Gujjars- The cream of our society

Gujjars- The cream of our society


Posted on 17/08/2014 by Dailyexcelsior


Om Saraf

Gujjars have always struck me as the most fascinating people around us-a distinct ethnic entity with rich historic and cultural background, an utterly self-reliant community, a perfect example of a sound mind in a sound body. Let me confess it is a profound problem for me to consider them backward in any sense of the word. I may prove it up to the hilt that not a few so-called forward-looking people deserve this epithet rather more aptly. Seen in a larger context of familiar economic indicators, the self employed Gujjars are in no way responsible for the economic backwardness of Jammu and Kashmir State.

So far as our all embracing backwardness is concerned, again, the real culprit are the people belonging to other communities who consume most of the resource and produce most of the perpetrators of major and minor crimes in the society. Blinded by wealth acquired by means more foul rather than fair and using education simply to sharpen their criminal wits, they feel no qualms of conscience to organize murders, decoities, gang rapes, adulterations, black markets and what not. No wonder our hospitals are full of patients belonging to those classes. I have scarcely come across a Gujjar male or female begging, borrowing or stealing. He is occasionally accused of selling adulterated milk. I have surveyed the problem in some detail and found out that the Gujjars are often made to be part of such unethical practices.

There have been times when other communities in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh have been in a state of frenzy and provoked to indulge in diabolical activities. But the Gujjars never. I can recall of no occasion when the Gujjars have collectively taken to the path of insanity. At any rate, they can’t think of harming any non Gujjar. Even at the hands of a callous establishment they prefer to continue to suffer silently. They are perhaps the only lot of people without a traditional beggar amongst them. Such deep-rooted is their commitment to peaceful and self-reliant way of life. Mutual litigation is of course their one minus point but even the moon is not without its spots.

No community can beat the Gujjars in treating their womenfolk so well. I have many non-Gujjar friends whose faith in women emancipation is unquestioned but, alas, only on a theoretical level. When it comes to translating their thinking in concrete action, they are found wanting with some thing always going wrong somewhere. The degree of equality of sex in operation amongst the Gujjars is not to be seen elsewhere. No wonder they are the healthiest limb of our society. I have yet to encounter a mental case in the community eventhough more and more Gujjars now appear to be going in for so-called modern life. It is for the Gujjar leaders to strike a golden mean in the tussel “tradition versus modernity” well in time before they become as rootless as most of us.

What strikes me particularly about the Gujjars is their cosmopolitan character. They are truly the citizens of the world. Local, regional and even national divisions have failed to affect their typical ethos. They may even belong to different religions (most of them are Hindus outside J&K) but bigotry is foreign to their blood. Their universal status must not be taken as an aspersion on their loyalty to the motherland. Let me say with all the strength at my command that they breathe patriotism and when it comes to the defence of the land of their birth, they are in the forefront of resistance. Nothing hurts them more than the vandalism of their environment of which they consider themselves an inalienable part. Ecological security is their very heart and soul and not something to be fashionable about. There are no statistics available on the point but I am convinced that betrayal may be a good pastime for mammonists in other communities but not the Gujjars who always love to live by the sweat of their brow.

The Gujjars have a keen practical sense leaving little time for them for any complicated mischievous or dangerous designing. They have their feet firmly on the ground. I am reminded of a global organization zealously working for spreading the message of “being rather than becoming.” The total membership of the world body is less than a couple of thousands. Here is a large sized community of Gujjars each one of whom whether male or female, young or old go about several routines rather effortlessly in peace within and without in complete harmony with the surrounding like the potters wheel which looks absolutely calm after attaining the maximum speed. I can’t think of a better example of being rather than becoming.

Years ago before 1947 Chowdhary Mohd. Din Barnalvi who enjoyed good reputation as a junior police official brought out a weekly newspaper Al-Insan after retirement. Like the universal name of his paper, his balanced and well written editorial comments impressed me much. We soon became good friends. He would insist that ‘Gujjar’ is a derivative of Gao-char and that Gujjars belong to the fraternity of Gopal (Lord Krishna). Neither a linguist nor a historian of sort I am not in a position to vouchsafe Barnalvi’s assertion. This was nevertheless my first impression how a Gujjar would seek to be at the best of terms with the fellow-human beings. Nothing has since happened to chance my perception in this behalf.

These rosy features of the Gujjar life are, however, not without thorny bushes of their own if one may say so. They may not be backward according to my way of thinking but I must say that they have been ill-awarded so far by powers-that-be. Their inclusion in the scheduled castes list is admittedly a step in the right direction. But where is the matching follow-up action? Not even a fraction of the Gujjar calibre and capacity has been yet pressed into service for our broader socio-economic advancement. In fact, no solid social gains can be achieved without the active cooperation of such an accomplished and valiant community of patriots. Let the Gujjar youth be involved in the service of humanity in a big way. Powerful subversive agencies are working overtime to destroy this beautiful region which is now gasping for breath. Let us re-arrange our priorities and make a purposeful beginning by using the talents and energies of the Gujjars in a sensibly conceived road-map of development which may bring glory to them and others alike.

Conflict between the Rashtrakutas, Gurjara Pratihara and Palas | Indian History

Conflict between the Rashtrakutas, Gurjara Pratihara and Palas | Indian History
by Puja Mondal


Did the regular conflict between the Rashtrakutas, Gurjara Pratihara and Palas create a political vacuum in northern India which facilitated the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni? Read this article to get the answer!

By the middle of the 10th century India witnessed the decay of three of the most powerful states which had dominated east, north and central India during the two preceding centuries.

These were the Pala Empire with its capital at Mongyr, the Gurjara Pratihara Empire with its capital at Kanauj and the Rashtrakuta Empire with its capital at Manyakhet.

The Pala Empire was founded by the elected ruler Gopal in 750. He was succeeded by his son Dharmapala who raised the pala Kingdom to greatness. Soon after his accession Dharmapala was involved in a struggle with the two main powers the Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas. The Pratihara ruler Vastaraja defeated Dharmapala in a battle which took place in the Gangetic Doab. But before Vastraja could reap the fruits of victory, he was defeated by the Rashtrakuta king Dhruva. Thereafter Dhruva defeated Dharmapala and a little later left for the Deccan.

