List of Pakistani political families
This is a partial listing of prominent political families of Pakistan given in alphabetical order.
Babar">Babar (tribe)">Babar
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
- Naseerullah Babar
- Farhatullah Babar
- Nawabzada Iftikhar Ahmed Khan S/O Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
Badshah Khans
- Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan
- Haroon Khan Badshah
Bhuttos
- Shah Nawaz Bhutto - The Dewan of Junagadh and the Father of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
- * Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, son of Shah Nawaz ; Prime Minister )
- * Mumtaz Bhutto, cousin of Zulfikar,
- ** Nusrat Bhutto, wife of Zulfikar
- ** Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfikar, 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.
- *** Fatima Bhutto, daughter of Murtaza Bhutto.
- *** Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, party chairman.
Chaudhary Jatt
- Ch Muhammad Saqlain.
- Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi
- Chaudhry Shujat Hussain
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
- Moonis Elahi
- Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, Former Federal Minister of Human Resources
- Nadeem Afzal Chan, EX MNA Chairman Public accounts committee
- *Chaudhry Hussain Elahi, Upcoming MNA
- *Chaudhry Khalid Javed Virk, MPA Matta Virkan, Nowshera Virkan District Gujranwala
[Gabol]
- Allah Bakhsh Gabol, Member Bombay Legislative Assembly 1928, Member Sindh Legislative Assembly 1937 and Mayor of Karachi for two terms.
- * Nabil Gabol, Member Sindh Assembly 1988, 1993, 1997; Member National Assembly 2002, 2008 and Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping.
[Gandapur]
- Inayatullah Khan Gandapur, former Chief Minister of KPK. Served as KPK finance minister between 1972 and 1973.
- *Ikramullah Gandapur, former Minister of Agriculture in KPK, important leader in Kulachi area.
- * Israrullah Khan Gandapur,member of KPK assembly from 2002-2013. Served as minister of Law, Parliamentary Affairs, and Human Rights.
- *Aghaz Ikramullah Gandapur, youngest ever member of KPK assembly, elected in 2018 following death of his father.
- *Ali Amin Gandapur,Federal minister for Kashmir Affairs.
Gujjars
- Adil Pervaiz Gujjar MPA-PTI, son of Pervaiz Sultan MPA Sammundari, Faisalabad
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Ex-President of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Muhammad Jaffar Iqbal Senior Vice-President of PML-N.
- Qamar Zaman Kaira Ex-Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan and Minister of Information.
- Tanveer Ashraf Kaira Ex-Minister of Finance and General Secretary of PPP Punjab.
- Shafqat Mehmood Ex-Minister of Information and Petroleum.
- Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf Ex-Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board and the owner of ZTBL.
- Malik Abrar Ahmad MNA chairman PHA.
- Sardar Muhammad Yousuf Religious minister.
- Muhammad Shaukat Public Service in Pakistan.
- Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmed, Minister for Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Punjab.
Jadoon
- Iqbal Khan Jadoon, Former Chief Minister, NWFP
- Amanullah Khan Jadoon, Former Minister of Petroleum and Gas
Khar Jat
- Ghulam Mustafa Khar
- Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar
- Hina Rabbani Khar, First Female Foreign Minister Of Pakistan.
Khattaks
- Habibullah Khan Khattak
- Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, military general
- Ghulam Faruque Khan
- Nasrullah Khan Khattak
- Ajmal Khattak
- Afrasiab khattak
- Parvez Khattak
Khattar">Khattar (clan)">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
- Tahir Sadiq Khan, and former district nazim Attock
- Muhammad Zain Elahi,Former
Khokhars
- Ghazanfar Ali Khan - Former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Health, Ambassador to Iran 1948-1952, to Turkey 1952-1953, to India 1954-1956 and to Italy 1956-1957.
- Riaz Khokhar
- M. Nawaz Khokhar
- Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar
- Afzal Khokhar
- Malik Saif ul Malook Khokhar
- Malik Muhammad Ali Khokhar
- Mohammed Naeem Khokhar
- Nasira Khokhar
- Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar
- Karam Elahi Bandial
- Malik Ali Abbas Khokhar
- Malik Karamat Khokhar
Leghari
- Farooq Leghari
- Awais Leghari
- Rafique Haider Khan Leghari
Marwats
- Habibullah Khan Marwat, Justice of the West Pakistan High Court, first & second Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, acting President of Pakistan, when the President Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry went abroad, Pakistan's Interior Minister and also Chief Minister of West Pakistan. Was elected to the first ever Legislative Council of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, first as a member and later Deputy Speaker.
