Nowshera Virkan Tehsil


Nowshera Virkan is a town and a tehsil situated to the west of the industrial city of Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. Nowshera Virkan is a hub of rice-growing villages.

History

Nowshera Virkan has been a center of political activities from its earliest days. It was dominated by Jutt, Arain, Rajput and Syed families. It is located in the Gujranwala District and is one of the largest of the four tehsils. It lies between three large cities: Gujranwala, Hafizabad, and Sheikhupura. The dominant surnames of the Nowshera Virkan people are from military castes, including Arain,Rajput, Syed,
Gurjar,
The most famous caste is BATTH, and the most important VIRK as town name explains it.

Elections

Ch Ijaz Khan was one of the most influential and popular leaders of this region in the twentieth century. He was elected four times as a Member of the National Assembly from this region and was affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League. After his death, his son Ch Bilal Ijaz was elected MNA at age 25 in 2002 from Pakistan Muslim League, defeating Hamid Nasir Chattha. Later in 2008, Mudassir Qayyum Nahra, a Member of the Provincial Assembly from PP-102 in 2002–2008, won the seat, but was disqualified and jailed in 2010 for bearing a fake degree. In the 2010 by-elections, Chaudry Tussadiq Masud Khan, a relative of Bilal Ijaz and a member of the Rajput family, was elected as MNA. In 2013 and 2018, Azhar Qayyum Nahra, brother of Mudassir Nahra, won the seat, due to PMLN's overall stronghold in Gujranwala region. Bilal Ijaz contested both 2013 and 2018 elections on PTI ticket but was unsuccessful. The Nahra family is facing charges from the National Accountability Bureau for bearing assets beyond income sources.
Other political personalities include philanthropist Dr. Amar Ali Hussain Khan. He was awarded a PTI ticket before the 2018 elections. He is ex-DG Civil Defence, Punjab.Syed Mutlabi shah Ch. Wazir Ali Arain, Baba Nazar Ali Major,Allama Syed Munawar Ali Zaidi,Syed Iqbal Hussain Bukhari, Mian Muhammad Javid Arain, Ch Qaiser Saleem Khan from Aulakh Bhaikay, Ch Amanat Ali Virk, Ch Khalid Perviz Virk, Ch Saifullah Virk, Ch Abid Javed Virk, Ch Sanaullah Virk from Kotli Mansoo, Irfan Bashir Gujjar and Ch Raffaqat Gujjar, Syed Ehtesham Haider Zaidi
Founder Member Mian Abdulwakil, Mian Shaukat Ali Anjum and Sheikh Munir Ahmad Azad bani, are members of the Press Club in Nowshera Virkan. The 2019 leadership is:
Members: Mian Imran Bashir, Rashid Khawar, Navid Pasha, Mian Mohammad Arshad, Irfan Ali Mehar, Dr. Basharat Ali, Mian Imran Shaukat, Shoaib Shah, Haji Qamar Sohail, Rizwan Shaukat, Basharat Ali Dogar, Hafiz Liaqat Ali, Asim Ali Chadhar, Shaukat Ali Dar.

Football

A regular football club was started in 1992. The efforts of Yasin Arshad Irshad Najum led the team to register as a district team in 2003. The team has been successful in competitions in several district-level events. Shaheen Football Club came champion three times. The club's leadership is:
Members: Azmat Ullah, Rana Ijaz Ahmad, Waseem Shah, Mohammad Yousaf,Ashfaq Ahmad, Sarfraz Ahmad, Sakhwat Ali, Zafar Bilal, Khizar Hayyat, Irfan Butt, M. Ali, Kamran Ahmad, Waqas, Zain, Haroon, Sajid Ali, Umair Yasee, Mazhar Butt, Aman Ullah, Saith Nissar, M.Asif, Anees, Qasim Shah, Raja Freed, Tayyab, Usman, Janjooa, Irsal Faizan Ch.

Notables

Rana Sakandar Hayat. Public Policy analyst