Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Civic administration and politics
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Civic administration and politicsDera Ghazi Khan Tehsil is the district headquarter of is Dera Ghazi Khan District as the district divided into two tehsils (subdivisions): Dera Ghazi Khan and Taunsa Sharif. Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil is administratively subdivided into 41 Union Councils while the city of Dera Ghazi Khan is itself administratively subdivided into seven Union Councils.[6] Although majority of the population is poor but they have been ruled by the rich landlords and chiefs of Baloch tribes which played significant role in the national and provincial politics. some of these feudals, who use the title Sardar for themselves, include former President of Pakistan Farooq Leghari, Governors of Punjab Zulfiqar Ali Khosa and Latif Khosa, Chief Minister of Punjab Dost Muhammad Khosa, present Chief Secretary, Punjab Nasir Mehmood Khosa, Former Inspector General Police Punjab Tariq Khosa, and present Supreme Court Judge Asif Khosa. The city is one of the old districts in the Subcontinent and most of its politicians have been in power but Dera Ghazi Khan could not develop as other cities in Punjab. Presently, Dera Ghazi Khan is considered amongst the thirty most poorest districts in Pakistan. The Lund, Khosa, Leghari, Qaisrani,Wadani, Mastoi, Nutkani and Buzdar tribes are politically active. EducationDera Ghazi Khan has a literacy rate of 60 percent, which is relatively high as compared to the national level. Due to non-availability of adequate higher education facilities locally, most of the students move to colleges and universities located in other cities of Punjab. In the past few years, there has been rapid growth in terms of institutions for higher and technical education. Dera Ghazi Khan has produced well-known scientists, educationalists and scholars in different domains. The city is famous for its doctors and engineers usually working in the big cities of Pakistan due to lack of opportunities in this small city until recently. SchoolsThe City has a variety of Schools both by the Public Sector and Private Sector, with the Government High School No. 1 being the most prominent and old School of the city for boys. Along with the adjoining primary school No 1, it was originally constructed pre-partition.Government City High School and Government Comprehensive School are also prominent schools for boys. Similarly, There are several schools for girls. All of these schools are affiliated with Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dera Ghazi Khan. These schools now holds several academic as well as extra-curricular awards. A large proportion of the students from these schools go on to serve in prominent positions all over the world. Three high (matriculation) school for girls and 4 for boys provide enough facilities to educate the young.The Divisional Public School is the oldest private school established in 1986 and is currently the only school to offer A-levels. The city also includes branches of private nationwide school chains, such as Garrison college, Bloomfield Hall School (BHS),Pakistan Atomic Energy School,The City School (TCS),The Educators,AIMS Army Public School Dera Ghazi Khan Cantt.The Danish School.Many newly established of international and national standards are also established like The Education Zone (TEZ).APS Choti DG Khan D.G.Khan CantonmentIn DG Khan, the Army Cantonment was established in 2006 near D.G.Khan Int. Airport. Since, Cantonment is at a distance from the main city, APS Choti was established inside the Cantonment area to facilitate the wards of Army personnel. Initially, the school was housed in a temporary building and was up till Primary level with eleven faculty members and sixty students. The school got its affiliation with APSACS in January 2007 and in the same year Classes VI – VII commenced. In 2009 and 2010 the school was upgraded to Matric level. The school was shifted to its present custom-built campus in 2010. Tel # : 32531-32530 Army Public Schools & Colleges System (or APSACS) is an educational institution with branches located in the four provinces of Pakistan. Army Public School has a branch in Dera Ghazi Khan Cantt. area near Airport. Army Public Schools and Colleges (APSACS) are semi-private institutions, affiliated with the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad. CollegesThere are following colleges in Dera Ghazi Khan:[7] General
Govt. Degree College Choti Zareen (Dera Ghazi Khan) Commerce
Education 
University of Education, Dera Ghazi Khan campus
Law
Medical College 
D.G.Khan Medical College, Dera Ghazi Khan
Technology and Specialization
Universities
Ghazi University Building near airport, Dera Ghazi Khan The government has established a state of the art Ghazi University in Dera Ghazi Khan since 2011 near airport.For this purpose 1000 acre land has been acquired for next 50 yeares requirement of the university.The foundation stone for Ghazi University and Ghazi Medical College was laid on December, 2011. The Govt. Postgraduate College,FAU Agriculture College and Ghazi Medical College will work under this university. The Virtual University of Pakistan has established its campus here since 2004 which is providing both campus based and distance learning education primarily based on IT tools and technology. Another prominent educational organization is the Allama Iqbal Open University campus. The government has approved Akhuwat University of Engineering and Technology in Dera Ghazi Khan since 2012. The university will be established on 351 kanals and will offer courses in Engineering, Veterinary Science, Computer Science, Information Science, Communication Science and Management Science. Sardar Kaurey Khan donated 84000 kanal area for Education purpose in Jatoi. Saraiki medium Saraiki University for Health, Engineering, Sciences & Arts can be established by this huge amount of revenue. Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! Download 410.07 Kb. Share with your friends:
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