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Dhok Nawan Lok is a town in the PUNJAB area of PAKISTAN.It lies 17 kilometers east of Mandibahauudin.

————————————————————————— HISTORY ————————————————————————— Historically the town of Dhok Nawan Lok is famous due to the ancient ruins of the old civilization on tiba. no archeaological surveys have been performed,though the village ruins are thousands of years old.Some local inhabitants participated in the battle of Chillianwala in 1849.

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Dhok Nawan Lok has a population of around 6,000 with an 80% literacy rate.The main castes in Dhok Nawan Lok are Sahi,Gondal, Warraich, Arain and Gujjar.The most common industries are agricultural and services related.After 1995 .most of younger people of this town prefferd to travel abroad as economic migrants,resulting in arund 15% of natives under 35 years of age now residing in Europe and North America.

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The migration of a large portion of the population changed the entire local economy,foreign capital now accounts for around 90% of the total income of the town.This has resulting in higher prices for real estate agricultral property. The prices of 1 acre (4000m2) of purely agricultral land has increased to around 8,000,000 per acre.

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There are enormouse effects of overseas migration on the household consumption, Health and Education of village people.Overseas migration and inflow of remittences have brought a significant change not only in economic but also the social states of Dhok Nawan Lok.—

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 * Ch. Ijaz Ahmed Sahi(settled in Greece)
 * Ch. Sajjad Ahmed Sahi
 * Ch. Fiaz Ahmed Sahi(settled in Greece)
 * Ch. Nazam Farooq Sahi(settled in Germany)
 * Ch. Raza Sahi(settled in France)
 * Ch. Murtaza Sahi(settled in Greece)
 * Ch. Zeeshan Warraich(settled in Greece)
 * Ch. Adnan Shahzad Warraich(settled in Saudia)
 * Ch. Rashid Sahi(settled in France)
 * Ch. Kashif Sahi(settled in Saudia)
 * Ch. Farooq Sahi(settled in Greece)
 * Husnain Ahsan Sahi
 * Zubair Sahi
 * Muhammad Shahbaz Sahi