Dheedwal

Dheedwal is a town 17 kilometers from Chakwal in Punjab, Pakistan.[1] It has a hospital, a college, a bank, a utility store and some other services like telephone, cable and also water and gas supply.

The mosque of Jamia Masjid Chishtia Ghausia Dheedwal is situated in the center of the village. The community of this mosque belongs to the Muslim sect "Sunni Brailvi".

Dheedwal also hosting another beautiful mosque "Farooqia Masjid" which belongs to Muslim sect "Sunni Deobandi". This mosque also managing a madrassa "Ashabe badr" which is providing quality religious education with the help of community.

The Tanzim Al-Mustafa Sallah o Alaih e Waalih e Wasalm is an organization of the young men of Dheedwal. The Tanzim organizes the annual Mehfil-e-Naat at the Jamia Masjid Chistia Ghausia Dheedwal. All well known Qura, Naat Khawan and Islamic scholars from different parts of Pakistan come to this Mehfil-e-Pak, which includes thousands of participants. It is the best and the biggest event annually held in Dheedwal. The Village Dheedwal has all the facilities same like a modern city for example, College, Hospital, Land Line Telephone, Water Supply System, Street Lights and Sewerage System etc.

As you turn from main road towards the village, you can see a monument (Oblesik). This monument (Oblesik) reflects the participation of these villagers through their army men that fought the 2nd world war.

Dr. M. Sajjad Minhas is the first MBBS Doctor of Dheedwal and M. Durrez Minhas the first Engineer of Dheedwal. Engr. M. Usman Minhas and Engr. Shamoon Akhtar Minhas also young engineers of Dheedwal. Major(R) Munawar Ahmed first commissioned officer of Dheedwal. M. Zammurd Chaudhry first Pakistan Air Force commissioned officer of Dheedwal. 1st commissioned Pakistan Navy officer belongs to proud Janjua clan. Lt.Cdr Imam Muhammad Raja, their sons continue the father tradition and their elder son Cdr. Waqar Ahmed Janjua' got commission in Pakistan Navy and currently serving the country, their 2nd son Muhammad Bakhtiar Ahmed Janjua joined Pakistan Rangers as Sub inspector and now worked in Media Industry in Pakistan in management of renowned channel, their third son Muhammad Waqas Ahmed Janjua is Also commissioned officer in Pakistan Army. the family is distinguished because of 4 officers, as 3 commissioned officer and one para military officer from a single family in the village. From same family Janjua high-profile Army officer Maj Gen Saleem Janjua was Dy QMG in GHQ is a prominent figure and his son Is also a commissioned officer in pak army, their nephew Maj Mohsin Janjua is Also commissioned officer in Pakistan army.

The village has also been a home to several scientists, who are (have been) working in the world leading universities. For example, late Dr. Nasir Mehmood Butt (MSc - QAU, Islamabad, PhD Agriculture - Pakistan) was a scientist in the field of agriculture during last quarter of 20th century. Currently, an eminent computer scientist from the village, Dr. Muhammad Taimoor Minhas (MSc - UK, PhD Computer Science - Austria) is working at world leading engineering and technology university CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He has won several very prestigious international scientific and academic awards for his research work in the fundamental area of computer science. Dr. Syed Zahoor Hussain Shah (late) was the first PhD of Dheedwal. He graduated in Physics from UK in the first quarter of 20th century.

Dheedwal has the highest number of graduates and highly educated professionals in District Chakwal. Also a number of immigrants from this village setteld in Canada and United States. Historically this village was an earliest settlement of people along with Ban Ameer Khatoon because of its latitude and still in some parts of area when construction begins and the people witnessed the unearthen pieces of utensils showing ancient civilization in this area.

Educational Place: Al-Mustafa Academy Dheedwal - For Bright future of students

References

  1. ↑ Wikimapia

GHS Dheedwal is being promoted as Govt. Higher Secondary School Dheedwal. QPMS is also a private school in the village Dheedwal.

Dheedwal is consisting on Bralvi maslak majority.

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