چکوال ولیج پلیٹ فارم · Chakwal Village Platform

This is Dhok Dhamial.

Dhok Dhamial is a dhok, a small farmstead hamlet in District Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. In a straight line it lies about 42 km from Chakwal city and from Rawalpindi, about 45 km from Islamabad airport, and 33 km from Dhudial.

The land here is part of the Potohar plateau: dry, cut by ravines, and dependent on rain, with the Salt Range rising to the south. Farming on such land depends on the weather, and the families who work it know how much patience it asks for. Many households have members serving in the army or working abroad, keeping the village connected to the wider world.

The fuller story of Dhok Dhamial, its families and its days, is still to be told by the people who live in it and those who love it from afar.

یہاں کی زمین پوٹھوہار کے سطح مرتفع کا حصہ ہے، خشک، نالوں سے کٹی ہوئی اور بارش پر انحصار کرنے والی۔ جنوب میں کوہِ نمک کا سلسلہ ہے۔ اس بستی کے بہت سے گھروں کے افراد فوج میں ہیں یا بیرونِ ملک روزگار کر رہے ہیں۔ اس کی پوری کہانی ابھی یہاں کے لوگوں کی زبانی سنی جانی باقی ہے۔

Rain-fed farming on the Potohar plateau

Families with members in the army and working abroad

Dhok Dhamial میں آپ کیا کروا سکتے ہیں

What we can do for a household in Dhok Dhamial.

Every service is included in your membership. Add jobs to the basket, name the house, and pay only for what is bought. Every job comes back signed, timed and placed.

Food and groceries

سودا سلف

Groceries to the door

Rs 500 · £1.43 per delivery

سودا گھر تک

Pick the items. Bought in Chakwal city, carried to the house you name, signed for at the door.

Health

صحت

Doctor visit

Rs 1,500 · £4.29 per visit

ڈاکٹر کے پاس

We take your family member to the clinic or doctor and bring them home. Fee paid on the spot and added to the receipt.

Medicine delivered

Rs 400 · £1.14 per trip

دوائی گھر تک

Send us the prescription on WhatsApp; we buy it in Chakwal and bring it to the door.

Bills and payments

بل اور ادائیگیاں

Pay a bill

Rs 300 · £0.86 per bill

بل کی ادائیگی

Electricity, gas, water or phone. Tell us the amount; we pay it in Chakwal and photograph the receipt back to you.

Cars and travel

گاڑی اور سفر

Car to Chakwal city

Rs 2,500 · £7.14 per trip

گاڑی شہر تک

A car from the village to Chakwal city and back, for a hospital, a bank or the bazaar.

Car to Islamabad airport

Rs 9,000 · £25.71 per trip

گاڑی ایئرپورٹ تک

Pick-up from the village door to Islamabad International, or the other way.

Cash in hand

نقد رقم

Cash handed over

Rs 500 · £1.43 per hand-over

نقد رقم

A monthly allowance, or a one-off, handed to the person you name with a signature, time and place.

Home and family

گھر اور خاندان

Home help

Rs 1,200 · £3.43 per visit

گھریلو مدد

A woman from the village team visits: shopping together, a hospital companion, help with the children or the house.

Done by the woman on the village team

Repair or tradesman

Quoted first

مرمت

Electrician, plumber, mason, roof. Tell us the job; we send someone and quote before anything is spent.

Anything else

کچھ اور

Something else