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This is an on-going list of distinguished
people of the Bewal region. Who would you like to see here? Please email us
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information in this section is published in good faith. If you notice
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will be happy to edit or remove the entry. The Bewal.Net Team
Madrassa students in Bewal.
Photo: Zahid Hussain
'Door dunya ka merey dumm se andhera ho jai
Harr jagga merey chamakney se ujjala ho jai!'
A Child's Dua - Allama Iqbal
The Teachers
Ms Shagufta Shahin
of
Gulliana and Luton.
A teacher by profession, Shagufta
is now a senior manager in
the field of education. After nearly ten years at Barnfield College in
Luton, she has been promoted to a senior management role at a college in
London. Shagufta has strong family links with Takkal.
Master Sajid Mahmood of Morrah Hafyal and Huddersfield.
Master
Sajid Mahmood is the son of Choudhry Khalid Mahmood (Marhoom) of Morrah
Hafyal. He has taught in several secondary schools in the Bewal area for
nearly twenty years. He is also an experienced journalist who takes a
deep interest in the affairs of the Pothwar region. Master Sajid left
his teaching job at Govt High School Smot in February 2008 when he moved
to England.
Master Jehangir Afzal Hashmi of Suin Hafizan.
Master
Jehangir is a truly amazing personality of Bewal. Apart
from being a senior teacher at Choha High School, he is a
high calibre journalist and poet. He often investigates and writes about
everyday problems / issues of the Bewal area that others dare not touch. Thousands of people read his news
articles from the Bewal area on Pothwar.com every week.
Saeed Asghar of Morrah
Hafyal and Huddersfield
Saeed is the son of Choudhry Ali Asghar of
Morrah Hafyal. He teaches ICT in a secondary school in Huddersfield.
Rizwan Hussain of Dhera Kanyal and
Plumstead, SE London.
Rizwan is an economics graduate from Queen Mary
University, London. He has done a PGCE and is now a primary school
teacher in South East London.
Javed Khaliq of
Mankra and Luton, Bedfordshire.
Javed has an MSc in computer science as
well as a PGCE. He is a teacher of ICT in a secondary school in Slough,
Berkshire.
Azhar Hussain of Qazian and
Slough, Berkshire.
Azhar is a teacher of Mathematics in
Slough and Eton Secondary School in Slough, Berkshire.
Mrs Saima Hussain of
Dhera Kanyal and Plumstead, London.
Saima graduated with a
honours degree in computer science. She went on to do a PGCE and now
works as a primary school teacher in SE London.
Mrs Faisal Iqbal
of Dhera Kanyal and Lye Cross.
Mrs Faisal Iqbal is a primary
school teacher in the West Midlands.
Mrs Shazia Mehmood
Kiyani of
Luton and Chahangi (UC Thathi).
Daughter of Abdul Rashid Kiyani, Shazia is a primary school teacher
in Luton. She is a graduate of the
University of Bedfordshire.
Professor Muhammad Ali of Clitheroe, Lancashire (UK) and Dhang Dhew
Syedan (Union Council Qazian). If you can
furnish us with any information about Professor Ali, please email us at
bewal.net@gmail.com
Zahid Hussain of Morrah
Hafyal and Luton, Bedfordshire.
Zahid is an English teacher and presently
works in Saudi Arabia. He is the son of Haji Rehmat Hussain of
Morrah Hafyal, a former teacher at Bewal Primary School.
Headmaster (retired) Khadam Hussain of
Morrah Hafyal
Headmaster Khadam Hussain is the man who will go down in history for being the driving
force behind the incredible new building of Bewal Primary School.
Headmaster (retired) Ghulam
Murtaza A highly respected veteran educator who has worked
tirelessly for the betterment of education in the Bewal region. He has
served as a headmaster at high schools in Changa, Deryala and Bewal.
Mrs Lubna Jameel of
Bewal and Peterborough. Lubna has a Masters degree in education (M.Ed)
and taught for several years in both private and government schools in
Bewal. She now lives in the UK with her family.
The Doctors
Dr
Muhammad Shoaib of Dhera Kanyal
Dr Shoaib
is a highly respected doctor with decades of experience in the field of
medicine. A graduate of King Edward Medical College, Lahore, he has studied
acupuncture in China. He is
presently serving in the Federal Govt Services Hospital in Islamabad
formerly known as the 'Polyclinic'. He is a humble and pious man who is
actively involved in Islamic dawah. He manages a highly reputed 'dars'
in Bewal.
