Shakrial

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Shakrial

Shakrial is a rapidly growing town in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It is divided into two parts, Old Shakrial and New Shakrial. Its population is mainly Sunni but Shias are also present there. The native peoples of Shakrial are Qureshis but now people from every caste live there.

There is a darbar in Shakrial of Saeen Botta Sarkar and Saeen Ditta Sarkar. Every year in the summer season, people gather there for Urs. It is an urban area, and is in a prominent position, as the airport to Islamabad road is nearby. There is one central graveyard there.

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Cricket

]] Cricketis one of the main sports played in Shakrial. There was main cricket ground near the graveyard, but with the passage of time and the graveyard expanding, the ground no longer exists.Although shakrial did not produced too much players internationally but local tennis players that played their game during the years were Aslam khan(New shakrial),Nambardar Sujjad(New shakrial),Zafar kashimir(New shakrial),Jahangir Baig (New shakrial),Rafeeq (New shakrial),Arshad khan(New shakrial), Tanveer shah (New shakrial),Waqar Shah(New shakrial),Naeem (New shakrial),Tanoo Shah (New shakrial),Irfan Kashmiri (New shakrial),Tariq qureshi (Old shakrial),Saleemo(Old shakrial),Raja left hand batsman(Old shakrial),Amjad(Handlaa) (Old shakrial),Mukhtar(Old shakrial),Mujahdi(Old shakrial),Raees(Old shakrial),arshad(Old shakrial)and many more.

Political structure

The political structure of Shakrial is in the hands of a few families. It was once in the hands of Nambardar family, but now it is in the hand of the Qureshi family. Most locals are affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League (N). As of 2007, the nazim of New Shakrial is Tariq Qureshi, who owns an auto business as well as he is literate person.
Mohalla Islam nagar is one of the mohalla is shakrial.The conseller of mohalla was IJAZ kashmiri.The mohalla population is about 300 to 500 peoples.Only few of these peoples are old living while maximum are new peoples that came here with the development of Islamabad.There is one mosque in Mohalla islam nagar and is donate by MR Gulzar(Marhoom).Education level is good in mohalla islam nagar,and people from this mohalla went abroad to other countries like U.K,kuwait,U.S and other gulf countries.The future of Shakrial is seems pretty good,with the passage of time the lands prices as well as home prices are flying.But hope so that after some time it will be a good place to live.