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News 24 april 2015 sab jail dera allah yar balochistan me madani halqa
Dera Allah Yar (Urdu: ڈیرہ اللہ یار) is the headquarter of the Jaffarabad District of Balochistan, Pakistan. situated at the distance of 300 km from provincial head quarter Quetta.
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- News 24 april 2015 sab jail dera allah yar balochistan me madani halqa
- Map of Dera Allah Yar Pakistan
- Jacobabad v s dera allah yar bike challenge race by nasir unar
- Notable Personalities
- Etymology
- Incidents
- References
Map of Dera Allah Yar, Pakistan
The city was named after the assassination of their Political Leader Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa.
Jacobabad v s dera allah yar bike challenge race by nasir unar
Notable Personalities
Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa was a well known Political Leader of the town jhat pat (Dera Allahyar). The name was changed after his assassination.
Mir Manzoor Ahmed Khan is the son of Mir Allahyar Khosa and one of the great leader of the city. He was a former Naib Nazim Jafarabad District.
Etymology
The word Dera means abode or settlement in Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, and many other languages. Dera Allah Yar thus means the settlement or city of Allah Yar. Many cities in Pakistan have Dera as a pre-fix such as Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Ghazi Khan.
Incidents
On 27 August 2008 at least 25 people belonging to the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP-Aali) suffered injuries when a bomb exploded at a public meeting. The bomb had been placed on a motorcycle, the activists had gathered for a meeting on the second anniversary of the death of Akbar Bugti.