Kahuta

City in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Kahuta
کہوٹہ

City

Kahuta

Kahuta
کہوٹہ

Coordinates: 33°21′N 73°14′E﻿ / ﻿33.35°N 73.23°E﻿ / 33.35; 73.23
Country|  Pakistan
District| Rawalpindi
Province| Punjab
Highest elevation

| 1,800 m (5,905 ft)
Population

(2017)

• Total| 220,576
Time zone| UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code|

47330

Calling code| 051

Kahuta (Punjabi, Urdu: کہوٹہ) is a census-designated place, city and tehsil in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab, Pakistan. The population of the Kahuta Tehsil is approximately 220,576 at the 2017 census. Kahuta is the home to the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) which was founded to undertake the Kahuta Project as part of the atomic bomb project. Before the Kahuta Project, the site was occupied by retired officers of the Pakistan Army and contained a small public community.

## Etymology

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The name "Kahuta" was originated from the name of the tree which is extensively found there. The local name of the tree is "koh".

## History

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Kahuta was a small incorporated city until the 1970s when KRL was constructed by the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers under Engineering officer Major-General Zahid Ali Akbar, Director of Project-706.[1] During the 1960s and 1970s, Kahuta was inhabited by retired officers of the Pakistan Army.[2]

In the 1970s, the Ministry of Defence was tasked by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to search for a remote location for carrying out atomic and weapon-testing experiments for the integrated atomic bomb project in 1976.[1][3][2] The Uranium Coordination Board (UCB) headed by Ghulam Ishaq Khan financed the reconstruction of the site.[1] Major-General Zahid Ali Akbar and later completed the drawings, surveying and measured the area aerially.[1] Within the week, the whole site was acquired by the Ministry of Defence, and the army truckloads, heavy engineering vehicles arrived the next day to re-built the site.[4] All incoming materials and research equipment were labeled as common items and engineering tools to conceal the true nature of their purpose.[1] Scientists and engineers working and living in Kahuta were censored by the senior military officials.[4] Soon, the site was classified and abandoned for public with only few allowed to resides.[4] The Engineering Research Laboratories (now KRL) was established by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as a research government national facility under the Ministry of Defence.

## Geography

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Kahuta is situated in the Himalayan foothills in Rawalpindi District of Pakistan's Punjab Province, approximately 30 km southeast of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. The Panjpeer Rocks are located in Kahuta.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Khan, Doctor of Engineering and Doctor of Science (Metallurgical engineering), Abdul Qadeer (July 28, 2009). "Random thoughts: Bhutto, GIK and Kahuta". Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former Director-General of Engineering Research Laboratories (KRL), and former top scientist of Pakistan. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, NI. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
2. ^ a b Khan, Doctor of Engineering and Doctor of Science, Abdul Qadeer (July 28, 2009). "Until Sun Rise:§Bhutto, GIK aur Kahuta". Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former Director-General of Engineering Research Laboratories (KRL), and former top scientist of Pakistan. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
3. ^ Ispahani, MP., Farahnaz (April 4, 2011). "Remembering Zulfikar Ali Bhutto". Farahnaz Ispahani, Member of Parliament (MP) representing Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Presidential Spokeswoman and a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs, and the Human Rights Committee. Farahnaz Ispahani, MP and Presidential Spokeswoman for the President of Pakistan, published at Tribune Express (TEX). Retrieved 2011-08-29.
4. ^ a b c Khan, D.Eng and Sc.D., Abdul Qadeer (July 28, 2009). "§ Prime minister Zulfi Bhutto, General Zia-ul-Haq and Kahuta". Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former Director-General of Engineering Research Laboratories (KRL), and former Science Adviser to the Government of Pakistan. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former Director of Project-706. Retrieved 2011-08-29.[permanent dead link]
5. ^ "A Day Trek to Panjpeer Rocks - Muhammad Awais - Youlin Magazine". www.youlinmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.

33°35′0″N 73°23′0″E﻿ / ﻿33.58333°N 73.38333°E﻿ / 33.58333; 73.38333

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