Mari Shah Sakhira

Mari Shah Sakhira ماڑی شاہ سخیرا is a town of Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

It is the largest town in tehsil Jhang, having a population of more than twenty thousand. Situated at the right bank of River Jhelum in Thal Desert at Khushab Muzaffar Garh Road Some 87 km From Khushab and 94 km From Jhang.

Politically this is recognized as an union council, having villages Goraiyah, Shehanwala, Thati Janoon, Khaja Abad Awanan, Chokin, Jand Mali, Bhatian Day Jhhugay, Tatar Kot, Thati Rahmoon, Bullo and Thatti Langar. Itself this is distributed as Babranwala, Mari Sukha, Baryaranwala, Mari Sayyadan, Mari Balochan, Nasiradad, Thatti Allahyar, Toba and Saida Budha..

Famous personalities of this town are mostly from Syed and Baloch Castes. The re-knowned personalities of this town are the political like Khushal Khan, Chemical Engineers Syed Kazim Hussain Rizvi(POF), Bankers like Syed Qasim Ali Shah(NBP), Civil Engineers like Fareed Bharoka and many more serving at the top position in Armed forces, Doctors & Teaching profession and Lawyers. This small town has a lot of diversity in itself.

Temperatures here sometimes exceed 50°C in the months of June and July.[1] [2]

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Coordinates: 31°37′N 72°07′E / 31.617°N 72.117°E