List of Kakazai people

This is a list of notable Kakazai (Pashto: کَکا زي / کَکے زي / کاکا زي‎, Urdu, Persian: کاکا زَئی / کَکے زَئی / کَکا زَئی‎‎) Pashtuns (پشتون / پختون), also known as Loye or Loi Mamund (Urdu: لو ئے / لوئی مَاموند‎ | Pashto: لوی ماموند‎), a division of Mamund (Urdu: مَاموند‎ | Pashto: ماموند‎) clan, who are part of the larger Tarkani (Pashto: تر کا ڼي / ترکلا ڼي / ترکا نڑي‎, Urdu, Persian: ترکانی / ترکلانی / ترکانڑی ‎‎ | English spelling variants: Tarkani, Tarkalani, Tarkanri) Pashtun (پشتون / پختون) tribe mainly settled in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, but originally hailed from the Laghman province (Urdu: لغمان‎) of Afghanistan. However, it has grown and scattered around to such an extent that it is recognized as tribe of its own.

Politics

• Bahadur Yar Jang, (A leader of the Pakistan Movement and a Muslim orator)
• Ghulam Muhammad, (Governor General Of Pakistan)
• Malik Barkat Ali (Politician, Lawyer and Journalist)
• H.E. Babar W. Malik, (Ambassador)
• Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Ex-Federal Minister for Railways, Pakistan
• Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, National Leader, Khilafat Movement, India, 1930s

Nuclear Scientists

• Dr. Nazir Ahmed (physicist), OBE, (Founding Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1956-1960)
• Munir Ahmad Khan, (Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1972–1991)
• Ishfaq Ahmad, (Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1991–2001)

Armed Forces

• Akhtar Abdur Rahman

Sports

• Mohammad Nissar, (Founding Member of Pakistan Cricket Board, First Pakistani cricketer, Pro-Pakistan leader)

Media

• Shahid Masood, (TV Personality/Journalist, Head Of ARY One World Channel, Currently with GEO TV and anchorman of "Meray Mutabiq")
• Nadeem Malik (journalist), Senior Anchor Person of "Nadeem Malik Live," Samaa TV, Pakistan
• Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1951), (Religious scholar, exegetic, and educationist)
• Intisar-ul-Haque, (Rtd. Chairman Department of Philosophy Peshawar University.

Judiciary

• Irshad Hasan Khan (Former Chief Justice of Pakistan 2000-2002 and Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan 2002-2005

Academia

• Intisar-ul-Haque (Renowned Philosopher, Chairman, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Peshawar 1935-1996)

Government

• Abdul Qadir, (Governor General, State Bank Of Pakistan, (20-07-1953 to 19-07-1960))
• Aftab Ahmed Khan, Secretary General, Ministry of Finance, Govt of Pakistan, 1980

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