Dr Atique of
Dhera Kanyal and Birmingham
A consultant surgeon at a leading
hospital in Birmingham, UK, Dr Atique
is the chairman of the Abdur Rahman Memorial Trust. He has
shown great vision and leadership in the setting up of the Bewal
International Hospital.
Dr
Atique belongs to an influential family of Dhera Kanyal; he is the cousin
of Ch. Javed Kausar advocate.
Dr
Irfan Dad of Dhera Kanyal and Glasgow, Scotland.
From a prominent family of Dhera Kanyal, Dr Irfan has a highly
successful dental practice in Glasgow. He is the brother in law of
the first Muslim Member of Parliament in Britain, Mohammad
Sarwar MP. Dr Irfan's wife is also a dentist.
Dr Faheem Hassan
of Sar Sooba Shah and Yorkshire, England.
Dr Faheem is the son of Haji
Maqsood of Sar Sooba Shah. A graduate of RMC, Dr Faheem now lives and works in the north
of England. His wife is also an MBBS doctor.
Dr Sangeeta Bevli of
Delhi and California.
Dr Sangeeta is one of the
many distinguished daughters of Bewal whose parents were forced out of
Bewal in 1947. The daughter of Gurcharan Singh Bevli, she is presently
working in California, USA.
Dr Asif Naveed of Dheri and
London.
Dr Asif is the son of Haji Ashiq Hussain (Marhoom).
A graduate of RMC, he now lives and works in London, UK. He is an A&E
specialist and works in a large hospital in Surrey.
Dr Tanvir Ahmed Raja
of Morrah Hafyal.
Dr
Tanvir is the son of Major Shabbir Ahmed Raja of Morrah Hafyal, Bewal. A
graduate of RMC, he now
works
at Rawalpindi General Hospital.
Dr Tanvir has also served as a Medical Officer at Hearts International
Hospital in Rawalpindi and as a Dr Instructor at IIMC, Rawalpindi. Often
giving free consultations and assisting patients at RGH generally, Dr
Tanvir is now well known amongst the Bewal community.
Dr Nadeem
Khalid of Dhera Kanyal and Lye Cross, UK.
Dr Nadeem is the son of Haji Muhammad Khalid of
Dhera Kanyal. He studied at
King Edward Sixth Form College in the West Midlands (UK) before going on
to study medicine at the world famous University of Dundee, Scotland. He
now lives and works in the West Midlands.
Dr Shaukat Awan of
Bewal and Pindi
Gheb
Between
1994 and 2002, Dr Shaukat worked in various rural hospitals in and
around Bewal (Bewal, Smot, Sar Soobah Shah, Thathi, Bhadana, Devi Data)
as well as maintaining a private clinic providing homeopathic remedies.
Cheap and cheerful, he quickly became the most popular doctor in Bewal.
Dr
Shaukat is originally from village Ikhlaas in tehsil Pindi Gheb, district Attock.
Since 1994 he has made Bewal his home. In 2002, he moved to England. He now lives
in Bedfordshire and works as a pharmacy technician at L&D hospital in
Luton whilst pursuing higher studies.
Dr Khaliq-ur-Rehman of Dhera
Kanyal and Lye Cross
Dr Khaliq is a dentist and practices in
the West Midlands. He is the brother of Dr Atiq-ur-Rehman and also a
member of the Executive Committee of the Bewal International Hospital.
Dr Saeeda Ahmed of
Morrah Hafyal and Liverpool.
Dr Saeeda is the daughter of Major Shabbir
Ahmed Raja of Morrah Hafyal, Bewal.
She has an MBBS from RMC and now lives in the UK with her husband, Dr
Javed Iqbal, who is an orthopaedic surgeon. A graduate of King Edward
College, Lahore, Dr Javed is also a Hafiz-e-Quran.
Dr Faizania Ahmed
of
Morrah Hafyal.
Dr Faizania is also the daughter of Major Shabbir Ahmed
Raja of Morrah Hafyal, Bewal. She
did her MBBS at RMC. Dr Faizania is married and lives in Rawalpindi. Her
husband is doing a Ph.D in Pharmacy and works as research officer in
NUST, Rawalpindi.
