Khar (tribe)
{{Short description|Tribe found in Pakistan}}
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| jati = Muslim Jat
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| languages = Punjabi
| country = Pakistan
| region = Punjab concentrated in Dera Ghazi Khan Division
| ethnicity = Punjabi
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| related =Kharal
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Khar (Punjabi: کھر) is a Punjabi Jat tribe found in Pakistan and is considered among the prominent tribes of Muzaffargarh District.{{cite journal
| last1 =Fiaz | first1 =Hafiz Muhammad | last2 =Akhtar | first2 =Sohail | last3 =Rind | first3 =Ayyaz Ahmad | title =Socio-cultural Condition of South Punjab: A Case of Muzaffargarh District | url =http://www.irjei.com/index.php/irjei/article/view/27 | journal =Research Journal of Education and Innovation (Pakistan) | date =31 December 2021 | volume =2 | issue =3 | pages = 21, 22 | issn =}} They are a branch of the larger Kharal tribe{{cite journal | last=Haider | first=Karim | title=Impact of Politico-economic Changes on the Resettlement of Kharal Tribe in Punjab | journal=Pakistan Social Sciences Review | publisher=Fatima Gohar Educational and Welfare Society | volume=1 | issue=II | date=2017-12-31 | issn=2664-0422 | doi=10.35484/pssr.2017(1-ii)15 | pages=179| doi-access=free }} and multiple legends exist as to why their name was shortened from Kharal to Khar.{{cite book | last1=Durrani | first1=T. | last2=Hoffer | first2=W. | last3=Hoffer | first3=M.M. | title=My Feudal Lord | publisher=Corgi | series=Corgi Books | year=1995 | isbn=978-0-552-14239-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PsT8VpkAU1wC | language=en | access-date=2022-09-28 | page=22,23}} {{cite web | last=Kamran | first=Tahir | title=Rabbani Khar and the politics of altruism - Political Economy | website=thenews.com.pk | date=2022-01-30 | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/929086-rabbani-khar-and-the-politics-of-altruism | access-date=2022-09-29}}