Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan, also spelled Gujjar Khan, is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan, and the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, which is the largest tehsil of Punjab by land area. It lies approximately 57 km southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, and 220 km northwest of Lahore, the provincial capital. The city is bounded on the north by Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, on the south by Jhelum, Lahore and Gujrat, on the east by Azad Kashmir and Kahuta, and on the west by Chakwal and Khushab. Set in the heart of the Pothohar Plateau in northern Punjab, the city and its surrounding region are known for a martial culture and are sometimes called the Land of Martyrs, having produced two recipients of the Nishan-i-Haider.