Dr Saeed Hussain
of Dhera Kanyal
Saeed is studying medicine
at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the son of Muhammad Naeem of
Dhera Kanyal, Bewal.
Dr Israar Malik
of Samot
A graduate of Dundee
University, Scotland, Dr Israar is believed to be the first person of
the Bewal region to qualify as a doctor in the UK. He now works as a GP
in Bradford. His wife is also a doctor.
Dr Muhammad Sajid
of Samot
A graduate of Dundee
University, Scotland, Dr Sajid now works as a GP in the West Midlands.
He lives in Lye Cross.
Dr Nadeem Safdar
of Dhera Kanyal
A maxillofacial surgeon, Dr
Nadeem works in the world famous Harley Street, London. He is believed
to be the first person from the Bewal region to graduate from the
University of Cambridge, UK.
If you know any other doctors of the Bewal
region, please email us their details at bewal.net@gmail.com.
The Ph.D's of the Bewal Region
Dr Gurmohanjeet Singh
Bevli of Delhi and California.
The son of Colonel Manmohan Singh Bevli,
Dr Gurmohanjeet is one of the many distinguished sons of Bewal. He has a Ph.D in
physics and is working as a lecturer in a university in California. After being forced to leave Bewal
during The Great Fire of Bewal in 1947, the family set up their new
home in Delhi. Despite the tragic circumstances of the families
departure from Bewal, Dr Gurmohan is very proud of his Bewali roots. His entire family now uses "Bevli" as their family name.
Dr Khalid Malik Ph.D of
Dheri and London.
Dr Khalid
is a scientist and leading academic in the UK. He has taught chemistry at the
University of Bradford for several years. He is now working for a
multi-national firm in Reading, UK. He is the son of Malik Masood
(Marhoom) of Dheri.
Professor Dr Rehana Karim Ph.D
of Dhera Kanyal and Manchester.
Dr Rehana is the daughter of Choudhry
Fazal Karim. She did her Ph.D in chemistry from the University of Loughborough,
England, and is a university lecturer in England. Dr Rehana has spent
several years teaching at the prestigious University of Auckland, New
Zealand.
Dr Samina Rashid
Ph.D of Chahangi (union council Thathi) and Luton.
Dr Samina is the daughter of
Raja
Muhammad Azad of Chahangi. She did her Ph.D in chemistry and spent
several years teaching in prestigious Bedfordshire schools. She now
manages a successful franchise of an international tuition centre chain
in Luton.
If you know any other Ph.D doctors of the
Bewal region, please email us their details at
bewal.net@gmail.com.
The Politicians
Mrs Sayeeda Warsi of
Dewsbury and Pukka Khoo. (See the Power 100 list).
Mrs Salma Yaqoob of
Birmingham and Goleen. (See the Power 100 list).
Choudhry
Muhammad Nawaz, Nazim of Bewal.
The veteran politician of Dhera Kanyal, Bewal, will go down in history as the man who delivered
mainline gas supply to Bewal. Though Bewal is still waiting for the
connection . . . !
Choudhry
Ghulam Murtaza of Thathi
Choudhry
Ghulam Murtaza is the current Nazim of union council Thathi.
He has had a long career in banking and served as the manager of the
UBL branch in Jabbar for many years. He is a cousin of Choudhry
Azeem, the Nazim of
tehsil Gujar Khan.
Babu Ali
Akbar
(Marhoom) of Dhok Bangial, Choha Khalsa
Babu
Alik Akbar was a respected veteran Muslim League politician of Choha Khalsa.
For decades he worked tirelessly for the welfare and
development of the Choha area. Sadly, Babu Ali Akbar passed away on
the 18th of February 2008. May Allah bless his soul.
If you know any other politicians of the
Bewal region, please email us their details at
bewal.net@gmail.com.
The
Accountants
Muhammad Zubairi of
Bewal Shehr and Wembley, West London.
Muhammad Zubairi has an
accountancy firm in West London. He has been running the highly
successful firm for over 20 years. Mr Zubairi is also a leading human
rights activist with a special interest in the Middle East.
AbdulRahman
of Manjotha
AbdulRahman has worked in
accountancy for various multinational companies including Mars
Confectionary in Slough. He now lives in Leicestershire. AbdulRahman
takes an active interest in the affairs of the Muslim community.
Muhammad Nassir of Palhot (Qazian) and Batley.
