Thokar Niaz Beg
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Thokar Niaz Beg is a community in Punjab Province
, Pakistan.
At one point in the 1990s, the Shi'a militant group Sipah-e Muhammad Pakistan "ran a virtual state within a state" in the community.
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
, Pakistan.
At one point in the 1990s, the Shi'a militant group Sipah-e Muhammad Pakistan "ran a virtual state within a state" in the community.