Warraich or Waraich is a Jat ethnic clan or tribe found in Pakistani Punjab and the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana.[1][2][3]
In Pakistan, this tribe or clan is mostly found in Gujrat District, Mandi Bahauddin District and Gujranwala Districts of Punjab, Pakistan.[4][5]
From the Gujrat District, the veteran and well-known political family of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Warraich (1917 - 1981), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Warraich, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich have been highly active in Pakistani politics and have held prominent positions in Provincial Assembly of Punjab including Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan), Senate of Pakistan and National Assembly of Pakistan.[6]
Notable people
edit- Suhail Warraich (born 1961), Pakistani journalist, television host, analyst and media personality
- Javed Iqbal Warraich, Pakistani politician, Member, National Assembly of Pakistan from Rahim Yar Khan District[7]
- Farrukh Shahbaz Warraich (born 1980), Pakistani journalist, Urdu columnist and political analyst
- Imtiaz Safdar Warraich (born 1952), Pakistani politician
- Bilal Asghar Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Aman Ullah Warraich, Pakistani politician
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Warraich, Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2004[6]
References
edit- ^ Andrew Wilder (1999). The Pakistani Voter, Electoral Politics and Voting Behavior in the Punjab. p. 178. ISBN 9780195790726.
...Chattha, Tarar, Virk, Warraich Jats...)
- ^ Jones, Philip E. (2003). The Pakistan People's Party: Rise to Power. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-19-579966-8.
In the main, this area is dominated by strong, local Jat clans (...Chattha, Cheema, Tarar, Gondal and Waraich) that, in the past near-century, ...
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
- ^ Henry Samuel Price Davies (1892). Customary Law of the Gujrat District, Volume 9 of Punjab customary law (pages 2, 6, 8, 9 and 12). OCLC 1064764399.
- ^ "Mandi Bahauddin: a PML-PPP battleground (Warraich, Gondal, Chan and Mangat tribes)". Dawn newspaper. 23 August 2005. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Warraich) Becomes Prime Minister (in 2004)". Story of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Local giants succumb to voters' wrath (Javed Iqbal Warraich won from Rahim Yar Khan District)". Dawn newspaper. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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