Son of
Muhammad Zahoor, Nassir is an extraordinary young man with a high flying
career in the city. He is a qualified chartered accountant who is
presently working for the world famous Ernest & Young.
The
Businessmen and Women
Sir Anwar Parvez
of Thathi and West London, UK
Sir
Anwar is the owner of the Bestway chain of wholesale 'cash and
carries' in the UK. The group has also made major investments in the
UK in sectors other than retail and is an important player in the
cement business in Pakistan.
Haji Aurangzeb and Sons of Morrah Bhottian and
Birmingham, UK.
Haji Aurangzeb
and sons own the major food retailer Alamgeer Foods in Birmingham as
well as Adil
Trading Company in Jabbar, a renowned exporter of spices and pickles.
Ch. Mehboob Hussain and Brothers
of
Morrah Hafyal and Bradford, UK
The
famous curry chain 'Nawab Restaurants' is owned and run by
Mehboob Hussain and brothers of Morrah Hafyal, Bewal. They have
highly successful branches in Bradford and Manchester as well as in the
holiday resorts of southern Spain.
Mr Nasir Javed of Qazian and California, USA.
Nasir Javed is the CEO and President of
Princeton Technology Inc. in California. An engineer and
enterprenuer, Nasir has been leading this hi-tech electronics
manufacturing company in California since 1989.
There are hundreds of other successful
businessmen and women of Bewal around the world. If you are one of them
and would like to appear on our list, please email us your details to bewal.net@gmail.com.
The Military Men and Women
Admiral (retired) Abdulaziz Mirza
of Malhi, Choha Khalsa
Former Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Navy and former ambassador of
Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. Belonging to an influential family of Choha, Admiral Mirza has the credit of establishing the only Bahria Foundation School
and College located in a rural location. All the other schools and
colleges of the Bahria Foundation are located in prime locations in
towns and cities. The Choha Khalsa Bahria School is located on the
Choha – Takal Road and has proved to be a tremendous educational
asset for the area.
Lt General (retired) Arshad
Mahmood of Kasur and Choha Khalsa
General Arshad is the Vice Chancellor of one of Pakistan's biggest and
oldest universities, The University of Punjab, Lahore.
Although General
Arshad is settled in Kasur (where his family owns a large amount of
agricultural land), his roots lie in Morrah Nangrial, UC Choha
Khalsa where he attended school. His family has a long history of distinguished military
service; he is the son of Captain Sajawal (marhoom) and the grandson
of Subedar Madad Khan (marhoom), both of Morrah Nangrial. General Arshad
belongs to the Butt 'baraderi' and maintains ties with his extended
family in Choha Khalsa. He has donated some prime land for a much
needed extension to the masjid in his home village.
Major General (retired) Pawanjit Singh
Bevli
of Delhi
Major General P.S. Bevli had a distinguished career in the Indian
Army. His family lived in Bewal for
generations until they were forced to leave by the tragic events of
1947. Now living in Delhi, General Bevli takes great pride in his Bewali roots and his entire family
now uses "Bevli" as their surname.
General (retired) Avtar Singh of Chandigarh, Punjab,
India
General
Avtar Singh was born in Bewal where he lived with his family until they
were forced out by the riots of 1947. After leaving Bewal, General Avtar
went on to join the Indian Army where he had a very distinguished
career.
General
Avtar Singh's house still stands next to the Girls High School in Bewal.
It is now used as the office of the Nazim of Bewal.
Brigadier (retired) Mazhar-ul-Haq
of Morrah Heerahn (U.C. Changa Bangial)
Brigadier Mazhar is now settled in Rawalpindi. If you know anything
about this distinguished personality of our area, email us.
Brigadier (retired) Shafiq of Changa Bangial
Brigadier Shafiq has recently retired from military service. If you
can tell us more about the current activities of this distinguished
personality of our area, please email us.
Brigadier Muhammad Akram (Marhoom) of Maira Shams
Brigadier Akram
had a distinguished career in the Army and later served as a Member
of the Provincial Punjab Assembly (MPA). Amongst other things,
he is widely credited for building the first tarmac road from Gujar
Khan to Bewal.
Colonel (retired) Shabbir
Ahmed of Sambal Smot
Following a distinguished career as an
Artillery officer in
Pakistan Army, Colonel Shabbir entered the field of politics. Known
for his skills in public speaking, he was successfully elected a PPP
Member (MPA) to the Punjab Provincial Assembly.
