Related Research Articles
Osama bin Laden was a Saudi Arabian–born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, Bin Laden participated in the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet Union, and supported the Bosnian mujahideen during the Yugoslav Wars. Opposed to the United States' foreign policy in the Middle East, Bin Laden declared war on the U.S. in 1996 and advocated attacks targeting US assets in various countries, and supervised the execution of September 11 attacks inside the U.S. in 2001.
The Baloch or Baluch are a nomadic, pastoral, ethnic group which speaks the Western Iranic Balochi language and is native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There are also Baloch diaspora communities in neighbouring regions, including in Central Asia, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Asif Ali Zardari is a Pakistani politician who became the 14th president of Pakistan on 10 March 2024, having held the same office from 2008 to 2013. He is the president of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party from December 2007 until December 2015.
Mansoor Ijaz is a Pakistani-American venture financier and hedge-fund manager. He is founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management Ltd, a New York and London-based investment firm that operates CARAT, a proprietary trading system developed by Ijaz in the late 1980s. His venture investments included unsuccessful efforts in 2013 to acquire a stake in Lotus F1, a Formula One team. In the 1990s, Ijaz and his companies were contributors to Democratic Party institutions as well as the presidential candidacies of Bill Clinton.
The Gabol is a Baloch tribe having a distinct identity through the centuries.
The Mehsud Wazir or Maseed is a Karlani Pashtun tribe inhabiting mostly the South Waziristan Agency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Baranzai are a Baloch tribe who live in Sistan and Baluchestan province. Mir Dost Mohammad Khan Baloch was a member of the tribe who ruled Western Balochistan till 1928.
The Balochs of Sindh, is a community of Sindhi-speaking Baloch tribes living throughout the Sindh province of Pakistan.
The Baloch diaspora refers to Baloch people, and their descendants, who have immigrated to places outside the Balochistan region of South-West Asia – a region stretching from southwestern Pakistan to southeastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. The Baloch diaspora is found throughout the Middle East, South Asia, Oman, Turkmenistan, East Africa, Europe, North America and in other parts of the world.
Mahar is a Sindhi Sammat tribe found in Sindh and Punjab, Pakistan. and Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.
The Kehar is a Sindhi Rajput tribe of Sindh. Kehar people are settled in the districts of Karachi, Larkana, Shikarpur, Torband, rahmat faqeer kehar Jacobabad, Pir Jo Goth and Khairpur in Sindh. The Kehar are also considered a clan of the Abro tribe.
The Battle of Halani was fought in 1783 between the Baloch tribe of Talpurs and the Kalhoro Dyansty near Halani village for the control of the Sindh region, in modern-day Pakistan. The Talpurs, led by Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur, won the battle over Mian Abdul Nabi Kalhoro of the Kalhora dynasty, and established the Talpur dynasty.
Chachar or Chacher is a Sindhi Sammat agricultural tribe. They are found in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. They are considered fierce fighters.
The Theba or Thebo is a Sindhi Sammat Muslim tribe found in the province of Sindh in Pakistan and in the state of Gujarat in India. They are one of a number of communities of pastoral nomads found in the Banni region of Kutch. The tribe is also known as Thebo, especially in Sindh.
The memogate controversy revolves around a memorandum ostensibly seeking help of the Obama administration in the wake of the Osama bin Laden raid to avert a military takeover of the civilian government in Pakistan, as well as assisting in a civilian takeover of the government and military apparatus. The memo was delivered in May 2011; Mansoor Ijaz wrote a Financial Times article in October 2011 bringing initial public attention to the affair. The memo, which at first was questioned to even exist, was published in November, leading to the resignation of Ambassador Haqqani and the continuing Pakistani Supreme Court investigation.
Dr. Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan is an academic in political science, a medical practitioner, and a pilot.
Al-Balushi is a surname common in Arab states of the Persian Gulf mainly derived from the term Balochi, typically denoting Baloch ancestry from Balochistan.
Zutt Rebellion was a rebellion by the Zutt (Jats) Who were inhabitants of lower Indus Valley (Pakistan), between 810 and 835 in Iraq during the reign of al-Ma'mun and continued to the era of al-Mu'tasim.
The Unar is a Sindhi Sammat tribe, they were the rulers of Sindh under the leadership of Jam Unar in 1351 AD. They are an influential family in northern Sindh and are the in the politics. They are living in Larkana, Shikarpur and Jacobabad districts of Sindh.
References
- ↑ Verkaaik, Oskar (11 April 2004). Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan. Princeton University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-691-11709-6.
- ↑ Nehayan, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al (22 February 2016). Karachi in the Twenty-First Century: Political, Social, Economic and Security Dimensions. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-8934-6.
- ↑ "Dastar bandi: Zardari takes over as chief of his own tribe". The Express Tribune. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ↑ Nahyan, Mansoor Bin Tahnoon Al; Hussain, Jamal; Ghafoor, Asad ul (9 May 2019). Tribes of Pakistan. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-3439-1.
 | This article about a Pakistani ethnicity is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about an ethnic group in Asia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |