چکوال ولیج پلیٹ فارم · Chakwal Village Platform

This is Dhok Kala Khan.

Dhok Kala Khan is a dhok, a small farmstead hamlet in District Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. In a straight line, Chakwal city is about 47 km away, Dhudial about 38 km, Rawalpindi about 40 km, and the Islamabad airport about 45 km.

The village lies on the Potohar plateau, a land of dry, ravined ground where farming is rain-fed and wheat and groundnut are the main crops. The Salt Range rises to the south. Across this plateau, many families have members serving in the army or working abroad.

The full story of Dhok Kala Khan, its families and its people is still to be told, and this page is an invitation to those who know it best to tell it.

یہ علاقہ پوٹھوہار کی خشک اور نالوں سے کٹی ہوئی زمین پر ہے، جہاں کاشتکاری بارش پر منحصر ہے اور گندم و مونگ پھلی اہم فصلیں ہیں۔ جنوب میں کوہستانِ نمک کا سلسلہ ہے۔ اس خطے کے بہت سے گھرانوں کے افراد فوج میں یا بیرونِ ملک روزگار پر ہیں۔ اس گاؤں کی پوری کہانی ابھی اس کے اپنے لوگوں کی زبانی سننا باقی ہے۔

Rain-fed wheat and groundnut farming on the Potohar plateau

The Salt Range to the south

Dhok Kala Khan میں آپ کیا کروا سکتے ہیں

What we can do for a household in Dhok Kala Khan.

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