Prominent political families in Pakistan
This is a partial listing of prominent political families of Pakistan given in alphabetical order.
Arain
Mian Azhar family:
Mian Family of Baghbanpura
- Justice Mian Shah Din, (1868–1918), Elected President of the All-India Muslim League(March 1908), Member of the Simla Deputation in 1906, First Muslim Judge in British India, Poet and Writer.
- Sir Mian Mohammad Shafi, KCSI, CIE (1869–1932), one of the founding fathers & President All India Muslim league (Punjab)
- Justice Sir Mian Abdul Rashid (29 June 1889 – 6 November 1981), Kt, KCSI, was the first Chief Justice of Pakistan 1947, legal philosopher, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan
- Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz, Politician of Punjab in the 1920s
- Mian Iftikharuddin, Politician, owner of Pakistan Times and Daily Imroz, 1947–1962
- Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz (1896–1979) politician in Pakistan, first woman to preside over an Asian legislature. Founder All India Women Muslim League in 1935
- Mumtaz Shahnawaz (1912-1948) - young woman political activist and author, who died in a tragic plane crash at the age of 35
Baloch
Babar
Gabol
- Allah Bakhsh Gabol, Member Bombay Legislative Assembly 1928, Member Sindh Legislative Assembly 1937 and Mayor of Karachi for two terms.
- Nabil Gabol (Grandson of Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh and son of Ahmed Khan Gabol), Member Sindh Assembly 1988, 1993, 1997; Member National Assembly 2002, 2008 and Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping.
Leghari
Mazari
Zardari
Bhuttos
- Shah Nawaz Bhutto - The Dewan of Junagadh and the Father of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Member Bombay Council).
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, son of Shah Nawaz (President (1970–1973); Prime Minister (1973–1977))
- Mumtaz Bhutto, cousin of Zulfikar, (chief of Bhutto tribe, former chief minister and Governor of Sindh, Federal Minister of Pakistan)
- Nusrat Bhutto, wife of Zulfikar (former minister without portfolio)
- Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfikar (Prime Minister, 1988–1990 and 1993–1996), assassinated December 27, 2007.
- Murtaza Bhutto, elder son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the brother of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. He was assassinated.
- Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He died under mysterious circumstances.
- Ameer Bux Bhutto, son of Mumtaz Bhutto, Vice President of Sindh National Front and ex-Member of Sindh Assembly.
Bukharis
- Zulfi Bukhari, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan
- Altaf Bukhari, Member in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
- Uzma Zahid Bukhari, Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
- Zehra Batool, Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
- Ajiaz Hussain Shah Bukhari, Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
- Syed Samsam Bukhari, Former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari, President of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
- Syed Yawer Abbas Bukhari, Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
- Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
- Ejaz Hussain Bukhari, Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Gujjar
Chaudhary Gujjars
Punjab
- Akhtar Ali Vario, Former MNA/MPA/Minister C&W /Minister for Excise /Chairman Standing Committee Narcotics/Chairman District Council Sialkot
- Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani, Provincial Minister population welfare/Prisons/Housing & Physical Planning/Environmental Planning
- Tariq Subhani, MPA
- Armaghan Subhani, MNA/ Ex MPA/provincial minister
- Adil Pervaiz Gujjar, MPA-PTI, son of Pervaiz Sultan MPA Sammundari, Faisalabad
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Former President of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Muhammad Jaffar Iqbal, Senior Vice-President of PML-N.
- Qamar Zaman Kaira, Former Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan and Minister of Information.
- Tanveer Ashraf Kaira, Former Minister of Finance and General Secretary of PPP Punjab.
- Shafqat Mehmood, Federal Minister of Education/ E -Information and Petroleum.
- Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf, Former Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board and the owner of ZTBL.
- Malik Abrar Ahmad, MNA chairman PHA.
- Sardar Muhammad Yousuf, Religious minister.
