Mianwali (Urdu: مِيانوالى‎) is the capital city of Mianwali District, Pakistan. It is in the northwest ofPunjab province on the eastern bank of the Indus River. Thal Canal traverses the city and makes the surroundings picturesque. In the 1998 census of Pakistan, the city had a population of 85,000.^{[citation needed]} The two dominant tribes of Upper Mianwali are Niazis and Awans. Awans usually associate themselves with Potohari Punjabi identity while Niazis who are 40% of the total population Mianwali associate themselves with the Pashtoons. The biggest tribe of Lower Mianwali Piplan Tehsil are Talokar Jatts the 27% of the total population of Mianwali. They claim to be the descendents three brothers Sial from Silla, Tiwana from Tilla and Talokar from Taloka, who were The Great Parmar Rajputs. Talokars usaually associate themselves with Saraiki culture ofSouthern Punjab.

In November 1901, present day tehsils of Mianwali, Isa Khel and Piplan were separated from Bannu District and districts Bhakkar and Layyah from Dera Ismail Khan District and clubbed together to form a new district named Mianwali with its headquarters in Mianwali city. The municipal committee was founded in December 1903 and has remained operational since then.