List of people from 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[1] — Current Chief Justice of the Baluchistan High Court
- Zeenat Khan Arghushal Swati[2] — 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[3] — 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[4] — 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[5]— 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)[6]— MLA Mansehra II (1937); Leader of Indian National Congress; Khan of Battal
- Khan Haji Faqira Khan Swati[6] — 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[7] — 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[8]
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.
- Qari Fayyaz-ur-Rehman Alvi
- Zahid Ur Rashdi Khan Swati — Islamic Scholar
Others
- Chaudhry Aslam Khan (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) — Senior Superintendent of Police
- Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha
- Ahmed Hussain Shah
- Ghulam Ur Rehman
- Mian Zia ur Rehman
- Muhammad Safdar Awan
- Muhammad Sajjad Awan
References
- ^ "Balochistan High Court". bhc.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court". gbcc.gov.pk. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "JUI-F MNA may join PPP: Sources". The Express Tribune. 8 February 2013.
"Khan was elected during the 2010 by elections following the death of his cousin Faiz Muhammad Khan, who was also an MNA on the ticket of Jamiat UIema-e-Islam (JUI-F). Khan happens to be the first cousin of former federal minister and Senator Azam Khan Swati, who resigned due to the Hajj scandal and joined Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf. A scion of the influential Swati tribe, Khan defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Haji Tahir Ali, who is the elder brother of Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar, in 2011"
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|quote=at position 333 (help) - ^ "Ex-minister quits PTI to join PML-N". Dawn. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ News, Dawn (15 March 2024). "From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1949: Seventy-five years ago: Murder bid foiled". Dawn.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Ali Shah, Syed Waqar (1992). "Muslim League in NWFP" (PDF). Muslim league in NWFP. Royal Book Company: 43–44.
- ^ "Muhammad Tariq khan Swati PF-42-97 – PAKP". Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Poetess from Mansehra brings fresh notes to Urdu poetry". The Express Tribune. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.