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The name '''Meerwala''' refers to both a [[mouza]] and a village in [[Jatoi Tehsil|Jatoi]], a rural [[tehsil]] in the [[Muzaffargarh District]] of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]. The village ({{Coord |29.453|N|70.780|E}}) is {{convert|9|km|mi}} north of the mouza ({{Coord |29.374|N|70.793|E}}).
Meerwala achieved global infamy in 2002 as the village whose tribal elders ordered the gang rape of [[Mukhtar Mai]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/08/31/pakistan.gang.rape/index.html|title=Six men found guilty in gang rape|work=[[CNN]]|date=12 December 2002|access-date=10 December 2025}}</ref>
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[[Category:Populated places in Muzaffargarh District]] {{Muzaffargarh-geo-stub}}