# Meerwala

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The name **Meerwala** refers to both a [mouza](/source/Mouza) and a village in [Jatoi](/source/Jatoi_Tehsil), a rural [tehsil](/source/Tehsil) in the [Muzaffargarh District](/source/Muzaffargarh_District) of [Punjab](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan). The village ([29°27′11″N 70°46′48″E / 29.453°N 70.780°E / 29.453; 70.780](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Meerwala&params=29.453_N_70.780_E_)) is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the mouza ([29°22′26″N 70°47′35″E / 29.374°N 70.793°E / 29.374; 70.793](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Meerwala&params=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](/source/Mukhtar_Mai).[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Six men found guilty in gang rape"](https://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/08/31/pakistan.gang.rape/index.html). *[CNN](/source/CNN)*. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 10 December 2025.

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