Zulfiqar Ali Khosa and Latif Khosa, Mir Badshah Qaisrani, Sardar of the Malghani Balouch tribe, Chief Minister of Punjab Dost Muhammad Khosa, Chief Secretary of Punjab, Nasir Mehmood Khosa, Former Inspector General Police of Punjab, Tariq Khosa, and Supreme Court Judge Asif Khosa. The city is one of the oldest districts in South Asia. Dera Ghazi Khan did not develop like other cities in Punjab. Based on the surveys of 2004–2005, Dera Ghazi Khan district is considered one of the twenty poorest districts of Pakistan with about 51% of its population living below the poverty line. Population Historical populations of Dera Ghazi Khan city. Transport Airport Culture Fairs and festivals Sangh Mela, is a Vaisakhi fair during March and April, and has been celebrated in Sakhi Sarwar by people coming from Jhang and Faisalabad for centuries. This festival is celebrated by Hindus and Muslims, especially at the time of wheat harvesting. In some places it is known as Basant. Throughout history, a large number of followers coming from different religions became the followers of Sakhi Sarwar. Max Arthur Macauliffe, a colonial office appointed in Punjab, observed in 1875 that not only Muslims but Hindus also visited the shrines during the urs. In the 1911 census of India, 79,085 Sikhs reported to be followers of Sakhi Sarwar. Cuisine Sohan Halwa is a traditional sweet made by boiling a mixture of water, sugar, milk and wheatflour (coarse pieces)/cornflour until it becomes solid. Notable people Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (Pakistani Academic) Farooq Leghari (former President of Pakistan) Mohsin Naqvi (Poet) Prabhu Chawla (Journalist) Asif Saeed Khosa (Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan) Nasir Khosa (Chief Secretary of Punjab) Latif Khosa (former Governor of Punjab) Amjad Farooq Khan (MNA) Zulfiqar Ali Khosa (former Governor of Punjab) Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa (former Chief Minister of Punjab) Tauqeer Nasir (Actor) Hafiz Abdul Kareem (Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan - MNA) Sardar Awais Ahmed Leghari (MPA, former MNA) Sardar Usman Buzdar (Chief Minister of Punjab) Zartaj Gul (MNA) Federal Minister For Climate Change Jamal Leghari (former MPA Punjab Assembly) Press and media Daily Jang is published from Dera Ghazi Khan along with many local newspapers in Urdu, Saraiki and Balochi languages. The Daily Kasak is also published in the city. Bibliography "How Pakistan Made Nuclear Fuel" by Munir Ahmad Khan, former chairperson of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission: Islamabad The Nation 7 February 1998, page