Despite these reverses, Dharmapala gained more than what he had anticipated. With the defeat of the Pratihara power and the retreat of the Rashtrakutas, Dharmapala could dream of building up a mighty empire. Dharmapala installed Chakrayudha on the throne of Kanauj. But it was soon challenged by his Pratihara adversary, Nagabhatta II, who conquered Kanauj and drove away Dharmapla’s protege Chakrayudha.

Struggle for supremacy between the two rivals became inevitable; The Pratihara ruler advanced up to Mongyr and defeated Dharmapala in a pitched battle. But Dharmapala was rescued by the timely intervention of the Rashtrakuta king Govinda III to whom he might have appealed for aid. The power of the palas is attested, to by an Arab merchant Sulaiman who visited India in the middle of the 9th Century. He says that the pala ruler was at war with his neighbours, the Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas, but his troops were more numerous than his adversaries.

The object of political ambition at that time was to conquer and hold the city of Kanauj, which had become a symbol of imperial power perhaps owing to its connection with Harsha and with Yashovarman, who maintained this status for the city. It became a bone of contention between these three powers and much of their military activity of these powers was directed towards its conquest.

Control of Kanauj also implied control of the upper Gangetic valley and its rich resources in trade and agriculture. In addition, the palas and the Pratiharas clashed with each other for the control of the area extending from Benaras to south Bihar which again had rich resources and well developed traditions. The Pratiharas clashed with the Rashtrakutas also. Gujarat and Malwa was the bone of contention between them.

The Gurjara Pratihara Empire extended from the foothills of the Himalyas to Ujjain in the south and from Gujarat in the west to Mongyr in the east. Bhoja, the real founder of the Gurjara Pratihara Empire, tried to extend his sway in the east, but he was defeated and checkmated by the Pala ruler, Devapala.

He then turned towards central India and the Deccan and Gujarat. This led to the revival of the struggle with the Rashtrakutas. In a battle on the bank of the Narmada, Bhoja was able to retain his control over considerable parts of Malwa, and some parts of Gujarat.

Between 915 and 918 the Rashtrakuta king Indra III attacked Kanauj and devastated the city. This weekend the Pratihara Empire, and probably passed into the hands of the Rashtrakutas, for al Masudi says that the Pratihara Empire had no access to the sea. The loss of Gujarat, which was hub of the overseas trade and main outlet for north Indian goods to the west Asian countries, was another blow to the pratiharas. Another Rashtrakut ruler, Krishna III, invaded north India in about 963 and defeated the Pratihara ruler. This was followed by the rapid dissolution of the Pratihara Empire.

The rivalry between them was self destroying. This was to exhaust all three of them leaving the field open to their feudatories, which resulted in the founding of small regional kingdoms all over Northen India. Al Masudi, who visited Kanauj in the early tenth century, wrote that the king of Kanauj kept a large army and was surrounded by smaller kings always ready to go to war.

A hundred years later the Pratiharas were no longer a power in northern India. The Turkish army sacked kanauj in 1018 and this virtually ended the Pratihara rule. In the western Deccan, the Rashtrakutas as had been supplanted by later Chalukyas.

The almost simultaneous decline of the three rival powers, the Pratiharas, palas and Rashtrakutas, was most surprising. Their strength was closely matched and depended on large well organized armies. Sources of revenue to maintain this army were similar and excessive pressure on these sources was found to produce the same result.

The continued conflict over the possession of Kanauj diverted attention from their feudatories, who succeeded in making themselves independent. The subordination of feudatories and invasion from the north -west and the south destroyed what little had remained of political unity of northern India.

On the periphery of what had been the three major kingdoms, there had arisen a number of small states. The most prominent among them were the Chauhans of Sakambari, the Paramaras of Malwa and the Chalukyas of Gujarat. These in turn had many feudatories which sometimes helped their overlords but more often aspired to become independent.

Reference http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/history/conflict-between-the-rashtrakutas-gurjara-pratihara-and-palas-indian-history/4467/

Battle of Rajasthan

Battle of Rajasthan

Junaid, the successor of Qasim, finally subdued the Hindu resistance within Sindh. Taking advantage of the conditions in Western India, which at that time was covered with several small states, Junaid led a large army into the region in early 738 CE. Dividing this force into two he plundered several cities in southern Rajasthan, western Malwa, and Gujarat.

Indian inscriptions confirm this invasion but record the Arab success only against the smaller states in Gujarat. They also record the defeat of the Arabs at two places. The southern army moving south into Gujarat was repulsed at Navsari by the south Indian Emperor Vikramaditya II of the Chalukya dynasty and Rashtrakutas. The army that went east, after sacking several places, reached Avanti whose ruler Nagabhata (Gurjar-Pratihara) trounced the invaders and forced them to flee. After his victory Nagabhata took advantage of the disturbed conditions to acquire control over the numerous small states up to the border of Sindh.

Junaid probably died from the wounds inflicted in the battle with the Gurjar-Pratihara. His successor Tamin organized a fresh army and attempted to avenge Junaid’s defeat towards the close of the year 738 CE. But this time Nagabhata], with his Chauhan and Guhilot feudatories, met the Muslim army before it could leave the borders of Sindh. The battle resulted in the complete rout of the Arabs who fled broken into Sindh with the Gurjar-Pratihara close behind them.

In the words of the Arab chronicler, a place of refuge to which the Muslims might flee was not to be found. The Arabs crossed over to the other side of the Indus River, abandoning all their lands to the victorious Hindus. The local chieftains took advantage of these conditions to re-establish their independence. Subsequently the Arabs constructed the city of Mansurah on the other side of the wide and deep Indus, which was safe from attack. This became their new capital in Sindh. Thus began the reign of the imperial Gurjar-Pratiharas.

In the Gwalior inscription, it is recorded that Gurjar-Pratihara emperor Nagabhata "crushed the large army of the powerful Mlechcha king." This large army consisted of cavalry, infantry, siege artillery, and probably a force of camels. Since Tamin was a new governor he had a force of Syrian cavalry from Damascus, local Arab contingents, converted Hindus of Sindh, and foreign mercenaries like the Turkics. All together the invading army may have had anywhere between 10–15,000 cavalry, 5000 infantry, and 2000 camels.

