# List of Hazarewals

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

## Actors

* Afzal Khan Rambo.
* Amjad Khan Swati — Movies Director and Actor from Bisian Balakot
* Tariq Khan.
* Ali Afzal Jadoon

## Artists

* Jasleen Dhamija

## Authors

* Qateel Shifai, Urdu poet
* Niaz Swati — Famous Urdu, Hindi and Hindko poet from Bhogarmang
* Daud Kamal
* Sagar Sarhadi (Indian Writer)

## Judiciary

* Bashir Khan Jehangiri Swati — Chief Justice of Pakistan (Supreme Court)
* Abdul Hakeem Khan Lughmani Swati — Chief Justice of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa (Peshawar High Court)
* Ehjaz Khan Arghushal Swati — Chief Justice of Balochistan (High Court)
* Zeenat Khan Arghushal Swati — Chief Justice Of Gilgit Baltistan (High Court)
* Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri Swati — Justice of Islamabad High Court

## Journalist

* Reham Khan Swati, BBC Journalist

## Military

* Anwar Shamim, Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force
* Zahirul Islam Abbasi (Pakistan Army Major General)
* Shahid Mansoor Jehangiri Swati — 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
* 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)
* 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)
* Tahir Aziz Khan (Chairman Azm e Alishan Party from sarai naimat khan village of haripur)
* Mehtab Abbasi
* 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
* 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)
* Abdul Jamil Khan Arghushal Swati (SI) - Former Federal Minister for Population and Welfare, Ex- DG Health Pakistan, Founding Principal Ayub Medical College and Frontier Medical College, Ex- president Pakistan Medical Dental Council, Sitara e Imtiaz

## Sportspersons
### Cricket

* Yasir Hameed
* Abrar Ahmed Swati
* Haris Rauf
* Sana Mir (Captain Pakistan women's national team)

### Weight lifting

* Mudasir Khalid Khan Swati — Ex - Mr.Pakistan, Ex- Mr.Punjab, Ex-Mr.Lahore and 2 Silver Medals in South Asian games, Basically from Garhi Habibullah