History of Pakistan - Thandiani

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•   3000 - 1500 BC

                Indus Civilization.

• 1700 BC

               Aryans invade from Central Asia.

• 516 BC

               Northern Pakistan becomes the easternmost province of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.

• 327 - 325 BC

               Alexander the Great invades Pakistan.

• 272 - 236 BC

              Mauryan Emperor Ashoka promotes Buddhism.

• 185 BC

               Bactrian Greeks conquer northwest Pakistan.

• 75 BC

              Arrival of Scythians (Sakas) from Central Asia.

• 20 AD

               Parthians conquer northern Pakistan.

• 60 AD

               Kushans from Central Asia overthrow the Parthians.

• 3rd Century

               Kushans decline and are dominated by the Sassanian Empire of Persia

• 4th Century

               kidar (Little) Kushans come to power.

• 445

               White Huns invade Gandhara and are converted to Hinduism, possibly as the Rajput warrior caste.

• 565

              Sassanians and Turks overthrow Huns.

• Late 6th - 7th Century

              turki Shahis control area west of Indus, including Gandhara.

• 711

             Mohammad Bin Qasim conquers Sindh and southern Punjab

• 870

               Hindu Shahis arrive from Central Asia

• 1001 - 26

               Mahmud of Ghaznavi invades. 
               Mass conversions to Islam.

• 1034 -1337

               Sindh ruled by Sumrahs, a Sindhi tribe

• 1150

               Mohammad Ghuri destroys the Kingdome of Mahmud Ghaznavi.

• 1194

                Mohammad Ghuri makes Delhi the capital of the empire

• 1206 - 1526 Delhi Sultanate

               Delhi Sultanate established by Ilbari Dynasty 
               At the time of Muhammd Ghuri's death in 1206 (had no sons), Qutbuddin Aibak was in Lahore, where he assumed the sovereign                                                       .              powers as he was elected Sultan by the Amirs. 

                The assumption of sovereign powers by Qutbuddin Aibak in 1206 is regarded as the foundation of the Sultanate   Delhi.

• 1221

                The Mongol, Genghiz Khan invades Punjab

• 1290-1320 Khalji Dynasty

                Marks the end of the Turks rule. 

                 Among the Khaljis, Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316) reign is known for revenue reforms, market regulations and conquests.

• 1320-1412 Tuqhluq Dynasty

                Tuqhluq were from 'Qarauna Turk' tribe. 
                Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughluq Shah (Ghazi Malik) founder of third dynasty of the Sultanate. 
                Among the Tughluq dynastry, Mohammad Tughluq and Firuz Tughluq are most popular.

• 1337

               Sammah Rajputs overthrow the Sumrahs in Sindh

• 1398-9

                 Tamerlane invades from Central Asia

• 1414-51 The Saiyids

                  Khizr Khan was the founder of the Saiyid dynasty. 
                  Alauddin Alam Shah was the last ruler.

• 1451-1526 The Lodhis

                 Lodhis were Afghans 
                 Bahlol Lodhi was the founder of this dynasty. 

                The last Lodhi Sultan, Ibrahim Ladhi (1517-26) was killed by Babur in the first battle of Panipat.

• 1526

               The Sultanate of Delhi ended.
               Babur defeats the Lodis, the last of the Delhi sultans, and establishes the Mughal Empire.
               Tarkhans capture power in Sindh.

• 1524

                 Babur, first Mughal emperor, rais Punjab 
                 Sindh conquered by Shah Beg Arghun from Kandahar. Amir Chakar Rind unites Balochi tribes and defeats Sammahs.

• 1527 - 1857 The Mughal Empire

                    Zahiruddin Mohammad Babur son of Umar Shaikh Mirza,first Mughal Emeror (1526-30) and founder of  the Mughal empire in India. 
                    March 16 -- A decisive battle took place with Rana Songa of Mewar, a powerful Rajput prince. 
                    Babur's autobiography Tuzuk-i-Bauri (Babur Namah) written in Turki.

