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Pattoki
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Elevation | 186 m (610 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 634,236 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Pattoki is a town in the Kasur District of the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] It is the headquarters of Pattoki Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district, and is located at 31°1'0N 73°50'60E with an altitude of 186 metres (613 feet).[2]
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Pattoki is named after a caste of the Hindus called Pattwaan. It was a Hindu-Sikh dominated town, famous for its cotton production and was called The Cotton Queen. After partition the cotton industry became sick. This city is still a big trade centre for a number of villages attached to it. The Changa Manga forest is also 10 kilometres away from Pattoki. Ghehlan nurseries are also 1 kilometre away from Pattoki. Pattoki green market is famous all over the Punjab.
Pattoki was declared as "Queen of Flowers" by Queen Elizabeth because of the largest Flower Market in the region. People used to export flowers to all over the world.
Pattoki was raised to the status of Tehsil in early 1990s. Before it most of the official works were carried in Chunian. The total population of Pattoki, including urban and rural areas is approximately 6.34 lakh (634,000). However it is handicapped in so many sectors i.e. education, health and other civic facilities.The underground water of pattoki are not good for drinking but government provided pure water supply for pattoki people from Halla at a distance of 20 km away. Most of the area is irrigated by canal water because sub soil water is saline and unfit for agriculture. In the present era, it has become an industrial hub, there are approximately 200 industrial units and these are established at G.T Road, with companies such as Aqua Blue, Rafhan Bestfoods,Ashraf Cotton Industry, Pattoki Sugar Mills, Wall's ice cream, Martin Dow, Haleeb,al_imran pharmacy, Century Paper & Board Mills. In Pattoki tnere is a great sant namely Baba Hazrat Syed Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi. He was a great person who belonging to a noble Syed Kazmi family who come from Iran's city Kazmain. The father of Hazrat Baba Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi is Syed Kazmin Ali Shah Berried in a village ck. 484 g.b of Jhang. Hazrat Baba Abbas Hussain Shah Kazmi died in 1968. He told His time of death before death. His tomb is situated in Pattoki. His annual Uras Mubarik held on 6,7,8 of September of very year. Syed Fatir Hussain Kazmi, who is the real nephew is Sajjada Nasheen there.
Educational institutions in the town include various Government Colleges, such as Government College, Pattoki.
Pattoki has numerous satellite village. These include: