Thari Mirwah

Thari ٺري ميرواهه
ThariMirwah
Thari ٺري ميرواهه

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Coordinates: 27°12′12″N 68°28′48″E / 27.2034°N 68.4801°E / 27.2034; 68.4801Coordinates: 27°12′12″N 68°28′48″E / 27.2034°N 68.4801°E / 27.2034; 68.4801
Country  Pakistan
Province Sindh
District Khairpur
Government
 • Assistant Commissioner SDM/AC Mirwah
 • ASP ASP Thari Miwah (Sajid Khokhar)
Elevation 45 m (148 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 300,000
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Calling code 0243
Number of Union Councils 10
Number of Villages of Thari Mirwah 3000

Thari Mirwah (Sindhi: ٺري ميرواهه‎) or Thari(Sindhi: ٺري‎), is the capital city of Mirwah Subdivision (Mirwah taluka) in Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] Thari is one of the oldest cities in Khairpur Districtand was a commercial before the independence of Pakistan, now Thari is expanding and its regarded as peaceful city.

adjacent Cities and Towns

Society

The society of Thari Mirwah is overall peaceful but some tribal disputes have been observed in past between Shar and Jogi. In 2006, a dispute arose over kidnapping two woman Jogi community on the basis of retaliation over the elopement of a girl with a boy from Jogi clan. An FIR was registered against the people from Shar clan.[2] The girl was recovered by police from Sehwan Sharif,[3] and the two women were freed .[4]

On May 11, 2013, on the night of elections, again a fresh dispute arose between the two tribes over the kidnapping of a young girl which sparked tensions between two clans. The Thari town remained strain and shutter down for more than ten successive days.[5] The girl kidnapped by Javed shar was found by the police after being missing for more than two weeks and then calm returned to the strained town.[6]

Crime

The Crime rate in Thari Mirwah is very scanty. A dubious encounter done by Sindh Police raises a question; In March 2015 Khairpur Police got in action and Thari Mir Wah SP Sajid Khokhar and Khairpur city SP Masood Bangash jointly led a large contingent of police personnel, raided and cordoned off the area.In this raid police killed a notorious criminal Irshad Ali Gopang in an encounter at Kumb-Jaskani link road near Kumb town of Khairpur district.[7] Although the crime rate is very low in Thari Mirwah, yet sometimes rarely incidents happens. A lawyer was also kidnapped at Malik Chaudagi in September 2014.[8] A local leader of the PTI, Mir Nadeem Talpur went missing on October 1, 2013.[9]

Roads and infrastructure

Likewise other parts of Sindh the conditions of roads in Thari Mirwah is pitiable, however; recently rehabilitation of Thari-Setharja road is being carried out and some construction done.In the eastern side of Thari is desert which is best known as Thar desert, a single road from Dhedano village to Savan gas field and here it turns into the gas company’s blacktop highroad.[10]

The newly constructed Mehran Highway is the only highway which connects Nawabshah District to Khairpur and passes through the jurisdictions of Thari Mirwah, Faiz Ganj, Bandhi, Daur. Its was in pending since 7 years and caused heavy environmental pollution due redtapism and incomplete construction.[11] After its completion now it has been illegally used by the buses and coaches going to Panjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Fata which have many caused accidents.[12][13][14][15] A passenger bus of Uch Sharif Bahawalpur overturned and slipped off the road on Mehran highway near Sui Gas bus stop within the jurisdiction of Thari Mirwah police station.[16] On August 24, 2014 a coach coming from Punjab to Karachi was collided at Kot lalu with a van of Thari city which was traveling form Karachi to Thari Mirwah; 10 passengers including one woman were killed on the spot and 11 other injured all these passengers were native of Thari Mirwah[17]

Education

There are governmental as well as private educational institutions in Thari. Languages of instruction include Sindhi and English. Government Boys Model High School is an oldest High School having architectural shape of English alphabet letter E. Students are required to sit the Matric Exams and Higher Secondary Examination after successful result they gets Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary School Certificate including college side regular or private degree examinations as well as Technical School Certificate. After completing secondary education, students enroll in college. Students from Thari Mirwah also seek admission to professional graduation colleges, universities in Sindh and other institutions, universities in Pakistan and abroad particularly China. The main institutions of higher education in Thari are:

Health

Thari Mirwah has taluka hospital Rural Health Centre, Marie Stopes Society MSS clinic and other private clinics. The rural health centre does not meet the emergency rapid response capability,that needs to be up-gradation by the Sindh government.Due to lack of education and religious beliefs about 30 children of vicinities died from measles who were later brought for treatment at taluka hospital Thari. Dr Qurban Sahito, taluka hospital medical superintendent commented that the people in far flung areas still adhere to old customs and beliefs of the Hindu mythology even though most of them are Muslims.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=%D9%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%20%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%87
  2. ↑ "Kidnapping of Jogi women: case registered". Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). October 14, 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "KHAIRPUR: Police find kidnapped girl". Dawn.com. DAWN. October 17, 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "KHAIRPUR: Two kidnapped women freed". DAWN. October 16, 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Shar Jogi, dispute (May 26, 2013). "Tribal wars: Conflict between clans over kidnapped girl paralyses town". The Express Tribune News Network. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Shar & Jogi, dispute resolves (May 27, 2013). "Tribal feud: Calm returns to Thari Mir Wah as missing woman found". The Express Tribune News Network. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Sarfaraz Memon (March 10, 2015). "‘Extrajudicial’ killing: Khairpur Police claim to have killed ‘notorious criminal’ in encounter". The Express Tribune News Network. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  8. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/762658/show-of-solidarity-lawyers-boycott-courts-to-protest-colleagues-kidnapping/
  9. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/621292/pti-office-bearer-kidnapped/
  10. ↑ Salman Rashid (December 21, 2014). "Circle of goodness". The News International. TheNews on Sunday. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  11. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/18284/mehran-highway-pending-for-7-years/
  12. ↑ PPI (July 21, 2015). "Reckless driving: 8 killed, 178 injured in road accidents". The Express Tribune News Network. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  13. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/859103/tragedy-in-khairpur-reckless-driving-claims-14-lives/
  14. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/859567/with-two-more-deaths-khairpur-bus-accident-toll-rises-to-16/
  15. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/858954/sindhs-deadly-highway-fatal-bus-on-the-wrong-highway-without-a-permit/
  16. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/1037108
  17. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/753128/speed-kills-road-accident-claims-10-lives/
  18. ↑ Jogi, Asad. "New Century Education Foundation". New Century Education. New Century Education Foundation. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  19. ↑ Jogi, Asad. "NCE Online Pakistan". www.nceonline.pk. NCE (New Century Education). Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  20. ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/483201/measles-outbreak-in-sindh-more-than-30-children-died-in-20-days/
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