Warcha
Warcha
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab Province |
| District | Khushab District |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Warcha (Urdu: وڑچهہ) is a village and one of the 51 Union Councils (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°24'46N 71°57'57E.[1] The area is home to Warcha salt mine, which has over 1 billion tonnes of salt reserves,[2] where industrial salt mining was launched in 1872.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Location of Warcha - Falling Rain
- ^ "Warcha Salt mines". pmdc.gov.pk. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "The forgotten miners of Khushab". The Express Tribune. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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Atta Muhammad Son of Gulsher taar khail (awan) Was the Famous political personality he defeated Rustam Khan in Election and Now his Grand Son Malik Ashfaq Awan is a well known business tycoon.Moreover, Malik Gul Aziz Awan and Engineer Malik Mukhtar Awan a business tycoon well settled in Islamabad, jointly started tree plantation compaign in Warcha to minimize the polluted environment. Malik Shafeeq Ur Rehman along with Dr. Malik Shabeer awan and many other teachers of this noble community joined them and supported them. The services provided by Malik Fazal Awan Islamabad cant be negated in this noble cause.Malik Muhammad Ameer Awan, Malik Fiaz Awan Banday Khail and Malik Fazal Awan are also the Main Celebrity Of Warcha Shareef. Among teacher community Malik Muhammad Bashir, Hafiz Jahan Khan, Late Malik Mehr Muhammad, Late Qazi Abdul Rehman, Qazi Qamar ud deen, Qazi Abdul Rasool, Malik Sher Muhammad and Malik Muhammad Ijaz are prominent figures. Hafiz Saqlain and Ansar Hayat are running welfare organization to suplort needy people.This town is land of saints. Peer syed jind wada Shah migrated from Essa Kheil to purify and preached the message of Islam to people of warcha. Every year in the First week of February Urs Pak of Khaja Sadeed ud deen almaroof Jind Wada Shah is celebrated there on the top of mountain. This town is blessed with Natural Minerals especially its Pink Salt is famous all over the world.