3. History
The town was founded around 1550 by Kamal Khan a Mirani
Baloach and a descendant of Dera Ghazi Khan Around 1610,
the town was taken from the Mirani rulers by the Jaskani
Baloach who held it until 1787. Abdun Nabi Sarai was
appointed governor by Timur Shah Durrani but three years
later it was included in the governorship of Muhammad Khan
Sadozai ,who transferred his seat of government to Mankera.
In 1794, Humayun Shah the rival claimant to the throne of
Kabul was captured near Leiah and brought into the town,
where his eyes were put out by order of Zaman Shah Under
the Sikh government, the town once more became the centre
of administration for the neighbouring tract, and after the
British occupation in 1849, was for a time the headquarters of
a Civil Administrative Division.
4. Continue
. This administrative status of Layyah was short-lived and the
British reduced it to the level of Tehsil headquarters - making it a
part of Dera Ismail Khan In 1901, Layyah was transferred to the
new District of Mianwali Later on, it was made part of the
Muzzaffargarh district In 1982, Layyah Tehsil was upgraded to
District headquarters comprising three tehsils: Layyah Karor Lal
Eisan and Chaubara The municipality was created in 1875.
The population, according to the 1901 census was 7,546. Per capita
income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 9,900, and
expenditure Rs. 10,100. In 1903-4, the income was Rs. 10,600,
chiefly derived from octroi, and the expenditure was Rs. 10,600.
The chief industry of Leiah at that time was the manufacture of
blankets. The town contained a dispensary and a municipal Anglovernacular middle school
5. Chowk azam
Chowk Azam is a main city of Layyah District just
25 km from Layyah. It is a Chowk on Mianwali and
Multan road (MM ROAD) . Chowk Azam is located at the
famous MM Road. It has population of the more than
150,000.
Chowk Azam has a degree colleges for boys and girls and
it has one government hospital TEHSIL LEVEL, other
than many private hospitals. There is a mini yadgar of
Pakistan in the center of chowk. The city's greatest asset
is that to going other cities of Pakistan, the transport
facilities are available at all times. Chowk Azam is
surrounded by many small villages. You can say that it is
countryside small city. notable persons:
6. Level of income
People of all level of income lives there , some are
middle level.
Some are poor
Education
Literacy rate in chowk azam is 36.7%
7. Schools and Colleges
Govt. Muslim High School.
Govt. Girls High School
Govt.Model Middle school
Sun beam School system
Little angel Grammar school
Leadership Public High school
Aziz model high school
Fatima Jinnah girls school
Millat Public High School
Friends Public High School
Superior Public High School
Garrison Public High School
Oxford Public High School
Awami Public High School
Govt. boys degree college
Govt. Girls degree college
Prime college of commerce
Unique college of commerce
khan college of commerce
Bright college of commerce
Jinnah endeavors college of technology
Layyah institute of technology
TEVTA Training institute
8. Hospitals
Government civil hospital MM Road
Shoukat surgeon hospital MM Road
Dr.Ghulam Abbas hospital Fateh pur Road
Dr. Muhammad Yousaf hospital Fateh pur Road
Mian general Hospital Layyah Road
Saif medical store Fateh pur Road
Moon medical store Fateh pur Road
Arshad children Hospital Layyah Road
Many other medical stores
9. Businesses
Motor cycle showrooms
Motor cycle dealers
Fertilizer dealers
Hard wear business of farming tools
Nestle Ltd
Engro foods Ltd
Haleeb milk company
Alfareed sweets and bakers
Ashiq sweets and bakers
Al-imran sweets and bakers
Al- shahbaz sweets and bakers
Telenor services center
Ufone services center
Mobilink services center
Al- Hassan communication
Khan mobile shop
Sunny mobile shop
BATA shoes
Service Shoes
Almost 10-15 jewelers
Cloth merchants