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Noor Pur Syedan is a small village[citation needed] adjacent to G.T Road, and North East of the city of Jehlum.[1] It was founded in spring of 1948, when it was directly funded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah (the father of Pakistan).
Noor Pur Syedan | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 32°35′38″N 72°56′36″E / 32.59389°N 72.94333°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
District | Jhelum District |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | +6 |
The residents of this small community pride themselves on their kinship and their direct descendance from the Prophet of Islam.
Although in the mid-2000s Noor Pur Syedan experienced economic prosperity, inflation has devastated its citizens in contemporary times. The current political regime has been similar to a cancer to this village, but despite this a vast majority still support it. Although in the south there has been an uprising incited by the Pakistani tareekhi Insaf Party (the movement for justice), its outlook seems pessimistic.