Toru, NWFP
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Toru is a village and union council
in Mardan District
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has an altitude of 291 m (958 feet).
Toru is located South of Mardan
City, surrounded by two perennial nullah
s called Kalpani and Balar; the former descends down from the heights of Malakand
to the plains of this vast, fertile tract, while the later comes from the adjacent district of Swabi
. The inhabitants of Toru are Yousafzai
Pashtun
tracing their origin to central Asia and Afghanistan
in particular.
It is a small, significant area of the Mardan district in the Khyber Pakhtun-khua province of Pakistan. The inhabitants are agriculturists and farmers. Many people on the village are working in Middle East and Europe and some are permanently settled there. Toru was also known as a small 'Bukhara'. Abdul Majeed Khan Toru, from ANP, and Abdul Samad Khan Toru, from the PPP, are political leaders in Toru. Mulana Qutab Shah was the first dean of Islamia College Peshawar. Dr. Abdul Ghani Shah MBBS (1919), Molvee Enayat Ullah Sahab Molvee Samnder Khan Sahab Molvee Gul Badshah Sahab and Professor Rashid Bacha are also associated with Toru.
General Wisal Mohammad Khan Toru, General Farrukh Seir, Lieutenant Colonel Zaheer Ahmad, Wng CMDR Nasrullah Khan, Lieutenant Commander Himyat Ullah, Major Ashfaq, Major Ishtiaq and Lieutenant Commander Waqar Ahmad are notable military officers from the area. Attaullah Khan Toru, Inamullah Khan Toru, Khalid Khan Toru and Humayun Khan are notable in civil services. Barrister Faisal Khan Toru and Suleman Khan Toru are notable lawyers hailing from Toru. Musicians Fazle Rabi, Irfan Kamal and Sajjad Toru are well-known in the field of music.
Poets from the area include Noor ul Bashar Naveed, M R Shafaq, and Israr da toru. Nisar Bacha is the founder of the English Medium School in the Village. He laid down the foundation of the first English Medium School in Toru in the 1980s with the name of Toru Model School.
Toru is also known as the Village of the Sports; most popular being volleyball and cricket. Khan Bahadur Khan was a good player of a local game known as Kabady. Abdul Mateen Khan is a well-known cricketer at the district level. Ajmal Khan and Mustaq Ahmad were also very renowned cricketers. Toru also house a lot of madrassas and an English Medium School.
The people of Toru are divided in different khel(caste), which means that those who hail from the lower castes are considered 'less honorable' than those from Khan Khel and Amo Khel which are the most 'honorable' castes, and thus are given less opportunities than those hailing from the more powerful castes.
Union Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...
in Mardan District
Mardan District
Mardan is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Mardan is the headquarters of the district. The district also contains the famous archaeological site of Takht Bhai, Jamal Ghari and Sawal Dher.-Administration:...
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has an altitude of 291 m (958 feet).
Toru is located South of Mardan
Mardan
Mardan , known as The city of hospitality, is a city and headquarters of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is the de facto headquarters of the Yousafzai tribe and the second most populous city in the province, located at 34°12'0N 72°1'60E and an altitude of in the south...
City, surrounded by two perennial nullah
Nullah
A Nullah or Nulla is an arm of the sea, stream, or watercourse, a steep narrow valley. Like the wadi of the Arabs, the nullah is characteristic of mountainous or hilly country where there is little rainfall...
s called Kalpani and Balar; the former descends down from the heights of Malakand
Malakand District
Malakand District is a district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.The District was formed in 1970 as a Provincially Administered Tribal Area, It had previously been a Tribal Area known as the Malakand Protected Area, part of the Malakand Agency...
to the plains of this vast, fertile tract, while the later comes from the adjacent district of Swabi
Swabi District
Swabi District is the fourth most populous district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. The residents are referred to as Swabva'l. The Mandanr Yusufzai subsection of the Yousafzai clan of the Pashtuns form a majority of the population.-...
. The inhabitants of Toru are Yousafzai
Yousafzai
The Yūsufzai is one of the largest Pashtun tribes...
Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
tracing their origin to central Asia and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
in particular.
It is a small, significant area of the Mardan district in the Khyber Pakhtun-khua province of Pakistan. The inhabitants are agriculturists and farmers. Many people on the village are working in Middle East and Europe and some are permanently settled there. Toru was also known as a small 'Bukhara'. Abdul Majeed Khan Toru, from ANP, and Abdul Samad Khan Toru, from the PPP, are political leaders in Toru. Mulana Qutab Shah was the first dean of Islamia College Peshawar. Dr. Abdul Ghani Shah MBBS (1919), Molvee Enayat Ullah Sahab Molvee Samnder Khan Sahab Molvee Gul Badshah Sahab and Professor Rashid Bacha are also associated with Toru.
General Wisal Mohammad Khan Toru, General Farrukh Seir, Lieutenant Colonel Zaheer Ahmad, Wng CMDR Nasrullah Khan, Lieutenant Commander Himyat Ullah, Major Ashfaq, Major Ishtiaq and Lieutenant Commander Waqar Ahmad are notable military officers from the area. Attaullah Khan Toru, Inamullah Khan Toru, Khalid Khan Toru and Humayun Khan are notable in civil services. Barrister Faisal Khan Toru and Suleman Khan Toru are notable lawyers hailing from Toru. Musicians Fazle Rabi, Irfan Kamal and Sajjad Toru are well-known in the field of music.
Poets from the area include Noor ul Bashar Naveed, M R Shafaq, and Israr da toru. Nisar Bacha is the founder of the English Medium School in the Village. He laid down the foundation of the first English Medium School in Toru in the 1980s with the name of Toru Model School.
Toru is also known as the Village of the Sports; most popular being volleyball and cricket. Khan Bahadur Khan was a good player of a local game known as Kabady. Abdul Mateen Khan is a well-known cricketer at the district level. Ajmal Khan and Mustaq Ahmad were also very renowned cricketers. Toru also house a lot of madrassas and an English Medium School.
The people of Toru are divided in different khel(caste), which means that those who hail from the lower castes are considered 'less honorable' than those from Khan Khel and Amo Khel which are the most 'honorable' castes, and thus are given less opportunities than those hailing from the more powerful castes.