Jhika Gali
village in Punjab, Pakistan
Jhika Gali - is a town in Murree Tehsil, Murree District, Punjab, northern Pakistan. It is located on the Rawalpindi to Murree road and contains boarding schools. Although known as a tourist resort, the town hit headlines on the 5th of August 2002 when six people were killed when gunmen attacked the Murree Christian School which was located in the town.In January 2022 the army set up a camp in the town as a base for operations to rescue stranded tourists in the Murree area. In February 2026 it was announced that as part of the Murree Development Plan, roads in Jhika Gali will be widened by the demolition of structures deemed to have been illegal built by the roadside.
History
Jhika Gali was founded in 1900 during British colonial rule as a small settlement that contained cafes, a cinema and a branch of the Sandes Soldiers' Home. The Sandes Home would later become the MCS boarding hostel.
The area is prone to landslides, in 2008 there were plans for a 13 storey car park to take the traffic burden off the city of Murree however not only did the excavation work on the site cause a landslide but also revealed that the existing road network was at risk and needed stabilisation work. The plans to create the car park was called off as the area was not suitable for the creation of one. In 2025 heavy rains causes a landslide that damaged buildings that caused three families to be homeless.
In January 2022 Jhika Gali, like other areas in Murree, experienced heavy snowfall trapping cars.
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