Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab Province, Pakistan

🇵🇰 Rahim Yar Khan (رحیم یار خان) is a city in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Rahim Yar Khan District and Rahim Yar Khan Tehsil. The administration of the city is subdivided into nine Union Councils. In 1881, Nawab of Bahawalpur gave this city its current name by naming it after his first-born son and crown prince Rahim Yar Khan.

History It has been renamed several times over the last 5,000 years. The earliest recorded name was AROR or ALOR, and then it became City of Pattan, Phul Wada, Noshehra and now Rahim Yar Khan. The ancient tower of Pattan Minarah stands 13 km to the south of the city centre in its original form. Ummayads led by Muhammad Bin Qasim conquered the key cities of Uch and Multan after conquest of Sindh. After that Arabs ruled the vast areas of Punjab including Rahim Yar Khan region.

Rahim Yar Khan region was part of Multan province of Mughal Empire. In 1881, Nawab of Bahawalpur gave the city its current name by naming it after his first-born son and crown prince Rahim Yar Khan.

Rahim Yar Khan has had the status of a separate district since 1943. The district derives its name from its headquarters, the city of Rahim Yar Khan, which was known as "Naushehra" until 1881. To avoid confusion with the similarly named city of Nowshera, the ruler of Bahawalpur, Nawab Sadiq Khan IV, renamed it after his first son, Rahim Yar Khan (1877-1881).

Education: University • Khawaja Fareed Govt. Post graduate College • Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology • Shaikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital • Islamia University of Bahawalpur, RYK campus • Punjab Group of Colleges • Army Public School and College • National College of Business Administration and Economics • RYK.IBA college • Brook Field Group of Colleges • KIPS College

Schools • Radiant way Grammar School • Beaconhouse School System • Lahore Grammar School • Oxbridge Secondary School • Sheikh Zaid Public School • The City School • IIUI Schools RYK Campus • Star Schools of Sciences • MTB Schools and Colleges • National Garrison Cadet School • Holy Cross Catholic High School • Al-Muslim Schools and Girls College • Muslim Scholar Secondary School • Al Shoaib Grammar School • Al Meezan Schools • Punjab Daanish School (Boys/Girls) Rahim Yar Khan • NIMS School System • Moazzam-Ur-Rehman Public School • The City school Rahim yar khan

Academies • KIPS Academy • Star Academy • A-One Academy • The Standard Academy of Science • Inspire Academy • M Academy • Punjab Academy • Iqra Academy • AAK Academy • The Social Science Academy

Transport: Air Shaikh Zayed International Airport is located in Rahim Yar Khan. It serves the people of city with domestic and international flights. There are daily flight from this airport to Karachi, twice in a week to/from Lahore, and once a week to Islamabad.

Transport: Rail Rahim Yar Khan is connected with rest of the country by rail. The Rahim Yar Khan railway station is a major railway station of Pakistan Railways on the Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line.