Jhelum

Jhelum جہلم‎
City
Nickname(s):  City of Soldiers Land of Martyrs and Warriors
Jhelum Location within Pakistan Jhelum Jhelum (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 32°56′33″N 73°43′32″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Jhelum
Union Councils	7
Government
• Chairman MC	Khan Sher Bahadur Kaira (PMLN)
Area
• Total	22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Elevation	233 m (768 ft)
Population  (1998)
• Total	145,847
• Density	6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code	49600
Dialling code	0544

Jhelum /ˈdʒeɪləm/ (Urdu and Punjabi: جہلم) is a city on the right bank of the Jhelum River, in the district of the same name in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as city of soldiers or land of martyrs.

North Panjab, Greater Pothwar or Panjistan region

This area is sometimes called North Panjab, Upper Panjab, Greater Pothohar/Extended Pothwar (or occasionally Hazara region), and nowadays more specifically and correctly known as Panjistan Country and when it is combined with Mirpuri, Poonchi (in Kashmir) and (Southern) Hindko localities (mostly Hazara) is also known as Panjistani belt.

Modern Panjistani

The Panjistani language (as originally formulated by Mohammad Afzal UK (1987) and some others) was formerly called North Panjabi, Mirpuri, Poonchi, Pothwari, Chakwali, Hindko, Pahari, Upper Panjabi, Northern Lahnda, etc. In Jhelum it is spoken with the local accent or dialect known as Jhelumi.

Demand for Panjistan province recently

These political parties namely the Panjistan Freedom Party (PFP) Panjistan National Party (PNP) Panjistan Communist Party (PCP) Panjistan Republican Party (PRP) Panjistan Democratic Front (PDF) Panjistan Popular Front (PPF) Panjistan Socialist Party (PSP) Panjistan Unionist party (PUP) Panjistan National Unity Party (PNUP) Panjistan Democratic party (PDP) Panjistan workers party (PWP) Panjistan Social Democratic Party (PSDP) and these major socio-cultural groupings called Panjistani language movement (PLM) Panjistani language board (PLB) Panjistani Literary Forum (PLF) Panjistani language Society (PLS) and Just for Panjistani Commission (JPC) want the creation of North Panjab or Panjistan province and recently formed the Charter of Panjistani council (or CPC).