Pakhrals also known as Minhas and Jamwal, in different regions were founders of the city and the state of Jammu and its governors from ancient times.
Their ancestors were Rajput warrior clans who later accepted Islam after the Muslim influence in the Indian Region and moved from Rajasthan (India) to Kashmir and Pakistan.
Since partition Pakhrals have been involved in different enterprises, while many adopted government careers, law, politics, anthropology, education etc.
Jehlum, Chakwal (Dhoda, Jandala Pakhral, Ghazial, Khokhar Rajgan and Saba Mohra), Azad Kashmir and some parts of Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa).
Prominent Muslim Rajputs remain and continue to record their family trees from their Hindus beyond even after their conversion to Islam, right up to the present day.