Culture of Mianwali

There Are Many Jat Tribes Are Living In Mianwali District (Ding Khola Talokar) (New Ding Sharif, Saeed Abad (Sharqi and Gharbi), Lal Khelan wala, Zaman Kelan wala, Hashim Naggar, Tahir Abad, Shahbaz Khelanwala and Khanqah Sirrajia. The Famous Jat Tribes Are, Lato Khel (A Well Known Person From This Family Is Malik Muhammad Saeed Jat Lato Khel Talokar , A Well Known Campanion of Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi And A Leader Of JUP And He Was An Active Partner Of Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi), Shahbaz Khel, Baqir Khel, Yaroo Khel, Shadoo Khel, Masti Khel, Fojay Khel, Bakhshy Khel, Mehar Khel, Jewaye Khel, Jamal Khel, Dost Khel, Jalal Khel, Sahalat Khel, Sher Khel, Niaz Khel, Wareyam Khel and many more

The district has been settled by triple immigration from opposite directions: Niazis from the northwest of Pakistan, Awans from the northeast, and Jats and Balochs up the valley of the Indus from the south.

Mahmud of Ghazni is said to have conquered the upper half of the district and Bannu, expelling its Hindu inhabitants. Hence there was no one left, capable of opposing the settlement of immigrant tribes from across the border.

The Niazis, who some hundred and fifty years later spread from Tank over the plain that was sparsely inhabited by pastoral Jats. The Niazi arrived into Marwat at first and occupied the hills of Salghar, until a feud with the Ghilzais compelled them to migrate elsewhere. Marching southeast, they found a temporary resting place in Tank. There the Niazais lived for several generations, occupying themselves as traders and carriers, as do their kinsmen the Lohani Pawindahs in the present day. Towards the end of the fifteenth century, numbers spread north into the plain, and squatted there as graziers and cultivators, on the banks of the Kurram and