Captain Haseeb Sultan
of Takkal
Captain
Haseeb is the son of Shaheed PAF pilot Sultan Mehmood and is one of the brightest stars of Bewal. He is not only a fine
Army officer but also a Hafiz-e-Quran. Bewal.Net salutes him!
Colonel (retired) Muhammad Iftikhar s/o of Ch. Mohd Khan (Marhoom) of Dhera Kanyal. If you
can tell us anything about Colonel Iftikhar, please email us.
Major (retired) Shabbir Ahmed Raja of Morrah Hafyal
Major
Shabbir has an MA
in Political Science and is now working as a projects manager for a
major telecommunications company in Islamabad. He has four
children, three of whom are MBBS doctors. He is the son of Haji Rehmat
Hussain.
Corporal Ater
Pervaiz of Dhera Kanyal and Brierley Hill, UK.
Ater is
the son of Ch. Tariq Parvez and works in the legal profession in England. He has a
passion for the military and is an active member of the British Territorial
Army (TA). Holding the rank of corporal, he is a Military Policeman and has been on training and military exercises to various
parts of Britain and Europe.
Colonel Doctor (retired) Aziz
of Dhera Kanyal
Dr
Colonel Aziz retired from the AMC many years ago. He now lives and works
in Islamabad.
Colonel (retired) Manmohan Singh Bevli of Delhi.
Colonel
Manmohan Singh lived in the centre of Bewal Shehr until 1947 when he was
about ten years old (near the present Govt High School for Boys). During
The Great Fire of Bewal, the family was forced out of the area. They
moved to India and started a new life in Delhi. Manmohan Singh went on
to join the Indian Army where he had a distinguished career.
By
adopting "Bevli" as his family name, Colonel Manmohan is responsible for
making Bewal known to thousands of people throughout India!
Colonel Muhammad Wajid
of
Morrah Dhamyal
Colonel Wajid is a serving
Army officer. If you can tell us more about him, email us at bewal.net@gmail.com
Colonel (retired) Khalid Mahmood
of Takkal
Colonel Khalid had a
distinguished career in the Air Defence Regiment. He has recently
retired from the Army.
Colonel
(retired) Muhammad Tufail of 'Mian ni Dheri', Qazian.
If you can tell us anything about Colonel Tufail, please email us.
Colonel
(retired) Muhammad Munir of Suihn Hafizan
If you know anything
about the whereabouts or current activities of Colonel Munir, please
email us.
Captain Doctor
Muhammad Tehseen Hashmi of Suihn Hafizan, Bewal.
Captain Tehseen was
last known to be working at MH, Rawalpindi.
Colonel
Muhammad Assad of Changa Bangial.
If you can tell us anything about Colonel Assad, please email us.
Major Muhammad
Azeem of Changa Bangial.
Major Azeem is a
talented young officer who is expected to rise up the ranks. He belongs
to a minority religious faith.
Colonel Mahmood (Marhoom) of Morrah Jandi
Colonel Mahmood had a distinguished career and was widely respected in
the area. He had one son who now lives in the UK.
If you know any other military men or
women of the Bewal region, please email us their details at bewal.net@gmail.com.
The Lawyers
Mrs Sayeeda Warsi of
Dewsbury and Pukka Khoo. (See the Power 100 list).
Sayeeda Warsi is
solicitor by training and ran a highly successful law firm in Leeds,
UK, before entering politics full time.
Barrister
Sheikh Abid
Mahmood of Birmingham and
Bewal
Barrister Abid Mahmood is a leading
immigration and human rights lawyer in the UK. He is a part time
Immigration Appeals Judge and is one of the few specialist lawyers
in the UK who are on the UK Attorney General's list of "special
advocates" dealing with terrorism cases.
He is the son of Sheikh Muhammad
Abdullah of Bewal and maintains strong ties with Bewal.
Sheikh Safdar Mahmood
LLB of Bewal Shehr and Birmingham UK
Safdar is a practising
solicitor in the UK and has been working in the legal profession for
over 12 years now. He presently works for the Birmingham City Council.
He is the son of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah of Bewal and the younger
brother of barrister Abid Mahmood.
