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Pattoki is a typical Punjabi rural market town in the suburbs of Lahore , Pakistan known for growing flowers. The town has one of the biggest clusters of flower, fruit and decorative plant nurseries in the country. Those who drive on the National Highway between Lahore and Sahiwal are familiar with over 5 kilometers of lush greenery and the fragrant stretch of nurseries on either side of the road on the edge of the town. HISTORY Pattoki is named after a caste of the Hindus called Pattwaan . It was a Hindu-Sikh dominated town, famous for its cotton production and was called The Cotton Queen. After Partition the cotton industry became sick. this city is still a big trade center for a number of villages attached to it. The Changa Manga forest is also 10 kilometers away from Pattoki. REVENUE SET UP 220,085 acres PATTOKI TODAY Pattoki was raised to the status of Tehsil in early 1990s. Before it most of the official works were carried in Chunian . The total population of Pattoki, including urban and rural areas is approximately 6.34 Lakh (634,000). However it is handicapped in so many sectors i.e. education, health and other civic facilities. The people of Pattoki Town are still living without sweet drinking water and disposal of dirty water, which is very much neglected by the previous regimes, though it is up grated as sub division in the year 1992. Most of the area is irrigated by canal water because sub soil water is saline and unfit for agriculture. In the present era, it has become an industrial hub,there are approximately 200 Industrial units and these are established at G.T Road, with companies such as Rafhan Bestfoods, Pattoki Sugar Mills, Wall's Ice Cream , Martin Dow , Haleeb , Century Paper & Board Mills and Halla milk plant etc. EDUCATION There are various educational establishments in the town:
It has also produced great teachers like Professor Khalid Mahmood , Doctor Akhtar Hussain Azmi , Professor Muhammad Aslam (retired Principal) and Mian Muhammad Afzal EXTERNAL LINKS |
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