Gohar Jageer
Gohar Jageer is a beautiful village which is part of union council 17-R Usman Wala, tehsil and district, Kasur, province Punjab, Pakistan.
It is situated in the south west of Kasur city on the bank of a famous historic canal BRB. Its population is approximately Eight thousand. Most of its inhabitants are linked with agriculture and farming. Village around Gohar Jageer are Tatara Kamil, Usman wala, Kili sokal, Mahalam, Noor Pur etc. Arain is the majority caste of this village. There is no political hostility or rivalry in this village and all the people are united with the bond of fraternity and brotherhood. There is one boys’ primary school and one girls’ primary school in this village, having adequate staff, but lacking in proper infrastructure.
Following is the list of teachers serving in the Government Boys Primary School Gohar Jagir:
- Muhammad Yahya R/O Gohar Jageer
- Muhammad Saleem R/O Gohar jageer
- Sardar Ali R/O Gohar Jageer
- Muhammad Aslam R/O Gohar Jageer
- Muhammad Iqbal R/O Kili sokal
The boys’ school has generated many intelligent and talented individuals which are serving in various Government and private departments. Following is the list of such individuals.
| NAME | EDUCATION | DESIGNATION / SERVING IN |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Ashraf Nasir | Graduate (B.A) | D.A.O PTCL Pakistan |
| Muhammad Aslam Rashid | Post-Graduate (M.A) | D.A.O PTCL Pakistan |
| Ali Sher | D.A.E Electrical | Sub-engineer PTCL |
| Muhammad Yahya Sajid | Matric P.T.C | Rescue 1122 Lahore |
| Muhammad Mushtaq Anjum | D.A.E ELECTRICAL | Line Superintendant WAPDA |
| Abdul-Razzaq Anjum | D.A.E Mechanical | Working in a private Firm, Lahore |
| Muhammad Azeem Nasir Advocate.[1] | B.A LLB Punjab University | Member District Bar Association KASUR. |
| Muhammad Naeem Rashid | Bachelor in Fashion & Textile Designing from Hajvery University, Lahore | Customer Relations Officer in Telnor Pakistan |
| Muhammad Mehboob Nasir.[2] | M.B.A | Completing Internship in Meezan Bank Kasur |
| Muhammad Rafiq | Graduate (B.A) | Assistant Manager Habib Bank Ltd. Mandi Usman Wala |
| Muhammad Zikeria Khaleel | F.A | Habib Bank Ltd. Usman wala |
| Muhammad Amin Shehbaz | Master in Business Administration (M.B.A) | Audit Officer in National Bank Of Pakistan |
| Irfan Sadiq | Post-graduate (M.A) | Senior Patrolling Officer, Highway Police, Lahore. |
| Azam Yaqub | D.A.E | WAPDA LAHORE. |
| Asif Yaqub | D.A.E Electrical | Lead fire Rescuer, Rescue 1122 Lahore. |
| Ans Yaqub | Graduate (B.A) | Fire Rescuer, Rescue 1122 Lahore. |
| Muhammad Naveed | M.B.A | Punjab Police Department, Kasur. |
| Muhammad Mushtaq | Master in political science | Looking for a job |
| Muhammad Mehmud | D.A.E Electrical | Private Firm Lahore |
| Muhammad Aqeel Ahmed | B.com | Sui Northern Gas co. Lahore. |
| Muhammad Bilal | F.A | Junior Patrol Offocer Noor Pur Nehar. |
| Muhammad Pervez S/O Hasan | F.A | WAPDA |
| Haneef Jeeva | Matric | WAPDA Lahore |
| Dildar Hussain | Matric minus two | Rescue 1122 kasur city. |
CENTRE OF POLITICS
People of this village have deep interest in politics and in spare time "political gossip" is their favourite hobby.Although there are many political activists in Gohar jagir, for example vetern politician Baba Ghulam Hussain, Master Muhammad Yaqub, Liquat Ghata, Muhammad Kashif Yaqub etc, but two of them namely Mujahid Muhammad Yaqub and Shabbir Hussain are the most popular and renowned figures which are known and recognized at Tehsil Kasur level and also in various surrounding union councils of the area. Both of them have once won the local body elections.In every local body elections the votes of this village does play an important role in selection and rejection of the candidates.
MUJAHID MUHAMMAD YAQUB became the Naib-Nazim OF Union council 17-R Usman Wala in local body elections of 2005 along with Sardar Imran Zafar as the Nazim of this union council. This pair was fully supported and backed by Sardar Asif Ahmed Ali of Pakistan peoples party who is the present Federal Education Minister of Pakistan. During his tenure he iniated and completed several developmental projects, some of whome are unprecedented. He iniated and completed a scheme of water supply worth Rs. 6 Million in Gohar Jageer. Another major project which came into existence with the special effort of Mujahid Muhammad Yaqub is the construction of a Water treatment plant worth approx Rs. 4 million in Gohar Jagir. Usman wala which is the main centre of this area and also several other surrounding union councils are devoid of this blessing of safe drinking water. Its photo shall be published soon. He also had contested for provincial assembly seat in 1997 as an independent candidate, though he remained unsuccessful yet was able to procure more votes than that of some famous candidates of that time.
SHABBIR HUSSAIN became the Nazim of U/C usman wala in 2005 local Govt elections. It was a tough contest and he won that seat by very narrow margin of almost 50 votes. No major developmental project was iniated in the whole of the union council during his tenure. He contested for provincial assembly seat in punjab province in the general elections held in 2008, but remained unsuccessful.
References
- "School Directory of PUNJAB (KASUR)" (PDF). 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- "Election commission of Pakistan" (PDF). The Gazette of Pakistan. 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2010-08-05.