- Fayyaz Ul Hassan Chohan, Former Information Minister, Punjab
- Chaudhry Amir Hussain, Former Speaker National Assembly
- Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul, Former MNA/Minister
- Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq, Minister of Special Education, Punjab
KPK
- Sardar Muhammad Yousuf, member of PMLN from KPK (Hazara) he held the position of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, in the Abbasi cabinet from (2017-2018)
Imran Khan family
Members of Imran Khan's family, who are noted mainly for contributions in sports and politics:
- First Generation
- Second Generation
- Third Generation
- Bazid Khan, son of Majid Khan and maternal first-cousin once removed
Jutt
Chaudhary family
Chattha Jatt
Cheema Jutts
Kharal
- Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal, Ruler (nawab) of Jhamra, chieftain of the Kharal tribe.
- Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Former Governor of Punjab and former Chief Minister of Punjab.
- Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar, Former Member of National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Member of National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Malik Ghulam Raza Rabbani Khar, Former Member of National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Malik Ghulam Arbi Khar, Former Member of National Assembly of Pakistan
- Khalid Ahmed Kharal, Former Federal Minister of Information of Pakistan.
- Malik Ghulam Raza Rabbani Khar, Member of National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Rai Ghulam Mujtaba Kharal, Former Member of National Assembly of Pakistan.
- Rai Usman Khan Kharal, Former Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
- Rai Haider Ali Khan Kharal, Former Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
Khattar
- Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan CSI, early member of the Punjab legislature in the 19th c
- Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, KBE, Premier/CM of the Punjab 1937-1942.
- Sir Liaqat Hayat Khan, KCSI, Prime Minister of Patiala state in British India.
- Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan, senior political figure and close associate of MA Jinnah.
- HE Izzet Hayat Khan, former Pakistani ambassador to Tunisia
- Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Minister of Petroleum and (Member National Assembly of Pakistan)
- Tahir Sadiq Khan,(Member National Assembly of Pakistan) and former district nazim Attock
- Muhammad Zain Elahi, Former (Member National Assembly of Pakistan)
Khokhars
Pashtun/Pathan
Bangash
Gandapur
Jadoon
Khattak
Kakazai (Loi Mamund)
Marwats
Mohmand
Tareen/Tarin
- Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, senior Muslim League figure.
- Ayub Khan, ex military dictator, second President of Pakistan (1958 – 1969)
- Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan, first female minister in the history of Pakistan
- Sardar Bahadur Khan, ex CM and minister
- Gohar Ayub Khan, former Speaker of the National Assembly and ex Foreign Minister
- Omar Ayub Khan, ex Minister of State for Finance
- Jehangir Khan Tareen, ex minister and political leader of the PTI party
- Shaukat Tarin, ex Federal Minister for Finance
- Yousuf Ayub Khan, politician and businessman
Other political families
Some other Pakistani political families come from single individual family's background or based on surname/titles include;
Bahram Khan Family
The members of Bahram Khan family who have been active in politics are:
- Khan Abdul Bahram Khan (1850-1922), the founder of the family
- Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1882–1958) ("Dr. Khan Sahib"), pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician, son of Khan Abdul Bahram Khan
- Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988), also known as Bacha Khan, independence activist, son of Khan Abdul Bahram Khan
- Abdul Ghani Khan (1914–1996), widely considered as one of the best Pashto language poets of the 20th century, son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Abdul Wali Khan (1917–2006), secular democratic socialist leader and opponent of the British Raj, son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Abdul Ali Khan (1922-1997), educationist, the youngest son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Nasim Wali Khan (1932-2021), Politician and wife of Abdul Wali Khan
- Asfandyar Wali Khan (born 1949), politician, son of Abdul Wali Khan
- Sangeen Wali Khan (1959–2008), politician, son of Abdul Wali Khan
- Aimal Wali Khan (born 1986), politician, son of Asfandyar Wali Khan
Noon family
Qazi Family
Members of Qazi family (Urdu: خاندان قاضی), of Sindh in politics:
- Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid (Qazi Abid), a four-time Federal Minister, Sindh Provincial Minister, and son of Qazi Abdul Qayyum
- Fahmida Mirza, Speaker of the National Assembly, former Acting President of Pakistan, three-time Member of the National Assembly, and daughter of Qazi Abid
- Zulfiqar Mirza, Sindh Provincial Home Minister, former Member of the National Assembly, and nephew of Qazi Abid, Qazi Azam, and Qazi Akbar.
