Jauharabad

Jauharabad جَوہرآباد
town
Jauharabad Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Jauharabad Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 32°17′31″N 72°16′25″E / 32.29194°N 72.27361°E / 32.29194; 72.27361
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Sargodha
District	Khushab
Population  (2017)[1]
• City	91,254
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	0454
Number of Union Councils	6 [2]
Punjab Government Website

Jauharabad/Joharabad (جَوہرآباد) is a small city and the district headquarters of Khushab District, Sargodha Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Jauharabad was established in 1953 as a planned city. Jauharabad is named after Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, a prominent figure from the Pakistan independence movement. The city is located in the Khushab district of Punjab, located in the northern part of the country. Key locations near Jauharabad include the Salt Range to the north and Khushab, the Jhelum River, and Mianwali District to the west. Educational facilities include District Public School and Inter College(DPS&IC),University of Education Lahore (sub-campus) , Government Technical College, Jauhar Memorial Public School, Superior College, Aspire College and Punjab College. It has a public library (Sarwar Shaheed Public Library) and many administration offices such as DPO Office DCO Office. It has a Gymkhana (Jauhar Gymkhana Khushab) under construction where facilities of Tennis and Gymnasium are available. It also has District Headquarters Hospital and there are many private hospitals. It also has a sugar mill named Jauharabad Sugar Mills (JSML).

Jauharabad was developed in 1953 under a master plan

The famous Islamic thinker, scholar and Jewish convert to Islam, Muhammad Asad (formerly Leopold Weiss) — author of The Road to Mecca, The Message of the Qur'an and Principles of State and Government in Islam, stayed at Jauharabad in the 1950s. He resided at the bungalow of the town's prominent resident, Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan; who on the advice of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, had established the Dar ul Islam Trust Institutes first in Pathankot, India, after Pakistan's independence, in Jauharabad. The Pakistan's 1st straight road passed this city named Muzzafargarh road. Which is 25km straight having no bend and turns. Kashmiri immigrants: This city has a large number of kashmiri immigrants who migrated from kashmir (mirpur district) due to Mangla dam construction.About 2000 of kashmiri people are living in this city during nineteen sixty 1960. Most of them are well educated and have good status in society. These kashmiri people are living their life together in three villages (colony 1 azam colony, colony no 2 and colony number 3).