Aurangzeb Khaliq JP
of Kangar and Rotheram
Aurangzeb Khaliq is serving as an appointed Magistrate (JP)
in South Yorkshire, England. He is an active member of the Pakistani
community in his home town of Rotheram and also serves as a school
governor. He is presently writing a historical book about like in Kangar,
a village in union council Thathi.
Muhammad Ashraf Hashmi
Advocate of Suin Hafizan, Bewal.
Advocate Ashraf practices in
Haripur.
If you know any other lawyers of the Bewal
region, please email us their details at bewal.net@gmail.com.
And the other stars . . .
Habib Malik of Pehr
Haali (UC Choha Khalsa) and Glasgow, Scotland.
Habib Malik is the head of fundraising in
Scotland for the global charity organisation, Islamic Relief. He has
been working in charity work for many years and been to many disaster
zones around the world to help the desperate and needy. He was in
Lebanon after the month long war (Israeli bombardment) in summer 2006
and in Bangladesh in November 2007 following a cyclone and flood which
left thousands homeless.
Bewal.Net salutes Habib for not only doing
such splendid charity work himself but also for inspiring so many others
to do the same.
Ch.
Muhammad Zafran of Dhera
Kanyal
Zafran is a
graduate from the University of Punjab and has a Post Grad Diploma in
computer science from the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Zafran has
done a considerable amount of research for the website, Bewal.Net.
Muhammad Nadeem Siaam
of Morrah Hafyal
Muhammad Nadeem
Siaam is a young Pothwari poet from Morrah Hafyal, Bewal. He has written
several volumes of poetry about life in Pothwar and other topics. He is
a regular contributer to Bewal.Net
Ch. Munir of
Morrah Hafyal and Heckmond Wyke, Yorkshire.
Ch. Munir is an active social
worker in his local community. He has been an active
supporter of the Savayra Foundation.
Chief Inspector Arshad Kiyani
of Morrah Hafyal (Punjab Police). He is one of the most senior serving
police officers of the Bewal area.
Hamed Junaid s/o of Dr Shoaib of Dhera Kanyal
Hamed has
done a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Central
England (UCE), UK. He is presently working in Islamabad on a World Bank
project.
Thekedar Mohabbat Hussain of Morrah Hafyal
Thekedar
Haji
Mohabbat Hussain is one of the oldest and well known building
contractors in Bewal. An architect genius, he is also known for his
friendly and warm personality. Many of the most beautiful
houses and kothis in Bewal are his creation.
Muhammad Shafiq s/o
Haji Munsafdar, Dhera Kanyal. An engineering graduate from the UK, Shafiq is
the area manager for Siemens, northern Pakistan.
Namardar Wali Akhmat (Ahmed)
of Bewal
Shehr
"Bewal
was shared by Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. We went to school together, we
grew up playing together" says Namardar Wali Akhmat who was a teenager
in 1947. He is a leading authority on the history of the pre-1947 Bewal
(before Pakistan was created). Living in the centre of Bewal, he knew
personally many of the Hindus and Sikhs of Bewal and still remembers
where the houses of all the influential Hindus and Sikhs were. He has
been the first port of call for all the non-Muslims who have visited
Bewal over the last several decades to see the town of their parents and
grandparents.
Amir
Waseem, s/o Muhammad Ashfaq of Dhera Kanyal and Lye Cross, UK.
Amir is a
real hero. Despite being disabled and wheelchair bound, he has never let
that be an obstacle in achieving his goals. He has performed highly in
his academic studies and is now a manager in the Inland Revenue (the
customs and tax ministry in the UK). Bewal.Net salutes him for providing
such a positive role model for young Bewalis everywhere!
Choudhry Fakhr Ul-Hassan of
Dhera Kanyal and Reditch, UK
Ch.
Fakhr is a para-medic by profession and an active community worker in
Reditch. He belongs to Dhok Ch. Boota Khan, Dhera Kanyal, Bewal.
Ahsan ul-Haq, s/o Muhammad Ishaq of Dhera Kanyal and Lye Cross,
UK.
Ahsan is
another star Bewal can be immensely proud of. He did his B.Sc in
Islamabad before coming to England to do an M.Sc in Electronic
Engineering. He has recently done the prestigious MBA from Aston
University and is now the Managing Director of an American company.
PC
Afzal of Palhot (Qazian) and Batley
PC Afzal served as a police constable in
the Thames Valley Police for 18 years before taking early retirement.
