Bhakkar (Urdu: بھكّر) is the principal city of Bhakkar
District, Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the
Indus River. It is the 86th most populous city in Pakistan
Bhakkar is the administrative centre of Bhakkar Tehsil,
which is one of the four tehsils of the district. Bhakkar
Tehsil is subdivided into 17 union councils, three of which
form the city of Bhakkar.
Bhakkar was founded probably in late fifteenth century by a
group of colonists from Dera Ismail Khan, and is named after
Bakhar Khan.It came under Humayun's rule after he
restored the Mughal Empire in 1555 and appointed Khan Khanan
as the governor of the city alongside Multan as Multan
was a province of the Mughal empire that included the city
of Bhakkar.
