Hafizabad - Famous Families of Hafizabad

Famous Families of Hafizabad

The prominent families are Jandrans, Awans, Kharal, Arain,Tarars,Bhattis,Mohals,Supra,Mughals,Malik and Cheemas who are the largest industrialists and land owners in Hafizabad. Politics is mainly controlled by the Tarars, Arains and Bhattis.

Jandrans: This is most respectable and educated family of Hafizabad as Muhammad Hussain Sufi remained home sectary of Pakistan during his last days and chairman of Pakistan Civil services after being retied from civil services. Jandrans basically belongs to jat tribe and their ancestors were migrated from Afghanistan and they are mostly in the village KOT ISHAQ near kolo tarar and vanikay tarar. Jandrans own large part of kot ishaq. there is a non profitable institute in kot ishaq by jandran family founder of that school is Mr pervez hussain sufi son of late M.hussain Sufi.Mr pervez hussain sufi, Mian Javaid Ahmed, Mian Khizar Hayat and Mian Zafarullah are famous personalities in this family.

Awans are considered most respectable people and they are mainly affiliated with agriculture.However, there are many military officers, lawyers,doctors, engineers and businessmen from this tribe. There are few names like Col(r) Ali Ahmed Awan (First District Nazim), Late. Malik Fazal Hussain Awan (ex MNA) and Malik Wazir (ex MPA) who remained prominent on political horizon of Hafizabad. Among all Col(r) Ali Ahmed Awan earned a very good name with regards to his honesty and dedication to public service.

Bhattis; Bhatti basically is a rajput tribe and it originates from bhatner (rajputna) the main profession of the bhatti tribe is agriculture and bhattis own a large part of the agricultural land in the area bhattis are settled in both of the tehsils of the district but the bhattis from the Rajput clan live in the tehsil of pindi bhattian. Centuries ago bhattis came to this area and settled soon they were able to control some parts of the area and as the time passed they became the rulers of pindi bhattain and Sandal Bar. Bhattis also had a tussle with the mughal emperor akbar when a young man Dulla Bhatti from bhatti clan refused to kneel in front of him, he also fought a battle against the mughals and finally he was captured and hanged in lahore.

[[Kharal:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs. They were Kshatriya of Himalaya originally. They are from the generation of the popular Raja of Neshapur, Raja Karan. Kharal was grand son of Raja Karan of the Mahabharata. One of the off springs Bhopa, Raja Karan's son, left Neshapur and migrated to Punjab and reached to Uch Sharif with his son Kharal in the 13th century, where he and his son were inspired by the preachings of Makhdoom Jalal-ud-Din Jahanian and converted to Islam with their clan. Kharal has 12 sons. From Uch Sharif, the Kharal generation spread over the countryside around the River Ravi called the Sandal Bar (Urdu: ساندل بار), is a region between the rivers Chenab and Ravi in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the Rechna Doab. It spreads over almost 80 km in width (west to east) and 40 km in length (north to south). "Bar", in the local language, means a forested area where there are no resources for cultivation, like water. This Bar is named after Saandal, thought to be the grandfather of the legendary Punjabi hero, Dulla Bhatti. Almost all the area of this bar used to be part Jhang District, but nowadays it is divided between the districts of Faisalabad, Jhang, Kamalia, Toba Tek Singh and Nankana Sahib. Kharal are considered as the famous land lords or feudal lords of their respective areas. Kharal are one of the most wealthy, respectable and famous caste. Nowadays Kharal are known as highly educated and well developed tribe. They were the well known Agriculturist of their respective areas. The hero of the romantic poem Mirza Sahiban, Mirza Khan, was a Kharal and is known as Mirza Jat throughout the Punjab region. GR Khan Veroana Kharal is also very famous personality from this tribe also Rai Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal shaheed a great freedom fighter against British rule. With the passsage of time,different tribes of Kharal moves around The Pakistan, They also came in Area of Hafizabad District. They moved here almost three-and-a-half to four centuries ago.

Tarars: Tarar is basically a rajput tribe but historically it is known as a gotra of Jatts which has been further confirmed by the intermarriages with other Jatt clans. Centuries ago, this tribe migrated from Rajistan (Rajputana) to this area due to the invasion of Mahmud Ghaznavi and spread on both sides of River Chenab, present day district Mandi Bahauddin and Hafizabad. In district Hafizabad, the Tarars are agriculturists by profession and hold a major part of agricultural land in this area. The Taras had to face the attack of Shehanshah Akbar’s soldiers. But later on, Shehanshah Jahangir relaxed and facilitated the tribe. This tribe was also attacked by Mahraja Ranjeet Singh and his father Sardar Maha Singh which resulted in losses of lives and destruction. Tarars are representing this area in politics and bureaucracy. Nowadays, Saira Afzal Tarar is the member of National Assembly. The famous villages are Jalalpur Bhattain ,Kolo Tarar, Rasoolpur Tarar,

The known personalities are Honourable late Muhammad Hussain Sufi, Pervez Hussain Sufi, Col (r) Ali Ahmed Awan, Malik Muhammad Yousaf, Attaullah Tarar, Mian Saifullah Tarar, Ch. Afzal Hussain Tarar, Ch Muhammad Hanif (Late), Malik Muhammad Nazir, Maj (r) Hasan Raza Awan, Ch Muhammad Zubair. Ch. Mehdi Hassan Bhatti is known political personality resident of burj dara. Malik fayaz Ahmad aawan mpa PP_105 resident of Ghari awan. Ch M Asadullah MPA PP-106 resident of Jalalpur Bhattain are main personalities.