Fatta Bhand

Mosques in the village. Number of “Numberdars”: 4
1. Haji Nader Khan
2. Mohammed Ashraf
3. Rehmat Khan
4. Allah Dad

Current political situation:2013-
MNA, NA-106: Ch. Jaffar Iqbal of Fatta Bhand (PMLN)
MPA, PP-113: Mian Tariq Mehmood (PMLN). Nazim: Ch. Arshad Mehmood (Fatta Bhand). Previous political constituency. 2008-2013
MNA, NA-106: Ch. Qamar Zaman Kaira (PPP). MPA, PP-113: Mian Tariq Mehmood (PMLN). Number of voters (2008) [ecp.gov.pak]
Male: 1124
Female: 929
Total: 2053

2) Introduction:

Fatta Bhand is a relatively large and famous village of Tehsil Kharian, District Gujrat and located 7 km from the city of Dinga and is at periferi around Kharian at 20 km. The distance to Upper Jhelum canal is about 3 km. Fatta Bhand is a union council, and Fatta Bhand Union Council includes the number of 13 villages. Most of the population has immigrated to Europe in search of better quality of life which is common for District Gujrat. People are settled in almost whole western part of Europe: from UK, Scandinavia to Italy and Greece. The first person to arrive in Europe was Haji Sardar Khan Gorsi in 1964 when he reached England. At the moment he is settled and well established in Denmark, Scandinavia. Almost at the same time Haji Sardar Khan Mehloo (late) travelled towards South East Asia and settled in Hong Kong. Now a day every single family in the village has at least one or two persons living abroad. The outcome of this massive immigration abroad has had a dominating affect of the village life, huge and beautifully constructed homes “ kothies “ are surrounding the village. Economically people are relatively pleased the quality of life has boosted, cars are running in the streets like in cities indicating that a modern era has reached Fatta Bhand in the past decay. Majority of the people living in the village are of the cast gujjar. This particular cast has a number of different sub casts and following sub casts are to be found in Fatta Bhand: Mehloo, Gorsi, Bajar, Toppe, Chohaan, Paswal, Meemle, Maissi and Miane. Several other minority casts are well presented in the village. Beside different baradaries in general Fatta Bhand is a relatively peaceful village. Aslam Chairman and Ch. Mohammad Iqbal Paswal are among famous personalities who have created respectable status in the past. Both were politically active during Baldayati elections and elected during different priods. During the year 2002 Ch. Jaffer Iqbal son of Ch. Aslam initiated a new era of politics in Fatta Bhand. He participated in the general elections as a MPA candidate twice.

3) History (To be constructed)

The history of Fatta Bhand has its orgin back to a person named Fateh Mohammed Bhand, originally belonging to the subcast Bhand of Gujjar. It is believed that few brothers from Kamla Bhand (near Lala Musa) arrived in the region near Dinga City and settled at different places. The villages in this particualr area are named after these people such as Raju Bhand, Ghakkar Bhand and Dhakkar Bhand.


4) Education and respectable post holders.(Under construction)

Education (Professional Degrees)

Old Generation:

Ch. Mohammed Aslam, Karachi. BA.LLB,

Ch. Mohammed Khan,
Pakistan Navy. Iqbal Paswal, BA.LLB

Mirza Nadeem, Civil Eng. Riaz Paswal

Ch. Banares Paswal

Ch. Arshad Mehmood BA.LLB

Ch. Nasir Mehmood BA.LLB

Mohammed Akram, Islamabad. New Generation:

PhD:
Doctor Jafar Iqbal Khan Gorsi, PhD, Physics. M.Sc./M.A.:

Ch. Ikram Aslam
Bachelor in electronic Eng. from Karachi. Telecommunication and Computer Networks, UK
Company: Senior Manager Commtech Solutions Ltd

Ch. Rizwan Aslam
B.Tech. Electrical Eng., Karachi. Switch Board Controller at KESC

Ch. Imran Aslam
Bachelor in Computer Science, Karachi. Regional Manager at KESC

Ch. Nasrullah, BA.LLB, Kharian. Nawaz, BA.LLB, Karachi. Nazar Mohammed, SHO, Karachi. Jaffer Iqbal, MA Political Science. Politicians:
1. Jaffer Iqbal, PMLN, MNA, NA-106, Previously candidate for MPA constitution PP-113.
2. Arshad Mehmood, current nazim of UC Fatta Bhand. ex-MPA candidate.
3. Riaz Paswal, ex-nazim UC Fatta Bhand.
4. Mohammed Aslam, ex-Chairman.
5. Mohammed Iqbal Paswal. Other political active personalities are:

Counc.:


5) Sports (under construction)
Among sports acitivity the most famous game is kabaddi, and the Shaheen Club Fatta Bhand has achieved relatively succes in the past. Great Players such as Jabber Nawaz, Mukhtar, Asif Mehmood, Nassar Khan, Qaisar Mehmood, Arif, Riadat Gorsi, Abdu Rehman, Sardar Khan, Chohan, Munawer, Adil Wajid, Tausif, Allah Din Pathan and Nasir are all well known. coaches Master Maqsood, Asghar Karim,

Badminton has also produced few talented players and it is appropriate to mention following: Arshad Mehmood (Nazim), Nasir Mehmood, Naser, Bilal, Rashid and Usman. Volleyball is a very popular sport and legend players are to be listed as follows, Ustad Asif, Master Ishtiaq, Babar, Ghulam Gous, Riaz Paswal, Master Maqsood Alam, Master Mqsood Khakar, Hafiz Mazhar, Basharat shaheen.shana ch, Sikandar Hayat, Mukhtar, Babar Paswal, Naveed Choohan, Munir, Naser, Sohail Abbas, Nasir Saleh, Liaqat, Rauf, Shaukat Shabi, Ajmal, Hafiz Shahzad, Laal Kan. Cricket is among the most famous sports in Pakistan and following players have had great success. Master Ishtiaq, Ustad Asif, Ghulam Ghous, Mustafa, Naeem, Molvi Rukhsar Pakistan Army, Rafaqat, Imtiaz, Yousuf Chohan, Shabbir Ahmed, Basharat, Naser, Sohail Abbas, Asjad, Javed, Lal Khan, Anwar, Imran Chohan, Rizwan Chohan, Munir, Babar Paswal, Yasir, Riaz, Nasir Art, Ayaz, Tassawer, Iftikhar Gorsi, Tahir, Akhtar, Riaz Meembla, Sahil Matloob Pali, Shahbaz, Khawar, Rauf, Shahid, Imran Gorsi, Asim Gorsi,

Another unique personality is Nawajes Ali Paswal, currently having a carrer in Pakistan Army as a coach. In his early carrer he was a good athlete and was honoured by achieving the captaincy of the Pakistan Army Team.