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On 13 November 2009, Reporters Without Borders reported that two Pakistani journalists are being held in jail in Okara district since 10 November.
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On 24 November 2009, The Hindu reported that a journalist from Islamabad who tried to interview people in Faridkot was threatened by plainclothes men and asked to leave.
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On 6 December 2008, The Hindu and numerous other media outlets reported that Mohammad Ajmal Amir, son of Mohammad Amir Iman, an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist captured alive during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, is from this village, rather than from Faridkot near Khanewal and Multan.
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On 12 December 2008 The Hindu reported that his father in Faridkot confirmed Ajmal Kasab was his son.
Masood Anwar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1990.
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Rao Iftikhar Anjum was selected for the Pakistani squad to play in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Majhi ( Standard Punjabi dialect spoken by 25% of district population specially in cities and border area with Khanewal and Vehari districts)
The ruling families of Patiala, Nabha, Jind, Faridkot, Bhadaur and Malaudh all descend from the Raja of Jaisalmer Maharawal Jaisal, Yadu Bhatti Rajputs of Chandra Vanshi clan and descendants of Lord Krishna, Avatar of Lord Vishnu.
He was parish priest at Khanewal, Diocese of Multan, from 1979–1985; Superior of the OMI Delegation in Pakistan, 1980–1982 and again parish priest in Gojra from 1982-1986.