PUNJABI AND SINDHI ARAINS ARE THE LARGEST TRIBE RACE IN PAKISTAN WITH A POPULATION OF 5 CRORES. THE TOTAL POPULATION OF PAKISTAN IS 15 CRORES.ARAINS ARE PROFESSIONALLY FARMERS AND THE REAL AGRICULTURISTS. JATS,RAJPUTS,AWANS,GUJJARS,SYEDS ARE NO MATCH TO THE POWERFUL ARAINS OF PUNJAB AND SINDH.ARAIN HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THEIR ANSESTORY.MOST PROBABLT THEY ARE AN ARABIAN RACE WITH LARGE HOOKED,CONQURING NOSE .THEY ARE WELL BUILT AND OF TALL HEIGHT WITH LIGHT BROWN OR GREEN EYES.THEY HAVE A VERY FAIR COLOUR.SOME ARAINS CLAIM TO BE OF IRANIAN DESENT.SIMILARLY SOME ARAINS CLAIM TO BE VEDIC ARYANS FROM CENTRAL ASIA. SOME ARAINS CLAIM TO BE OF SYTHIAN BACKGROUND AND ARE CALLED ARAIN JATTS AND SURAJ BHANSI RAJPUTS SPECIALLY ARAINS OF JALLANDHAR AND SAHIWAL REGION.ARAINS ARE PROFESSIONALLY FARMERS AND THE REAL AGRICULTURISTS.IN PAKISTAN APART FROM THE BIG LAND LORDS WHO WERE AWARDED LANDS IN BRITISH PERIOD FOR THER MUTINY AND COWARDICE OR SERVICES AGAINST LOCAL PEOPLE ,ARAINS HAVE THE LARGEST LAND OWNING IN PAKISTAN IN SINDH AND PUNJAB AREAS.ARAINS CONTROL ALL THE GRAINS,VEGETABLES,FRUITS MARKETS IN PAKISTAN.THEY GROW AND DO ALL TYPRS OF AGRICULTURE FROM DAIRY FARMING ,VEGETABLE FARMING,FRUIT FARMING,WHEAT,COTTON,PULSES,RICE,SUGARCANE FARMING.ONLY TWO CASTS ARE THE REAL AGRICULTURIST IN PAKISTAN ONE IS ARAINS AND THE OTHER JATS.IN PUNJAB ARAINS ARE PRESENT IN ALL DIVISIOS,DISTRICTS,ANDTEHSILS.IN EVERY VILLAGE OF PUNJAB ARAINS ARE PRESENT DOING AGRICULTURE.ARAINS ARE A MARTIAL RACE ALSO VERY BRAVE AND DISCIPLENED.THEY WERE RECRUITED I GREAT NUMBERS IN BRITISH ARMY AS OFFICERS AND JAWANS.TILL TODAY HALF OF PAKISTAN ARMY JAWANS AND OFFICERS ARE ARAINS ,REMEMBER GENERAL ZIA L HAQ AN PUNJABI ARAIN FROM JALLANDHAR IN EAST PUNJAB THE MARTIAL LAW ADMINISTRATOR AND PRESIDENT FOR 11 YEARS RULED PAKISTAN WITH IRON HAND.PROMINENT ARAIN POLITISIANS IN PAKISTAN ARE MIAN AZHAR FORMER GOVERNER PUNJAB,HANIF RAMAY CHIEF MINISTER PUNJAB,SARDAR ASIF AHMED ALI FOREIGN MINISTER PAKISTAN,ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO,HER DAUGHTER BENAZIR BHUTTO ,RAILWAYS FEDREL MINISTER GHAUS BAX MEHAR,SARDAR ALI MUHAMMED MEHAR CHIEF MINISTER SINDH,CHAUDHARY MUHAMMED ALI PRIME MINSTER PAKISTAN.MIAN NAWAZ SHARIF CHIEF MINISTER PUNJAB AND PRIME MINISTER PAKISTAN 2 TIMES,MIAN SHEHBAZ SHARIF CHIEF MINISTER PUNJAB.MIAN AMIR MEMOOD IS THE LAHORE DISTRICT NAZIM THESE DAYS,MIAN NAEEM JAVAID THE SIALKOT DISTRICT NAZIM AND CHAUDHARY ASHFAQ THE DISTRICT NAZIM OF TOBA TEK SINGH. SINDH ARAINS ARE CALLED BHUTTOS,MEHARS,KHANSETC.IN PUNJAB THEY ARE CALLED MIAN,CHAUDHARY,SARDAR,MEHARS,MALIKS.HALF OF SINDH IS CONTROLLED AND MONOPOLISED BT ARAINS.IN WEST PUNJAB THRY ARE PRESENT IN GREAT NUMBERS IN LAHORE,FAISALABAD/LYALLPUR,TOBATEKSINGH,SHEIKPURA,GUJRANWALA,GUJRAT, SIALKOT,JARANWALA,SARGODHA,JHANGH,BAHAWALPUR,BAHAW