Jalalabad, Gilgit


Jalalabad is a small village of Gilgit District in Pakistan, located around 20 km east of Gilgit city. The village has a population of 5,000 households and approximately 40,000 residents. All of the inhabitants are Shia Muslims. The Bagrote River is the source of irrigation and the village's own power house provides electricity. During the 1940s, people from Bilchar Valley, with the help of the British Indian Government, created water canals and established an irrigation system. It is predominantly agricultural land.
There are two separate government high schools for boys and girls, Al-Mustafa Public School for both boys and girls. There are a large number of primary and middle schools. The literacy rate is approximately 96%.
The village was the major victim of sectarian violence in 1988, when extra-regional forces consisting of thousands armed militia men under the command of General Zia Ul Haq and Government ruined this village, burned houses, killing many innocent people. After this incident the village was reconstructed. Now it is the center of Shias in Gilgit. The head of Shias of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khateeb of Gilgit Imamia Masjid Agha Rahat Hussain Al-Hussaini also come from this village.
Jalalabad is divided into parishes, e.g. Jalalabad is start from Sadiqabad then Mohallah Mohammada or Nursery Mohallah, al hassanian, khuttum,Khurassan Damat colony, chaa rate, al town, sadaat Mohallal, and Alamder choke.

Jalalabad has a fruits nursery as well as a cricket team called Super 11 or Sector 11.(

" Mushtaq Hussain One of the most Dangerous player of super 11 team").also as a Sector 11. lack of interest of our leadership of village ,we can,t won many matches.There is no proper transport for common people. There is no highly Quality Education,Due to lack of resource and lack of Education Institute'

''Mushtaq Hussain

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