Rabwah
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Rabwah is a private city in the Chiniot District
of Punjab Province, Pakistan located on the Chenab River
near the historic city of Chiniot
. The city's name means "elevated place" and it is also known as Chenab Nagar, meaning "moonlight through water." Rabwah has been the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
since September 20, 1948, after the original headquarters of Qadian
moved to India
following the creation of Pakistan in 1947. As a result, the vast majority of inhabitants belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community migrated from India to Pakistan. After the migration, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community bought the area and settled in Rabwah.
changed the city's name from Rabwah to Chenab Nagar. However, the city is still mainly referred to by its old name.Rabwah is the centre of Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
.
. The Pakistani campus of Jamia Ahmaddiya Missionary College also has a branch in Rabwah. There are a number of private primary, middle and high schools in the city. The Nusrat Jehan Academy and Inter College ( private institutions owned and run by the ahmadiyya jama'at ) are well known for the consistent good results they produce. Nasir High School is another private venture by the Jamaa'at Ahmadiyya to bring quality education to the masses at an affordable rate ( The fee at this institution is Rs. 35). A private evening academy for commerce education , Nadi's Commerce Academy, has been setup to provide evening tuition classes to students of B.Com , BBA and MBA.
Since 2008 Rabwah's online presence and public relations have been handled through www.rabwah.net
founded in 2008. It started off as an online newspaper by the name of Rabwah.NET in 2008 and later on relaunched itself as a weekly by the name of Rabwah Times in 2011. The paper was started off to give Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
of Pakistan a voice, As the main stream media of Pakistan has been reluctant to highlight the plight of minority Ahmadiyya
Community but has also in some cases encouraged the persecution of the Ahmadis.
The paper rose to fame after publishing stories of local persecution inside the city of Rabwah, The paper has covered stories about KhatmeNabuwat and The Ahrar movement linking them to banned terrorist organizations, The story was shunned by the mainstream Pakistani media.
A Daily News paper AlFazl also published from this city, illustrated with many empirical articals & covering the activities of jamat. There is also some monthly magazines, like Misbah for women, Tashhez ul Azhan for children, Khalid for youth & Insarullah for old people.
All of these sectors are subdivided into smaller regions, usually with eight regions per sector.
, Lahore
, Faisalabad
, and other major cities in Pakistan. Rabwah can be accessed from the M-2 (National Highway Motorway 2) while the nearest airports are in Faisalabad (52 kilometres (32.3 mi)) and Sargodha
(59 kilometres (36.7 mi)).
Chiniot District
Chiniot District became the 36th district of the Punjab province of Pakistan in February 2009. Earlier it was a tehsil of Jhang District.- History :...
of Punjab Province, Pakistan located on the Chenab River
Chenab River
The Chenab River چنRiver' آب) is a major river of Jammu and Kashmir and the Punjab in Pakistan. It forms in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows through the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of the Punjab, Pakistan...
near the historic city of Chiniot
Chiniot
Chiniot is a city and administration headquarter of Chiniot District, in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. Located between the heart of river Chenab with the heads of small rocky hills, it is known for its wooden furniture architecture which has a great attraction in all over the world.- Name and...
. The city's name means "elevated place" and it is also known as Chenab Nagar, meaning "moonlight through water." Rabwah has been the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...
since September 20, 1948, after the original headquarters of Qadian
Qadian
Qadian is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur District, north-east of Amritsar, situated north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India....
moved to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
following the creation of Pakistan in 1947. As a result, the vast majority of inhabitants belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community migrated from India to Pakistan. After the migration, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community bought the area and settled in Rabwah.
Name change
In 1998, a resolution passed by the Punjab AssemblyProvincial Assembly of the Punjab
The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore in eastern Pakistan...
changed the city's name from Rabwah to Chenab Nagar. However, the city is still mainly referred to by its old name.Rabwah is the centre of Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
Geography and demographics
Rabwah covers an area of about 24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi) and is surrounded by hills and the Chenab River with a landscape composed mainly of bare sedimentary rock. The city has a population of 70,000, of which 97 per cent belong to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. There is one mosque in each neighborhood.History
The city stands on a deserted area formerly known as Chak Digiyaan on land bought in 1948 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community following the migration of most community members from Qadian, the old centre, to newly created Pakistan. The land was intended to become a model city for members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The city was named Rabwah by then leader of the Ahmadiyya sect, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood AhmadMirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad , was Khalifatul Masih II, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the eldest son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad from his second wife, Nusrat Jehan Begum...
.
Education
The Talim-ul-Islam School and Talim-ul-Islam College for boys were two of the first educational institutions to be established in the city with the Jamia Nusrat College for Women established some time later. Both of these institutions were nationalised under the government of Zulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
. The Pakistani campus of Jamia Ahmaddiya Missionary College also has a branch in Rabwah. There are a number of private primary, middle and high schools in the city. The Nusrat Jehan Academy and Inter College ( private institutions owned and run by the ahmadiyya jama'at ) are well known for the consistent good results they produce. Nasir High School is another private venture by the Jamaa'at Ahmadiyya to bring quality education to the masses at an affordable rate ( The fee at this institution is Rs. 35). A private evening academy for commerce education , Nadi's Commerce Academy, has been setup to provide evening tuition classes to students of B.Com , BBA and MBA.
Technology/communication
Rabwah is covered by mobile, broadband, wi-fi, and cable television networks. .Since 2008 Rabwah's online presence and public relations have been handled through www.rabwah.net
Newspapers
Rabwah Times is Rabwah's online weekly newspaperNewspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
founded in 2008. It started off as an online newspaper by the name of Rabwah.NET in 2008 and later on relaunched itself as a weekly by the name of Rabwah Times in 2011. The paper was started off to give Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...
of Pakistan a voice, As the main stream media of Pakistan has been reluctant to highlight the plight of minority Ahmadiyya
Ahmadiyya
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious revivalist movement founded in India near the end of the 19th century, originating with the life and teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , who claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies about the world reformer of the end times, who was to herald the Eschaton as...
Community but has also in some cases encouraged the persecution of the Ahmadis.
The paper rose to fame after publishing stories of local persecution inside the city of Rabwah, The paper has covered stories about KhatmeNabuwat and The Ahrar movement linking them to banned terrorist organizations, The story was shunned by the mainstream Pakistani media.
A Daily News paper AlFazl also published from this city, illustrated with many empirical articals & covering the activities of jamat. There is also some monthly magazines, like Misbah for women, Tashhez ul Azhan for children, Khalid for youth & Insarullah for old people.
Neighborhoods
The main mohallas (sectors) of the city are:- Darul Nasar
- Darul Uloom
- Darul Sadar
- Darul Yaman
- Darul Rahmat
- Darul Barakat
- Babul Abwab
- Naseer Abad
- Tahir Sector
All of these sectors are subdivided into smaller regions, usually with eight regions per sector.
Transport
From the city, there are bus services to IslamabadIslamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
, and other major cities in Pakistan. Rabwah can be accessed from the M-2 (National Highway Motorway 2) while the nearest airports are in Faisalabad (52 kilometres (32.3 mi)) and Sargodha
Sargodha
Sargodha is a city in the Sargodha District of Punjab province, Pakistan.Sargodha is located in the northwest of Pakistan. It is the eleventh largest city of Pakistan and also known as Pakistan's best citrus-producing area. It is an agricultural trade centre with various industries...
(59 kilometres (36.7 mi)).