Choti Zareen

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Choti Zareen is the ancestral village of the Balochi Aliani clan of the well-known Leghari tribe. It is located in the Dera Ghazi Khan District of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.

The former President of Pakistan Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari comes from this village. This little village probably has the most number of legislators and public representatives for a town of about 10,000. it has 4 members sitting in the National Assembly, 3 in the Provincial Assembly, one senator, The District Nazim and the Tehsil Nazim. The Talpur Mirs of Sindh are a sub-tribe of the Legharis and migrated to Sindh from here. They migrated to the Sindh as mercenaries at the invitation of the Kalhora rulers. They were accompanied by many other Baloch clans like the Jatois, Khosas, Chandias, etc.

Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari is the current Tumundar (Chief) of the Leghari tribe. He is the son of Sardar Mohammad Khan Leghari and grandson of Nawab Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari, formerly Sir Muhammad Jamal Khan, who gave up his title during the Partition of Pakistan.

[edit] Political Residents

  • Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari, Former President of Pakistan, Currently Member National Assembly
  • Sardar Maqsood Ahmed Khan Leghari, Former Federal and Provincial Minister, Former Chairman Dera Ghazi Khan District Council, and Currently Zila Nazim Dera Ghazi Khan.
  • Sardar Mansoor Ahmed Khan Leghari. Former member Senate of Pakistan, Former Member National Assembly, Former Member Provincial Assembly and Former Chairman Dera Ghazi Khan District Council.
  • Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari Former Chairman Rajanpur District Council, Currently Member National Assembly
  • Mrs. Mina Leghari, Member National Assembly
  • Sardar Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari, Former Nazim of DG Khan, currently a member of the Senate of Pakistan
  • Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Former Federal Minister IT and Telecomunication
  • Sardar Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari, Member Punjab Assembly
  • Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan Leghari, Member Punjab Assembly
  • Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari, Member Punjab Assembly
  • Sardar Mehmud Qadir Khan Leghari, Tehsil Nazim Dera Ghazi Khan
  • Sardar Sajjad Ahmed Khan Leghari,Former Chairman DG Khan District Council, Union Nazim Choti Bala and Chairman Market Committee Dera Ghazi Khan
  • Sardar Shabbir Ahmed Khan Leghari, Former Chairman and Nazim Union Council Choti Zareen
  • Sardar Muhammad Asadullah Khan Leghari, Union Nazim Choti Zareen
  • Sardar Muhammad Bakhsh Khan Leghari, (Merziyani)
  • Sardar Mushtaq Ahmed khan Leghai, ex-naib nazim union consil gadai,
THE educational status of choti zareen,recently made higher secondary school choti zareen building was intensively damaged by legharies and they made market in the the school area and sell the shops as there was no one to stop them.they challenged the school headmaster as not to stop or speak against their will.



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