Talk:Tonsa

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Requested move 18 July 2025

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 00:09, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

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Taunsa Sharif → TaunsaTaunsa – The common name for this city is simply "Taunsa"; Sharif is an honorific title meaning "noble" and is often applied to many cities in Pakistan. For example, Multan is often referred to as "Multan Sharif" (Noble Multan) but the city is most commonly known simply as Multan, same with Sehwan (not Sehwan Sharif), Thill (not Thill Sharif). ZXCV JJKI (talk) 21:19, 18 July 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. ASUKITE 21:28, 25 July 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Ivey (talk - contribs) 21:29, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Cities and WikiProject Pakistan have been notified of this discussion. Векочел (talk) 07:19, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Relisting comment: relisting for more opinions Ivey (talk - contribs) 21:29, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

• Support per nomination. The government of Pakistan also uses 'Taunsa' alone. Lakham Sohneya (talk) 22:50, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

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Request to revert undiscussed move

@Saad Jatt: see Request to revert undiscussed move – wbm1058 (talk) 12:35, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I am notified of this. I will keep in mind to start a request discussion to move next time, if I would want to, not move without discussion. Thanks! SaadJatt (talk) 15:54, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Unsourced stuff

The article has a lot of unsourced stuff. Either someone can add sources to support a statement or I would have to simply remove the unsourced stuff or poorly sourced such as:

• "The region around Tonsa was an ancient settlement and remained a village or town earlier to 21st century"
• "It was part of wide Multan region in medieval era and then of Mughal era's province of Multan"
• "The region was conquered by the Umayyads in 8th-century spreading Islam in the region"
• "After Baloch civil war in 14th century, some Baloch tribes settled in Tonsa and the adjoining Koh-e-Sulaiman mountain region"

If anyone can add sources for this, please do so! SaadJatt (talk) 22:55, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Requested move 5 September 2026

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 02:28, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

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Taunsa → Tonsa – The spelling 'Tonsa' is more common than 'Taunsa' and is officially used by the government of Pakistan, including the National Assembly of Pakistan. See results for 'Tonsa' vs. 'Taunsa'

• JSTOR: "Tonsa" 2,949 results - "Taunsa" 100 results
• Taylor & Francis: "Tonsa" 277 results - "Taunsa" 28 results

Jhumar Khosa (talk) 14:09, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

• Support per arguments of the nominator. Tonsa is also consistent with related articles such as 2015 Tonsa bombing, PP-284 Tonsa-I, PP-285 Tonsa-II etc. Mihai Gehotză (talk) 18:23, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

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Pashtun tribes in Tonsa

Can someone please add info about the Pashtun tribes in Tonsa? Many Pashtuns migrated from Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Tonsa centuries ago. There is info about Baloch in Tonsa but not Pashtun so please add Pashtun! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-49203-48 (talk) 13:39, 12 September 2026 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Taunsa Barrage which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 23:35, 12 September 2026 (UTC)