Discover Mehar Faqir in Pakistan
Mehar Faqir in the region of Punjab is a town located in Pakistan - some 408 mi or ( 657 km ) South-West of Islamabad , the country's capital .
Local time in Mehar Faqir is now 12:42 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Karachi " with a UTC offset of 5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Khairpur, Dino Shah, Sukkur, Rajanpur, and Raja Kata. When in this area, you might want to check out Khairpur . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Mehar Faqir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Bhong
Bhong is a small but important town of Rahim Yar Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is a Union Council of Sadiqabad tehsil and is located 200 kilometres away from Bhawalpur at 28° 25' 0" North, 69° 55' 0" East. Bhong is the ancestral land of the Indhars Rajput of Bhati descent who migrated from Jaisalmer and settled down in this region.
Located at 28.42 69.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Cholistan Desert
Cholistan Desert, Saraiki:صحرائے چولستان, also locally known as Rohi (روہی) sprawls thirty kilometers from Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan and covers an area of 26,300 km². It adjoins the Thar Desert extending over to Sindh and into India. The word Cholistan is derived from the Turkish word Chol, which means Desert. Cholistan thus means Land of the Desert. The people of Cholistan lead a semi-nomadic life, moving from one place to another in search of water and fodder for their animals.
Located at 28.50 70.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Islamkot
Islamkot, is a town in the Tharparkar District in Sindh, Pakistan. This town is also known as the neem tree town because are so many Neem trees in that town. In this majority is Hindu people, and a great saint "Sant Nanuram " was from this city, in this town 10 primary boys school and a higher secondary school, and also three girls primary school and a girls high school The city is well connected with the other large cities like Karachi, the provincial capital and Haiderabad.
Located at 28.50 70.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Guddu Barrage
Guddu Barrage is a barrage on the Indus River near Kashmore in the Sindh province of Pakistan. President Iskander Mirza laid the foundation-stone of Guddu Barrage on 2 February 1957. The barrage was completed in 1962 at a cost of 474.8 million rupees and inaugurated by Field Marshal Ayub Khan. Guddu Barrage is used to control water flow in the River Indus for irrigation and flood control purposes. It has a discharge capacity of 1.2 million cubic feet per second (34,000 m³/s).
Located at 28.43 69.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
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