Gehlan Hithar
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Gehlan Hithar is a town and Union Council
Union Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

 of Kasur District
Kasur District
Kasur District or Qasur District is one of the districts in the province of Punjab, Pakistan It came into existence on 1 July 1976. Earlier it was part of Lahore District....

, situated some 65 miles south west of Lahore
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, Punjab
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, Pakistan
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. It is located at 30°52'0N 74°1'60E with an altitude of 174 metres (574 feet) and lies on the main Kasur-Okara road. In its vicinity is a self-planted forest named Changa Manga
Changa Manga
The Changa Manga is a planted forest and a wildlife park in Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan.-Forestry:The forest is entered from a road from off the N-5 Highway near Bhai Pheru. The forest covers an area of and is one of the largest man-made forests on the planet...

.

It lies in the boundaries of National Assembly consistency NA 140 and Provincial consistency PP 180. Ex foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
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 has won from this area in 2002. Presently Aseff Ahmad Ali is the national assembly member from this area. He is also an ex-foreign minister of Pakistan.

The livelihood of the peoples is based on agriculture with a big share of flower growing beside wheat, rice and vegetables including potatoes and maize. The flower market recently established on the main Depalpur road is hub of fresh flower business in Punjab particularly and Pakistan as well.

The history of Gehlan is described in a book titled " Gehlan Hithar -A Historic Town" by Muhammad Saddique Javed. Some of information is worth mentioning that almost 700 peoples from this town are in the teaching profession, 500 peoples are serving in armed forces and around 250 peoples are in police department and about 300 people is serving in other countries Like "South Korea, UAE, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom (UK), USA and Canada.

Mostly population is Jatt but there is another tribe is also based in village like "Shiekh, Syed, Hashmi Kumhar and Arian.

There is lot of Jatt Gehlan in India and their origin is "Saini Sikhs" and Hithar is area name in southern Lahore division of Punjab, Pakistan.

Gehlan are Saini although they are in small number but scattered all around the Punjab (Pakistan & India). Majority of them found in Hoshiarpur,Punjab (India) and Kasur, Jehlam in Punjab (Pakistan).

In India mostly Gehlan in short is written as "Gill". In India a village Gehlan exists near Bhawanigarh, Punjab.

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