Taunsa Sharif

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Taunsa is a Tehsil (subdivision) of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Taunsa is one of the biggest tehsils of Punjab.
Qaisrani Tribe belongs to this Tehsil.

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[edit] Etymology

It is customary in Pakistan to use the postfix Sharif with the name of any place with some saints buried, hence the city is also called Taunsa Sharif.

[edit] Location

Taunsa Sharif is located on the Karachi-Peshawar Highway which is also known as Indus high way, it is approximately 975km from Karachi and 600km from Lahore.

Taunsa is also the location of one of the headworks on the Indus River called Taunsa Barrage, located several kilometres south of Taunsa city.

[edit] Language

The main language is Saraiki.

[edit] Tribes

Whilst the city itself contains a range of ethnic groups, the adjacent towns and rural areas in the Tehsil are primarily occupied by Baloch tribes including the Nutkani Sakhani, Qaisrani, Bozdar, Nasuha, Malghani ,Khetran and Kulachi. Most of the abovementioned tribes including Nasuha and malghani are part of the Nutkani tribe, which is the largest tribe of the Tehsil while Qaisrani is the second largest.

[edit] Important Personalities

Sardar Mohammad Saeed Ullah Khan Nasuha (Former Tehsil Nazim Taunsa Sharif)

Sardar Fatah Mohammad Khan Buzdar (Currently MPA)

Mir Badshah Khan Qaisrani (Currently MPA)


The Shirani, a collection of Pashtun tribes, migrated from Barkhan Balochistan to Taunsa, Khawaja Shah Suleman came from Darug Balochistan [1]. Kulachi tribe came from tehsil kulachi (NWFP) IN 1867

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Balochistan gazette
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