Bahawalpur

[buh-hah-wuhl-poor, bah-wuhl-]

noun

1. a state in E Pakistan. 32,443 sq. mi. (83,000 sq. km).

2. the capital of this state.

Bahawalpur

/ ˌbæhəˈwɒlpə /

noun

1. an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Few of the millions of Indians or Pakistanis who live there know that there was a world in which India or Pakistan might have inherited the oil-rich Gulf, just as they did Jaipur, Hyderabad or Bahawalpur.

Read more on BBC

India said JeM's headquarters in Bahawalpur, 100km inside Pakistan, was hit.

Read more on BBC

In Bahawalpur on Wednesday, crowds were mourning those killed in the strikes overnight in funeral processions through the streets.

Read more on BBC

"This time, India has hit into Pakistan's Punjab, across the International Border, targeting terrorist infrastructure, headquarters, and known locations in Bahawalpur and Muridke linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba. They've also struck Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen assets. This suggests a broader, more geographically expansive response, signalling that multiple groups are now in India's crosshairs - and sending a wider message," he says.

Read more on BBC

Pakistan-based experts like Ejaz Hussain, a Lahore-based political and military analyst, say Indian surgical strikes targeting locations such as Muridke and Bahawalpur were "largely anticipated given the prevailing tensions".

Read more on BBC