Pandak, Pakistan

Pandak is one of the 44 union councils, administrative subdivisions, of Haripur District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^[1]

Pandak is said to be the capital of Haripur. Pandak is one of the most important residential areas of Haripur as it is situated very near to the city. The most used way to go inside the Pandak is via G.T. Road.

Location

The village of Pandak is opposite to Ameer Khan Silkway Plaza Haripur.

There are two ways to go to Pandak from G.T. Road. The first is from Taloker Road opposite Silkway Plaza; the second one is from Jame Masjid opposite to I-Waamz Cash & Carry. Pandak is divided into two Mohallahs: Upper Pandak and Lower Pandak.

Features

• The railway line crosses from this village. After that railway line there is a big Graveyard which covers a lot of area and leads to Soka, Mohallah Eidgah and the Railway Station of Haripur.
• Plots and houses are very expensive, here almost equal to the rates in Haripur city. Prices range from three to four Lac per Marla of land area.
• Rents of rented homes are also very costly.
• According to caste and family, every kind of people live here, including Tareens, Gujjars, Mughals, Awans, Jadoons, and Tanolis.

Facilities

• Pandak has all kinds of facilities like mosques, graveyards, electricity, gas, purified water, tube-wells, telephone lines, PTCL Landline and DSL Internet (8 MB maximum speed).
• Excellent coverage of all mobile networks, including Zong, Ufone, Mobilink, Telenor, Warid, EVO and other wireless devices with 3G/4G support.
• Very near to Haripur city, i.e. only 5 minute walking distance. There are lot of ways to go into the city or bazaar.
• Paved, open and clear streets
• Street lighting at night
• Seven general stores or Karyana shops in every mohallah to buy all kinds of general household items.
• Three diary form shops are also included in Pandak in Sohri Gali where you can get pure milk, curd, butter, lassi, khoa.
• Two private car parking areas, one at Taloker Road near Frontier school and other at Upper Mohallah near Yasir general store.
• Two government primary schools i.e. Govt Primary School Pandak, separate for boys and girls.
• Two Montessori schools
• NIML (National Institute of Modern Languages) institution for English language and computer courses

Mosques

• Jamia Masjid Farooq-e-Azam Pandak (Khoo Wali)
• Jamia Masjid Ghosia Pandak
• Two mosques near railway line

References

Administrative divisions of Haripur District
Capital	Haripur
Union councils	Ali Khan Bagra Baitgali Bakka Bandi Sher Khan Barkot Beer Bherrary Breela Darwesh Dheendah Dingi Ghazi Haripur Central Haripur North Haripur South Hattar Jabri Jatti Pind Kalinjar Khalabat Khanpur Kholian Bala Kot Najeebullah Kotehrra Kundi Landarmang Mankrai Maqsood Najifpur Nara Amaz Pandak Panian Pind Hasham Khan Pind Kamal Khan Qazipur Rehana Sawabi Maira Serai Niamat Khan Serai Saleh Sikandarpur Sirikot Sirya Tarbela Tofkian