Sherani Subdistrict - Income Resources

Income Resources

Bulk of youth force of Harifal tribe,like that of Sherani(mainly unskilled labor)travel across the Arabian sea to seek at least a menial job in oil rich United Arab Emirate or Kingdom.This Diaspora is attributed wholly to the economic impoverishment of the Harifal land and in pursuit of employment and better living conditions due to oil-boom in these states. Overseas remittances is the main economic artery,which has much improved their standard of life.In fact, they have got more money than manner,and more sensuality than sense.Live stock & tilling some fertile land pieces is next to it.Economy is sustained by agriculture and pasturage, but scarcity of water restrict wide scale farming.While low literacy rate prevent them from entering into government services.These all multiple factors cumulatively keep them in vicious cycle of poverty. Majority of population belong to lower socio-economic strata.

In British era Majority of Harifal and Bargha Sherani used to go to Siahband,Herat and Maimana in Afghanistan for collecting asafetida . Asafoetida is a plant of the parsley family,a fetid resinous gum is obtained from roots of this herbaceous plant.It is used in herbal medicine and Indian cooking,also used as bactericidal for preparing "Landi" Many Harifal and Sherani families are still settled in Loghar, Makwar, Ghazni and Kabul in Afghanistan.They had to travel journey from April to October,the journey was occupying two months.

They used to sell it(Asafoetida) in Dera Ismail Khan,and go as far as Bombay in the south and Kanpur (largest city in U.P.Province) in the north of India.Shahbaz khan Harifal alias Shabai s/o Saleem Khan Harifal was the richest trader in those early days in this business.