ALNAGAR,RAHIMYAR KHAN,SAHIWAL,MULTAN,ETC.ARAINS AVARAGELY OWN ABOUT 1-2 MURABAS OF LAND BUT THERE ARE ALSO VERY BIG LAND LORD LIKE MIAN SADIQ ARAIN WITH 700 MURABAS OF LAND EVEN BIGGER THAN NAWAB OF BAHAWALPUR IN BAHAWALPUR AREA.MEHARS AND BHUTTOS OWN BIG THOSANDS OF ACRES LAND IN SINDH.IN PUNJAB ARAIN BIG LAND LORDS OWN HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF LAND.ARAINS ARE PRESENT IN GREAT NUMBERS IN CIVIL SERVICE AND PUNJAB AND SINDH POLICE.THEY ARE INITIALLY PEACEFUL AGRICULTURISTS BUT WHEN ONE MAKES THEM FIGHT THEN THEY BECOME ANGRY LIONS.IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN FASAILABAB AND TOBATEK SINGH AREAS ARAINS OWN TEXTIL,KNITWEAR,SUGARCANE ,RICE INDUSTRIES.IN LAHORE,SHEIKUPURA ARAINS OWN KNITWEAR,CHEMICALS,PHARMA CEAUTICAL,STEEL INDUSTRIES.THEY ARE BIG EXPORTERS OF RICE ,GAURD RICE INDUSTRIES IFTIKHAR ALI MALIK EXPORTS 50 PERCENT OF PAKISTANS RICE BASMATI ABROAD.MIAN LATIF IS THE OWNER OF BIGGEST TEXTILE INDUSTRY CHENAB TEXTILES CHENONE IN TOBATEK SINGH.HE IS THE BIGGEST GRAY COTTON CLOTH EXPORTER OF PAKISTAN.ARAINS ARE THE BIGGEST VEGETABLE AND FRUIT EXPORTERS OF PAKISTAN.HALEEB MILK CHAUDHARY DAIRIES ARE THE LARGEST DAIRY PRODUCERS OF PAKISTAN.CHAUDHARY NAZIR KOHISTANIA WAS THE BIGGEST ARAIN TRANSPORTER OF FAISALABAD DIVISION.TODAY HIS SONCHAUDHARY ZAHID NAZIR IS DISTRICT NAZIM OF FAISALABAD.A LARGE NUMBER OF ARAINS ARE IN PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN SINDH AND PUNJAB AND ARE ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIMENT.IN NATIONAL ASAMBLEY ARAINS ARE PRESENT IN LARGE NUMBERS.ARAINS HAVE A VERY GOOD STANDARD OF EDUCATION AS COMPARED TO OTHER CASTS.APPROX 20-25 LAKH ARAINS ARE SETTELED ABROAD IN ENGLAND,USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,MIDDLE EASTETC. BEFORE PARTITION ARAINS WERE PRESENT IN GREAT NUMBERS IN EAST PUNJAB DISTRICTS OF AMRITSAR,LUDHIANA,JALLANDHAR,PATIALA,HARYANA,AMBAL A,BATALA,GURDASPUR,FEROZEPUR. THRY WERE LAND LORD ,AND BUSINESS MEN AND TRANSPORTERS AT THAT TIME ,EDUCATED REALLY PROSPEROUS.ALL EAST PUNJABI ARAINS AREMAINLY SETTELED IN SHEIKPURA,FAISALBAD,TABATEK SINGH,BAHAWALPUR ,MULTAN,SAHIWALDISTRICTS,SPEAK THE SAME MAJHA DOABA ACCENT OF PUNJABI SPOKEN IN EAST PUNJAB THESE DAYS. PUNJABI ARAINS ARE GREAT SPORTSMEN ALSO THE FAMOUS STAR PAKISTANI CRICKTERS LIKE WASIM AKRAM,SARFRAZ NAWAZ,AMIR SUHAIL,FAZAL MEHMOOD,MUHAMMAD ZAHID,AQIB JAVAID,SHABBIR AHMED,ABDUR RAZZAQ ,ABDUL HAFIZ KARDAR FIRST PAKISTAN CRICKET CAPTAIN ARE ALL ARAINS. ARAINS ARE PURE PUNJABIS WITH CENTRAL ASIAN,IRANIAN,ARABIC AND INDOEUROPEAN BACKGROUNDS AND ALL ARAINS SPEAK THE MAJHA,DOABA PUNJABI ACCENT THE PUREST FORM OF PUNJABI DIALECT.THIS WAS ONLY A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF ARAINS OF PUNJAB AND SINDH. 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