Hajiwala
Hajiwala (Urdu: حاجیوالہ) is a country in the district of Gujrat, Pakistan. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the east of Gujrat and is one of the largest villages by area and population in district Gujrat and the area has the largest number of mosques amongst the prominent villages of the province of Punjab containing up to 35 Mosques. With a population of up to 25,000 people.
Hajiwala حاجیوالہ | |
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 Map of Hajiwala | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Gujrat |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 053 |
The economy of the village mainly depends upon the agriculture, however, as the literacy rate is rising, people are joining other professions as well like the army, police, Banking, educational departments, medicine, etc. Moreover, most of the people of this villages love to go abroad currently, there are many people living and working in other developed countries. most the people are living in Spain, Italy, England, Greece, France, Norway, Saudi Arabia and UAE etc. people are living very progressive life and its very hard to find a maid in this village. Hajiwala has one Government Dispensary (Basic health unit), one high school for boys and one for girls. There are many private schools as well in the village with classes up to intermediate level. The medium of instruction for many private school/colleges is English. A number of Montessori/Kindergarten schools are also working. Unlike other neighbouring villages, the number of girls attending school is increasing and parents normally encourage their daughters to pursue higher studies. The Hajiwala Malik Family is top in Education, especially the Family of Malik Shadi Khan. His great grand son Mr Shahid Ghaffar is one of the very first people whi chose to work outside the country from this village, who not only did support his family but also encouraged them to work hard and make their names bigger in their respective fields, he is currently working as the financial controller at Al-Tamimi KSA.Moreover, this family has the first specialist Doctor of the village Dr. Majid Ghaffar consultantant in internal medicine working as Medical Director in ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, Dr.Professor Zia Ghaffar Malik specialist in Ophthalmology and teaching in Nawaz Shareef Medical College Gujrat,Zahid Ghaffar Malik General Manager 1 in Habib Bank ltd Head Office Karachi he is MBA in Banking and DIBP,Dr. Arslan Shahid Specialist in ophthalmology working in LRBT Lahore,Dr.Rehan Alamgir working in SUIT Karachi and pursuing Radiology, Dr. Armughan Ali, Dr. Quratul Ain Shahid pursuing specialisation in internal medicine, Dr Jaweria Majid Malik, Dr. Umulwara Majid, Engineer Abdul Mannan Majid Malik, Dr. Hamdan Malik, Mrs Amber Zahid (MBA FINANCE, MS FINANCE CIMA (UK)First Chartered Management Accountant of this Area .Engr Hammad Shabaz Malik. And last but not the least the very first in the family to opt for an entirely different profession, Noor ul Ain Shahid pursuing her LLB from University of London, UK.
People are socially aware and some of the young boys have developed an informal organization named "Hajiwala Welfare Society" and they are working for the beauty and betterment of the village on their own. some of the members of this tanzeem are; Touqeer Azam, Dr Naseer Ahmed, Allama Rizwan Sahb, Sadaqat Shabbir, Tanveer Sahb, Engineer Adnan Khadim Sahb, Mehar Amanat Ali (SSG) Shehzad Mazhar Sahb, Ghazanfar Marhana Sahb, Adil Bania, Asim Shahzad Sahb, Waqar Riaz Sahb, Farhan Ashraf Sahb and Waqar Akram Sahb etc.This tanzeem also planted 450 plants in the village.
Two famous yearly celebrations are held in the village namely "Mela Hajiwala" an annual cultural festival which is held every year on 25 January and "Milaad Sharif" where all of the villagers decorate every Street beautifully on this occasion of Milad Sharif. People from the village are much more decent, educated and peaceful and loving. Most of the population is gujjar in this village arain are the minority If someone published about maliks all of these talks written above absolutely false none of the educated Malik ever belong to our village
History
It is believed that Hajiwala village was named after "Peer Haji Suleman" who preached Islam in Hajiwala for a long time and many non-Muslims embraced Islam on his hand. When his time was near, he advised his disciples (Mureedin) to bury his body in Saidpur village now in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
People of the village often talk about seven 'Pidiyan of Awans" as the ancient settlement of their ancestors near the present days Hajiwala. Ruins of this ancient settlement still exist and are called "Tibba" in a local language. Pieces of broken Pottery, human and animal bones are in abundance around the ruin. This archaeological site is vanishing rapidly as the owner of the land has bulldozed a major portion of "Tibba" to prepare land for cultivation.
References
Mostly population is belong to Gujjar's..