USC Multan Zone won the coveted honor for one billion

USC Multan Zone won the coveted honor by selling one billion rupees in Ramadan.RM:Ch Sajjad Hussain

Multan: USC Multan Zone won the coveted honor for one billion. Regional Manager Utility Stores of Corporation Multan Chaudhry Sajjad Hussain while talking to the media said that whether it is government relief or flood disasters, Utility Store Multan Region has always provided the citizens with the necessities of life without interruption.He said that thanks to the hard work of the sale staff of Multan region, the prime minister has delivered the Ramadan relief package to 3.5 lac customers and has set a unique record of sale worth about one billion rupees, which goes to his team.He also paid tribute to the best performing team in 2024.

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Multan  is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of river Chenab. It is the seventh largest city in Pakistan and serves as administrative capital of its namesake division. A major cultural, religious and economic centre of Punjab region, Multan is one of the oldest inhabited cities of Asia, with a history stretching deep into antiquity.

Multan became part of the Achaemenid Empire in the early 6th century BC. The city was besieged by Alexander the Great during his campaign against the Mallian people. Later it was conquered by the Umayyad military commander Muhammad bin Qasim in 712 CE after the conquest of Sindh. In 9th century it became capital of the Emirate of Multan. The region came under the rule of the Ghaznavids and the Delhi Sultanate in the medieval period. In 1445, it became capital of the Langah Sultanate. After administrative reforms of Mughal emperor Akbar, it became one of the provinces of the Mughal Empire. In 1848, it was conquered by the British from Sikh Empire and became part of British Punjab.

The city was among most important trading centres and a great centre of knowledge and learning in the medieval Islamic Indian subcontinent, and attracted a multitude of Sufi mystics in the 11th and 12th centuries, becoming a great centre of spirituality in entire South Asia and earning the city the sobriquet “City of Saints.” The city, along with the nearby city of Uch, is renowned for its large number of Sufi shrines dating from that era.

Etymology

The origin of Multan’s name is unclear. An ancient known name of the city was Malli-istan; Malli was the name of a tribe that inhabited the region and city. Some have suggested the name derives from the Old Persian word mulastāna, ‘frontier land’, while others have ascribed its origin to the Sanskrit word mūlasthāna,