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==Economy==
==Economy==
[[File:Hasilpur Bahawal Canal.jpg|thumb|Irrigation from canals such as this provides the city with fertile soil for crop production.]]
[[File:Hasilpur Bahawal Canal.jpg|thumb|Irrigation from canals such as this provides the city with fertile soil for crop production.]]
The main crops for which Bahawalpur is recognised are [[cotton]], [[sugarcane]], [[wheat]], [[sunflower seed]]s, [[rapeseed|rape]]/[[mustard seed]] and [[rice]]. Bahawalpur [[mangoes]], citrus, [[Phoenix dactylifera|dates]] and [[guavas]] are some of the fruits exported out of the country. Vegetables include [[onion]]s, [[tomato]]es, [[cauliflower]], [[potato]]es and [[carrot]]s. Being an expanding industrial city, the government has revolutionised and libertised various markets allowing the caustic soda, cotton ginning and pressing, flour mills, fruit juices, general engineering, iron and steel re-rolling mills, looms, oil mills, poultry feed, sugar, textile spinning, textile weaving, vegetable ghee and cooking oil industries to flourish.<ref>http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/portal/portal/media-type/html/group/304/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-11aeca7c599-100e5?nav=left</ref> [[File:Baghdad road Bahawalpur.jpg|thumb|Baghdad Road, Bahawalpur]]
The main crops for which Bahawalpur is recognised are [[cotton]], [[sugarcane]], [[wheat]], [[sunflower seed]]s, [[rapeseed|rape]]/[[mustard seed]] and [[rice]]. Bahawalpur [[mangoes]], citrus, [[Phoenix dactylifera|dates]] and [[guavas]] are some of the fruits exported out of the country. Vegetables include [[onion]]s, [[tomato]]es, [[cauliflower]], [[potato]]es and [[carrot]]s. Being an expanding industrial city, the government has revolutionised and libertised various markets allowing the caustic soda, cotton ginning and pressing, flour mills, fruit juices, general engineering, iron and steel re-rolling mills, looms, oil mills, poultry feed, sugar, textile spinning, textile weaving, vegetable ghee and cooking oil industries to flourish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk/portal/portal/media-type/html/group/304/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-11aeca7c599-100e5?nav%3Dleft |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-09-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903141323/http://pportal.punjab.gov.pk:80/portal/portal/media-type/html/group/304/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-11aeca7c599-100e5?nav=left |archivedate=3 September 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> [[File:Baghdad road Bahawalpur.jpg|thumb|Baghdad Road, Bahawalpur]]


===Solar Park===
===Solar Park===

Revision as of 05:01, 24 October 2016

Bahawalpur
بہاولپور
City
Clockwise from top: Darbar Mahal, a former palace of the Nawabs of Bahawalpur, Noor Mahal, Farid Gate, Sadiq Dane High School, Entrance of Dring Stadium and Bahawal Victoria Hospital.
Clockwise from top: Darbar Mahal, a former palace of the Nawabs of Bahawalpur, Noor Mahal, Farid Gate, Sadiq Dane High School, Entrance of Dring Stadium and Bahawal Victoria Hospital.
CountryPakistan
RegionPunjab
DistrictBahawalpur
TehsilBahawalpur
Union councils36
Area
 • Total237.2 km2 (91.6 sq mi)
Elevation
461 m (1,512 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total1,052,000
 • Density4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 Bahawalpur Urban agglomeration
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code type
63100
Area code062
Websitewww.bahawalpur.gov.pk/
Bahawalpur Government Website

Bahawalpur (Punjabi, Template:Lang-ur), is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. The city used to be the capital of the Bahawalpur princely state, now the Bahawalpur District. It is the 13th most populous metropolitan area of Pakistan.[4] Bahawalpur is also a hotbed of Deobandi extremism with more than 500 madrasas (religious seminaries) and the headquarters of the designated terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed.