- Pir Mazhar Ul Haq, Senior Minister and Education Minister in the Sindh Provincial Cabinet, a three-time Sindh Provincial Minister, and grandson of Qazi Muhammad Akbar
- Marvi Mazhar, a former Member of the Provincial Assembly in Sindh and daughter of Pir Mazhar Ul Haq.
Rao Family of Okara
Rana
- Rana Abdul Rauf, MPA District Bahawal Nagar
- Rana Chander Singh, was a Pakistani politician and a federal minister. He was one of the founder members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Umerkot, seven times with PPP between 1977 and 1999
- Rana Hamir Singh, a Pakistani politician who has been member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
- Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan, Deputy Speaker of the Fourteenth Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in Pakistan
- Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, 16th Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Acting Governor of Punjab in 2011.
- Rana Muhammad Afzal
- Rana Phool Muhammad Khan, Ex Minister of agriculture, Ministry of Health, Law Minister of Pakistan, Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab
- Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan, (Member of National Assembly and Punjab Assembly) (Ex Federal Minister),President PPP Central Punjab
- Rana Sanaullah Khan, 39th Interior Minister of Pakistan
- Rana Tanveer Hussain, (Member of National Assembly) (Ex Federal Minister)
Saifullah Khan family
Zia-ul-Haq Family
Qureshi
Myer Minhas Rajput
- Raja Muhammed Sarfraz Khan, MLC Punjab 1929, MLA 1937-58
- Muhammed Akbar Khan, Pakistan's first four star general
- Iftikhar Khan, Pakistan's first designated army chief
- Iffat Liaqat Ali Khan, Ex- Chairman Task Force Pakistan
- Sher Ali Khan, Minister Minerals and Mines Punjab
- Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan, Ex-Senior Minister Punjab, MNA
- Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz, Minister for Higher Education & IT, Punjab
Sharif (Butt)
Soomro
Swati Family of Mansehra
Swati is a notable land-owning family of District Mansehra and District Battagram which controls the politics of these two districts dating back to pre-partition India.
Gabri Swati Family
- Nawab Zada Wali Muhammad Khan(He remained MPA of Battagram District which was former part of Mansehra District)
- Prince Nawaz Khan Swati ( MNA of District Battagram, Prince of Allai, Son of Nawab Muhammad Ayub Khan Swati, Last Nawab of Independent Allai State)
- Reham Khan Swati (BBC journalist, former wife of Imran Khan, belongs to landlord family of Baffa Mansehra)
- Abdul Hakeem Khan Swati (Ex-Governor Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa Province, uncle of Reham Khan, Ex- Khan of Baffa Pakhal)
- Bashir Khan Jehangiri Swati (17th Chief Justice of Pakistan)
- Mufti Kifayat Ullah Khan Swati (Ex-MNA Mansehra III, famous religious scholar)
- Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati (current MNA of Battagram)
- Abrar Ahmed Swati ( Famous Pakistani Cricketer)
- Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi (Well Known Islamic Scholar and Politician)
- Haji Muhammad Yousaf Khan Swati( 8 times elected MPA of Battagram I, Current Khan of Trand Village)
- Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan (Former MLA of Indian National Congress, served as the Interim Minister (sic) for Industries, Freedom fighter and an Active Member of Pakistan Muslim League
- Haroon Khan Badshah (Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ex-provincial Minister for Agriculture Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa)
- Shahzada Muhammad Gustasap Khan (Current MNA Mansehra-cum-Torghar)
Mitravi Swati Family
- Azam Khan Swati (Senator, former federal Minister of Railways, former federal minister of Narcotics Control, former federal minister of Science and Technology, current Chief of Sherpur, Mansehra District)
- Waji-Uz-Zaman Khan Swati ( Current royal Chief of Agror Valley, Mansehra)
- Laiq Muhammad Swati (He is the Ex-MNA current MPA of Torghar District which was former part of Mansehra District. He is also the younger brother of Azam Swati)
Tanoli
See also
References
- ^ "Jutts, Gujjars dominate Jhelum politics". The Nation. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa". Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
