The Lali, sometimes written as Lalee, are a Jat clan, found mainly in the

Chiniot Chiniot (Urdu and pa, ) is a city and the administrative headquarter of Chiniot District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the river Chenab, it is the 28th largest city of Pakistan. It is also known for its intrica ...

district of Punjab, Pakistan.

History

The Lali are one of a number of Jat clans that have lived in the

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for centuries. They are mostly landlords and influential people. The tribe has produced a famous

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, Mian Muhammad Siddique Lali, who has given them a status of sanctity among the other Bar tribes. , quote= There is a small community of people called Lali belonging to Jat clans that lived for Centuries as pastoral tribes. The desert dwellers seem to be treated as a centuries as pastoral tribes. It is believed that the Sufi saint Mian Muhammad Siddique Lali was one of them, therefore the tribe received a status amongst the tribes in Cholistan Their traditional seat of power was the village of Kawenwala, but this was reduced to a petty chieftainship with the arrival of the

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. This village has many people from Lali tribe even today. The Lalis also founded the town of

Lalian Lalian ( pa, لالیاں) is a city in the Chiniot District of Punjab province, in Pakistan. It is located at 31°49'21N 72°47'50E with an altitude of 171 metres (564 feet) and is situated on the Faisalabad-to-Sargodha road. According to ...

, literally the place of the Lali, where many Lalis still live. They have won many elections from the constituency around

Lalian Tehsil Lalian Tehsil ( ur, ) is a tehsil of the Chiniot District and a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on Sargodha road, 22 km from Chiniot. It became a tehsil of Chiniot District on 2 February 2009. Prior to this, it was a known as town ...

which has made them politically strong among other clans of the region. The Lalis also have a few settlements outside the

Chiniot District Chiniot District ( Punjabi and ur, ), became the 36th district of the Punjab province of Pakistan in February 2009. Before this, it was a tehsil of Jhang District. History Chiniot region was an agricultural region with forests during the I ...

, for example in

Sargodha District Sargodha District ( Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane along with Kinno being its main crops. The Sargodha district and re ...

Notable people

* Ghulam Muhammad Lali, Member of

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from

, Punjab, Pakistan * Imtiaz Ahmad Lali, Member,

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

(2013 - 2018) * Taimoor Ali Lali, Member,

(2018 - present)

References

Surnames Jat clans of Punjab Punjabi tribes Social groups of Punjab, Pakistan {{Pakistan-ethno-stub