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Provincial election 2024: PP-24 Jhelum-I Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent: Syed Riffat Mehmood [a] 55,068 : 32.96 : IPP: Raja Yawar Kamal Khan: 49,810 29.82 TLP: Syed Irfan Ameer Shah Bukhari 30,054 17.99 Independent: Syed Zubair Hussain Shah 10,946 6.55 PPP: Mirza Abdul Ghaffar Khan 4,245 2.54 JI: Qasim Mehmood 4,176 2.50 Independent ...
The Jhelum River [a] is a major river in South Asia, flowing through India and Pakistan, and is the westernmost of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It originates at Verinag and flows through the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir , into Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir , then the Pakistani province of Punjab .
Jhelum is a few miles upstream from the site of the ancient Battle of the Hydaspes, between the armies of Alexander III of Macedon and Porus. The site of the modern city of Jhelum could have, possibly, been the capital of Porus' Kingdom, Paurava. A city called Bucephala was founded nearby to commemorate the death of Alexander's horse, Bucephalus.
1.6 2024–present: NA-60 Jhelum-I. 2 Election 2002. 3 Election 2008. Toggle Election 2008 subsection. ... 3.12 Turnout: 281,159 51.94 Rejected ballots 11,513 4.09 ...
Provincial election 2024: PP-25 Jhelum-II Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent: Yasir Mehmood Qureshi [a] 67,506 : 48.70 : PML(N) Chaudhary Nadeem Khadim 40,735 29.39 TLP: Muhammad Zubair Suleman 11,344 8.18 Independent: Kashifa Farrukh 7,937 5.73 PPP: Chaudhary Kashif Islam 2,638 1.90 Independent: Shaukat Iqbal Mirza 2,165 1.56 Others
The famous writer of Jhelum District Anjum Sultan Shahbaz records some stories of the name Jhelum in his book Tareekh-e-Jhelum as: [8] Many writers have different opinions about the name of Jhelum. One reason is that in ancient days Jhelum was known as Jalham. The word Jhelum is reportedly derived from the words Jal (pure water) and Ham (snow).
2024–present: NA-61 Jhelum-II. Election Member Party 2024: Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf: PML(N) Election 2002. General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Raja ...
Jhelum District has a total area of 858,767 acres (3,475.31 km 2), out of which 316,815 acres (1,282.10 km 2) are cultivated. The area is located on the eastern part of Potohar upland along with River Jhelum. Agriculture in the District Jhelum depends mainly on rainfall. The average rainfall of the area varies from 20 to 40 inches (1,000 mm).