Family Background and Ethnicity
He hails from a principal Arain family of the Punjab, Arain is a big agriculturel caste. The family has a reputation of repelling authority and was instrumental in fighting against the Sikhs and later the British. His uncle, Sardar Muhammad Hussain, remained a member of parliament pre- and post-partition and pioneered the advent of the Pakistan Muslim League in Central Punjab. His father, Sardar Ahmad Ali, who also remained a member of parliament throughout his career, and Sardar Muhammad Hussain led regional movements against the Unionist Party, which was patronised by the British. The first mammoth public rally for and on behalf of the Muslim League under Muhammad Ali Jinnah was held near his ancestral village, Ganja Kalan, at Kasur, Punjab. As a result of the partition, the family lost vast tracts of agricultural land near the Satluj River, Kasur. As he belongs to the Arain tribe, his ancestry goes back to a prominent family of the famous Arab tribe Banu Tamim. The family is considered as the chief family of the influential Arains. They are related to the Mian family of Burj Jeway Khan (near Okara) and the Daula family of Dipalpur.
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