Piracha

Paracha (Punjabi: پَراچہ) or Paracha (Urdu: پِراچہ) also known as Piracha, Peracha is a Muslim trading community and surname found primarily in Pakistan and northern India, with the highest concentration in the Punjab region. Historically associated with commerce and long-distance trade, the community traces its origins to early mercantile groups in the northwestern Indian subcontinent and has been linked by historians to Khatri and Arora lineages that converted to Islam over time. Provided by Wikipedia