Lalian

Lalian لالیاں‬
Tehsil
Nickname(s): Lalian
Lalian Location in the Pakistan
Coordinates: 31°49′31″N 72°48′10″E / 31.82526°N 72.80274°E / 31.82526; 72.80274Coordinates: 31°49′31″N 72°48′10″E / 31.82526°N 72.80274°E / 31.82526; 72.80274
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Chiniot
Established	2 February 2009
Government
• Type	Tehsil
• City Council	Members' List • • • • • • • • •
Elevation	171 m (564 ft)
Population (2009)(Approximately)
• Tehsil	1,50,000
• Urban	80,000
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)
Dialling code	047

Lalian (Punjabi: لالیاں) is a city in the Chiniot District of Punjab province, in Pakistan. It is located at 31°49'21N 72°47'50E with an altitude of 171 metres (564 feet) and is situated on the Faisalabad-to-Sargodha road.^[1] It is named after "Mian Muhammad Siddiq Lali", a Muslim saint of Lali tribe. According to the census of 1998, Lalian holds total population of 90,000. The total number of households was 4436.

Government

Lalian was made town committee along with Garh Maharaja in 1928, and with the establishment of Chiniot District it became tehsil in 2009.^[2] Lalian is the only transit market for more than 100 villages, so it assumes a great economic importance. At present the population of Lalian is not less than 2 lakhs. It has digital telephone exchange, broad band internet connection and other facilities of communication.The Mna and mpa has also been from the lali family.It started from mahar dost Muhammad lali and his son mahar ghulam Muhammad lali is been mna for two consecutive years and has been mpa in 2008-2013 elections. A picnic park is prepared in Lalian now which is named Mian Muhammad Siddique Lali Park near the Office of Assistant Commissioner. The overall incharge of the Tehsil is Assistant Commissioner by his designation. The following Assistant Commissioners have served in Sub Division Lalian since its creation.

History

Initially this place was a village with land mainly owned by Lali clan, and a place where different sub tribes of Lali clan used to reside., family of Lali clan is currently a politically powerful family of the area. Details about Lali Clan are to be found in books named Kulyat_e_Sadiqquie, and Kulyat-e-Lali, written by Professor Riaz Ahmed Shad. The author has traced the history of Lali clan and linked them with the great Muslim hero, Tipu Sultan. The police station of Lalian was established in 1867 during the British rule, the high school was also established during the British rule in 1918 as was the Rural Health Center. It has a technical training center managed under TEVTA and also has a veterinary hospital. Nadra office is shifted in Lalian on 11-07-2011 which is operating near grain market.

Lalian is facing problems in health, education and veterinary sectors. Rural Health center is unable to provide quality health facilities to residents as it has no emergency and no ambulance, and no available gynecologist and awaits upgrading into THQ hospital to cater to the local people. Veterinary Hospital is also insufficient to meet the ever-growing needs in the field of livestock. The technical training center lacks enrollment due to out fashioned and useless variety of courses provided and need to be upgraded with new career oriented courses and training to ensure better enrollment. Education is in need of great improvement with Science classed to be started at Inter and graduation level so that quality education be provided to ensure the bright future. Roads are also not in a good condition and as economy depends on good infrastructure, so it must be improved.

See also

• Lalian Tehsil
• Chiniot
• Chiniot Tehsil
• Chiniot District
• Bhawana
• Bhawana Tehsil
• Sheikhan
• Thatta Haryan
• kanwawala

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