Painda is a village in the Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan,^[1] located about 64 km (40 mi) north-west of Islamabad.^[2] Painda is a populated place (class P - Populated Place) based on the region font code of Asia/Pacific.^[3] It is located at an elevation of 285 meters above sea level.^[3] The village has a long yet uncertain history, however, it has been confirmed that people arrived in Painda with Mahmud of Ghazni when he invaded the Indian subcontinent.^[4]

The two major tribes of Painda are Arain and Awan. Although some Awans are considered locals, the majority of them originally come from nearby villages like Kamulpur Musa. The third most populous tribe is the Tharkhan, which originated from the village of Daman. The village's economy is primarily agriculture-based. Some villagers now live abroad in places like Hong Kong, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. There are 8 mosques in the village. There are two primary schools: one for boys and one for girls. There is a madrassa under the supervision of Hafiz Haqniwaz Sahib, which provides religious education to students from all over Pakistan.^[5] Including some of those who completed Hifz from Afghanistan.^[6] The major language of Painda is Hindku, but some people also speak Pushto.village painda is located at this place since 400 years before that it was situated near Bank of Indus River about 800 hundred years but according to history a Village was there before 20 bc at same place.some prominent people of village was Hakim abdul ghani ,hakim karam ilyee, both of them were desi tabeeb hikmat education ,master muzafar marhoom school teacher ,nadir khan military accounts, ajmal khan habib Bank, and first graduate master orangzeb second graduate,master ishaq teacher and political figure ,sajid mehmood khan first computer software engineer graduated from islamabad and England a well known business man in islamabad, master altaf Deo education, suleman ajmal master in economics currently studying Australia. Saad ali khan bcs computing comsats University , Some prominent personality of past was choudry sardar bahadur political figure and belong to pakistan people party and well known freedom fighter in pakistan movement. His son choudry Muhammad hafeez well know transporter .the village was near the bank of indus river before 11th century but because of continues flood inhabitants decided to move further south 1 km from the river .maulana abdul ghani and qari Muhammad amin both founder of madrassa were educated from dar ul uloom deoband India.