- Shah Nawaz Khan, ex-Chief Justice of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was also Governor of NWFP.
Saifullah Khan family
- Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, member of Majlis-Shoora of General Zia-ul-Haq
- Salim Saifullah Khan, Senator of Pakistan, President Pakistan Muslim League
- Anwar Saifullah Khan, MPA, Senator, and former federal minister, and son-in-law of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
- Humayun Saifullah Khan, MNA.
Bangash
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan.
Mazari
- Mir Balakh Sher Mazari
- Sardar Sherbaz Mazari
- Shaukat Hussein Mazari
- Sardar Atif Hussein Mazari
- Sardar Saleem Jan Mazari
- Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari
- sardar Riaz mehmood mazari
- sardar zahid Mahmood mazari
- Sheerin Mazari
Mian Family of Baghbanpura
- Justice Mian Shah Din,, Elected President of the All-India Muslim League, Member of the Simla Deputation in 1906, First Muslim Judge in British India, Poet and Writer.
- Sir Mian Mohammad Shafi, KCSI, CIE, one of the founding fathers & President All India Muslim league
- Justice Sir Mian Abdul Rashid, 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 politician in Pakistan, first woman to preside over an Asian legislature. Founder All India Women Muslim League in 1935
- Mumtaz Shahnawaz - young woman political activist and author, who died in a tragic plane crash at the age of 35
Mohmand
- Muhammad Ali Khan Mohmand
- Babar Ali Khan Mohmand
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
Noon family
- Feroz Khan Noon
- Malik Adnan Hayat Noon
- Malik Anwar Ali Noon
- Malik Amjad Ali Noon
- Viqar un Nisa Noon
- Rana Muhammad Qasim Noon
Qazi family
- Qazi Abdul Majeed 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.
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 and was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Umerkot, seven times with PPP between 1977
- 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, 16 th 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, Care-taker Chief Minister of Punjab
- Rana Sanaullah Khan, Twice Law Minister of Pakistan
- Rana Tanveer Hussain,
Rao
- Rao Mohammad Hashim Khan, Member of National Assembly, ex-Chairman Public Accounts Committee
- Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Member of National Assembly
- Rao Sikandar Iqbal, Ex-Federal Minister
- Rao Qaiser Ali Khan, Ex-MNA
- Rao Muhammad Afzal Khan, MPA from Sahiwal District Tehsil Depalpur
- Rao Jamil Akhtar Khan, Tehsil Nazim Okara
- Rao Farman Ali Pakistan Army
- Rao Qamar Suleman Pakistan Air Force
- Rao Sana Ullah Khan Principal
- Rao Atta Ullah Khan District Accounts Officer
- Rao Nisar Ahmed Tahir Collector/Civil judge at Cooperatives Department Punjab
Sharif
- Nawaz Sharif, Ex Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Punjab
- Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, Son of Shahbaz Shareef,
- Hussain Nawaz son of Nawaz Sharif
- Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Nawaz Sharif and wife Rtd. Captain Safdar
Soomro
- Khan Bahadur Allah Bux Soomro, Twice Chief Minister of Sindh
- Elahi Bux Soomro, remained Member of National Assembly of Pakistan, Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan, Federal Minister
- Rahim Bux Soomro, Minister Sindh
- Mohammad Mian Soomro, remained President of Pakistan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Senate of Pakistan and Governor of Sindh
Tareen/Tarin
- Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, senior Muslim League figure.
- Ayub Khan, ex military dictator, second President of Pakistan
- 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
Zardari
- Hakim Ali Zardari, the patriarch of Zardari family.
- Asif Ali Zardari, son of Hakim Ali Zardari and husband of Benazir Bhutto, President of Pakistan
- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto, Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party
- Azra Peechoho, daughter of Hakim Ali Zardari
- Faryal Talpur, daughter of Hakim Ali Zardari, Former Nazima Nawabshah District, MNA
Zia-ul-Haq
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq