Nurpur Noon

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Nur pur Noon is a historic village in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was settled in the nineteenth century by the Noon family, who moved here from Mitha Tiwana, along with their staff and people to cultivate the lands. Nurpur Noon is one of the fifteen villages belonging to the Noon family. Nurpur Noon is inhabited by over 8,000 people. It is a self sustained community, having schools, medical clinics , ironmongers, carpenters, traditional craftsmen in leather arts, clay arts, etc. The village is surrounded by citrus, mango, lychee, Guava and date orchards. The date and Mango orchards are over a hundred years old. Nurpur Noon is home to two very successful studfarms. Noon stud farm, owned by Malik Adnan Hayat Noon and the other one owned by Malik Pervez Hayat Noon and Qadir Mamdot are breeding Thoroughbred race horses very successfully. Race horses from these Stud Farms have been placed in the Pakistan Derby a few times over the years. Nurpur Noon is also a historic political seat, which has produced some great leaders for over a century. Before the independence, Nawab Malik Mohammad Hayat Noon served as a Provincial Darbari. His son, Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon served in the Viceroy's council of India , the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and served on other posts before independence. He also played a pivotal role in the independence movement for Pakistan. After the creation of Pakistan, he was eventually elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1958. The political legacy was carried on by his sons Malik Nur Hayat Noon, who served as Federal Minister in several successive governments and Malik Manzoor Hayat Khan Noon, who was a member of Majlis-e-Shoora in the government of General Zia-ul-Haq. Malik Adnan Hayat Noon son of Malik Manzoor Hayat Noon has been active in the political arena and was elected to the [National Assembly of Pakistan] in 1997 at the age of 26, which made him the youngest member in parliament.He also got elected to the position of Joint Secretary in the ruling party [Pakistan Muslim League](Q) in 2002. The youngest members of this branch of the family are Malik Saif Ullah Khan Noon and Malik Taimur Hayat Khan Noon, sons of Malik Adnan Hayat Noon.