Dera Ismail Khan, abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan and fifth largest in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population. Dera Ismail Khan is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, at its junction with the Gomal River.
Dera Ismail Khan District is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan. The district has an area of 9,334 km2 (3,604 sq mi) and a population of 1,627,132 as of the 2017 Census.
Derajat, the plural of the word 'dera', is a cultural region of central Pakistan, located in the region where the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan meet. Derajat is bound by the Indus River to the east, and the Sulaiman Mountains to the west.
Dera Ghazi Khan, abbreviated as D.G. Khan, is a city in the southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 19th largest city of Pakistan by population. Lying west of the Indus River, it is the headquarters of Dera Ghazi Khan District and Dera Ghazi Khan Division.
Dera Ghazi Khan is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is the town of Dera Ghazi Khan. Most of its inhabitants are Saraikis and Baloch.
Rajanpur is a district of the Pakistani province of Punjab, with its administrative headquarters the city of Rajanpur. Lying west of the Indus River, its inhabitants are mostly Saraikis and Baloch. According to the 1998 census, the district had a population of 1,100,000, and 14.27% of these were inhabitants of urban areas.
Fort Munro, formerly known as Muree of south Punjab, Loilaresir, and Anari Mool in Balochi language, is a hill station which is located at a height of 6,470 feet (1,970 m) above sea level in D. G Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was developed by British in the late 19th-century as a summer hill town. Named after commissioner Multan division Colonel Munro.
Al-Ghazi Tractors Ltd (AGTL) is a Pakistani agricultural machinery manufacturer headquartered in Karachi with a tractor manufacturing plant located in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. It is the manufacturer of New Holland tractors in Pakistan with the production capacity of 30,000. Al-Ghazi Tractors is one of the two major tractor manufacturers of Pakistan with a 29 percent market share in 2021.
Derawal Nagar is a colony in Delhi, India which is named after people of the Derawal community. Originally native to the Derajat region. These individuals, who are mostly Hindu, were settled here after the partition of India in 1947. It is just a small colony comprising two blocks A and B. It has a famous gurudwara of Shah Ji in A block. The language spoken by the original inhabitants of this area is Derawali, which is a dialect of Saraiki. Many of these Derawalis in Delhi have opened their dry fruit shops in Chandni Chowk.
Tando Qaiser is a town in Hyderabad District, Pakistan. It is named after the 18th-century leader of the Nizamani tribe in Sindh, Qaiser Khan Nizamani, who founded the village after his son Gulham Ali Nizamani died there whilst Qaiser, his younger brother, Aloda and their forces were moving north to their original home of Dera Ghazi Khan in Southern Punjab. Tando means 'fortified settlement' and indicates the original settlement founded by Qaiser was a militarily fortified settlement.
Daraban is a tehsil located in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located at 31°44'3N 70°20'11E and has an altitude of 221 metres (725 ft). Daraban Kalan, pronounced "Draban" is to be distinguished from Daraban Khurd, a village lying to the east of Dera Ismail Khan city. Draban lies 40 miles (64 km) west of Dera Ismail khan in the foothills of Sulaiman Mountains.
Choti Bala is a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 29°49'0N 70°15'0E and has an altitude of 217 metres.
Kot Chutta is a tehsil administrative subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Kot Chutta is situated off the Indus Highway.
Makwal Kalan union council is in the Taunsa Tehsil subdivision of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and is located at 30°35'06"N 70°43'55"E at an altitude of 135 metres (443 ft).
The Baloch people in Punjab(Balochi: پنجاپءِ بلۏچ), is a community of Baloch people who have settled in the Punjab province of Pakistan. A significant number of Baloch tribes have over time settled in the Punjab. The Baloch of southern Punjab, including Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur, which adjoin Balochistan, speak Saraiki and Balochi.
A car bombing occurred on 15 December 2009 in a market located in the city of Dera Ghazi Khan in the southern region of Pakistan's largest province, Punjab. At least 33 people were reported killed and 50 more injured.
Saraikistan or South Punjab is a proposed new province of Pakistan, comprising the areas which has a majority of Saraikis in the southern part of Punjab province. Made up of Bahawalpur Division, Multan Division and Dera Ghazi Khan Division, the proposed Saraikistan forms about 52 percent of the total area and 32 percent of the population of Punjab province. Saraikistan has a population of 34,743,590 as of 2017, up from 23,507,210 in 1998.
A pair of bombings occurred on 3 April 2011 in a Sufi shrine dedicated to a 13th-century Sufi saint, Ahmed Sultan, located near the city of Dera Ghazi Khan in the southern region of Pakistan's largest province, Punjab.
Ghazi University is a university in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. The university was established in 2012 at the initiative of the Chief Minister of the Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. It is named after Baloch mercenary Ghazi Khan.
Dajal is a small town in the south-west of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in Jampur Tehsil, Rajanpur District. It has a population of around 50,000, and the main languages spoken are Saraiki and Balochi.