List of Khattaks
This is a list of people of the Khattak Pashtun tribe.
- Khushal Khan Khattak, a prominent Pashtun malik, poet, warrior, and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan). He spent his life fighting the Mughal government of India. In order to gain freedom, Khushhal Khan challenged the power of Aurangzeb Alamgir the Mughal emperor on multiple occasions although he failed to achieve independence from the Mughals.[1] Khushal Khan wrote many books in Pashto and Persian, of which ten are very popular.He died in Dambara in then Mughal empire and today's Pakistan.
- Afzal Khan Khattak, chief of the Khattak tribe, Pashto poet, and author of Tarikh-e-Morassa was the oldest son of Ashraf Khan. In 1672-73, Ashraf succeeded his father Khoshal Khan in the chieftaincy of the Khattak tribe.
- [ Master Khan Gul Khattak],(In 1912- 71) Born in karak village Mitha khel in British India was politician Journalist and asocial worker .He was elected for Members of National assembly From karak . He was Worker of Tehrik e Pakistan along with Allama mashriqi and was one of five close friend of Allama mashriqi & he was involved in awami league for long time as a vice president .Through his effort pashto language was included in the curriculum upto 5th class in Govt schools in KPK province of Pakistan
- Aslam Khattak, (April 5, 1908 – October 10, 2008), born in Karak, was an Pakistani politician and diplomat from KPK province. He served as Pakistani ambassador to Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Nominated to Zia ul-Haq Majlis-e-Shura he became a trusted political confidante of the Martial Law ruler.
- Yusuf Khattak, (18 November 1917 – 29 July 1991) A scion of one of the most influential families in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan, He was a son of Khan Bahadur Kuli Khan Khattak, and brother to former Governor Aslam Khattak, Lt Gen Habibullah Khan and Kulsom Saifullah Khan.
- Nasrullah Khan Khattak, (1928 - 2 November 2009) was an Pakistani politician from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. He was born in the village of Manki, Nowshera District Pakistan. Former Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Then N.W.F.P)
- Lt: General ObaidUllah Khan Khattak (18 Field) (Born: Lachi, Kohat) was a Pakistani General, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on 20 December 2013 when in Balochistan was serving as Inspector General of the Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps force. He served as IG Arms-GHQ Rawalpindi, Commander Army Strategic Force, GOC Kharian, IGFC Balochistan.He was appointed to the Commander Army Strategic Force due to his extensive experiences in the restive province of Balochistan. He dealt with the hostile elements and militancy in the province via strategic implications which could detach the province from Pakistan.
- Dr. GM Khattak (1924-2012) Dr. GM Khattak belonged to a respectable family of Lachi, Kohat. He joined Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar, in 1952 & obtained MS (1966) & PhD (1967) in Forestry from Michigan State University, USA.
He was appointed as Vice Chancellor, University of Peshawar (1975-1976). He Served as Chief Conservator of Forest & was raised to the position of Director General. He continued serving as such until 1981. He was appointed as Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, for two terms, i.e., 1981–1983 & 1985–1989. In between (1983-85), he served as Chairman, University Grants Commission of Pakistan. During his second term as Vice Chancellor of University of Agriculture, in 1986 he earned the mega-project TIPAN (Transformation & Integration of Provincial Agricultural Network), jointly sponsored by USAID and Government of Pakistan. In addition to the huge infrastructure development, more than 120 scientists were sent to US for PhD and MS degrees & 9 text books on various subjects of agricultural sciences were published under TIPAN. Dr. Khattak was also engaged for many years (1998-2012) as a Consultant, Sustainable Development of Renewable Resources. As Advisor IUCN, he framed the ‘Sarhad Conservation Strategy’. Additionally, he remained a member of the governing bodies of many institutions. He was elected to Fellowship of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 1977. His services for higher education, natural sciences (especially Forestry) & environmental conservation were acknowledged by the Government of Pakistan through the award of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2001).
- Ajmal Khattak, (born 15 September 1925, died 7 February 2010) in Akora Khattak was an Pakistani politician, writer, Pashto poet, Khudai Khidmatgar, former President of Awami National Party.
- Alam Khattak, Lieutenant General Muhammad Alam Khattak, HI (M), TBT, is a Pakistani Army general who is presently the Commander Southern Command based at Quetta. He took over the command in October 2011 after staying as Chief of Logistics Staff at the Army headquarters for two years. Khattak was previously in charge of the Frontier Corps as its Inspector-General.
- Habibullah Khan Khattak, Lieutenant General Habibullah Khan Khattak (October 17, 1913 – 1994) was a Lieutenant General in Pak Army.
- Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, born June 5, 1950, in the city of Karak Pakistan, is a civilian intelligence officer and the first and former director general of the Intelligence Bureau (I.B).
- Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, born in Karak Pakistan Lieutenant General Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, is a Pakistani, senior retired three-star general and military strategist who was a former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Commander X Corps (Rawalpindi) and Director General Military Intelligence of the Pakistan Army.
- Ghulam Faruque Khan (1899–1990) was a dynamic bureaucrat, politician, and industrialist of Pakistan. He belonged to the village Shaidu (Khan Khel) in Nowshera District. His contribution to Pakistan's industrial development he is sometimes described as "The Goliath who Industrialized Pakistan".
- Pareshan Khattak, (b. 10 December 1931 - d. 16 April 2009) from Karak Pakistan. His real name was Graham Jan Khattak and he was a former Vice-Chancellor, Pashto poet and writer and former Chairman University Grants Commission of Pakistan. His books titled “Pukhtana Kochay,” “Dozakhi Pakhto,” “Drana Pukhtana,” “Khyber,” “Iteraff,” and “Aziza Meena” are popular reads in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Afrasiab Khattak, (b. 2 October 1951) is a retired Pakistani Senator and a senior politician, remained the head of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan twice. Has played an important role in amending the constitution during 18th amendment in 2010. An intellectual, a poet and humble, down-to-earth politician from District Kohat, Pakistan, Afrasiab Khattak spent all his life for the supremacy of the constitution and championing in human rights in Pakistan.
- Pervez Khattak, (b.1 January 1950) 22nd Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan and current Minister of Defence of Pakistan
- Muhammad Ishaq Khattak, was a Pakistani engineer, philanthropist and politician who served as caretaker Provincial Minister for Communication and Works, Information Technology, Transport, Auqaf, Hajj & Minorities affairs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the year 2013.
- Meer zaman (1911)was the Islamic person who live in the small village of noshehra jabba khattak and he have sex son and the most brave is gull Rahman
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