Kassowal
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.
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Coordinates: 30.29°N 72.32°E | |
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Province | Punjab |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Website | http://kassowal.com/ |
Police Station Kassowal
Police Station Kassowal was established in 1915. Inspector Mr. Nisar Ahmad Bhatti is Corruntly 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, Government middle school 103/12.l, Government girls high school 103/12.l Government High school 102/12.l, Government Girls High School 102/12.l and other Private school and Colleges. The Educator School, Care House School System, DareArqam School System, EFA School System The private sector is playing a major role in primary education: renowned schools in this regard The Educators.
Colleges
- Sir Syed Group of Colleges Kassowal
- Quaid E Azam College
- The Care House Boys and Girls High School System
- The Educator
- Ideal Public School & College
- Qasim Public School and College
- Tameer E Millat High School
- The Scholar College
- Noor Kaddah High School
- Ideal Polytechnical Institute
- Muhammadan Girls Science College
- Efa School system (Project Punjab group of colleges)
- Kassowal Public School
Banks
- United Bank Limited UBL
- Muslim Commercial Bank MCB
- Habib Bank Limited HBL
- Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited ZTBL
- Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited PPCBL
- National bank of pakistan NBP
- Bank Al-Habib Limited
- Allied Bank Limited
- Kashaf Microfinance Bank Limited
- Akhuwat Loan Center Kassowal
Hospitals
- Ganj Shakar Hospital
- Essa Memorial Hospital
- Al-manzoor Surgical Hospital
- Rabia Surgical Hospital
- Al-Siraj Clinical Hospital
- Dr.Muhammad Aslam Arain Hospital
- Rural Health Center 4/14.L - Kassowal
- Rural Health Centre 39/14.L- Kassowal
References
- "Brief History". Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- "Kassowal Map — Satellite Images of Kassowal". Maplandia.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.