• 1530

                   December 26 -- Babur died in Agra. 
                   Humyun become the Mughal emperor. 

                   Humayun reign 1530, 40, 1555-6.

• 1540

                  Suri Dynasty (1540-55) 
                  Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the battles of Chausa and Kanauj and became the emperor. 
                  Humayun is forced into exile in Persia by Sher Shah Suri.

• 1545

                 Death of Sher Shah Suri.

• 1555

                 Humayun regains empire.

• 1556

                 Akbar, son of Humayun, is emperor (1556-1605) 
                 Humayun died after falling from his library (Sher Mandil) stairs. 
                 Thirteen years old Humayun's son Akbar becomes the emperor. 
                 Akbar is famous for his liberal policies especially towards non-Muslims. 
                 Akbar contributed greatly in Indian music. Tansen was the most accomplished musician of that days.

• 1527

               Jahangir is emperor (1605-27) 
               After Akbar, his son Salim becomes emperor. Salim took the title of Jehagir (Conqueror of the world). 
              Jehangir's reign consider be the peak of Mughal rule (and his son's reign).

• 1528

              Sha Jahan is emperor (1627-59) 
              After Jehangir, his son Khurram becomes the empror of Mughal emperor. Khurram took the title of Shah Jehan (Emperor of the World) 
              The Mughal Empire was at its zenith during Shah Jehan's rule.

• 1583

              Queen Elizabeth I dispatched the ship Tyger to the sub-continent to exploit opportunities for trade.

• 1614

              The British East India Company opens its first office in Bombay.

• 1658

                Aurangzeb Alamgir is emperor (1658-1707). 
                Sikhs organize as a warrior sect.

• 1707

              Aurangzeb Alamgir died. 
              His death regards as the beginning of the end of Mughal empires.
              Aurangzeb Alamgir's son bahadur Shah Zafar becomes the last emperor of Mughal dynastry.

• 1736

             Founding of Kalhora Dynasty in Sindh

• 1739

               Nadir Shah of Persia invades the subcontinent.

• 1747-73

               Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Kingdom of Afghanistan and acquires Indus territories, Punjab and Kashmir.

• 1757

              The battle of Plassey is considered a major breakthrough for the Britishers in the Subcontinent.

• 1707 - 1762

             Shah wali Ullah's Reform Movement.

• 1760-1830

            Sikhs become dominate force in Pubjab.

• 1789

           Talpur Balochis overthrow Kalhora Dynazty in Sindh

• 1799-1839

            Ranjit Singh rules Punjab from Lahore.

• 1830

            Faraizi Movement (1830-57)

• 1843

            British annex Sindh. 
            First British-Afghan War

• 1845-6

             First British-Sikh War

• 1848-9

            The British defeat the Sikhs in Second Sikh War, annex Punjab and NWFP

• 1857

            First War of Independence (Mutiny)

• 1858

           British government assumes direct rule of British East India Company lands, establishes British Raj 
           Aligarh Movement (1858-98)

• 1866

           Deoband Movement (1866-1947)

• 1884

            Anjuman Himayat-i-Islam, Lahore (1884-1947)

• 1885

           Establishment of Indian National Congress

• 1887

           All districts of Balochistan in British hands

• 1889

           British establish Gilgit Agency

• 1891

            British conquer Hunza and Nagar

• 1894

            Nadva-tul-'Ulama of Lucknow (1894-1947)

• 1906

            December 30 -- The annual meeting of Mohammadan Educational Conference held at Dacca under the chairmanship of Nawab Viqar.                                                                                       .          All India Muslim League founded as forum for Indian Muslim separatism

• 1916

           The Lucknow Pact

• 1919

           The Khilafat Movement (1919-1924)

• 1930

            Mohammad Iqbal proposes creation of separate Muslim state

• 1940

            Lahore Resolution, which endorses idea of separate nation for India's Muslims, to be called Pakistan.

