Model Town Humak


Model Town Humak is a suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan started in 1984. Located in Islamabad Capital Territory on Kahuta Road, Model Town is situated on Humak village land near the Soan River.
The area was formerly a jungle. According to the District Rawalpindi gazette of 1893, Humak was on the main railway line from Jhelum to Rawalpindi; those lines have since been relocated. The community now has more than 1500 homes laid out in an organised way, following the map provided by Capital Development Authority.

Sectors

Model Town Humak has three sectors:
  • Humak Sharqi
  • Humak Gharbi
  • Humak Zimni
Schools and mosques are abundant throughout the town, with one in Humak Zimni being particularly prominent due to its large graveyard.
"Children Welfare School" is one of the government schools responsible for educating and training of children up to age seven.

Humak Sharqi

Humak Sharqi is located on the eastern entrance to the town and is the oldest sector. It is considered as the heart of Model Town Humak. The area is mostly residential, having main and the most important commercial areas like Ghee Mill Bazar, Rehmaniya Market, Raja Market and some main shops are , Good Well Bakery, Madani Bakey, Ahsan cloth House, Hafiz Muhammad Waseem house, Chaudary Hardware store etc.

Humak Gharbi

The western region of Humak is mostly commercial. There are also two government schools. There is also main Quba market in Humak Gharbi sector. Some main shops in Quba Market are, Al Madina Cloth House, Waleed General Store, and Masha Allah General Store.

Humak Zimni

This sector was developed after the above-mentioned sectors as an extension of Humak. Its back coincides with the "Defence Housing Authority phase II". In addition to the graveyard, there is a community centre with a municipal park in development. Zayneb Hospital is a private hospital of the area providing all health amenities including lab, operation theater and women-child healthcare facilities.
There is a public park known as Humak park.

Businesses in Model Town Humak

There are huge number of businesses in Model Town Humak
  • Madani Bakery
  • Good Well Bakary
  • Ahsan Cloth House
  • Falcon Bakery
  • Fazl E Rabi Pulao
  • Mr Cook
  • Khan Restaurant
  • Usman Technologies
  • Shah G Pan shop
  • Touseef Electronics
  • Fair Price Book Depo
  • Al Faisal Uniform

    Humak industrial area

A separate area of Humak constitutes several industrial anchors.5%factory are increased. Some of the Humak industries are as follows:
  • Swana International Ltd.
  • AMSON Vaccines & PHARMA
  • Ampak Enterprises
  • Pepsi factory
  • Malik ice factory
  • Punjab Oil Mills
  • Suzuki Motors
  • Sheena textile Ltd.
  • Hico Icecram's warehouse.
  • Creative Electronics & Automation
  • East West Infiniti Ltd.
  • Patrotrade operations office
  • Ageco Ltd.
  • Bio Labs Ltd
  • Global Pharmaceuticals Ltd
  • Imtiaz Store Warehouse

    Demographics

Most of Humak's residents are Muslims. However, non-Muslims also live in the region. A large number of residents are educated and are professionals in different fields.

Nature

Birds


House sparrow

Common myna

Common kingfisher

Common buzzard

Black drongo

House crow

Common babbler

Oriental magpie robin

Red-vented bulbul

Hoopoe

Rose-ringed parakeet

Spotted dove

Eurasian collared dove

Cattle egret

Little egret

Common swift

Little green bee-eater

Plants


Ficus pumila

Insects

Politics

First Union Council election in Model Town was held in 2017, chaired by Qazi Faisal Naeem.

Problems

One of the biggest problems was the damaged Kahuta/Sehala road. The road has been constructed but it only consists of a singly two lane road. Due to industrial area, the biggest emerging problem is constant parking of trucks and trailers on both side of road which makes it congested.