During his long service, he worked at Maidenhead police station as well
as at several other police stations in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. He
provided a great role model for young Pakistanis in England.
Omar Tariq s/o of Muhammad
Tariq of Dhera Kanyal and Lye Cross
Omar is a bright young man who has worked
hard to move ahead in his banking career. He has recently been promoted
to the post of Business Manager for Lloyds Bank in Birmingham.
Akhtar Hafeez of Bewal
Probably
the most popular face of Bewal, the much
loved and respected 'khussra' Hafeez was born in Abbotabad. He moved to Bewal over 70 years ago.
With no relatives or family in Bewal, Hafeez has used song and dance to
win the affection of Bewalis. He knows practically everyone in and
around Bewal by their first name and says that "Bewal is my family". He was brought to Bewal by a "khussra" of Pukka Khoo when he was
just in the
sixth class at school. He is still incredibly fit for his age!
Khussra Akhtar Hafeez.
Photo by: Zahid Hussain
If you know any other distinguished people
of the Bewal region, please email us their details at
bewal.net@gmail.com.
Bewal's Political Representatives
Raja Pervez Ashraf
(PPPP) MNA for
Bewal region
Born
December 26,1950 in Sanghar, Sindh. After completing a BA degree from
the University of Sindh in 1970, his professional occupation has been
that of business and agriculture. He is currently the Secretary General
of the PPPP and a close confidante of former PM Benazir Bhutto.
Address: House
No. 8, Street 63, F8 / 4, Islamabad
Telephone:
051 –
2276945 / 051 – 2872073 (office)
051 –
2262614 / 2853070 (residence)
Raja Tariq Kiyani
(PPPP) MPA for Bewal region
Raja
Tariq Kiyani son of Raja Fazal Ellahi was born on April 1, 1954 in Gujar
Khan. A law graduate from Punjab University, he is a businessman who
served as Nazim Tehsil Gujar Khan 2001 – 2002. He was elected as MPA for
Gujar Khan in the 2002 elections.
Address:
House
No. 112 / 8, Mohallah Rajgan, Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi.
Telephone:
051
5586754 (Residence)
0300
9563238 (Mobile)
Choudhry Mohammad Azeem
Nazim Tehsil Gujar Khan
Thathi / Gujar Khan
Telephone: 0300 5006393
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali Former PM of Pakistan and current Chairman of the
Pakistan Hockey Federation.
Mir Zafarfullah Khan does not represent
the region at any political level but he has
friends in Changa Maira. He visited the village when he was PM in 2004
and gave mainline
gas supply as a gift!
Address: Room
414, Balochistan House, Islamabad
Telephone: 051 -
9207406
Union Council Bewal
The building in the centre of Bewal used by as the
union council office. Until the partition of India in 1947, the building
and the grounds around it were the home of a famous Bewali, Gokal Singh.
Haji Muhammad Nawaz
Nazim – Bewal
Dhera Kanyal, Bewal, Tehsil Gujar Khan,
District Rawalpindi
Tel:
(00 92) 5133 – 61433
Mob:
(00 92) (0) 300 9509925
Muhammad Shabbir Bhatti Naib Nazim - Bewal
Morrah Bhottian
Tel:
051 - 33 61688 (U.C. office)
Muhammad Afzal Kiyani Councillor
- Bewal
Mozah Hafyal, P.O. Bewal, Tehsil Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi
Tel:
0301 - 5115647 (mobile)
Bewal
Union Council Office
Opposite Bewal
Govt Girls High School (next to the tall water tank) UC Office Telephone:
51 33 61688
Opening Times:
7am to 5 pm Monday to Saturday.
The Nazim is available to see
visitors and take phone calls at least two days a week (presently every
Monday and Wednesday). The office secretary (Naib Qasid) is Mr Parvez
Akhtar.
Charities and NGO's in Bewal
Saeeh Muhammad Jee Trust
The Trust was launched in the
wake of the devastating earthquake of October 2005. It relies on the
personal donations of Bewalis in the UK and there are a number of core
patrons who make regular donations. The Trust is engaged in a wide
variety of welfare activities in the Bewal region and welcomes your
donations of zakat and sadaqah.
Chairman: Ch. Muhammad Riaz
Tel: 0300 - 5521599
UK Representative: Mr
Sulaiman Malik Tel: 0208 3520750
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