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Dera Allah Yar ڈیرہ اللہ یار Jhat Pat
City
Dera Allah yar
Dera Allah Yar Location within Pakistan Show map of Balochistan, Pakistan Dera Allah Yar Dera Allah Yar (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 28°22′37″N 68°21′2″E / 28.37694°N 68.35056°E / 28.37694; 68.35056
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Nasirabad
District	Jaffarabad
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	80,908
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Dera Allah Yar (Urdu: ڈیرہ اللہ یار) is a city and the headquarters of the Jaffarabad District located in Pakistan's Balochistan province. It lies 300 km from the provincial capital Quetta.

The city was formerly known as Jhatpat. The city was renamed after the assassination of Mir Allahyar Khan Khosa, a political leader from the area.

The word Dera means abode or settlement in Balochi, Pashto, Urdu, and Punjabi languages. Dera Allah Yar thus means the settlement or city of Allah Yar. Some other cities also have Dera as a pre-fix such as Dera Bugti, Dera Ismail Khan, and Dera Ghazi Khan.

On 27 August 2008 at least 25 people belonging to the Jamhoori Wattan Party (JWP-Aali) suffered injuries when a bomb exploded in a public meeting. The bomb had been placed on a motorcycle, the activists had gathered for a meeting on the second anniversary of the death of Akbar Bugti.^[2]

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