• 1947

            June 3 -- the British Government accepted the idea of partition of India.
            July 18 -- The British Parliament passes the Indian Independence Act.
            July 19 -- Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (1895-1951) of Muslim League becomes the first Prime Minister. 
            August 14 -- Birth of Pakistan, consisting of East Bengal, a part of Assam (Sylhet), West Punjab, Sind, NWFP and Baluchistan.

           Under Section 8 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the Government of India Act, 1935  becomes constitution of   Pakistan.
          August 15 -- Quid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) of Muslim League becomes first governor-general 

          Liaquat Ali  Khan(1895-  1951) of Muslim League becomes the first Prime Minister of the new nation.

• 1948

          September 11 --  Quid-e-Azam  Dies and Kashmir Crisis Starts. 
          September 14 --  Cheif Minister of Bengal Khwaja Nazimuddin (1894-1964) of Muslim League becomes second governor-general. 
          The first war with India over Kashmir

• 1949

           March 12 -- Objectives Resolution passes moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.

• 1951

          October 16 --  Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated in Rawalpindi.
          October 17 -- Finance Minister Ghulam Mohammad (1895-1956) of Muslim League becomes the third Governor General. 
          Governor General Khawaja Nazimuddin of Muslim League becomes second Prime Minister.

• 1952

           December 22 -- The second draft of the Basic Principle Committee presents to the Constituent Assembly.

• 1953

            April 17 -- Malik Ghulam Mohammad dismisses the Khawaja Nazimuddin.
            (Important note: This is this act of Ghulam Mohammad that sets an unhealthy tradition and precedent in Pakistan of Presidents                                                           ,           removing ELECTED governments. This tradition is later carried on by various Presidents creating a continuous instability in the                            ,           Pakistan
           April 17 -- A not well-known leader of East Pakistan Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909-1963 ) of Muslim League, who was then Pakistani

           Ambassador to United State, becomes third Prime Minister.

• 1954

            May 1954 -- Governor General Ghulam Mohammad appointed Iskander Mirza (1899-1969) as Governor of East Pakistan.                                      ,          In order to established the peace in East Pakistan, the first step he took as Governor was to order the arrest of 319 persons, including           Mujib al Rahman  and Yusuf Ali   Choudhury. By mid June, the number of persons arrested had reached 1051, including 33 assembly members        and two Dhaka University   Professors. So, in a way Iskander Mirza had sown a permanent seed of hatred for the Central government in the  hearts of East Pakistani people.

           October 24 -- Malik Ghulam Mohammad dissolved the Constituent Assembly of Mohammad Ali Bogra and declares a state of emergency.
           Pakistan signed an agreement with the U.S. saying that US will come to Pakistan's aid in a time of war.

• 1955

           August 11 -- Bogra resigns and  Chaudhary Mohammad Ali (1905-1963) of Muslim League becomes appointed forth Prime Minister. 
           October 6 -- Governor-General Ghulam Mohammad resigns. 
           October 6 -- Iskander Mirza (1899-1969) of Military becomes the fourth and last Governor General.

• 1956

           March 23 -- Constitution take on and proclaims Pakistan an Islamic republic. The Constitution consisted of 234 articles, which divided                           into 13 parts and 6 schedules. The National Assembly (the only house of the parliament) was consists of 300 members. The 300 hundred National     ,          Assembly seats were equally divided between West Pakistan and East Pakistan (the concept of one unit was there in constitution.). 
           March 23 -- Iskander Mirza of Republican Party becomes first president. 
           September 12 -- Chaudhry Mohammad Ali resigns and after the adoption of the constitution, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1893-1963)  of                               ,          Awami League becomes the fifth Prime Minister.

• 1957

           October 17  -- Suhrawardy resigns, due to President's refusal to convene a meeting of the parliament to seek a vote of confidence.
           October 17 -- The Law Minister in the Federal Cabinetof Muslim League becomes sixth Prime Minister.
           December 11 -- I. I. Chundrigar was Forced to resign since he failed to maintain the support of his coalition partners and thus becomes                                         ,          the only  Prime Minister of Pakistan for less than two months.
           December 16 -- Malik Feroze Khan Noon (1893-1970) of Republican Party takes over the office of Prime Minister and becomes the,          seventh prime minister. 