The Arab chronicler Sulaiman describes the army of the Pratiharas as it stood in 851 CE, "The ruler of Gurjars maintains numerous forces and no other Indian prince has so fine a cavalry. He is unfriendly to the Arabs, still he acknowledges that the king of the Arabs is the greatest of rulers. Among the princes of India there is no greater foe of the Islamic faith than he. He has got riches, and his camels and horses are numerous."[21]

At the time of the Battle of Rajasthan the Gurjar-Pratiharas had only just risen to power. In fact, Nagabhata was their first prominent ruler. But the composition of his army, which was predominantly cavalry, is clear from the description. There are other anecdotal references to the Indian rulers and commanders riding elephants to have a clear view of the battlefield. The infantry stood behind the elephants and the cavalry formed the wings and advanced guard.

At the time of the battle the Gurjar-Pratihara may have had up to 5,000 cavalry, while their Tomar, Guhilot and Chauhan feudatories may have had 2,000 horsemen each, added to which we may include infantry, camels, and elephants. So all told the Hindu and Muslim armies were evenly matched with the better cavalry in the former.

Pakistan Army ..............Gujjar Pakistani Soldiers

Pakistan Army ..............Gujjar Pakistani Soldiers

There are several Gujjar who served in the different core of Pakistan Army. They are un-countable number of Gujjar sons and daughters who served in Pakistan Armed Forces but in this list only those will be mentioned who reached the ranks of Generals, Air Chief Marshalland other respective higher ranks,

Major General Muzaffar-ud-Din, Governor of East Pakistan 1966 AD to 1968 AD.

Lt General (R)Sajjad Akram Ex Cor Commander Pakistan Army

Lt General Muzmal

Air Marshal Rahim Khan Commander in Chief Pakistan Air Force

Air Vice Marshal Asif Chauhan Additional Secretary Ministry of Defence Pakistan

Major General Muhammad Afzal Chaudhry (E & ME)

Flight Lt. Salman Mahmood Chaudhry (No. 27 Squadron Pakistan Air Force ............................................ ..... Air Marshal (R)Arshad Ch .............................................. Maj General(R) Javeed Iqbal .............................

Maj General(R) Liaquat Ali

........................ Maj General(R) Zia Ul Haq Noor ................ Maj General(R) Sardar M Khalid ........... Maj General(R) Dr M Anwer .......... Air Vice Marshal( R) Sardar Asif ............. Air Vice Marshal( R) Shahzad Ch .......... Air Vice Marshal( R) Saleem Arshad......... Air Marshal( R) M.Yousaf

List of Famous Gujjar and Bureaucrats

Great and Famous Gujjar 

Islamic Scholars 

• Mian Muhammad Bux R.A Saif ul Malook
• Khawaja Noor Muhmmad Muharvi 
• Ch Rahmat Ali Founder Pakistan National Movement & creator of  word Pakistan
• Movi Ghulam Rasool Punjabi Poet. Qissa Yousaf Zulikha 
• Mufti Muneeb ur rehman Chairman Pakistan Rowayat e Hilal Committee 
• Mufti Ismeal Gurganvi 
• Hafiz Muhammad Saeed President jamat ul dawa and Founder Falah Insaaniyat Foundation
• Allama Liaqat Hussain QTV TV
• Molana Qasim Nanatvi Deoband

