List of Hazarewals explained

The following is a list of notable Hazarewals (members of the Hindko-speaking ethnolinguistic group), who have origins in the Hazara region of Pakistan:

Actors

• Afzal Khan Rambo.
• Amjad Khan Swati^[1] — Movies Director and Actor from Bisian Balakot
• Tariq Khan.
• Ali Afzal Jadoon

Artists

• Jasleen Dhamija

Authors

• Qateel Shifai, Urdu poet
• Niaz Swati^{[2] [3]} — Famous Urdu, Hindi and Hindko poet from Bhogarmang
• Daud Kamal
• Sagar Sarhadi (Indian Writer)

Journalists

• • Reham Khan Swati, BBC Journalist

Military

• Anwar Shamim, Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force^[4]
• Zahirul Islam Abbasi (Pakistan Army Major General)
• Shahid Mansoor Jehangiri Swati^[5] — Air Vice Marshall, Current DG Joint operations Pakistan and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
• Noman Bashir, Chief of Naval Staff
• Prem Nath Hoon, retired Indian Army general
• Muhammad Ayub Khan, Field Marshal of Pakistan

Music

• Ali Azmat

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^[6]
• 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 Swati — 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, Chief/Khan of "Khas Battagram")
• 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)^[7]
• Saleh Muhammad Khan Swati (Ex-MNA of Mansehra)
• Babar Saleem Khan Swati (Speaker KPK Assembly, MPA of Mansehra City, great-grandson of "Khan of Mansehra Khas")
• Ayub Khan (2nd President of Pakistan)^[8]
• Tahir Aziz Khan (Chairman Azm e Alishan Party from sarai naimat khan village of haripur)
• Mehtab Abbasi^[9]
• 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
• Munir Khan Lughmani Swati (MPA Tehsil Balakot, Advocate)
• Prince Zubair Khan Swati — MPA Tehsil Battagram, Grandson of Nawab Ayub Khan (Wali of Allai / 5 times MNA of Mansehra III)
• Ajaz Khan Swati - MPA Karachi V
• Faheem Khan Swati, MNA Karachi III
• 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
• Maulana Akhoonzada Qazi Habib ur Rehman —Islamic Scholar, Fazel e Deoband Ulema Younger brother of Jageerdar of Nara.
  • 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.

Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

• Jalal Baba, prominent leader of All India Muslim League^[10]
  • 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.
• Akhoonzada Fazl ur Rehman Khan (Akhoonkhail) — "Jageerdar of Nara" Haripur Tehreek e Pakistan Medalist.
• Sardār Bostan Khan Tareen, Pashtun warrior against the Sikh Khalsa and British administration

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".
• Akhoonzada Fazl ur Rehman Khan (Akhoonkhail) — "Jageerdar of Nara" Haripur—Tehreek e Pakistan Medalist.

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)

Weight lifting

Notes and References

1. Web site: nishaa.ishtiak . 2011-05-26 . And the show went on in Abbottabad . 2024-08-22 . The Express Tribune . en.
2. Web site: Niaz Sawati - Profile & Biography . 2024-08-22 . Rekhta . en.
3. Web site: Tareekh e Pakistan . 2024-08-22 . tareekhepakistan.com.
4. News: 2013-01-09 . Remembering war veteran: Sir Anwar Shamim . en . The Nation . 19 June 2021.
5. Web site: 2021-06-15 . Four PAF officers promoted to rank of air vice marshal . 2024-08-22 . en-US.
6. News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's . 2018-02-13 . Hindko poet's autobiography launched in Haripur . en . DAWN.COM . 19 June 2021.
7. Web site: National Assembly of Pakistan . 19 June 2021 . www.na.gov.pk.
8. Web site: Patel . Aakar . 2011-11-25 . Does Pakistan have a saviour in Imran Khan? . 19 June 2021 . www.livemint.com . en.
9. News: Aziz . Hadi . 2013-09-11 . PM convinces Sardar Mehtab Abbasi for KPK governorship . The News Tribe . 19 June 2021.
10. Book: Shāh . Sayyid Vaqār ʻAlī . Muslim League in N.W.F.P. . 1992 . Royal Book Company . 978-969-407-135-0 . en . 19 June 2021.