Mehmad Chak is a village in Tehsil Kharian, in the Gujrat District

Gujrat District

Gujrat is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is an ancient district located in between two famous rivers, the Jhelum and Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers the land is good for cultivation with rice and sugar cane as main crops...

 of Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It is located at 32°47'N 73°49.4'E at an altitude of 900 feet. Mainly people of the Thathal tribe live there.

Famous and influential people born in Mehmad Chak include brigadier Moh. Lateef, Chief Officer Chaudhry Mohammad Anwar, director, actor and producer Abdul G. Butt and Punjabi writer and poet Khalid Thathal.

Many people from Mehmad Chak have left the village and settled in Europe, espescially Norway, Denmark, Spain and Italy.