Adhi Kot

Adhi Kot
Adhi Kot
Village and union council
	Coordinates: 32°6′13″N 71°48′24″E / 32.10361°N 71.80667°E
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab Province
District	Khushab District
Elevation	177 m (581 ft)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Adhi Kot is a village and one of the 51 Union Councils (administrative subdivisions) of Khushab District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.^[1]^[2]

Politics[]

The political system in Adhikot comprises Namberdars i.e. Clan heads or local representatives. Till 2010, all the Namerdars supported either PMLN or Awami group(Ex Minister Malik Khuda Baksh's group) as this was the pattern followed in the entire district. However, in early 2011, Awami group's leader and Malik KB Tiwana's brother Muhammad Ehsan Tiwana Ex Nazim joined PTI on invitation of Chairman Imran Khan. The political scenario drastically changed in favour of PTI. However, after Ehsan Tiwana being diagnosed with cancer, he encouraged a new leader from Adhikot to contest on NA 70. He was Engr Gul Asghar Baghoor who claims to be once studying on charity money but suddenly in a time of 5 years, owned 20 multi national and is among the richest people in the district. He used his money to gain power in the party and district, and was successful to an ectent. In bye elections 2015, Malik Ehsan Tiwana was given authority to allocate PTI tickets in NA 70, he ignored his own group member and loyal political worker Malik Waris Baghoor in order to accommodate PTI Khushab's senior leader and ex ticket holder Malik Gul Asghar Baghoor in Adhikot. It is interesting to note that despite spending millions on the bye election, Malik Gul Asghar lost his home UC of Adhikot against independent candidate Malik Waris Baghoor who later joined PMLN in retaliation of being ignored. Since elections 2018 Adhikot is considered to be PMLN stronghold and hometown of billionaire business tycoon Engr Gul Asghar Khan Baghoor.

History[]

The Adhi Kot meteorite landed in the area on 1 May 1919.^[3]^[4] The meteorite, known as the Adhi Kot stone, fell at

32°16′N 71°49′E / 32.267°N 71.817°E at 12PM, 15 miles (24 km) north of station Nurpur, Shahpur District (the area was part of the Shahpur District during British Rule).^[5]

References[]

^ "Local Government Elections - Government of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2008-01-24.
^ "redirect to /world/PK/04/Adhi_Kot.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
^ The Catalogue of Meteorites Natural History Museum
^ Smithsonian/NASA ADS Astronomy Abstract Service
^ SI.RRAD, C. A. (November 1, 1932). "Indian Meteorites Punjab and Delhi: List of Indian meteorites" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-15.

Coordinates: 32°16′N 71°49′E / 32.267°N 71.817°E / 32.267; 71.817

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[1] "Local Government Elections - Government of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2008-01-24.

[2] "redirect to /world/PK/04/Adhi_Kot.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 2019-11-07.

[3] The Catalogue of Meteorites Natural History Museum

[4] Smithsonian/NASA ADS Astronomy Abstract Service

[5] SI.RRAD, C. A. (November 1, 1932). "Indian Meteorites Punjab and Delhi: List of Indian meteorites" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-15.

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v t Administrative divisions of Khushab District
Capital	Jauharabad
Tehsils	Khushab Noorpur Thal Quaidabad
Towns	Khushab Mitha Tiwana Noorpur Thal Naushera Quaidabad Rangpur
Union councils	Adhi Kot Angah Bandial Janubi Bijar Botala Chak No.14/Mb Chak No.50/Mb Chak No.59/Mb Daiwal Girote Golewali Gunjial Janubi Hadali-Ii Hadli-I Hassanpur Tiwana Jabbi Shareef Jamali Noorpur Jauharabad-I Jauharabad-Ii Jaura Kalan Jharkal Katha Saghral Khabaki Khai Khurd Khatwan Khura Khushab-I Khushab-Ii Khushab-Iv Khushab-V Khushb-Iii Kufri Kund Mitha Tiwana Nali Shumali Nari Naushehra Noorpur Thal Okhali Mohlah Padhrar Pelowaince Quaidabad Rahdari Rangpur Roda Sandral Tilloker Uchali Utra Janubi Waheer Warcha