Featured Places
District Bagh has got a lot of charming and beautiful places all around. These places are ideal for those tourists who are interested in the natural greenery, spring waters, hiking, snowy mountains.


Neela Butt

From Dheerkot towards southeast 6 km ahead, this spot is situated at an altitude of 2000 meters. Besides its scenic beauty, this place is well-known for its historic background. On August 23, 1947 the Mujahideen-e-Azadi assembled at this place and started armed struggle for accession to Pakistan . Sufficient accommodation facilities are available here for visitors. Neela Butt is the place from where a young aged person belonging to Dhond Abbasi tribe took up his arms against the Dogra Raj, titled as Mujahid e Awwal Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan . His heroic effort was a shot in arm for the whole of the Poonch District. His son named as Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan now heads the AJK government.

Neela But has another significane in the history. In 1995 Mian Nawaz Sharif the ex Prime Minister of Pakistan and Leader of opposition visited the Neela But on 23 of August 1997 and during his speech he made an announcement that Pakistan has made the Nuclear Bomb.This waw a very critical statement by an ex prime minister and leader of opposition. There was an uproar in the media. Some people said that Nawaz Sharif has disclosed a national secret. But Later in May 28 1998 when Pakistan made six nuclear test it was proven that what Nawaz Sharif has said in Neela But was true it is a great land mark in the history of Azad Kashmir and Pakistan.



Dhirkot
The fascination and charming place of district Bagh is 25 km from kohalla the gateway of Azad Kashmir and 132 km. from Islamabad located at an altitude of 1676 m. Dheer kot posses and extremely pleasant and healthy climate. This place is very popular among the visitors as a tourist resort mainly due to easy access, suitable altitude and beautiful landscape.





Las Danna
From Bagh, a 15 kilometres long metalled road leads to Las Danna which is a place of captivating scenes and natural beauty. From Lasdanna, three roads branch off the main road i.e. Mahmood gali-Palangi, Haji pir- Aliabad and Abbasspur- Hajira respectively. A tourist rest house is available here for accommodation.






Birpani
Birpani is a town and Union Council in Bagh District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located 20km west of Bagh city and at an altitude of 2000 metres. The origin of the word Birpani comes from the Pahari word Beer and means Veer (Brother/Bahi). Birpani is 250 kilometres from Kohala, and 500 kilometres from Islamabad. This town is situated on the confluence of two mini nullahs, the Birpani Nallah and the Dhaki Nallah , which flow all the year round. The population of Birpani is 8,000 which includes many tribes, the main tribe in the village are the Maldial (Mughal). The literacy rate is about more than 70%. There are many schools, colleges, hospitals etc, a develop village throughout the District. There is one girls inter college and one boys higher secondary school in Birpani and many private schools.

Birpani is a union council and so administers other villages e.g Surrol, Dhal Qazian, Ratnoi, Bani Minhasan, and Khawaja. The Bazar of Birpani includes more than 150 shops.There is one Special Communication Organization's digital exchange which is providing the communication facilities to surrounding villages through landlines and also some major private companies boosters are functioning in the area such as Telenor, Ufone, Warid, Paktel, Scom and Mobilink.Birpani and its surrounding towns were totally destroyed from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake; hundreds of people died and were hurt by this quake. 100% population was left homeless. Most of the houses have been reconstructed though with the help of the Governments of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir as well as local and International NGOs.




Mallot
Mallot is a town in Bagh District, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located at 34°5'50N 73°40'50E[1] with an altitude of 2,000 metres. It is situated 17km north west from Bagh city and to the east of Dhirkot. As well as its scenery the area is known for its historic background. The people of Mallot belong to various tribes, such as Sudhun, Mughal, Khaka Rajpooth, Narma Rajpooth, Taziyal Rajpooth, Qarashi, Hashmi, Abbasi. Mallot is one of the places in Azad Kashmir where all the major tribal groups are represent. Mallot is also the centre point for four Union Councils, namely union council Thob, union council Mallot, union council Jaglari and union council Rangla.Mallot is well connected with major roads, it's connected with the Main Rawalpindi-Bagh road via Jaglari Namanpora, from the south west it’s connected via Harigal, from the west it’s connected via Challa , from north west it’s connected via Bisbagla Dhirkot, from north east it’s connected via Thob, Panili road.There is one girls inter college and one boys inter science college and some private schools. In addition many primary and middle schools for both boys and girls are also available in the surrounding villages.There is one Special Communication Organization's digital exchange which is providing the communication facilities to surrounding villages through landlines and also some major private companies boosters are functioning in the area such as Telenor, Ufone Mobilink and Zong. There are very few jobs available within Mallot, number of people are occupying the services in Government of Azad Kashmir and Pakistan, some join Pakistan Army and reasonable personnel are doing their own business all over the Pakistan. People of this region play volley ball and cricket.

Mallot and its surrounding towns were totally destroyed from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, hundreds of people were killed or injured by this quake. 100% population was left homeless. Most of the houses have been reconstructed though with the help of the Governments of Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and local/ International NGOs. Cuba, along with other countries provided medical assistance to the population. People are very generous and helpful in this area. During the earthquake rehabilitation phase Mallot was major place for the Pak Army and other NGO’s for their rescue and other operations due to its unique location. A President award was given to a Mallot resident Mr. Sayyad Ahmed Khan, Principle of SAHARA Children Academy Mallot, on his outstanding performance despite that he himself suffer with earthquake.He has also written a Book "SUBHE-OCTOBER KE UN-MITT NAQOOSH" in which the Disastrous moments of the earthquake of 8th Oct 2005,are mentioned as he seen. In addition two more books were written by Mallot residents, 1st by Sardar Abdul Aziz Khan (HAMALYAH KE DAMIN MYN SUBHA QYIMT and 2nd one written by Obaid Ahmed Chughtai (HAMALYAH KA KANPTHA DAMIN).These books also possess the Photgraphs after the disaster,that self speak about that wrost incident.These books also includes an aknowledgement and dedication of PAK.ARMY,NGO'S,CIVIL SOCIETY,NATO FORCES & INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. The Literacy rate in area is about 80%.

A monument was constructed near Boys College Mallot in the remembrance of earthquake victims, with the help of Pak Army. The names of all those personnel who were died with earthquake in the area are displayed on the monument.