Pasrur Explained

Pasrur
Native Name:پسرُور
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
Coordinates:32.16°N 74.4°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Gujranwala
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Sialkot
Leader Title:Assistant Commissioner
Leader Name:Amir Shehzad
Leader Title1:M N A
Leader Name1:Ali Zahid
Elevation M:238
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:82,485
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Area Code Type:Calling code
Blank Name Sec1:Number of wards
Blank Info Sec1:26
Website:https://merapasrur.com/pasrur-city

Pasrur (Punjabi and Urdu: {{Nastaliq|پسرُور), is a historical city of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Pasrur Tehsil and is administratively subdivided into 26 wards of the municipal committee Pasrur.[2] The inportant point of tehsil pasrur are Badyana, Chawinda, chobara, kingra, sabz peer, chichharwali and Dhodha. Pasrur is the central city linked Narowal, Sialkot, Daska and Gujranwala. A railway track also passing through this city which connect sialkot to lahore via narowal junction.

Nearby are the remains of a bridge built by Shah Daula.[3]

British era

During British rule, Pasrur became the headquarters of Pasrur Tehsil. The town (which lies 18 miles south of the district capital Sialkot) lies on the Sialkot to Amritsar road. The population in 1901 was 8,335. The trade of Pasrur has become very decayed, partly through the opening of the North-Western Railway and partly on account of the octroi duties which have diverted trade to the neighboring village of Saukin Wind. Hand-printed cotton stuff were the only manufacture of importance.

The municipality was created in 1867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 7,900, and the expenditure Rs. 7,800. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 8,000, chiefly from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 6,900. The town had an Anglo-vernacular high school maintained by the District board, and a Government dispensary.[3]

The MNA of this city is Ali Zahid Hamid which is the son of Zahid Hamid. Zahid Hamid is a famous personality in Pakistani Politics.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites [sic] & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information .
  2. http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=29&dn=Sialkot Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sialkot - Government of Pakistan
  3. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_029.gif Pasrūr Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 23