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Rawalpindi District
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Rawalpindi district contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of 5,286 km² and a population of about 3,363,911 people of which 53.03% were urban in 1998. It is thus the second-most advanced district in Punjab. [1]
It was part of Rawalpindi Division.
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The district has six tehsils:
Khan Ghulam Sarwar Khan is prominent politician of District Rawalpindi from Taxila. He is now serving as Federal Minister of Labour, Menpower and Overseas Pakistanies. He served as Member Provincial Assembly Punjab, Health Minister of Punjab and Member of Central Zakat Council in past. His younger brother Khan Muhammad Sadeeq Khan is elected Nazim of Tehsil Council Taxila.
Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed elected 4 times as Member National Assembly (MNA) and now holds the Ministry of Railways. He was Minister of Information and Broadcausting. Ejaz-ul-Haq is also MNA and Minister of Regligious Affairs from Rawalpindi. He also knows with regards to the son of Dictator General Zia-ul-Haq who served as President of Pakistan and Chief Marshal Law Officer for 11 years.
Hanif Abbasi was elected MNA from Rawalpindi. He is well known social worker of Jamaat-e-Islami, the main religious party of the country.
Gujar Khan is the heart of Potohar region and is also called the land of Shaheed. The region had produced people from all professionals of life. Two recipients of Nishan-i-Haider were belong to Gujar Khan. The land had produced top Military professionals. See also famous personalities of Gujar Khan.
Taxila is famous for UET Taxila, Taxila Museum.
Federal Minister of Labour, Menpower and Overseas Pakistanies Khan Ghulam Sarwar Khan is elected MNA from Taxila. His younger brother Khan Muhammad Sadeeq Khan is elected Tehsil Nazim of Taxila. Pakistan's prominent tank factory HIT is there
Provincial Minister of Public Health Engineering, Mushtaq Ahmad Kiani is elected MPA from Kotli Satyan
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