List of people from Mansehra
list of people from district Mansehra
This is a list of notable people who were born in, lived in, or grew up in Mansehra, Pakistan.
Health and Education
Abdul Jamil Khan Arghushal Swati (SI) — Former Federal Minister for Population and Welfare; former Director General Health Pakistan; founding principal of Ayub Medical College and Frontier Medical College; former President of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
Judiciary
Bashir Khan Jehangiri Swati — Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Ejaz Khan Arghushal Swati — Current Chief Justice of the Baluchistan High Court
Zeenat Khan Arghushal Swati — Former Chief Justice of the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court
Abdul Hakeem Khan Lughmani Swati — Former acting Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Former Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court
Muhammad Raza Khan Begal Swati — Former Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court
Ejaz Afzal Khankhail Swati — Former Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court and acting Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan
Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri Swati, Justice of Islamabad High Court
Politics
Azam Khan Swati — Senator and Federal Minister
Babar Saleem Khan Jahangiri Swati — Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly; Member of the Provincial Assembly
Faiz Muhammad Khan Swati — Former MNA Mansehra
Faheem Khan Swati— Former MNA Karachi III
Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi Swati — Former MNA (Hazara-II)
Habib Ur Rehman Tanoli — Former MNA (Mansehra cum Torghar); former MPA; Provincial Minister for Revenue and Estate
Haq Nawaz Khan Jahangiri Swati — MPA Mansehra V (3 times), former Minister; Khan of Sachan
Haroon Khan Badshah (Khankhail Swati) — Former MPA; Provincial Minister; Khan of Sum
Ibrar Hussain Tanoli — Former Provincial Minister; former MPA
Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Jahangiri Swati— First MLA of Hazara (1932 election); MLA Mansehra II (1946 election); Leader of All India National Congress; Khan of Safaida
Khan Khudadad Khan Jahangiri Swati — Leader of the All India Muslim League Pakistan Movement; MLA Mansehra (1952); First Minister of Health, West Pakistan; Khan of Bhogarmang
Khan Attai Khan Swati (K.S)— MLA Mansehra II (1937); Leader of Indian National Congress; Khan of Battal
Khan Haji Faqira Khan Swati — MLA Mansehra III (1937); Leader of Indian National Congress; Khan of Malikpur
Khan Ali Gohar Khan Swati — MLA Mansehra III (1946); Leader of All India Muslim League; Khan of Gedarpur
Khan Mohammad Abbas Khankhail Swati — MLA Mansehra-I (1937 & 1946 election); founder of the Hazara Democratic Party; Industries Minister, British India; Khan of Sum
Laiq Muhammad Khan Swati — Former MNA (Mansehra cum Torghar); current MPA of Torghar District;
Muhammad Tariq Khan Swati — MPA Mansehra II (three consecutive times; former Minister; Khan of Mansehra City
Mufti Kifayatullah Khan Swati — Former MNA (Mansehra cum Torghar)
Naeem Sakhi Tanoli — Former MPA, Tanawal
Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin Tanoli — Former MNA, Tanawal
Saleh Muhammad Khan Swati — Former Member of the National Assembly
Munir Khan Lughmani Swati — MPA Balakot Tehsil; Senior Lawyer
Shahzada Muhammad Gushtasap Khankhail Swati — MNA Mansehra cum Torghar, former Minister; Khan of Sum
Khan Raza Muhammad Khan Awan -former senator of Pakistan people's party
Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Gujjar, MNA; Minister
Shahjahan Yousuf Gujjar, MPA
Wajhi Uz Zaman Khan Swati - Former MPA (4 times); Minister of Health; Chief/Khan of Agror
Zahoor Ahmad, MPA
Sports
Abrar Ahmed Swati — Pakistani cricketer
Haris Rauf Swati — Pakistani cricketer
Media, arts, and literature
Jamal J. Elias
Maliha Ali Asghar Khan
Reham Khan Swati — Journalist and former BBC correspondent
Sagar Sarhadi — Indian writer, film producer, and director
Yasmeen Yas — Poet
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
Mufti Kifayat Ullah Swati — Famous religious Scholar & Politician.
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.
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