Sudhanoti District
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Sudhanoti (Template:Langx) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[1][2] The Sudhanoti District is bounded on the north and east by the Poonch District,[3] on the south by the Kotli District, and on the west by the Rawalpindi District of Pakistan's Punjab Province. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is connected with Rawalpindi and Islamabad via the Azad Pattan Road.
The district headquarters is the town of Pallandri. It lies at an elevation of 1,372 meters and is at a distance of 97 kilometers from Rawalpindi via the Azad Pattan Road. Pallandri is connected to Rawalakot by a 64-km metalled road.
Administrative divisions
The Sudhanoti District is divided into four tehsils:[4]
Population
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The main native language is Pahari, spoken by an estimated 95% of the population.[7][8]
Education
According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2017, Sudhanoti is ranked 34 out of 155 districts with a score of 68.85 in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked last with the very low score of 6.76.[9]
Educational institutes include:
- Mirpur University of Science & Technology (MUST) Pallandri campus, Sudhanoti District
- Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University Nerian Sharif, a chartered university situated 125 km west of Islamabad
- University of Poonch (SM campus, Mang, Sudhanoti District)
Notable people
- Kiran Imran Dar, Member National Assembly (MNA) Pakistan
- Aziz Khan, General of the Pakistan Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee[10]
- Khan Muhammad Khan, Politician and the Chairman of the War Council during the 1947 Poonch Rebellion[11]
- Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Naqi Khan, Minister for Health and Finance. He was elected as a member of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly five times (in 1991, 1996, 2006, 2011, and 2016) from the Pallandri constituency and was a member of the Kashmir Council from 2001 to 2006.
- Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui, Islamic Sufi Scholar and 2nd custodian of Nerian Sharif, Tarar Khel. He died on 3 February 2017.
See also
References
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- ↑ The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (e), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) below).
(a) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
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(c) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";
(d) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute between India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China."
(e) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.";
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(i) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Quote: "Kashmir's identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised "Line of Control" still separating Pakistani-held Azad ("Free") Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir.";
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