Palak

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Palak is one of the 57 Union Councils of Abbottabad District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan^[1].

1 Profile
2 Location
3 Villages
4 Demographics
5 Schools
6 Politics
7 References

[edit] Profile

Province = NWFP
District = Abbottabad
Union Council = Palak

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Time Zone : GMT+5

[edit] Location

Palak is located in the South eastern edge of Abbottabad district (and hence also the south eastern tip of NWFP). It forms part of NWFP's border with Punjab province and Kashmir, and it also borders the following Union Councils within Abbottabad district, Seer Gharbi to the west, Nathiagali to the North and Malkot to the north west.

Palak is the gateway of District Abbottabad because a gali Barian is a border of NWFP and Punjab and Union Council Palak is started from Barian.

[edit] Villages

Palak is the biggest union council of the Circle Bakote area. The union council of Palak takes it name from the chief village of the area (i.e Palak).

Other villages are

Kushi Kot
Malkot
Longal
Surajaal
Darwaza
Kala Ban
Riyala.

[edit] Demographics

The total population of the union council is almost 5,000. The main tribes of Palak are the Dhond Abbasi, Gujjars and Sattis.

[edit] Schools

The first Primary Vernacular Boys School had founded in Reala in 1900 and had to be transferred to Birote because of no student availability. Palak has two high schools for boys and one middle school for girls.

[edit] Politics

Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi who was elected as MPA (Member Provincial Assembly) in 1985 and was later selected as Chief Minister of NWFP belongs to Union council Palak, as does Arshad Mahmood Abbasi who is the youngest person to be selected as Assistant Director in Ministry of Education through FPSC.