List of Chitrali people

Last updated September 06, 2025

The following is a list of notable Chitrali people (also known as Kho people),^[1]^[2] an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group ^[3] native to Chitral, Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Pakistan.^[4]

Activists

Masood ul-Mulk, a Pakistani expert on humanitarian aid and a development practitioner.

Authors

Muhammad Ghufran (1857-1926), a prominent Scholar, historiographer and poet from Chitral.
Muhammad Siyar (1770-1840), a Chitrali poet and court chronicler who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Military

Burhan-ud-Din (1914–1996), a veteran of the Indian National Army.

Performing art and media

Sana Yousaf (2008-2025), Pakistani social media influencer.

Politicians

Abdul Akbar Chitrali, a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.
Bibi Fozia, a Pakistani politician, who has served as a member of the 10th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Falak Naz, a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 2021.
Rahima Naz, a Pakistani poet of Urdu and the Khowar languages.
Saleem Khan, a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from 2008 to May 2018.
Shahzada Mohiuddin (1938-2022), a Pakistani politician, a Federal and Provincial Minister, and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin, a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.
Zainul Abideen, a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and was affiliated with PPP.
Jafar Ali Shah, a politician from Chitral.

Royalty

Afzal ul-Mulk, the Mehtar (ruler) of the princely state of Chitral
Amir ul-Mulq (1877-1923), the Mehtar (ruler) of the princely state of Chitral.
Muzaffar ul-Mulk (1901-1949), the Mehtar of Chitral who reigned from 1943 to 1949.
Nasir ul-Mulk (1887-1943)
Sher Afzal (1841-1923)
Shuja ul-Mulk (1881-1936), the Mehtar of the State of Chitral, who reigned it for 41 years until his death in 1936.
Aman ul-Mulk (1821–1892), the Mehtar of Chitral, Ghizer, Yasen and Ishkoman and Suzerain of Kafiristan.

Sportpersons

Association football

Cricket

Muhammad Musa

References

↑ Olson, James Stuart (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-313-28853-1. The Kho people are the most important ethnic group in the Chitral region of northern Pakistan. They are an Indo-Aryan people who are Muslims, primarily Sunnis of the Hanafi tradition.
↑ O'Leary, Clare F.; Rensch, Calvin Ross; Decker, Sandra J. (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Languages of Chitral. National Institute of Pakistan /* Location and demographics */ at Quaid-i-Azam University. p. 22.
↑ Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (16 May 2013). Islamic Reform in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-107-27667-3.
↑ "Khowar". Ethnologue.

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[1] Olson, James Stuart (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-313-28853-1. The Kho people are the most important ethnic group in the Chitral region of northern Pakistan. They are an Indo-Aryan people who are Muslims, primarily Sunnis of the Hanafi tradition.

[O'LearyRensch1992-2] O'Leary, Clare F.; Rensch, Calvin Ross; Decker, Sandra J. (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Languages of Chitral. National Institute of Pakistan /* Location and demographics */ at Quaid-i-Azam University. p. 22.

[:1-3] Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (16 May 2013). Islamic Reform in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-107-27667-3.

[4] "Khowar". Ethnologue.

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