Famous Gujjar Politicians, Bureaucrats and Social Workers

• Choudhary Rahmat Ali, a Gujjar of Gorsi goth who coined the name of Pakistan.
• Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry the Former President of Pakistan.
• Sardar Muhammad Yousaf,Former Distt. Nazim Mansehra 2001 - 2009 Federal Minister 2013 to ..
• Justice Supreme Court Justice Afzal Ijaz & chairman panama case bench 
• Dr Amjad Saqib Founder NGO Akhowat
• Ch Sultan Ahmad former advisor and agricultural minister (Late June 2017)
• Malik Sher Alam,Candidate for MPA PF-62, Mansehra
• Mian Wali Ur Rehman Khattana (decesed),Sajjada Nasheen Ghaneela Shareef,Former MPA PF-43 Mansehra,Former President PML (N) Distt. Mansehra,
• Mian Zia Ur Rehman,S/o Mian Wali ur Rehman,Sajjada Nasheen Ghaneela *Shareef,Former Nazim Union council satbani, Balakot, candidate for MPA
• Sardar Zahoor,Candidate for MPA PF-53, Mansehra since 1998
• Sardar Waqar Ul Mulk Advocate, Candidate for MPA, Adovocate High Court Abbottabad
• Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, ex-MLA United Punjab, MPA West Pakistan, MNA Pakistan, Member District Council Sialkot. Given the title of Khan Sahib by British Government ==(Shakargarh District Narowal)
• Chaudhry Idrees Taj, S/O Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, Member Majlis-e-shora Pakistan,of shakargarh
• Chaudhry Iftikhar Taj, S/o Chaudhry Abdul Rahim Ex. Vice Chairman District Council Narowal (Shakargarh District Narowal)
• Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, ex-MLA United Punjab, MPA West Pakistan, MNA Pakistan, Member District Council Sialkot. Given the title of Khan Sahib by British Government ==(Shakargarh District Narowal)
• Chaudhry Idrees Taj, S/O Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, Member Majlis-e-shora Pakistan,of shakargarh
• Chaudhry Iftikhar Taj, S/o Chaudhry Abdul Rahim Ex. Vice Chairman District Council Narowal (Shakargarh District Narowal)
• Chaudhry Ishfaq Taj, S/o Chaudhry Abdul Rahim Ex (MNA) (Shakargarh District Narowal)
• A. K. Khalid, ex-Member Board of Revenue, Punjab (Tehsil Kharian, Distt Gujrat). Author of The Agrarian History of Pakistan.
• Sahibzada Ishaq Zafar ,Former President and caretaker Prime Minister of Azad Jammu&Kashmir and President of PPP AJ&K,remained Senior Minister, Speaker and opposition leader in AJ&K assembly.
• Malik Fazal Din (Late)son of Malik Muhammad Suleman, famous businessman and zaminadar of Taxila, Pakistan. He has done extended work for gujjars especially the gujjars of Swat.
• Chaudhry Amir Hussain, the current Speaker of[National Assembly of Pakistan].
• Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Ex Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan son of Ch. Muhammad Iqbal.
• Dr. Naseem Ahmed, Advisor to President of Pakistan for Science&Technology.
• Chaudhry Anwar Aziz, Ex-(MNA) & Federal Minister of Pakistan.
• Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, Minister of health, Govt. of Punjab, Pakistan.
• Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal of Chellianwala District Gujrat (Now Mandibahauddin) Pakistan, Ex. Chief of Gujjar community of Pakistan & Ex. Member of National Assembly of Pakistan.
• Chaudhry Qamar Zaman Kaira (MNA), PPP Punjab, Pakistan.
• Chaudhry Nadeem Asghar Kaira, 'Tehsil Nazim Kharian', District Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
• Daniyal Aziz (MNA), current Chairman National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), S/o Chaudhry Anwar Aziz & an American Lady. PML Punjab, Pakistan.
• Ch.Muhammad Babar Hameed Gorsi a well known young Politician in Islamabad. Basically from Morli a well known village in Tehsil Shahkar Garh District Narowal.
• Nawabzadeh Gazanfar Gul, Member of central executive committee PPP PAKISTAN.
• Chaudhry Shair Muhammad gujjar,s/o Chaudhry Elam Din gujjar,tehsil Shakargarh,district narowal,sab cast khattana,a famous politician of Shakargarh,and former leader of khattana tribe,died on 6 June 1993.
• Dr. Faqeer Anjum, Director General National Institute of Food Science & Technology University of Agriculture Faisalabad.
• Chaudhry Akram Gujjar, MPA Lahore.
• Choudary Abul Sattar Vario (from Sialkot) ex-Federal Minister.
• Choudary Akhtar Ali Vario (from Sialkot) ex-MNA.
• Choudary Khush Akhtar Subhani (from Sialkot) MPA (Punjab).
• Choudary Armghan Subhani from Sialkot (Punjab minister).
• Choudary Qurban Ali Chohan from Vehari, ex-MPA & MNA PPP,ex-District President PPP
• Chaudhry Khalid Mahmood Chohan MPA S/O Ch Qurban Ali Chohan from Vehari
• Chaudry Aftab Ahmad Gujjar, landlord, politician,transporter from Chak 3 NB Tehsil Bahalwal District Sargodha,Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan & chief exucutive of High Court Bar Rawalpindi.
• Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal S/O Ch Iqbal Chellianwala, EX-Speaker of National Assembly, Ex-MNA,Land Lord District Raham Yar Khan Pakistan
• Chaudhry Feroz Din Khaleeq, Tehsil Nazim of Samundri Faisalabad, Ex-President of Lawyer association of Samundri Civil courts, Land Lord, Social Worker, Author of two poetry books "Tera Sehar Mein and Chand Si Chahyra" from Chak No 217 G.B Tehsil Samundri District Faisalabad Pakistan
• Chaudry Alyas Ahmad Gujjar, famous tranporter, politician and landlord from Tehsil Bhalwal dist Sargodha Punjab Pakistan.
• Chauhdry Ahmad Mukhtar, Chack No. 165 GB Faisalabad, Pakistan, CSS officer, posted in Pakistan Embassy Switzerland.
• Chaudhary Masood Ahmad, from Bhadana goth, former Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Currently President, Anjuman Markazia Gujjaran, Pakistan (Registered)(a Nation-Wide active Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Organisation established in 1950 for the welfare of the Gujjar Community in Pakistan)
• Chaudhry Khalid Asghar Ghurral S/O Asghar Ali Ghurral, Member of Provincial Assembly Punjab and Parlimany Secertary of Sports.
• Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain Gujjar,goth Bhatia,from Burewala District Vehari,Retd.Senior Headmaster Govt.High School Burewala,Ex Director UNO's Project of Education Extension, a well known educationist & social personality of area, working for welfare of Gujjar community.
• Professor Chaudhry Mazher Hussain Gujjar S/O Ch Muhammad Hussain Gujjar,goth Bhatia,General Secretary Gujjar Youth Forum Burewala,General Secretary Ittehad-e-Asatza Pakistan,Department of English Government College Burewala
• Engr. Chaudhry Azher Hussain Gujjar S/O Ch Muhammad Hussain Gujjar,goth Bhatia, a professional Textile Engineer, working as Technical Manager,Mayfair Limited Lahore
• Chaudhry Muhammad Muneeb Gujjar Advocate S/O Ch Muhammad Hussain Gujjar,goth Bhatia, Advocate Civil courts Burewala District Vehari
• Chaudhry Zubair Hussain Gujjar S/O Ch Muhammad Hussain Gujjar,goth Bhatia, M.Phil University of Education Lahore
• Dr. Chaudhry Umair Hussain Gujjar S/O Ch Muhammad Hussain Gujjar,goth Bhatia, a well known personality of UAF, Vetrinary Doctor, University of Agriculture Faisalabd
• Chaudhry Mubashir Hassan, Brother in Law of Ch Khalid Asghar Ghurral (MPA ), Former General Secertary of PVC Pipe Association Gujrat, Franchisee of Mobilink and Warid
• Chaudhry Farrukh Shahzad S/O Arshad Mehmood, Manager of Warid Franchise Kharian and Gujrat, have the experience of Mobilink also
• Chaudhry Ilyas Ahmad Gujjar MPA, Qasur
• Chaudhry Azher Nadim MPA from Gojra District Toba tek Singh
• Chaudhry Khalid Nabi Gujjar MPA from Sammundri
• Chaudhry Sajjad Haider Gujjar MPA from Sheikhupura
• Chaudhry Javed Hassan Daad Gujjar MPA, Rahimyar Khan
• Chaudhry Shahbaz Gujjar MNA Samundri 2013
• Ch Ijaz Gujjar MNA Mandi Bahaodin 2013
• Ch Imran Mehdi Gujjar MPA Silawanli 2013
• Ch Gulzar Gujjar MPA Raiwind 2013
• Ch Khalid Gujjar MPA Candidate PTI 2013
• Ch Imran Yousaf Gujjar MPA Candidate PTI 2013
• Engr Iftikhar Ch Dupty  Information Secretary PTI
• Shafqat Mehmood Gujjar MNA Lahore PTI 2013 
• Ismeal Gujjar MPA & Minister  Balochistan 2008 
• Chaudhry Asghar Ali Gujjar MPA, Leyyah, Parliamentary Leader MMA
• Chaudhry Raja Khan (late) was well known as (baba raja)of KOTHA GUJJRAN TEH-KHARIAN, member of district council GUJRAT.
• Chaudhry Rahmat Khan (late), NUMBERDAR S/O Ch-Raja Khan of kotha gujjran
• Choudhry Ghulam Ahmed Zamurrad Yaqub (Tehsil Nazim Jhelum) Of Bala Gujjaran Gt Road Jhelum
• Shaibzada Ishaq Zafar (late) ex opposition leader of AJK assembly and president of Pakistan PPP AZAD JAMMU AND kASHMIR
• Chaudhry Latif Akbar, ex-minister of AJK Assembly and General Secretary PPP
• Chaudhry Mohammed Aziz, ex-education minister and now MLA AJK Assembly
• Chaudhry Mohammad Rafiq Neair ex-Minister of Heath Government of AJK
• Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmad MLA AJK
• Chaudhry Mohammad Ismail MLA AJK
• Chaudhry Noor Alam (Late) Ex-minister of transport Government of AJK
• Chaudhry Mohammad Rasheed MLA AJK
• Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal, A well educated and well known figure of Dinga (Gujrat). He have done his Masters in Political Sc. and is an old formanite. Served as senior roles in Islami Jamiet-e-Talaba, and now active figure in Politics of Gujrat district.
• CH M SARWAR GUJJAR S/O CH MUHAMMAD ALI GUJJAR,...A well known and active figure in politician of vehari Disst.
• Ch Nazim Gujjar Dupty Administrative Kotily AJK 
• Ch Mehmood Alam Director Excise and Taxation Mirpur AJK
• Chaudry Rehmat Khan Theekrya (Late) was popularly Known as (BABA GUJJAR) OF chak no 3NB TEH Bhalwal Dist Sargodha,was a big landlord,polition & social worker.
• Sohail Alam Gujjar,S/O Dr.Sardar Alam Sarwar ,Expoter of woven Apparel,Lahore.
• Dr. Muhammad Luqman Ali, Prof.Of Medicine, Quaid eAzam Medical College, Bahawalpur.
• Capt. Ali Chauhdry, Advisor to the members of the Saudi Royal family.
• Ch Maqsood Gujjar General Secretary Supreme Court Bar 2014.
• Ch Saleem Ladhi General Secretary Punjab Bar Council 2014
• Ch Hanif Gujjar Advocate General Punjab 2014
• Ch Abdul Hameed (R) Director LDA administration
• Ch Sajjad Mehmood Chohan Gujjar DCO Sahiwal 2014
• Engr Azhar Gujjar Companies Registrar Lahore
• Ch Rizwan Gujjar EDO Finance & Planning Okara 
• Ch Mubarak Ali Gujjar Joint Secretary Interior Ministry Punjab 
• Ch Rasheed Ahmad Gujjar Chairman PEMRA
• Ch Ashraf Adv MNA Candidate 2013, Executive Member PEMRA, Ex President Islamabad High Court Bar
• Ch Zaka Ashraf Gujjar Ex Chairman PCB, Ex President Zari Tariqati Bank
• Ch Riaz Gujjar Chairman PIMS Staff Union 
• Ch Qamar Zaman Chairman NAB 2014
• Ch Aslam Gujjar President Lahore Education Board Ettihad Group
• Ch Mohsin Gujjar Chairman Employees Union WASA Lahore 2014
• Ch Tariq Ayoub Gujjar Chairman Privatization Board Punjab 2014 
• Ch Muzammal Perviz Gujjar General Director AIOU 2014
• Sardar Tariq Gujjar ex GM Wapda
• Sardar Fakhar Alam ex Chief Justice High court Peshawer
• Sohail Arshad Director Excise and Taxation Sargodha  
• Zahoor Hussain EDO Finance Rahim yar Khan 
• Special Judge Custom Lahore Ch Shabbir Ahmad Gujjar 
• Arif Zia Special Magistrate Multan 
• Ch Muhmmad Usman Civil Judge Jehlam 
• Ch M Akram Tehsildar Gujranwala
• Ch Mazhar Iqbal Tehsildar Wazirabad
• Aftab Iqbal Tehsildar DG Khan
• Ijaz Ahmad Additional Secretary Finance & Welfare Lahore
• Ijaz Ch Federal Secretary inter provinces Isd 
• Ch Irfan Mehmood United Nations (UN) as Administrative Specialist. Being international staff of UN, currently posted in Afghanistan
• Dr Nimat Ali Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Islamabad 
• Deputy Commissioner Butgram KpK Sadar Asad Haroon  
• Assistant Commissioner Gizar Ch Husnain Raza
• Director General LDA Ch Zahid Hayyat 
• Director general archeology Punjab Ijaz Chaudhary 
• Assistant Commissioner Jhelum Ch Zaigham Nawaz
• DCO Chaniot Khizar Afzal Ch

