Pabbi is a hub of precast concrete industries located at the main GT road in Chowki Mumraiz. Currently, there are 43 precast concrete industries that are functional in Pabbi which supply different items to the entire Khyber Paktunkhwa and to some parts of the Punjab.[citation needed]
Topography
Pabbi is located in the Valley of Peshawar, near the mountain range of Hindu kash on one side & River Kabul on the other side. The mountain range Hindu Kush is fomouse for its beautifule weather.
The primary native language spoken is Pashto, though English is used in the educational institutions, while Urdu is understood throughout the city - as the national language.
Pabbi hosted one of the largest number of afghan refugees during the Soviet Afghan War in 80,s with one of the world largest refugees camp in Pabbi. Still a very large number of Afghan refugees are living in Pabbi. Here in Pabbi 5000 house belong to Khattak Pashtun families they own large part of the land in Pabbi.
Captain Mohammad Iqbal Khan Shaheed (Hilal-e-Jurat) born in pushtoon Ghari Pabbi, was one of the gallant SSG Officers of Pakistan Army, who embraced martyrdom over an altitude of 21,000 feet at the world's highest battle zone 'Siachen glaciers' on September 25, 1987.
Lieutenant General Muhammad Alam Khan Khattak, HI(M), TBt,
Saadullah Jan Barq (born 11 May 1940 in Dagbehsod Pabbi) is a Pakistani poet, columnist, analyst and writer. Barq is fluent in Hindi, Persian, Arabic and Urdu. He began his writing career by writing for Bang-i-Haram, a local daily newspaper. He contributed editorials for Inqelab and Shahbaz. He wrote plays in both Urdu and Pashto for radio and PTV. He authored books on Pashtun ethnography and historiography
Shamsul Mulk also served as the 24th Chief Minister of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province under the Military Government of Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf. He also served as Chairman Water and Power Development Authority WAPDA of Pakistan. He was 3rd Chairperson of Board of Governors of Sustainable Development Policy Institute.
Mumtaz Ali Khan 1947-2021)was a famous Pashto, Urdu and Punjabi film producer, director, writer and poet. He was director of some mega hit films like Pashto film Orbal
Hidayatullah (1940 – 28 September 2019; sometimes spelled Hidayat Ullah, also known by honorific title Ustad Hidayatullah), was a Pakistani Pashto folk musician, playback singer[3] and touring artist who primarily sung multilingual songs in numerous regional languages such as Pashto, Urdu, Hindko, Punjabi, and in Persian language.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidayatullah_(singer)
It has a campus of the University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar in Jelozai town while it also has a campus of Peshawar University for its botany studies and research at botanical garden Azakhel.[citation needed]
It is also home to 2 degree colleges: Government Degree College Pabbi[8] and Government Girls Degree College Pabbi.[9]
