List of Hazarewals
The following is a list of notable Hazarewals (Hindko-speaking ethnolinguistic group), who have origins in the Hazara region of Pakistan.
Actors
Artists
Authors
- Qateel Shifai, Urdu poet
- Daud Kamal
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
Music
Politicians
- Baba Haider Zaman, leader of the Hazara province movement
- Asghar Khan – Pakistani Air Force commander, later politician[2]
- Bashir Jehangiri – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Iqbal Khan Jadoon – politician -Chief Minister NWFP
- Amanullah Khan Jadoon – politician -Federal Minister
- Gohar Ayub Khan – politician
- Murtaza Javed Abbasi FMR Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan
- Azam Khan Swati – businessman, politician[3]
- Sardar Raza Khan – Election Commissioner of Pakistan
- Abdul Jamil Khan
- Abdul Hakeem Swati, Governor KPK
- Salahuddin Tirmizi, former Corps Commander
- Mushtaq Ghani ( Governor And Speaker KPK)
- Ali Khan Jadoon (MNA from Abbottabad)[4]
- Saleh Muhammad Swati ( MNA from Mansehra)
- Babar Saleem Swati ( MPA from Mansehra)
- Ayub Khan (2nd President of Pakistan)[5]
- Waji Uz Zaman Khan ( Chief of Swati Tribe)
- Bashir Jahangiri Swati ( Chief Justice )
- Mehtab Abbasi[6]
- Omar Ayub Khan (politician)
- Salman Bashir
- Sardar Zahoor Ahmad (former MPA from Mansehra)
- Sardar Muhammad Raza (Chief Election Commissioner Pakistan and Chief justice Peshawar High Court)
- Sardar Muhammad Yousuf (former federal Minister of Religious Affairs)
Religious figures
- Sardar Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi – Founding member of the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan party (JUP) and companion of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi Islamic Revolutionary Scholar, religious leader and Quaran interpreter.
- Muhammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman – Chairman of Ruet-e-hilal committee, Pakistan
Revolutionaries and freedom fighters
- Jalal Baba, prominent leader of All India Muslim League[7]
- Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan
Royalty
- Nawab Salahuddin Saeed Khan Tanoli – Last nawab of Amb State and elected five times MNA.
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
- "Remembering war veteran: Sir Anwar Shamim". The Nation. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2018-02-13). "Hindko poet's autobiography launched in Haripur". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- "More women are running for office, but the glass ceiling is still intact". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Patel, Aakar (2011-11-25). "Does Pakistan have a saviour in Imran Khan?". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Aziz, Hadi (2013-09-11). "PM convinces Sardar Mehtab Abbasi for KPK governorship". The News Tribe. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Shāh, Sayyid Vaqār ʻAlī (1992). Muslim League in N.W.F.P. Royal Book Company. ISBN 978-969-407-135-0. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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