Choti Zareen is the ancestral village of the Balochi Aliani clan of the well-known Leghari tribe. It is located in the Dera Ghazi Khan District of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.
The former President of Pakistan Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari comes from this village. This little village probably has the most number of legislators and public representatives for a town of about 10,000. it has 4 members sitting in the National Assembly, 3 in the Provincial Assembly, one senator, The District Nazim and the Tehsil Nazim. The Talpur Mirs of Sindh are a sub-tribe of the Legharis and migrated to Sindh from here. They migrated to the Sindh as mercenaries at the invitation of the Kalhora, rulers. They were accompanied by many other Baloch clans like the Jatois, Khosas, Chandias, etc.
Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari is the current Tumundar (Chief) of the Leghari tribe. He is the son of Sardar Mohammad Khan Leghari and grandson of Nawab Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari, formerly Sir Muhammad Jamal Khan, who gave up his title during the Partition of Pakistan
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