چکوال ولیج پلیٹ فارم · Chakwal Village Platform

This is Dhok Dhabbewali.

Dhok Dhabbewali is a dhok, a small farmstead hamlet in District Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. It sits on the Potohar plateau, a land of dry ravines and rain-fed fields where families grow wheat and groundnut. The Salt Range lies to the south.

Talagang is about 14 km away in a straight line, and Lawa is about 36 km. The Kallar Kahar lake and the Kallar Kahar interchange on the M2 motorway are each about 40 km away. Across the Potohar, many families have members serving in the army or working abroad.

The full story of Dhabbewali, its families and its daily life is still to be told by the people who live here and by those who carry it with them far away. We invite you to add your memories here.

تلہ گنگ یہاں سے تقریباً 14 کلومیٹر اور لاوہ 36 کلومیٹر کے فاصلے پر ہے۔ پوٹھوہار میں بہت سے خاندانوں کے افراد فوج میں خدمات انجام دے رہے ہیں یا بیرونِ ملک روزگار پر ہیں۔ ڈھبیوالی کی اپنی کہانی، یہاں کے لوگوں اور ان کی روزمرہ زندگی کا احوال ابھی یہاں کے مکینوں کی زبانی سننا باقی ہے۔

Rain-fed wheat and groundnut farming on the Potohar plateau

Dry ravined land with the Salt Range to the south

Dhok Dhabbewali میں آپ کیا کروا سکتے ہیں

What we can do for a household in Dhok Dhabbewali.

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