Education & Health Department 

• Vice Chancellor Islamia College University Peshawer Dr Habib Ahmad (2016...)
• Vice Chancellor UET Abottabad Dr Iftikhar Ahmad (2016....)
• Vice Chancellor Gomal University DI Khan Dr Muhammad Sarwar (2016....) 
• Ex Rector Fast University lahore Dr Ameer Muhammad 
• Ex vice chancellor and founder Kara Karam University Gilgat Professor Dr Azam Chaudhry 
• Prof. Faqir Muhammad Anjum
  (Fourth Vice-Chancellor as of October 2016 University of Gambia)
• Prof Jamil Khatna Kotali
• Prof Farooq Haider Lahore 
• Prof Zaid Bin Umar Lahore
• Dr. Abdur Rehman (Sahiwal) PhD. University of Leeds. UK.
• Dr. Hadiyat Rasool Phd Agricultural University Faisalabad.  
• Dr Zubaida Ch Hazara University
• Dr Rashid Hameed BZU Sahiwal Campus 
• Dr Rukhsana Kousar AJK
• Dr Ch Muhammad Ramzan Director Libraries UCP Lahore 
• Dr Hijab Hussain HoD Urdu Department UAE University 
• C.O Health Sargodha Dr Aslam Ch 

• Pakistan Forces & Police..............Gujjar Pakistani Soldiers

• There are several Gujjar who served in the different core of Pakistan Army. They are un-countable number of Gujjar sons and daughters who served in Pakistan Armed Forces but in this list only those will be mentioned who reached the ranks of Generals, Air Chief Marshall and other respective higher ranks,
• Maj Muhmmad Tufail Shaheed Nishan e Haider 
• Vice Chief of Army Staff General (R)Swar Khan
• Lt General (R)Sajjad Akram Ex Cor Commander Pakistan Army (Chairman PPSC 2016)
• Lt General Muzmal (Chairman Wapda 2017)
• Lt General Bilal Akbar DG Rangers Sindh 2015 & chief of general staff 2017 core cammander Rawalpindi
• Maj General Muzaffar-ud-Din, Governor of East Pakistan 1966 AD to 1968 AD.
• Maj General Muhammad Afzal Chaudhry (E & ME)
• Maj General(R) Javeed Iqbal ....
• Maj General(R) Liaquat Ali (Chairman APS Schools Punjab 2016)
• Maj General(R) Zia Ul Haq Noor ................ 
• Maj General(R) Sardar M Khalid ........... 
• Maj General(R) Dr M Anwer ..........
• Maj General Afzaal Ahmad FWO 
• Brgd Dr Badar Bashir chairman pof wah Cantt 
• Brgd Ch Ilyas Okara Cantt 
• Brgd (R) Javid Iqbal
• Brgd (R) Atta Muhammad 
• Lt Col Haroon Islam Shaheed
• Major (R) Muhmmad Farooq
• Major (R) Ghulam Hussain  
• Major (R) Shahid Chechi 
• Major (R) Taswor Hussain now VP zarai Tarqyati Bank 
• Captain Ahmad Maan Gujjar 
• Cpt Malik Imran khattana 
• Air Marshal Rahim Khan Commander in Chief Pakistan Air Force
• Air Marshal (R)Arshad Ch ............... 
• Air Vice Marshal Asif Chauhan Additional Secretary Ministry of Defence Pakistan
•  Air Vice Marshal( R) Sardar Asif ............. 
• Air Vice Marshal( R) Shahzad Ch .......... 
• Air Vice Marshal( R) Saleem Arshad......... 
• Air Marshal( R) M.Yousaf
• Flight Lt. Salman Mahmood Chaudhry (No. 27 Squadron Pakistan Air Force .. ..... 
• IG Punjab (R) Sardar Muhammad
• IG Punjab (R) Ch Fazal haq  1977
• IG Motorway (R) Ch Naseem
• DIG Major Muhammad Ikraam 
• DIG (R)Mian Akhtar Hayat
• DIG (R) Sajjad Ch
• DIG (Late) Ch. Muhammad Ramzan, 
• DIG Operations Punjab Ch Shafeeq Gujjar ex CCPO lahore
• RPO Sargodha Ch Zulfiqar Hameed 2017
• RPO Sargodha Sultan Ch 2018
• DIG Ch Azeem Arshad 
• RPO Bahawalpur Ch Ihsan Sadiq
• DPO NoshahraMalik Raab Nawaz 
• DPO D.G Khan Ch Sajjad Hussain
• DPO Bahawalpur Sarfraz Ahmad Falki 
• DPO Sargodha Sohail Ch 
• DPO Bhakkar Shaista Nadeem 
• CPO Faisalabad Sohail Ch
• SSP Investigation (R) Hassan Ahsan Ladhi
• SSP (R) Ch Mushtaq Hussain Bargat now Chairman Mian Muhammad Bux Trust & Hospital and chairman health regulatory authority Jhelum 
• CTPO (Late)Cptn Sohail Gujjar Chief City Traffic Police Lahore 
• SSP Lahore Mrs Shaista Janeen 
• SSP Sahiwal Ch Sajjad Akram 
• SP Quatta Ch Riaz
• SP Murree Ch Azhar Gujjar 
• SP Karachi Saif Ullah Gujjar
• SP Ch Tariq Mehmood 
• SDPO Mughalpura Lahore DSP Usman Haider Gujjar
• SDPO Ichhra Lahore Ch Azhar Yaqoub 
• DSP Ch Shafiq GM LTC inforcement
• DSP (R) Quatta Ch Farman Chohan 
• DSP Khaniwal Shahid Niaz 
• DSP Jehlum Ch Sultan Miran Jehlam 
• DSP Mardan Noor Jamaal Khan Khatana
• DSP North Karachi Sardar Zahoor Ahmad
• DSP Balakot Sardar Ishtiaq 
• DSP Sargodha Ch Shabir Gujjar 
•  DSP Muhammad Masood Ahmad DSP Traffic Multan
• DSP Ch Javid Mukhtar 
• DSP Ch Barkat Ali
• DSP Ch Arshad 
• DSP Ch Asghar 
• DSP Hashim Mehmood 
• DSP Ch Abdul Rasheed Haideri 
• DSP Ch Muhammad Ashfaq
• DSP TT Singh Ch Azhar Yaqoob 
• DSP Karachi Ch Abdul Ghaffar 
• DSP Traffic Sargodha Ch Ilyas Gujjar
• Ch Mudassar Iqbal Gojar Inspector UNO Mission
• SHO Lahore Abbas Gujjar 
• SHO Lahore Yasir Gujjar 
• SHO Lahore Younis Gujjar 
• SHO Garden Town Lahore Javid Gujjar 
• SHO Thana Duman Chakwal Ch Sagheer Gujjar 
• SHO Multan Ch Maqsood Gujjar 
• SHO Multan Ch Saeed Gujjar 
• SHO Ch Mansor Sadiq 
• SHO Ch Arshad Gujjar 
• SHO City TT Singh 
• SHO Khari sharif Mirpur Ch Imran Gujjar 
• SHO Jhal Chakian Sargodha Ch Akbar Gujjar
• SHO Saddar Sargodha Ch Qaisar Abbas 
• SHO Cantt Sargodha Ch Fazal Qadir
• SHO Tarkhan wala Ch Owais Gujjar
• SHO Phaliya Ch Shokat Gujjar

Famous Gujjar Poet

• Sahir Ludhanvi
• Wris Ludhanvi 
• Molvi Ghulam Rasool Alampuri 
• Hassan Din Hassan Gojri Poet 
• Nazar Muhammad Nazar 
• Rafiq Shaid Gojri Poet 
• Rasheed Ch Gojri poet 
• Hassan kassana Gojri Poet 
• Manzar Saddique Advocate 