• 1958

• 1962

           Constitution Adopted (second time). 
           Gen. Mohammad Ayub Khan of Military becomes president.

• 1965

            August -- Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir

• 1966

            January 10 -- Gen Ayub Khan and Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri signed the cease-fire agreement in Tashkent,USSR.
            The cease-fire agreement led to the resigning of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ayub Khan's talented Minister of Foreign Affairs.

• 1969

            March 25 -- Ayub Khan handed his place over to Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan (1907-1980), who promised return to civilian rule. He is           the first chief martial law administrator (March 25, 1969 through March 31, 1969).
           Martial law declared by military chief Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan.
           March 25 -- Gen. Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan of Military takes over and becomes the third president.
           March 27 -- Gen Ayub Khan resigns from office of Prime Minister.

• 1970

           First general elections.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ,          Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Awami League acquires absolute majority in new National Assembly. 

          West Pakistan-dominated government headed by military chief Yahya Khan Declines to assemble assembly.

• 1971

          East Pakistan attempts to break away. 
          Civil war begins in East Pakistan. 
          East Pakistan declares itself independent nation and becomes Bangladesh. 
          India intervenes on behalf of Bengali separatists. 
          Pakistani military surrenders to Indian armed forces. 
          December 7 -- Nurul Amin (1893-1974) of Pakistan People's Party becomes ninth prime minister.
          December 20 -- Nurul Amin resigns.
          December 20 -- President (military chief) Yahya Khan resigns. 
          December 20 -- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) of Pakistan Peoples Party becomes fourth president of Pakistan.

• 1972

         President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto  and India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sign Simla agreement that adjusts cease-fire line between Pakistan                                                   ,        and India and creates new Line of Control.

• 1973

         New constitution goes into effect (Third time). 
         August 13 -- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto   resigns from presidency.
         August 14 -- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan People's Party becomes tenth prime minister.
         August 14 -- Fazal Elahi Chaudhry (1904-1982) of Pakistan People's Party becomes fifth President.

• 1974

         May - India tests its first nuclear device at nation's nuclear testing grounds near Pokhran in southeastern India.  
         Prime Minister Z. A. Bhutto's government begins nuclear program.

• 1976

         Diplomatic ties established between Pakistan and Bangladesh.

• 1977

         Riots erupt over allegations of rigging of general election by Pakistan Peoples Party.
         Gen. Mohammad Zia ul-Haq  (1924-1988) of Military declares martial law. 
         July 5 -- Gen. Zia ul-Haq of Military becomes eleventh prime minister.

• 1978

         September 16 -- President Fazal Elahi Chaudhry resigns
         September 16 -- Gen.  Zia ul-Haq of Military becomes sixth president.

• 1979

         Islamic penal code introduced. 
         Gen. and president Zia ul-Haq of Military hangs First elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Z. A. Bhutto.

• 1980

          United State pledges military assistance following Soviet Union intervention in Afghanistan.

• 1983

          Gen. and president Zia announces that he will lift the martial law but military will retain the key role in future governments.

• 1985

         Martial law and ban on political parties lifted.
         General elections held under military rule. 
         Controversial eighth Amendment is passes. 
          March 24 -- Military chief Zia-ul Haq resigns from prime ministership and Mohammad Khan Junejo (1932-1993) of Pakistan Muslim League   ,         become twelfth prime minister. Gen.  Zia ul-Haq of Military President. 

• 1986

         Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's daughter Benazir Bhotto (born: 1953) returns from exile to lead PPP in campaign for elections.

• 1988

        May 29 -- Military chief (president) Zia dismisses Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo's government.
        June 9 -- Gen. and president Zia becomes thirteenth prime minister. 
        Military chief , president and prime minister  Zia orders new elections. 
        August 17 -- Military chief ,president and prime minister Zia, the US ambassador and top Pakistan army officials die in mysterious plane crash.
         August 17 -- Ghulam Ishaq Khan (born: 1915) becomes seventh President. (Acting president to Dec. 12, 1988.)
         Benazir Bhotto's Pakistan People's Party wins November general election.
         Benazir Bhutto, the eldest child of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto  sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of a Muslim nation.She    becomes fourteenth prime minister.                      

