Jauharabad
جَوہرآباد | |
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town | |
  Jauharabad  Jauharabad | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′31″N 72°16′25″E / 32.29194°N 72.27361°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Sargodha |
| District | Khushab |
| Population | |
| • City | 91,254 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 0454 |
| Number of Union Councils | 6 [2] |
| Punjab Government Website | |
Jauharabad/Joharabad (جَوہرآباد) is a small city and the district headquarters of Khushab District, Sargodha Division in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Jauharabad was established in 1953 as a planned city. Jauharabad is named after Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, a prominent figure from the Pakistan independence movement. It is in the Khushab district of Punjab, located in the Northern part of the country. Key locations near Jauharabad include the Salt range to the north and Khushab, the Jhelum River, and Mianwali District to the west. Educational facilities include District Public School and Inter College(DPS&IC),University of Education Lahore (subcampus) , Government Technical College , Jauhar Memorial Public School, Superior College, Aspire College Punjab College. It has many administration offices such as DPO Office DCO Office. It has a Gymkhana (Jauhar Gymkhana Khushab) under construction where facilities of Tennis, Gymnasium are available. A Public Library (Sarwar Shaheed Public Library). It also has District Headquarters Hospital and there are many private hospitals. It also has a sugar mill named Jauharabad Sugar Mills (JSML).
Jauharabad was developed in 1953 under a master plan
The famous Islamic thinker, scholar and Jewish convert to Islam, Muhammad Asad (formerly Leopold Weiss) — author of The Road to Mecca, The Message of the Qur'an and Principles of State and Government in Islam, stayed at Jauharabad in the 1950s. He resided at the bungalow of the town's prominent resident, Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan; who on the advice of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, had established the Dar ul Islam Trust Institutes first in Pathankot, India, after Pakistan's independence, in Jauharabad.