Famous Gujjar TV Anchor & Columnist 

• Javid Ch Express News
• Muhammad Malik 92 News
• Israr Kassana PTV
• Osama Ghazi Dunya News
• Dr Safdar Mehmood Jang News 
• Fazeel Aftab Gujjar Blogger 

Famous Gujjar Players

• unbeatable Great Gamma (wrestler) 
• Shoaib Akhtar world's fastest bowler 
• Muhammad Asif (Bowler Pakistan Cricket)
• Muhammad Ameen (Batsman Pakistan Cricket)
• Mushtaq Ahmad Bowler Pakistan Cricket 
• Anwar Ali (Pakistan Cricket Team)
• Muhammad Amir (Fast Bowler Pakistan Cricket)
• Ehsan Adil Pakistan Cricket Team 
• Babar Gujjar (Pakistan Kabbadi)
• Sajjad Gujjar (Pakistan Kabbadi)
• Waqas Gujjar (Pakistan Kabbadi)
• Mansha Gujjar (Pakistan Kabbadi)
• M Ishfaq Gujjar (Shotakan Karate)
• Rizwan Asif (Pakistan Football )
• Olympian Naveed Alam (Pakistan Hockey)
• Olympian Akhtar Rasool (Pakistan Hockey)
• Mir Nawaz gujjar Skiing Tamgha e imtiaz 
• Ch Abbas Gujjar from Gilgat  Pakistan Polo Team 

Model/Actor/Singer

• Ch Jabbar Gujjar Filmstar
• Naseem Vicky director/ stage actor 
• Sardar Kamal Film star 
• Ch Asif Gujjar Model/Actor Dubai
• Bashir Hazarvi Singer 
• Akhtar Nawaz Gujjar Singer (Fuji Gujjar)
• Qaisar Gujjar Model
• Nawazish Gujjar Actor
• Usman Gujjar Model from Rawalpindi recently won twin city best male award 

Gujjar In Europe 

• Dr. Mazhar Mahmood,S/O Chaudhary Abdul Ghafoor( Kotha Gorsian,Jhelum),Specialist Anaesthetist,FANZCA, FCA(SA),DA(SA)currently in Private Practice in Rockhampton,Australia.
• Sajjad Haider Karim Gujjar Member European Parliament 3rd time and ex candidate for president European Parliament
• Karam Hussain Gujjar   President  Liberal Democrats Dewsbury UK
• Wajid khan Gujjar MP British parliament 2017
• Ch Safdar Barnali Anchor takbeer Tv Paris 
• Dr.Mohsin Alam,s/0 Dr. Sardar Alam Sarwar, General Surgeon,FRCS, FCPS, Currently working in Edinburgh ,Scotland.

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Gujjar Kings ruled Afghanistan

Gujjar Kings ruled Afghanistan / Gandhara (Turko-Hepthalites in Gandhara)

Napki (Nezak) Malka...................................c. 475 - 576

Sri Shaho...........................................after c. 576

White Huns Khans

o Toramana.................................................515 - 528

o Mihirakula...............................................528 - 542

o Hephthalite rule was overthrown in c. 570 and they escaped west.
Nezak Huns (at Kabul / Ghazni / Zabulistan and probably Seistan)
o Narana (Narendra).....................................c. 570 - 600
o Vasu Deva......................................................after c. 624
o Mardan Shah....................................................after c. 624
o Shahi Jaya.....................................................c. 700
o Shahi Tigin...........................................c. 719 – 739
o Sri Vajara Vakhu Deva..........................................

Role of Gujjars for Islam in subcontinent.

Role of Gujjars for Islam in subcontinent.

1) Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi main teacher of Tableegi jammat and leader of Deoband school of thought.
He was an Islamic Scholar and the main person responsible for establishing an Islamic sect, called deobandism. Nanotvi was born in a GUJJAR family in 1833 in Nanota, a village near Saharanpur, India. He completed his early education in his hometown and then he was sent to Deoband, where he studied in Maulvi Mahtab Ali's madrassa. Then, he travelled to Saharanpur, where he remained with his maternal grandfather. In Saharanpur, he studied elementary kitabs of Arabic grammar and syntax under Maulvi Nawaz. At the end of 1843, Mamluk-Ul-Ali escorted him to Delhi. There, he studied Kafia and various kitabs. Later he was admitted to Madrassa Gaziuddin Khan.
his close relative, Muhammad Yaqub Nanotvi wrote:

"My late father enrolled him at the Arabic Madrasa and said, 'Study Euclid yourself and complete the arithmetical exercises.' After a few days, he had attended all of the ordinary discourses and completed the arithmetical exercises. Munshi Zakatullah asked a few questions of him, which were difficult. Because he was able to solve them, he became well-known. When the annual examination drew near, he did not write it and left the madrasa. The whole staff of the madrasa, particularly the headmaster, regretted this very much".

Prior to his enrollment at Madrassa Gaziuddin Khan, he had studied kitabs on logic, philosophy, and scholastic theology under Mamluk Ali at his house. he joined a study circle, which possessed a central position in India with regards to the teaching of the sciences of the Qur'an and Hadith. He studied hadith under Abdul Ghani Mujaddidi.
After the completion of his education, he became the editor of the press at Matbah-e-Ahmadi. During this period, at Ahmad Ali's insistence, He wrote a scholium on the last few portions of Sahihul Bukhari. Before the establishment of Darul Uloom Deoband, he taught Euclid for some time at the Chhatta Masjid. His lectures were delivered within the printing press. His teaching produced a group of accomplished Ulama, the example of which had not been seen since Shah Abul Ghani's time. He went on to establish Darul Uloom Deoband.
In 1860, he performed Hajj and, on his return, he accepted a profession of collating books at Matbah-e-Mujtaba in Meerut. He remained attached to this press until 1868. he performed Hajj for the second time and, thereafter, he accepted a job at Matbah-e-Hashimi in Meerut.
He conformed to the Shari'a and Sunnah and tried his best to motivate people to do so as well. It was through his efforts that a prominent madrasa for impartation of Islamic education of religious sciences was established in Deoband and a fine masjid was built. Besides this, through his efforts and endeavours, Islamic madaris were established at various other locations as well.