         December 14 -- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Khan becomes seventh President.

 

• 1989

          May -- India test fires its Agni missile, ballistic missile that can be able to deliver a nuclear warhead to any target in Pakistan or southern      China.

• 1990

        August 6 -- Benazir Bhutto's government dismissed on charges of incompetence and corruption.
        August 6 -- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (born: 1931) of National People's Party becomes fifteenth Prime Minister (caretaker).
        In National election, Benazir Bhutto's PPP lost to coalition of rightist parties. 
        November 6 -- Jotoi resigns and Mian Nawaz Sharif (born: 1949) of Pakistan Muslim League becomes sixteenth prime - minister.

• 1991

        Islamic Shariah law formally incorporated into legal code.

• 1992

        Nawaz Sharif's government launches campaign to stamp out violence by supporter of Mohajir Quami Movement (MQM).

• 1993

        April 19 -- President Ishaq Khan dissolves the National and Provincial Assemblies. 
        April 18 -- Ishaq Khan selects Mir Balakh Sher Mazari of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) as the seventeenth Prime Minister  
        May 26 -- Mazari’s tenure as a caretaker Prime Minister ended in May, when the Supreme Court of Pakistan invalidates the presidential on May 26 and reinstated Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister. Nawaz Sharif becomes eighteenth prime minister.
        July 18 -- the President, Ghulam Ishaq and the Prime Minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif both resign under pressure from military, thus dissolving ,       all the Central and provincial Assemblies. 
        July 18 -- Wasim Sajjad (born: 1941) of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Group) selected as eight President (interim).
        July 18 -- Moin Qureshi (born: 1930)selected as nineteenth Prime Minister (caretaker). 
         On October 6th and 9th General Elections were held. 
        Octorber 19 -- Benazir Bhutto (born: 1953) wins slim margin and took oath as Prime Minister. She becomes twenth prime minister.
        On November 13, Presidential election was held. 
        Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari (born: 1940) of Pakistan People's Party candidate won by 274 to 168 votes against, the then acting   President Wasim Sajjad.
        November 14 -- Wasim Sajjad resign and Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari of Pakistan Peoples Party elected as eighth President.

• 1996

         November 5 -- President Farooq Leghari dismisses Benazir Bhutto accuses her government of corruption and nepotism under the Article    ,        58(2) b of the Eighth Amendment.
         November 5 -- Miraj Khalid (born: 1916) becomes twenty first prime minister (caretaker).

• 1997

          Queen Elizabeth II visits Pakistan on 50th Anniversary of its Independence. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, right, meets 

          Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the presidential palace in Islamabad, Pakistan.
          Malik Meraj Khalid selected as Caretaker Prime Minister.
          On February, National elections held. 
          February 17 -- Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif becomes twenty second Prime Minister.
          February 18 -- Nawaz Sharif  obtained a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on February 18. 
          Controversial Eighth Amendment is repealed, which empowered the president to dismiss the prime ministers. 
          Passing Thirteenth Am Amendment and the Ehtesab Act, 1997. 
          December 2 --Because of constitutional crisis, President Farooq Leghari  resigned on December 2. 
          December 2 -- Wasim Sajjad of PML-N becomes tenth President (interim) (second time).

• 1998

         January 1 -- Wasim Sajjad resigns and  Mohammad Rafiq Tarar (born: 1929) of PML-N becomes eleventh  President.   
         May 28-29 -- Pakistan carried out its nuclear tests in response to Indian detonation of its three nuclear devices and becomes a Nuclear Power. 
         Nawaz Sharif's government proclaims an emergency on May 28, because of this, all fundamental rights of Pakistani people were suspended and all the foreign currency accounts in Pakistani banks were frozen.
         A Ghauri missile (a modified SCVD ballistic missile similar to India's Agni ballistic missile).                            
        Nawaz Sharif introduces the Fifteen Amendment on October 9. 
        The Fifteen Amendment, which is an effort by Sharif  to acquire more powers, soon brought him into serious confrontation with military.       .       This confrontation led to the resignation of General Jehangir Karamat on October 7. 
        Mohammad Rafiq Tarar (born: 1929) becomes an eleventh President.

