All those who are directly or indirectly attached to Garhi Yasin are invited to join this page, so that we all may remain in touch & share our information, pics, videos & so on. One of the four talukas (sub-districts) of Shikarpur, Garhi Yasin is of great political and historical significance to Pakistan. On 1 June 1977 the old Shikarpur subdivision, consisting of the two talukas of Shikarpur and
Garhiyasin, was separated from Sukkur District, and a new District Shikarpur was created and attached to Larkana Division. Garhi Yasin is a town located in the north of Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second largest town of the district Shikarpur, having population of more than 14,000. Garhi Yasin is situated on the right bank of River Indus. Garhi Yasin region has always been an important because of proximity with the Shikarpur, a place that commanded the trade route through the Bolan Pass, and its merchants had dealings with many towns in Central Asia. Garhi Yasin taluka comprises main towns of Madeji and Dakhan beside Garhi Yasin town itself. The town is named after its founder Yasin Khan Pathan. Sindhi is the common language of the people in this region. The population of the town is, mainly, Mughal, Seelro Malik, Pathan, Memon, Hindu, Soomra, Shaikh, Syed, Mirani, Qazi, Bhutta,[Jamali], Abra, Channa, Lashari, Bhatti, Dinari, Mahar, Kakepota, Brohi, Jakhro, Arain, Mangi, Awan, and other tribes. Beside a large number of Punjabis and Muhajirs also reside in the town. After the independence from British India, Many Hindu and Sikh clans migrated to India. There also Hindus settled in Garhi Yasin. The people live here without any discrimination of tribsl, color, language and religion. Education: The town has a Higher Secondary School and Three High Schools, Several Primary Schools, a Mono Technique School and number of Vocational Schools (such as Typing, Commercial, Computer etc). Agriculture: A considerable part of the area is irrigated. Major productions of the area are Rice, Wheat and pulses beside Maize, sugarcane, vegetables fruits etc. Industry: It has a small market and manufactures of handicrafts, metal ware, furniture, bricks and pottery. Handloom weaving of the area used to be very popular. The lands are greatly suffered after construction of barrage at sukkur and being rapidly converted into salt lands (Kalar). The climate is hot, dry and enervating. News Publications: PEGAM newspaper used to be published from Garhi Yasin in 1936.