.N.T. surgeory, uralogical surgeory, opthelmic surgeory and gynchological surgeory), paediatric department, cardiology department (including CCU and ICU with upcomming central monitering), pathalogy department, X-RAY and ultrasonography department, Medicine department, tib-e-nabvi department, homeopaethic department, dental surgeory, T.B. department, physiotherapist department, outdoor and phormacy. Divisional Headquarters Hospital has two major operation theaters, one for emergency department (in separate emergency department, one for routine patients (8 operation tables). These are lead by Dr. Jalil Ahmad Saqib Afghan, the chief surgeon and Dr. Majeed Ullah Khan Buzdar, assistant surgeon and anesthesia team. Opthelmic surgeory team is lead by Dr. Javed Iqbal. Dental surgeory is lead by Dr. Nusrat Javed. X-RAY and ultrasonography department is lead by Dr. Javed Akhtar. Paediatric department is led by Dr. Jalil Ahmad Kamran. Divisional Headquarters Hospital has a specialized separate gynachological department which includes all kinds of emergency as well as routine surgical facilities. This part has 3 major operation theaters, which can accommodate normal surgeory as well. One Lady Health Visitors teaching school is also affiliated with this hospital. Private hospitals include Aslam Hospital (general hospital), Faiz Surgical Center (private hospital), Yousaf Surgical (private hospital), Fatima Hospital (private hospital), Mariam Maternity Home (private clinic).

[edit] The Rich Agricultural Land

Dera Ghazi Khan is a rich agricultural land with cotton, wheat, sugar, cane, rice, tobacco being the major crops grown. Dera Ghazi Khan is also well known for its dates. The district is now connected by railroad with other parts of the country including Multan, Lahore, Karachi and Quetta. The railway was built by the British before the partition of India.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
"How Pakistan Made Nuclear Fuel" by Munir Ahmad Khan, former chairperson of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission: Islamabad The Nation 7 February 1998, page 7 [Pakistan: Article on How Pakistan Made Nuclear Fuel : FBIS-NES-98-042 : 11 Feb 1998]