Chak Bakhtawar

Chak Bakhtawar (Urdu: چک بختاور), Gujrat District, Punjab province, Pakistan. It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Kharian and 30 kilometres (19 mi) Azad Kashmir border. All of the people are Muslim and majority belong to the Mughal Family, whereas there are few migrant families from Kashmir as well. Majority of migrant families are Jutt.

Chak bakhtawar Village

Chak Bakhtawar
چک بختاور
لوہاریاں
Chak Bakhtawar Road Sign
Chak Bakhtawar Road Sign
Chak Bakhtawar چک بختاور is located in Pakistan
Chak Bakhtawar چک بختاور
Chak Bakhtawar
چک بختاور
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Coordinates: 32.829240°N 73.964443°E / 32.829240; 73.964443
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictGujrat
TehsilKharian
P/OChak Bakhtawar
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code0537

Sadkal, Bhagwal, Dham, Jand Shareef and Golra Hashim are nearby villages of Chak Bakhtawar a.k.a. Loharian. Sadkal in north, Bhagwal and Dham in south, Jand Shareef in east and lastly Golra Hashim is in west of Chak Bakhtawer.

Education

There are two schools in Chak Bakhtawar:

  • Government Elementary School Chak Bakhtawar (Boys)
  • Government Primary School Chak Bakhtawar (Girls)

Sports

Village resident are keen to play cricket, volleyball and badminton. All three games are played and village has won many tournament and remarkable achievement

Muhammad Adrees, Arslan, Saqib Ali, Atif Saleem are famous athletes that are playing cricket in foreign countries

Notable people

Among many others, Mr Altaf Hussain is one of the notable people from the village who got commission in Pakistan Navy, He has served as Commander North, Military Attache to the Oman Embassy for Pakistan and many other prominent positions. Mr Altaf was the commander of the submarine which carried the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abassi to sail in Open Sea.[1] Mr. Yasir Nazir has completed PhD in Chemistry and nowadays working for medicine molecular structure

Saqib Sajjad is another birght person from Chak Bakhtawar who has been serving Bank of Punjab as Head of Treasury Dept.

References
  1. "Abbasi becomes first Pakistan PM to board submarine in open sea". The Express Tribune. 24 December 2017.


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