Bakhar Bar
Bakhar Bar is a town and union council near Shahpur Sadar, in Sargodha District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated on the eastern side of the river Jehlum. It is at about 5 kilometers from Shahpur Sadar, and about 35 kilometers from Sargodha. Its total area is 14,000 acres (57 km2), and population is about 20,000.
Main crops of Bakhar Bar are sugarcane, wheat and rice. Main occupation of the people is farming; however, a large number of people work in the government service.
Prominent retired officers are Late Mahr Muhammd Khan (Central Excise&Taxation), Late Muhammad Nawaz Malik (I.G. police), Mahr Mehmood Akhtar (D.C.O.),Mukhtaar Malik(BriG:)Mahr Sher Muhammed, Joint Secretary Finance Division Islamabad. Serving officers include Maher Ahmed Zeb, (Naib Tehsildar), Mahr Ali Nawaz(Additional District & Sessions Judge), Malik Arif Hussain, Director, Auditor General Office, Islamabad, Ch.Muhammad Siddique Assistant Manager Planning Import & Export Jotun Paint, Ch.Zafar Nadeem,Director P.T.A; Islamaba, Mahr Hakim khan(Civil Judge), Dr. Sher Mohammad, Chief Scientific Officer,N.A.R.C; Islamabad,Tariq Nasrullah Malik, AEDB, Islamabad, Obaidullah Farooq Malik(Section Officer, Ministry Of Interior), Malik Khalid Mehmood, Director General, Agriculture, Lahore, Abdul Raoof Malik, Divisional Accounts Officer, WAPDA/FESCO, Ch.Azhar Naeem, Officer Bank of Punjab, Shahpur Sadar, Ch. Israar aziz, Officer M.C.B. Bank, Sargodha,Ansar Javed (Drawing Eng.) Ali Tariq Malik (Department of Private Properties-Ajman,U.A.E) and Maher Ahmed Sher(Producer Radio Pakistan), Mahr Mazhar Hayat, Professior, Govt:College University, Faisalabad, Muhammad Saqib Atta (Nadra E Sahulat&Attaullah Bartan sttore).
The only MBBS &(FCPS) Doing PHD in medicine doctor of Bakhar Bar is Dr. Mahr Ghazanfar Abbas.DR Khalid Mahmood MBBS,Ghulam Abbas,Professor Government College Of Commerce Shahpur Sadar