All information about khushab
Khushab is a historical city of Pakistan. It is located 50 kilometers west from Sargodha on Sargodha Mianwali road. It was given status of district on 1st of July1982. There are many attractice places in this district, the most important and beautiful place being Valley of SoonSakesar
Khushab has three tehsils namely Khushab, noor pur and
quaid abad. Khushab is named so owing to its sweet water. History of khushab
dates back to famous emperor Sher Shah Suri who visited this place and tasted
its water and he was surprised to notice the sweet taste of its water. Then he
named this land Khushab which is a Persian word meaning sweet water. There are
many beautiful cultural and social aspects of Khushab. The main language is
Punjabi with a touch of Saraiki in it. This is because of close boundaries with
the Saraiki speaking districs like Mianwali and Jhang. There are four districts
which encircle this district naming Jhang, Chakwal, Mianwali and Sargodha.
Administratively it comes under Sargodha division which has four districts in
its administrative custody. These four districts are Khushab, Mianwali, Bhakkar
and Layyah.
There is another small town Joharabad which is located
7 kilometers to the west of Khushab while going on Mianwali Khushab road. It is
the main administrative area with judiciary, schools and administration offices
in it.
There is a hilly area Soon valley, which is a beautiful
land with good weather and may be the future interest for tourists. It is
located to the south of Khushab on Sakesar road some 20 kilometers from
Khushab. It contains many lakes, green fields and rocks. The largest town of
this valley is Naushera which is planned to be given status of a Tehsil in
future. Other small towns and villages to mention are Khabeki, Jhalar, Kufri,
Jaba, Ochhali, Ochhala, Surraki and Anga.
Many Siberian birds settle in these lakes in winter
season when ice covers most of Siberia.
People of Khushab are very social and brave. Literacy rate
of Khushab had not been so high until recent past when educational reforms have
been introduced by the federal government and the government of Punjab in the
tenure of Chief Minister Pervez Elahi who provided free of cost education to
every child till matriculation.
There are many worth mentioning personalities belonging
to Khushab, Wasif Ali Wasif, Sohail Waraich, Muhammad Ali Sanwal, Badar Muneer
to name few.
Agricultutre is the main source of income here with
most of the population living in rural areas. Many grains are cultivated here.
Wheat, grams, sugarcane, maize and fodder are the most commonly cultivated
fields.
Rural areas of Khushab depict all the cultural aspects
of traditional Punjabi culture.
Khushab has two seats in the national assembly of
Pakistan and four seats in Punjab provincial assembly.
Watch this video to know all the details of Khushab.
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