Sukho

Sukho
Union Council
Country  Pakistan
Province Punjab
District Rawalpindi
Tehsil Gujar Khan
Post Code GK29
Government
 • Nazim Choudary Ibrar Sarwar
 • Naib Nazim Haji Yaseen
Population
 • Total 35,000

Sukho (Urdu: سُكھو‎) is a Union Council of Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] It is located 3.5 km south of the Sukho Mor stop at the Mandra-Chakwal Road and is connected with Gujar Khan (12.5 km) via Sukho-Gujar Khan Road.

Education

Other than private schools, the town has a number of government schools;

  • Government Boys Primary School Sukho
  • Government Islamia High School Sukho (for Boys)[2]
  • Government Girls High School Sukho[3]

Hospital

Sukho has several private clinics, medical (unqualified) (doctors, Dr.pappu, Dr.Tahir, Dr.Qadri, Dr.G.Hussain, Dr.Ehtesham, all of them foreign qualified) and health related service providers, including the Kamal Laboratories which manufactures and exports homoeopathic medicine in Pakistan.[4] The founding unit of the laboratories is located in Sukho since 1967.

Sukho also has a small government hospital called as Basic Health Unit. That is without doctor, without nurse/dispenser and without medicence (BHU)[5] which provides basic health services free of cost.

Post Office

Sukho has a post office which provides postal and pension services to the people of area.[6]

Bank

A branch of Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) is located near the Lari-Adda. It offers Islamic banking services as well.

References

  1. ↑ Towns & Unions in the City District of Rawalpindi - Government of Pakistan Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "School Education Department". schoolportal.punjab.gov.pk. Govt. of Punjab. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  3. ↑ "School Education Department". schoolportal.punjab.gov.pk. Govt. of Punjab. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  4. ↑ Company, Kamal Laboratories, Renowned Homeopathic Medicines Manufacturing. "About Kamal | Company | Kamal Laboratories, Renowned Homeopathic Medicines Manufacturing Company". www.kamal.pk. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  5. ↑ "Health Department". City District Government Rawalpindi. 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  6. ↑ "MCB Bank Pakistan | Branch Locator | Branch". www.mcb.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-12-15.

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