Thokar Niaz Beg

Thokar Niaz Beg is a suburb in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is called the "southern gate" of Lahore. Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan was strong in various Shiite communities in Pakistan, and in the majority Shiite town of Thokar Niaz Baig ran a "virtual state within a state" in the 1990s[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ravinder Kaur (5 November 2005). Religion, Violence and Political Mobilisation in South Asia. SAGE Publications. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3431-8.

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