Chaklala, Rawalpindi
Chaklala is a major suburban town of Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated astride the Airport Road, to the east of Grand Trunk Road on the main railway line. The town has its own railway station Chaklala Railway Station which is located less than 1 kilometer away from Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The area also has modern housing schemes namely Gulzar-e-Quaid, Railway Housing Scheme 8 Chaklala, Chaklala Housing Schemes I, II & III, Askari - I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, X & XII) with a rapidly diminishing rural area. In Chaklala scheme  3, commercial market and automobiles market is also situated providing the consumers almost each and everything. Demography. Chaklala has a population of around 407,952 according to the latest 2017 census. The major ethnic groups in the area are Potohari, Punjabis and Pashtuns. A large number of Kashmiris have also settled in the area after independence in 1947. Since Chaklala is a major army garrison and an airforce base as well, a large number of military families are also housed here from all over Pakistan. Chaklala Airforce Base provides strategic transport to Pakistan's political and military leadership. Chaklala Cantonment. Chaklala  Cantonment is the cantonment area located in Chaklala, Pakistan. It is home to a Pakistan Army garrison and a Pakistan Air Force base, along with Pakistan Armed Forces Joint Staff Headquarters, depots and workshops, most of them present since the British era. Chaklala Airbase, recently re-named as PAF Base Nur Khan, is an important air base of the Pakistan Air Force. The headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan are located in the high-security Pakistan Army garrison. Transportation. Roads. Grand Trunk Road. Grand Trunk Road (N-5) passes through the area. Airport Road. This major route connects  the area with the city center of Rawalpindi and provides a route to the capital city of Islamabad. It extends from the Ammar Shaheed Chowk Roundabout to the Koraal Chowk/Koraal Chowk Intersection. The Benazir Bhutto International Airport and the adjacent Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala are located along this road. It is a modern six-lane road. Two fly-overs have been constructed to reduce the load of traffic at the busiest sections of the road, closer to the Ammar Shaheed Chowk Roundabout (2009) and at Koral Chowk (2017), respectively. The route serves as the main artery connecting the  twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Rawal Road. It runs along the western perimeter of the Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The road connects the busy traffic arteries of Benazir Bhutto Road alternatively known as Murree Road and Airport Road. It is a newly carpeted four-lane road. Railway. Railway line of Pakistan Railways passes through the town. The area has a railway station, the Chaklala Railway Station. An associated strategic dry port, the Chaklala Dry Port, handles cargo trains. Air. Benazir Bhutto International Airport is an important landmark of the area, located at Chaklala which is technically a part of  Rawalpindi. Pakistan Television Corporation. Pakistan Television Corporation's Islamabad Centre was initially set up at Chaklala before it was shifted to its present location in Islamabad.