Establishment of the madaris

His greatest achievement was the revival of an educational movement for the renaissance of religious sciences in India and the creation of guiding principles for the madaris on which their survival depends. Under his attention and supervision, madaris were established in various areas such as Thanabhavan, Galautti, Kerana, Danapur, Meerut, and Muradabad. Most of them continue to exist, rendering educational and religious services in their vicinity. During his lifetime, Christianity began to rise in India and prodigious efforts were made to convert the people of India to Christianity in every possible way. When he, during his sojourn in Delhi, witnessed this situation, he ordered his pupils to stand in the bazaars and deliver sermons against Christianity. One day, he himself, without introduction or the statement of his name, attended a gathering and repulsed Christianity publicly in the bazaar.
On May 8, 1876, a "Fair for God-Consciousness" was held at Chandapur village, near Shahjahanpur (U.P.), under the auspices of the local Zamindar, Piyare Lal Kabir-panthi, under the management of Padre Knowles, and with the support and permission of the collector of Shahjahanpur, Mr. Robert George. Representatives of all the three religions, Christian, Hindu and Muslim, were invited through posters to attend and prove the truthfulness of their respective religions. At the suggestion of Muhammad Munir Nanautawi and Maulawi Ilahi Bakhsh Rangin Bareillwi, Nanautawi, accompanied by numerous colleagues also participated. All these Ulama delivered speeches at this fair, causing the desired effect. In repudiation of the Doctrine of Trinity and Polytheism, and on affirmation of Divine Unity (Monotheism), he Nanautawi spoke so well that the audience, both those who were against and those who were for him, were convinced. One newspaper wrote:

"In the gathering of 8 May of the current year (1876), Muhammad Qasim gave a lecture and stated the merits of Islam. The Padre Sahib explained the Trinity in a strange manner, saying that in a line are found three attributes: length, breadth and depth, and thus Trinity is proven in every way. The said Maulawi Sahib confuted it promptly. Then, while the Padre Sahib and the Maulawi Sahib were debating regarding the speech, the meeting broke up, and in the vicinity and on all sides arose the outcry that the Muslims had won. Wherever a religious divine of Islam stood, thousands of men would gather around him. In the meeting of the first day the Christians did not reply to the objections raised by the followers of Islam, while the Muslims replied the Christians word by word and won."

Next year this "fair" was held again in March 1877. On this occasion, Prof. Muhammad Ayyub Qadiri, writing in Ahmed Hasan Nanautawi's biography, wrote that:

"One thing specially deserves deliberation here that the fair for God consciousness at Shahjahanpur was held consecutively for two years with announcement and publicity, throwing in a way.

Death

Nanotvi died in 1880, aged 47. His grave is to the north of the Darul-Uloom. This place is known as Qabrastan-e-Qasimi, where countless Deobandi scholars, students, and others are buried.
Mr Nanotvi is known with great respect in Muslims as he had done a great piece of work for Islam in his 47 years of age.

Source: wikipedia
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Poonch was ruled over by Sango Gujjar

In eighteenth century Poonch was ruled over by Sango Gujjar who was a brave king. K.D Maini in 'Tareekh Poonch" writes


Great scholar Dr. Jamil Jalbi of Pakistan has written in his book 'Urdu Adab ki Tareekh' at page 79 in his first edition in this way, "One form of Urdu language is found in Gujarat which is called as Gojri or Gujarat dialect. History tells us that Gujjar community entered India as conquerors and divided its southern occupied areas into three parts: the biggest was called as Maharath, second as Gujrath and the third as Swarath. The conquerors from Turkey found it difficult to pronounce Gujrath so they modified it to Gujarat."


One usually finds the proofs of presence and rule of Gujjars in Kashmir form the external aggressions. According to history, Mohd. Gaznavi attacked Kashmir twice but he failed both the times and many kingdoms came up in Kashmir from 1038 A.D to 1326 A.D. Tung Rai Gujjar was the commander in chief opposite Mohd. Gaznavi. This was the period when king Tarlochan Pal Khattana sought refuge to J&K. Sarvari Kasana writes in his essay, 'Jammu Kashmir par Gujjron ki Hakumat' about acceptance of Islam by Gujjars as, "in 1301, King Ranjan appointed Shah Mir Gujjar as his minister, who had already adopted Islam. Shah Mir sat on the throne of Kashmir as Wazir Shamsudin. The proof of his being a Gujjar can be traced in chapter Kashmir of'Ain-e-Akbari'.There is also written that Shah Mir considered himself as descendants of Pandavas. Four sons of Shah Shamsudin were rulers of Kashmir. One of them had ruled over Lohar Kot which is now known by the name of Loren in district Poonch.K.D Maini in 'Tareekh Poonch" writes in eighteenth century that Poonch was ruled over by Sango Gujjar who was a brave king.

Justice Sardar Raza Khan is Selected Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan

Justice Sardar Raza Khan is Selected Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan

Islamabad: Justice Sardar Raza Khan has been appointed permanent Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) of Pakistan.
The parliamentary committee finalized the name of Justice Sardar Raza Khan. Justice Sardar Raza Khan was serving as justice of Federal Shariat Court. He retired in 2011.

The government and opposition had finalized 3 names for the post of CEC on Wedneday and sent them to the parliamentary committee to terminate one name out of the 3 nominees.

Opposition Leader within the National Assembly Syed Khursheed sovereign and government minister Ishaq Dar during a meeting at the Parliament House had finalized3 names — Justice Tariq Pervez (retd), Justice Sardar Raza Khan and Justice Tanveer Ahmed (retd) — and sent them to the parliamentary committee to pick the CEC as per Article 213 (2A & 2B) of the Constitution

Sardar Raza Khan Bibliography

Sardar Raza Khan belonges to Sardar Gujjar family in Abbotabad.After,graduating from the GovernmentCollege of Abbottabad, Khan received a Master’s degree in economics from Punjab University through the Forman Christian College in Lahore. He received a LL.B. degree from the same university in 1967.In 1985, Khan visited the United States to study the American legal system.In 1999 he attended a three-month training course in Tokyo, “Corruption Among Public Officials”.In June 2004, Khan visited Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in connection with an international seminar on “Human Rights and Independence on the Judiciary in the Islamic and Non-Islamic Judicial Systems”. In 2006 he visited Dhaka, Bangladesh for a conference on the criminal judicial system.