The Lali, sometimes written as Lalee, are a Jat clan, found mainly in Chiniot District of Punjab, Pakistan.Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan: Millennium 2000 (page 615) Google Books website, Published 2001, Retrieved 18 May 2022 Wali Muhammad Lali from Lalian was the most powerful figure of history of Lali family.
History The Lali are one of a number of Jat clans that have lived in the Kirana Bar for centuries. The tribe has produced a famous Sufi saint, 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 British. This village has many people from Lali tribe even today. The Lalis also founded the town of Lalian, literally the place of the Lali, where many Lalis still live. Members of the clan have won many elections from the constituency around Lalian Tehsil which has made them politically strong in the area.
The Lalis also have a few settlements outside Chiniot District, for example in Sargodha District.
Notable people Ghulam Muhammad Lali, Member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Chiniot District, Punjab, Pakistan Imtiaz Ahmad Lali, Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (2013–2018) Taimoor Ali Lali, Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (2018 – present)
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