History

Main article: Bahawalpur (princely state)

The princely state of Bahawalpur was founded in 1802 by Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan II after the break-up of the Durrani Empire. The city is over 4.51 kilometres long. Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan III signed a treaty with the British on 22 February 1833, guaranteeing the independence of the Nawab. The state acceded to Pakistan on 7 October 1947 when Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V Bahadur[5] decided to join Pakistan fifty days after independence.[6]

Economy

Irrigation from canals such as this provides the city with fertile soil for crop production.

The main crops for which Bahawalpur is recognised are cotton, sugarcane, wheat, sunflower seeds, rape/mustard seed and rice. Bahawalpur mangoes, citrus, dates and guavas are some of the fruits exported out of the country. Vegetables include onions, tomatoes, cauliflower, potatoes and carrots. Being an expanding industrial city, the government has revolutionised and libertised various markets allowing the caustic soda, cotton ginning and pressing, flour mills, fruit juices, general engineering, iron and steel re-rolling mills, looms, oil mills, poultry feed, sugar, textile spinning, textile weaving, vegetable ghee and cooking oil industries to flourish.[7]

Baghdad Road, Bahawalpur

Solar Park

Near the city the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park is being erected, a photovoltaic power station named after Quaid-e-Azam, the founder of Pakistan. It is the first ever utility scale solar power plant in the country and is to have a capacity of 1,000 MW when finished in 2016. A first phase was brought online in April 2015 and opened by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chinese President, Xi Jinping.[8][9]

Sports

Bahawal Stadium is the multipurpose stadium, home to Bahawalpur Stags. It hosted a sole international match, a test match between Pakistan and India in 1955.

Deobandi Islamism

Deobandi Islamism got established in the Bahawalpur area during colonial times in an effort to counter the strong Sufi influence in the area. After the Partition, a number of Deobandi institutions from Jalandhar and Ludhiana areas relocated to Multan and Bahawalpur in South Punjab. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of Deobandi religoius institutions and considerable recruitment for jihad in Afghanistan and Kashmir.[10] There are at least 500–1000 madrassas in Bahawalpur belonging to Deobandi and Ahl-e-Hadith orientations, most of which teach a violent version of Islam to children.[11]

Abbasi Mosque, Bahawalpur

Maulana Masood Azhar, born in Bahawalpur in 1968, went to study at a religious seminary in Karachi and became a militant of Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA, also called Harkat-ul-Mujahideen).[12] Under his influence several militant madrassas got started in Bahawalpur and other areas of South Punjab.[13] Azhar went to fight jihad in Afghanistan as a militant of HuA, and is said to have become an associate of Osama Bin Laden. After many stints as a militant in several countries and imprisonment in Indian-administered Kashmir, he returned to found Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), considered the deadliest terrorist organisation that fights in Kashmir.[14] He established the headquarters of JeM in Bahawalpur with a 6.5 acre walled complex that serves as a training facility and a madrasa in the centre of the city.[11] The JeM has been designated as a terrorist organisation by various countries as well the United Nations. The United States specially designated Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
  2. ^ a b http://203.215.180.58/portal/portal/media-type/html/group/320/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-103d7b410be-10000?nav=left
  3. ^ http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/index.html
  4. ^ http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files//tables/POPULATION%20SIZE%20AND%20GROWTH%20OF%20MAJOR%20CITIES.pdf
  5. ^ Christopher Buyers, Royal Ark website. "Bahawalpur: The Abbasi Dynasty". Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Remembering Bahawalpur province Tribune Pakistan - February 6, 2012
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 2009-09-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "CM defends power schemes". The Nation. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Pakistan Solar Park Plugs In 100 MW To Grid". Cleantechnica. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  10. ^ Talbot 2015, p. 6.
  11. ^ a b Shah, Saeed (13 September 2009). "Terror group builds big base under Pakistani officials' noses". McClatchy newspapers. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  12. ^ Zahab & Roy, Islamist Networks 2004, p. 29.
  13. ^ Moj, Deoband Madrassah Movement 2015, p. 98.
  14. ^ Zahab & Roy, Islamist Networks 2004, pp. 29–30.
  15. ^ Bill Roggio (16 January 2016). "Pakistan again puts Jaish-e-Mohammed leader under 'protective custody'". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

Bibliography

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