Larkana District


Larkana District is a district of Sindh province of Pakistan. Its main city is Larkana. It is home district of two former Prime Ministers of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto and also the district of former Chief Minister of Sindh, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto.
Actress Sohai Ali Abro and also Folk Singer Abida Parveen belongs to Larkana. The Larkana Bulls cricket team stablished in 2013.
Other towns of the district include Ratodero, Dokri, Bakrani and Naodero. In 2005, the Government of Pakistan under Pervez Musharraf bifurcated the district, forming a new district called Qamber and Shahdadkot, with two towns of Qambar Khan and Shahdadkot.

Administration

The district of Larkana is administratively subdivided into the following tehsil:
Some 10 km away from Larkana city, sugarcane is cultivated and processed at the Larkana Sugar Mills Ltd. which was inaugurated by then Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on January 30, 1974.
Larkana's guava and berries are famous both nationally and internationally, the annual output of the district stands at thousands of tons. All the villages of Larkana on the right bank of River Indus have vast guava orchids spread over thousands of acres, located in Dodai, Mahotta, Naudero, Chooharpur, Agani, Metla, Izzat Ji Wandh, Phulpota and other villages.

Education

, was inaugurated by the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto in 1994, first planned by her late father Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1975. The College is located away from Larkana, and some 3 kilometres from Moen-jo-Daro.
Now there are colleges universities
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Transport

is located near Mohen-jo-daro, 28 km away to the south of the city of Larkana, about 5 kilometres away from Dokri. The main users of the airport are Pakistan International Airlines, the country's national flag-carrier. The outdated infrastructure of the airport prevents the use of large, advanced aircraft, with the PIA largely using Fokker aeroplanes for flights.

Demographics

The predominant first language of the district is Sindhi, which according to the 1998 census was spoken natively by % of the population in the talukas of Dokri, Larkana and Ratodero.

Sport

The Larkana Bulls cricket team in Larkana, team was established in 2013
Larkana Cricket Stadium alternatively called as Shaheed Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto International Cricket Stadium was built by Pakistan Cricket Board in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh near the tomb of Benazir Bhutto.