• 1999

         Feburary 20 -- Indian prime Minister Vajayeee visits Pakistan.
         In April, Benazir Bhutto and her husband convicted of corruption and given jail sentences.
         April 11 -- India test an upgraded version of Agni missile on Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal.
         The Kargil Offensive.
         The Kargil crisis in its aftermath led to tense relationship between Nawaz Sharif and the military.                                                                                                   .        It was this tense relationship, which culminated in the removal of the Nawaz government by successor of General Karamat (Musharraf ). 

          October 12 --  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif overthrown in military coup led by military chief Pervez Musharraf (born: 1943), thus Military   ,        Comes to Power Again.
          Pakistan is suspended from Commonweath due to widely condemned military coup.
          October 12 --  military chief Musharraf becomes the Chief Executive of Pakistan.

          October 14 -- military chief and chief executive becomes twenty third prime minister.
 

• 2000

          In April, Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on hijacking and terrorism charges.
          In December, Nawaz Sharif goes into exile in Saudi Arabia after being pardoned by military authorities.

• 2001

          Agra Summit. 
          US Military invasion in Afghanistan. 
         June 20 --  Gen.  Pervez Musharraf (born: 1943) of Military dissolved the parliament as a result the figurehead president, Rafiq Tarar          vacated his position. Later in the day Gen Pervez Musharraf names himself president while remaining head of the military. He becomes twelfth the President.
        US Military invasion in Afghanistan.
        July, Gen Musharraf meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in Agra summit. Talks fails (not even a joint statement).September -       Pakistan cut its diplomatic relation with the Taliban and becomes a major ally to U.S. campaign against the Taliban and al-Qaida.
        US lifts some sanctions imposed after Pakistan's nuclear tests, but retains those imposed after Musharraf's coup.

•  2002

           Musharaf assumed the title of Chief Executive.
           
           The referendum took place on April 30, 2002, with no competition and no option but to vote for General Musharraf.
           Legal Framework Order of  2002 
           General Elections held in 2002 
           Zafarullah Khan Jamali Becomes Prime Minister [2002] 

• 2003

          Seventeenth Amendment took place  
          Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Becomes Prime Minister [2004] 
          Shaukat Aziz Becomes Prime Minister [2004] 

• 2004

          Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Becomes Prime Minister [2004] 

          Shaukat Aziz Becomes Prime Minister [2004] 

• 2007

          July 10 2007; Operation Silence, against Lal masjid militants started in Islamabad.

          November 28 2007, Musharaf resigned and Kayani became Chief of Army Staff

•  2010                                                                                                                                                                                    Many coalitions become active and perished.                                                                                                                      Common man of the country is struggling hard for its survival.

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History of Thandiani 

              Thandiani means “cold” in their local language. Therefore being a cool place it got the name of “Thandiani”. It is 2,700 meters above sea level, on a small plateau surrounded by pine forests. This beautiful spot can easily be approached from Abbottabad, and is 31 KM from main Abbottabad city at the foothills of Himalaya, and 25 KM from Thandiani-Nathiagali crossing. Abbottabad is noted for its verdant parks, gardens, golf course and pine covered hills.

             To the northwest are snowy ranges of Swat and Chitral. The hills of Thandiani are about 9,000 feet (2,750 m) above sea level.  The road rises more than 1,219 meters above Abbottabad. The major place on the way is Kalapani at 23 KM from Abbottabad. It has a beautiful local Dak bungalow. Most of the people of residing here belong to Qureshi, Gujjars, and Sardars (Karlals). The nearest villages are Inderseri, Chattri, Sialkot, Basali, Kotla,Dheri and Hulla

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