Taunsa
Sharif
is a Tehsil (subdivision) of Dera Ghazi Khan District. The town
contains important Sufi shrines, the most notable is that of Hazrat
Muhammad Suleman Taunsvi
The Taunsa is bounded on the north by Dera Ghazi Khan
district and its adjoining Tribal Area, on the Northwest by Fort
Monoro and Musa Khel and Barkhan districts of Baluchistan Province,
on the south by Rajanpur and on the east by Muzaffargarh and Leiah
separating the latter two districts by river Indus.
Government of Punjab has established new local government
system under the Punjab Local
Government Act (PLGA) 2013 after dissolving PLGO 2001. The
Chairman and Vice Chairman
have joined their offices and new local government system
has started functioning.
