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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Districts of Pakistan | Mardan |
| Elevation | 291 m (955 ft) |
Toru is a village and union council in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] It has an altitude of 291 m (958 feet).[2]
Toru is located South of Mardan City, surrounded by two perennial nullahs called Kalpani and Balar; the former descends down from the heights of Malakand to the plains of this vast, fertile tract, while the later comes from the adjacent district of Swabi. The inhabitants of Toru are Yousafzai Pashtun tracing their origin to central Asia and Afghanistan in particular.
It is a small, significant area of the Mardan district in the Khyber Pakhtun-khua province of Pakistan. The inhabitants are agriculturists and farmers. Many people on the village are working in Middle East and Europe and some are permanently settled there. Toru was also known as a small 'Bukhara'. Abdul Majeed Khan Toru, from ANP, and Abdul Samad Khan Toru, from the PPP, are political leaders in Toru. Mulana Qutab Shah was the first dean of Islamia College Peshawar. Dr. Abdul Ghani Shah MBBS (1919), Molvee Enayat Ullah Sahab Molvee Samnder Khan Sahab Molvee Gul Badshah Sahab and Professor Rashid Bacha are also associated with Toru.
General Wisal Mohammad Khan Toru, General Farrukh Seir, Lieutenant Colonel Zaheer Ahmad, Wng CMDR Nasrullah Khan, Lieutenant Commander Himyat Ullah, Major Ashfaq, Major Ishtiaq and Lieutenant Commander Waqar Ahmad are notable military officers from the area. Attaullah Khan Toru, Inamullah Khan Toru, Khalid Khan Toru and Humayun Khan are notable in civil services. Barrister Faisal Khan Toru and Suleman Khan Toru are notable lawyers hailing from Toru. Musicians Fazle Rabi, Irfan Kamal and Sajjad Toru are well-known in the field of music.
Poets from the area include Noor ul Bashar Naveed, M R Shafaq, and Israr da toru. Nisar Bacha is the founder of the English Medium School in the Village. He laid down the foundation of the first English Medium School in Toru in the 1980s with the name of Toru Model School.
Toru is also known as the Village of the Sports; most popular being volleyball and cricket. Khan Bahadur Khan was a good player of a local game known as Kabady. Abdul Mateen Khan is a well-known cricketer at the district level. Ajmal Khan and Mustaq Ahmad were also very renowned cricketers. Toru also house a lot of madrassas and an English Medium School.
The people of Toru are divided in different khel(caste), which means that those who hail from the lower castes are considered 'less honorable' than those from Khan Khel and Amo Khel which are the most 'honorable' castes, and thus are given less opportunities than those hailing from the more powerful castes.
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Lt.Colonal Syed Hafiz Muhammad Ilyas