Haveli Lakha

Haveli Lakha is a city in Depalpur Tehsil of Okara District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located around 158 km south west of Lahore.Head Sulaimanki is located around 18 km from Haveli Lakha.Haveli Lakha is part of Depalpur Tehsil and is administratively subdivided into three Union councils. Haveli is famous for its Reed Stools and Hubble Bubble which are sent to numerous other cities of Punjab and even to Karachi.According to the 2009 census it had a population of 141,741. Haveli Lakha has been significant as it has produced people of such high stature as Mian Muhammad Yasin Wattoo & Mian Manzoor Ahmad and Mian Iftikhar Hussain Daula under the Accountant General of Pakistan. Justice Syed Asghar Haider who remained the Judge of the Lahore High Court for almost four years and also served as Chief Legal Advisor to Pakistan Cricket Board and also served as legal adviosor to Sui Gas amd many other departments and is currently permamnent representative of Pakistan at ICC also belonged to Syedwala Haveli Lakha. It is significant for its strategic location as it is the last major town of Lahore Division at the border of Bahawalnagar District, formerly under the State of Bahwalpur. It serves as a major connecting point between Lahore and remote areas of South Eastern Punjab like Haroon Abad, Bahawalnagar, Chisthian and Fort Abbas. Located on formerly Delhi-Multan road, it is also Pakistan's first and key major town from Sulemanki sector border with India. The town remained a strategic point in pre-independence era as it served as road pivot and as a railway junction linking Delhi to Lahore-Kasur-Multan route. However, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, it lost its strategic status and have not developed at par with the other towns of the Lahore Division. Town Planning remains one of the biggest challenges of the area. But is very poor.