The Niazi (Pashto: نيازي, Urdu/Persian: نیازی‎; Niāzī; IPA: [niːˈɑːziː]), or Niyazi, is a Pashtun Afghan tribe living in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey. The name "Niazi" is derived from Niazai, having the suffix zai (meaning "son of") like the names of other Pashtun tribes, such as Yusufzai and Orakzai.
iazi (Urdu: نیازی ) is a famous Pashtun tribe with a rich history and culture. The family head of the Niazi tribe was known as Ibrahim. The Niazi tribe belongs to the pashtun Khan tribe. The word Niazi is derived from the word Niazai like the other forms of Pashtun tribes, for example Kakayzai and Baburzai. In the Pashtun tribe hierarchy, the Niazi tribe is on the highest level. Due to that fact, Niazi people only marry people from their own tribe or other “high rated” tribes like Mohmand or Suri. The Mughal emperor Babur wrote in his book about the Niazi tribe being settled in Mianwali near the Indus river, so this confirms that the Niazi tribes started migrating to Mianwali from Afghanistan before Mughal rule. Mahmud of Ghazni is said to have ravaged the upper half of the district together with Bannu, expelling its Hindu inhabitants and reducing the country to a desert. Hence there was no one left capable of opposing the settlement of immigrant tribes from across the border. The series of Afghan immigrations into Bannu took place in the following order: (1) The Bannuchis, who about five hundred years ago displaced two small tribes of Mangals and Hannis, of whom little is known as well as a settlement of Khataks, from the then marshy but fertile country on either bank of the Kurram. (2)The Niazis, who some hundred and fifty years later spread from Tank over the plain now called Marwat, then sparsely inhabited by pastoral Jats. (3)The Marwats, a younger branch of the same tribe, who within one hundred years of the Niazi colonization of Marwat, followed in their wake, and drove them farther eastward into the areas now known as Isa Khel and Mianwali, the former of which the Niazis occupied after expelling the Awans they found there, and reducing the miscellaneous Jat inhabitants to quasi serfdom. Niazi people in Pakistan currently live mainly in the Mianwali and a few in Bhakkar districts of Punjab, Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Kohat (togh sarai) districts of North-West Frontier Province. However, a large minority of the Niazi tribe still lives in many parts of Afghanistan, mainly in Qalaye Niazi, Gardez, Paktia province. Some Niazis have also settled in Karachi and other cities such as Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Gujrat. They can be found in nearly every part of the Pakistani Punjab. Niazis also live in Turkey and Indian cities like Bombay and Delhi. Before 1947s partition, thousands of Niazis lived in Amritsar, Jhalandar, Hoshyapur and other cities of the Indian Punjab. Nearly all migrated to the Pakistani Punjab. There are many Niazis in England, Canada and other countries in the western world in the diaspora. In England the members are well integrated and successful in politics and business although in Birmingham, tribe members are well known for organised crime. Niazis living in Afghanistan only speak Pushto, as for the one’s living in Pakistan speak mostly Punjabi or the Mianwali form of Seraiki dialect which is influenced by Pashto and Hindko. Niazis (famous for their bravery and enmities) strictly observe Pashtunwali, the Pashtun code of honour. The Niazi tribe is an influential player in the politics of Pakistan especially Punjab. The Niazi tribe is divided into various sub-tribes and most Niazis have settled in Mianwali which has three tehsils: Mianwali, Isa Khel and Piplan. The major sub-tribes of Niazis are Isa Khel, Watta Khel, Balo Khel, Taja Khel, Bori Khel, Samand Khel, Punnu Khel, Pai Khel, Sherman Khel, Khanki Khel, Kharotha Khel, Zaday Khel, Musa Khel, Abba Khel. Each major sub-tribe has many minor sub tribes named after the famous personalities and elders of the tribe. Each subtribe is seen with the same respect.
Those are his people alright. Will the Punjabi establishment tolerate a Pathan leader as head of state?
dear NAWZ SHAREEF , MR GILANI and many before them are tolerated by PAKISTANIS ,
then what's the prob with IMRAN KHAN who is national hero
