Ojian university at Chiniot

LAHORE:

The Archaeology Department will survey and excavate sites in Chiniot in collaboration with Lok Baithak next month. The Lok Baithak has been working on remains in Chiniot since 2005.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 28^th, 2011.

Rock carvings and relics were discovered at Kirana Hills in Northwest Chiniot recently. The region is popularly known as Punj Peer. Archaeology Department officials said that after examining the base of the rock platform and the cleft in part of the hill, they were of the opinion that these were the walls of a stupa. The site and most of the relics were discovered by, Lok Baithak. Kirana stone, terracotta bricks, pottery, animal bones and human remains have so far been found over nine acres of land.

Umar Daraz, the Lok Baithak convener, said that a gold coin was discovered by the group from one of the eight mounds. He refused to specify the location but said the site had to undergo further excavation. Markings on the coin, which also depicts a goddess feeding a child, have aided archaeologists in determining that the coin is from the Kushana period. It has been compared with other coins of the period on display at the Lahore and Taxilla Museums, said Afzal Khan, the Deputy Director of Archaeology Department. He said the coin will probably go on display at either of the museums at Faisalabad and Kallar Kahar.

No photographs of the rock carvings Kirana Hills, discovered in 1995, have been published so far, according to Khan. Fine, intricate carvings showing men on horses and in combat are speculated date back to the time when Alexander the Great invaded the region, he said. The latest carvings, he said, are as recent as 300 years ago. Three overlapping circles abundantly carved on Kirana indicate that inhabitants of these hills were Buddhists, Khan said.

Other patterns observed are of hands, chess board, ships and flowers. Some historians are of the view that the site may hold the lost OJAN or OJAIAN, a Buddhist university contemporary with the Julian University in Taxilla – the only two Buddhist universities from that time, Khan said.

CCB work in Chak No. 144/J.B

The CCB of union council 19 was formed in 14th of July, 2004 by the community members from all around the union council in a democratic manner. The process involves the community nominating a general body of CCB. The membership size of the general body is 25. All the members in this CCB were male. This general body then elected its chairman, secretary and executive committee through a show of hands. There are 07 executive members in this CCB. The major activity of the CCB has been to work construction of the play ground in the Chak No. 144/JB, union council no. 19, Tehsil Chiniot.
The CCB decided to construct a play ground in the Chak No. 144/JB, union council no. 19, Tehsil Chiniot on a priority basis. The cost-estimate of this project was prepared as well as vetted by the District Officer Building / Executive District Officer (EDO) Works & Services. The total cost of the project is 3.57 million A sum of 0.7114 million which is equivalent to 22% (20% is the requirement as per law) of the total cost of the project was contributed by the CCB. The balanced 80% share 2.8456 million was provided by the TMA Chiniot into three installments. The CCB motivated the community about the importance of the project for the future generation and encouraged them to contribute the required twenty percent share.

The chairman and secretary of CCBs went from door to door to collect the community share. After CCBs had collected its share, they fulfilled other formalities and documents for the project and submitted it to the EDO community development for necessary action and approval from the district council. After the approval and release of fund to the CCB, it formulated a three member project committee with a project coordinator as its head. The committee became responsible for the purchase of materials / services and the supervision of the work. At the community level, the project committee is ensuring the transparency in the purchase of materials / hiring of services and also the quality of the work. The monitoring of the project is being done by the concerned departments and the Monitoring Committees of Works & Services department formed under the PLGO 2001.
The CCB first have to utilize its 20 percent share after the approval of the project. The subsequent three installments of 80 percent of district government share are released to the CCB after the report received from the concerned District Officer and the Chairman Monitoring Committee (Works & Services) about the completion of work ensuring the quality and quantity as well. The work on the project is completed. The community is proud and delighted of the project. This has motivated the CCB to consider undertaking other projects.
Construction of the boundary wall and building Govt. Boy’s Elementary School Chak No. 144/JB and also Slug carrier round the village, Drain, Street Lights, boundary wall of the Grave yard was constructed by the CCB with the approval of TMA Chiniot.

Academic block in Chenab College

The CCB of union council 35 was formed in 21^st of June, 2004 by the community members from all around the union council in a democratic manner. The process involves the community nominating a general body of CCB. The membership size of the general body is 25. Members in this CCB were male (22) as well as female (03). This general body then elected its chairman, secretary and executive committee through a show of hands. There are 07 executive members in this CCB. The major activity of the CCB has been to work construction of the academic block in Chenab College, Chiniot. The total enrolment in this school is about 1620 students. There was only one main block in the college that was not enough to serve the cause of study.

. The CCB decided to construct an additional academic block in Chenab College, Chiniot on a priority basis. The cost-estimate of this project was prepared as well as vetted by the District Officer Building / Executive District Officer (EDO) Works & Services. The total cost of the project is 7.058 million A sum of 1.412 million which is equivalent to 22% (20% is the requirement as per law) of the total cost of the project was contributed by the CCBThe balanced 80% share 5.646 million was provided by the District Government into three installments. The CCB motivated the community about the importance of the project for the future generation and encouraged them to contribute the required twenty percent share.

The chairman and secretary of CCBs went from door to door to collect the community share. After CCBs had collected its share, they fulfilled other formalities and documents for the project and submitted it to the EDO community development for necessary action and approval from the district council. After the approval and release of fund to the CCB, it formulated a three member project committee with a project coordinator as its head. The committee became responsible for the purchase of materials / services and the supervision of the work. At the community level, the project committee is ensuring the transparency in the purchase of materials / hiring of services and also the quality of the work. The monitoring of the project is being done by the concerned departments and the Monitoring Committees of Works & Services department formed under the PLGO 2001.

The CCB first have to utilize its 20 percent share after the approval of the project. The subsequent three installments of 80 percent of district government share are released to the CCB after the report received from the concerned District Officer and the Chairman Monitoring Committee (Works & Services) about the completion of work ensuring the quality and quantity as well. The work on the project is completed. The community is proud and delighted of the project. This has motivated the CCB to consider undertaking other projects.

Economic Survey 2010-2011

TITLE	FIGURES
Literacy Rate	57.7%
Literacy Rate (Male)	69.5%
Literacy Rate (Female)	45.2%
Literacy Rate (Rural)	49.2 %
Literacy Rate (Urban)	73.2 %
Per Capita Income	$ 1254
Real Private Consumption	7%
Fixed GDP	4.5%
Economic GDP Growth Rate	2.4%
Unemployment Rate	5.6%
Total loans	10189 Billion
Local debts	5463 Billion
Foreign loans	4726 Billion
Agriculture growth rate	1.2%
Targeted revenue collection	1588 Billion
Lost caused by Flood	855 Billion
Cotton production	11.4 million bales
Rice production	4.83 million tons
Subsidies	500 billion
Total investment	2.5 trillion
National budget deficit	1.02 trillion
Circular debt	103,939 million
Large scale manufacturing	1.7 %
Agriculture growth	1.2 %

Ordinance of Social Welfare

1. Punjab Vagrancy Ordinance, 1958
2. The Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance, 1961
3. Punjab social services board Ordinance, 1970
4. Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance, 1981
5. Punjab Bait-ul-Maal Act, 1991