Kassowal

Coordinates: 30°29′0″N 72°32′0″E / 30.48333°N 72.53333°E / 30.48333; 72.53333

Kassowal
Town
Kassowal
Coordinates: 30°17′N 72°19′E / 30.29°N 72.32°E / 30.29; 72.32
Country  Pakistan
Province Punjab
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Website http://kassowal.com/

Kassowal is a town of Chichawatni Tehsil, Sahiwal District, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] The town is located at 30°29'0" North, 72°32'0" East.[2] Kassowal is approximately 220 km from the major city Lahore and Kassowal is approximately 110 km from the second major city Multan. The population is 10,000. A small village on the Karachi-Lahore railway line during.It was after the Sahi clan of Sanpaal's Kharal Jatt Rajput Minhas who were the inhabitants of this area. The town is in the densely populated region between the Sutlej and Ravi rivers. The principal crops are wheat, cotton, tobacco, legumes, potato and oilseeds. Cotton goods and lacquered woodwork are manufactured.

Police Station Kassowal

Police Station Kassowal was established in 1915. Zia Ullah Khan is working as a SHO and Abdul Qadeer Maan Working as a Police Station Assistant in Kassowal.

Economy

Agriculture is important to the local economy, particularly the growing of cotton, grain, potato, wheat and rice exported all over Pakistan and around the world. As well as its cattle and sheep, the Division is also famous for Water Buffalo milk. Industry

Sahiwal division

Industry of Sahiwal division is mainly an Agro-based Industries and has approximately 1682 industrial units. The main industries include Beverage & Food processing units (Mitchell's Fruit Farms Limited, Montgomery Biscuits, Beakers Land & Sweets Factory etc.), Rice Mills, Sugar Mills (Ittefaq Sugar Mills Limited, Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited etc.), Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Tobacco (Lackson Tobacco etc.), Cotton Ginning & Pressing, Flour Mills, Fertilizer companies (Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited etc.), Vegetable Ghee & Cooking Oil (Habib Oil Mill etc.), Textile Weaving/Spinning, Soap & Detergent, Paper & Paper Board, Poultry Feed, Seed Processing and leather products.

Broadcast Media

There are various radio and cable networks broadcasting in the town, such as Radio Awaz Fm 105. Sun Rise FM 96 and cable networks like Star Cable Network. The main companies providing dial-up internet facilities are BrainNet and CyberNet. World Call Wireless has also started its operation in Kassowal. World Call provides wireless telephones at low call rates and a wireless internet facility which is much faster than the dial-up service providers in the town Recently, Wateen Telecom has also in Kassowal. Wateen offers landline telephone, cellular phone, HAQ television, high-speed internet and WiMax

Educational institutions

Kassowal houses several educational institutes of quality. Government Higher Secondary School is one of big institute in the town It has 10 acres of land which includes the Schools building, a separate library building, inside two Hall named Jinnah Hall and Iqbal Hall and vast green playgrounds Government Girls High School, and other Private schools and Colleges

Schools

Government Higher Secondary School 4/14-L, Government Primary School Ada Kassowal, Government Girls High School 4/14-L, Government Primary School 118/12-L, Government Primary School 4/14-L and other Private school and Colleges. Educator School. The private sector is playing a major role in primary education: renowned schools in this regard The Educators.

Colleges

  1. Sir Syed Group of Colleges Kassowal
  2. Quaid E Azam College
  3. The Care House Boys and Girls High School System
  4. The Educator
  5. Ideal Public School & College
  6. Qasim Public School and College
  7. Tameer E Millat High School
  8. The Scholar College
  9. Noor Kaddah High School
  10. Ideal Polytechnical Institute
  11. Muhammadan Girls Science College
  12. Efa School system (Project Punjab group of colleges)
  13. Kassowal Public School

Banks

  1. United Bank Limited UBL
  2. Muslim Commercial Bank MCB
  3. Habib Bank Limited HBL
  4. Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited ZTBL
  5. Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited PPCBL

Hospitals

  1. Ganj Shakar Hospital
  2. Essa Memorial Hospital
  3. Al-manzoor Surgical Hospital
  4. Rabia Surgical Hospital
  5. Al-Siraj Clinical Hospital
  6. Dr.Muhammad Aslam Arain Hospital
  7. Rural Health Center 4/14.L - Kassowal
  8. Rural Health Centre 39/14.L- Kassowal

References

  1. ↑ Brief History
  2. ↑ "Kassowal Map — Satellite Images of Kassowal". Maplandia.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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