List of Hazarewals
The following is a list of notable Hazarewals (Hindko n pashto-speaking ethnolinguistic group), who have origins in the Hazara region of Pakistan:
Actors
- Afzal Khan Rambo . * Tariq Khan. * Ali Afzal jadoon
Artists
Authors
- Qateel Shifai, Urdu poet
- Daud Kamal
- Sagar Sarhadi( Indian Writer)
Journalists
- Reham Khan Swati, BBC Journalist
Military
- Anwar Shamim, Chief of Air Staff, Pakistani Air Force[1]
- Zahirul Islam Abbasi (Pakistan Army Major General)
- Noman Bashir, Chief of Naval Staff
- Prem Nath Hoon, retired Indian Army general
- General Muhammad Ayub Khan
Music
Politicians
- Khan Khudadad Khan Swati, Freedom Fighter of Pakistan Independence Movement, member of All India Muslim league, 1st Minister of Health West Pakistan and Ex- Royal Chief of Siran Valley, close companion of Quaid E azam, nephew of Khan Bahadur Muhammad Muzzafar Khan Jehangiri Swati who was considered among the powerful Khans of then Hazara District.
- Khan Haji Faqeera Khan Swati( MLA of Mansehra I in 1937 from Indian National Congress)
- Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati —MNA of Battagram, current royal "Chief Of Allai Valley" ,son of last Nawab of Allai; Nawab Muhammad Ayub Khan who was often called as King of Allai by the locals.
- Sardar Haider Zaman Khan, leader of the Hazara province movement, former Nazim (counselor) of Abbottabad District, and former Provincial Minister in NWFP Assembly.
- Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi Swati — Ex-MNA of Hazara II, Famous Islamic Scholar and Religious leader
- Asghar Khan – Pakistani Air Force commander, later politician[2]
- Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed Khan Tanoli – Nawab of Amb (princely state), Chief of Tanawal, Ex-Member National Assembly of Pakistan
- Bashir Khan Jehangiri Swati– 17th Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court
- Azam Khan Swati — Senator, Business Man, Ex Federal Minister for Railways, Ex Minister for Narcotics Control, Ex-Minister for Science and Technology, Billionaire, Khan Of Sherpur, Pakhal.
- Iqbal Khan Jadoon – politician -Chief Minister NWFP
- Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan — MLA(1937) of Indian National Congress from Mansehra & Minister of Industries United India.
- Amanullah Khan Jadoon – Federal Minister
- Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob – Former Member of the National Assembly from Abbottabad and 16th Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Nawab-Zada Wali Muhammad Khan Swati (MPA of Battagram, Jageerdar)
- Waji Uz Zaman Khan Swati( Ex-MPA, current royal Chief Of Agror Valley Mansehra)
- Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan – Former Senator and President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Hazara Division. Member Central Executive Committee of PPP from 1967–77. Three-time president of the District Bar Association Abbottabad.
- Haji Muhammad Yousaf Khan Swati — former Minister, 7 times elected MPA from Battagram, current royal "Khan of Trand Valley".
- Sardar Muhammad Idrees – member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007 and 2013 to 2018.
- Sardar Aurangzeb – 3 time member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Sardar Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi Companion of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Founding member and first president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan as well as the first recipient of Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
- Gohar Ayub Khan – politician
- Murtaza Javed Abbasi FMR Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan
- Mufti Kifayat Ullah Swati ( Ex- MNA of Mansehra III )
- Sardar Raza Khan – Chief Election Commissioner Pakistan and Chief justice Peshawar High Court
- Abdul Jamil Khan
- Abdul Hakeem Khan Swati— Ex-Governor of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa
- Salahuddin Tirmizi, former Corps Commander
- Haroon Khan Badshah — Ex-Minister of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa & Khan of Sum
- Mushtaq Ghani ( Governor And Speaker KPK)
- Ali Khan Jadoon (MNA from Abbottabad)[3]
- Saleh Muhammad Khan Swati ( Ex-MNA of Mansehra)
- Babar Saleem Swati ( MPA of Mansehra City)
- Ayub Khan (2nd President of Pakistan)[4]
- Tahir Aziz Khan (Chairman Azm e Alishan Party from sarai naimat khan village of haripur)
- Mehtab Abbasi[5]
- Omar Ayub Khan (politician)
- Wajid Hamayun Khan Swati (politician)
- Laiq Muhammad Khan Swati — Ex-MNA of Mansehra cum Torghar, Ex- MPA of Torghar & Brother of Azam Swati
- Salman Bashir
- Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Gujjar (Former federal Minister of Religious Affairs)
Religious figures
- Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar Swati(1914-2009)— Famous Hindustani Deoband Ulema
- Maulana Sufi Abdul Hameed Khan Swati(1917-2008) —Islamic scholar, writer, Imam, lecturer and founder of Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala
- Sardar Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi – Founding member of the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan party (JUP) and companion of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Mufti Kifayat Ullah Swati — Famous religious Scholar & Politician
- Jawad Naqvi — Islamic scholar, philosopher, religious leader and Qur'an interpreter.
- Muhammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman – Chairman of Ruet-e-hilal committee, Pakistan
- Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi Swati — Ex-MNA and well known Islamic Scholar and religious leader.
Molana akhunzada qazi habib ur rakhman fazl e deoband younger brother of jagirdaar of nara.
Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
- Jalal Baba, prominent leader of All India Muslim League[6]
- Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan — Prominent Leader of All India National Congress
- Khan Khudadad Khan Swati,He introduced All-India Muslim League in Hazara. He was famous Freedom Fighter of Pakistan Independence Movement, member of All India Muslim league, former Minister of Health West Pakistan and Ex- Chief of Siran Valley.
Jagirdaar of Nara" Akhoonzada Fazl ur Rahman Khan. Akhoonkhail yousafzai TEHREEK E PAKISTAN MEDALIST Haripur.
Royalty
- Nawab Salahuddin Saeed Khan Tanoli – Last "Nawab of Amb State" and elected five times MNA.
- Khan Wajhi Uz Zaman Khan Swati — Current royal "Chief of Agror Valley", Mansehra
- Khan Khudadad Khan Swati - Former "Chief of Siran Valley", Mansehra
- Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati — Current royal "Khan of Allai Valley", current MNA of Battagram.
- Haji Muhammad Yousaf Khan Swati — 7 times elected MPA from Battagram, current royal "Khan of Trand".
- Jagirdaar of Nara" Akhoonzada Fazl ur Rahman Khan. Akhoonkhail yousafzai TEHREEK E PAKISTAN MEDALIST Haripur[disambiguation needed].
Scientists and academics
- Mohammed Naseer Khan (Pakistani Physicist)
- Omar Asghar Khan (founder of Qaumi Jamhoori Party and Ex Minister of Environment)
Sportspersons
Cricket
- Yasir Hameed
- Abrar Ahmed Swati
- Haris Rauf
- Sana Mir (Captain Pakistan women's national team)
References
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- ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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