Bhakkar

Bhakkar is the principal city of Bhakkar District in Punjab, Pakistan, on the left bank of the Indus River, and ranks as the 86th most populous city in the country. It is the administrative centre of Bhakkar Tehsil, and three of that tehsil's 17 union councils form the city itself. The town was founded probably in the late 15th century by colonists from Dera Ismail Khan and is named after Bakhar Khan. It came under Mughal rule after Humayun restored the empire in 1555, and the Portuguese traveller Fray Sebastian Manrique visited in 1641 and described it as the capital of the Kingdom of Bhakkar. The 2023 census counted 131,658 people. The city is known for its Dilkusha Bagh date orchard and for Karna oil.