Hindko is a cover term for a diverse group of Western Punjabi dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
Mansehra District is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Mansehra city serves as the headquarters of the district.
Balakot Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Balakot is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns that was devastated in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake with around 80% of the buildings there destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors.
Mansehra is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the headquarters of Mansehra District. It is the 71st largest city in Pakistan by population and the 7th largest city in the province.
Hazara is a region in northern Pakistan, falling administratively within Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is dominated mainly by the Hindko speaking Hazarewal people, who make up the many native ethnic groups of the region and often called the "Hazarewal".
Allai is a tehsil of Allai District in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. It is home to the Allai Valley and district headquarters. Prince Muhammad Nawaz Khan Swati is the current "Chief of Allai Valley".
Hindkowans, also known as the Hindki, is a contemporary designation for speakers of Indo-Aryan languages who live among the neighbouring Pashtuns, particularly the speakers of various Hindko dialects of Western Punjabi (Lahnda). The origins of the term refer merely to the speakers of Indo-Aryan languages rather than to any particular ethnic group. The term is not only applied to several forms of "Northern Lahnda" but also to the Saraiki dialects of the districts of Dera Ghazi Khan, Mianwali, and Dera Ismail Khan, which border the southern Pashto-speaking areas.
Karnol is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 797 metres (2618 feet) lying in the south east of the district near to Abbottabad and the Kashmir frontier and lies in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Ameer-Ullah Khan the elder son of Habibullah Khan I and grandson of Sa'adat Khan who was the first ruler of pakhli (1762-1780) under Durrani Empire & nominal Chief of Swatis founded this village.
Hazarewals or Hazarawals also known as Hazara is term used for the multi-ethnic community belonging to the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Chaudhary Aslam Khan Swati was a Pakistani police officer. From 2005 to 2014 Aslam arrested and killed terrorists, gangwar-criminals, target killers and extortionists belonging to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), TMP, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). On 9 January 2014, he was killed in a bomb blast carried out by the TTP.
Muhammad Safdar Awan is a Pakistani politician and retired Pakistan Army officer who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2008 to May 2018.
Baffa Pakhal is the fourth tehsil of Mansehra District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. . The capital of Baffa pakhal is Baffa. Baffa Pakhal has at least 15 union councils, some of which are Dodial, Shinkiari, Suma Allimung, Schain, Jabar Daveli, Ichrian, Ail, Tanda, Baffa, Anayatabad, Hilkot, Tarangri Sabir Shah and Bhogarmang. Main language of the tehsil is Pashto followed by Hindko. Majority of lands in all Union Councils of Baffa Pakhal belongs to 8 families of Gabri Swatis.
Sardar Zahoor Ahmad is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from May 2013 to May 2018.
Babar Saleem Khan Swati is a Pakistani politician and landlord who is the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 29 February 2024. He is member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the constituency PK -37 Mansehra -II. Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly from 2018 to 2022 and served as Advisor to the Chief Minister on Home and Tribal Affairs from October 2022 till January 2023. He belongs to the Jehangiri family within the Swati tribe of Mansehra.
Sultan Awais Gibari Swati(سلطان اویس گبری سواتی) also known as Sultan Awais Jahangiri was the last king of Sultanate of Swat from 1490 to 1519 belonging to the royal "House of Pakhal" whose rule was overthrown by his brother-in-law Malak Ahmad Khan Yousafzai in a series of battles for the 12 years.
Sultan Pakhal Gibari I was a legendary conqueror, warlord, chief of Swati tribe and forefather of Deshrai family, who founded the Sultanate of Swat with capital as Mangalwar. It was strongest of the several states in the region, encompassing whole of Malakand, Buner, Swat and Dir valleys, as well as divisions of Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan and Hazara during 12th and 16th centuries.
Habibullah Khan Swati II also known as Habibullah Khan The Second is a Pakistani politician, 11th "Khan of Garhi Habibullah Khan", 8th honoury "Nawab of Neelishang-Rajdahani tribal territory" and 14th Chief of Swati tribe after the re-conquest of Pakhli by Swatis.
