Shaheed Fazil Rahu (also known as Golarchi) is a city in district

Badin Badin ( Sindhi and ur, ) is the main city and capital of Badin District in Sindh, Pakistan. It lies east of the Indus River. It is the 87th largest city in Pakistan. Badin is often called 'Sugar State' due to its production of sugar. Badin ...

. The old name of Golarchi was Tando Akram. It then changed to Shaheed Fazil Rahu after the murder of Fazil Rahu. Golarchi is famous for

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...

and

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...

. It is also an agriculture centre famous for

sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a large annual forb of the genus ''Helianthus'' grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), as ...

s, paddies and

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

. In Golarchi, there are several oil fields in various locations. One of the main oil fields is near Kario Ghanwar. The main oil and gas field of Golarchi is located at 25 chak on Sujawal–Badin road. One of the biggest producers of rice and sunflower in Pakistan, it generates a reasonable revenue. Golarchi has several mills and grinding centers for rice. The total number of rice mills in Golarchi is over 50 Including Garibsons Pvt Ltd, Pakistan's largest rice exporter.

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Populated places in Badin District Talukas of Sindh {{Sindh-geo-stub