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Saraiki people 
1st row:Yousaf Raza Gillani
2nd row:Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Hina Rabbani Khar
3rd row:Farooq Leghari, Pathanay KhanTotal population 13.9 million Regions with significant populations 
Pakistan13,800,000[1] 
India92,234[2] Languages Religion 
Islam • 
Hinduism • Sikhism • ChristianityRelated ethnic groups Indo-Aryans • Sindhis • Punjabis • Dogra
The Saraiki people (Saraiki: سرائيکی Perso-Arabic, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ Gurmukhi) or Multani people (ملتانی Perso-Arabic, मुल्तानी Devanagari, ਮੁਲਤਾਨੀ Gurmukhi)are an ethnic group from the central and south-eastern areas of Pakistan, especially the former princely state of Bahawalpur and the districts of Multan, Lodhran, Vehari, Khanewal, Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Layyah, Bhakkar, Mianwali, Dera Ismail Khan, Bahawalnagar, Sukkur, Larkana, Dadu, Sehwan, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Sindh, Mirpurkhas, Dera Bugti, Jafarabad, Nasirabad and Sibi. A significant number of Saraikis also reside in India, with most concentrated in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat.[1] The Saraikis speak the Saraiki language. Saraikis follow Islam and were earlier known as Sauvira.[3]
See also
- Saraiki language
- Saraiki literature
- Saraiki culture
- Jhumar
- Bahawalpur (princely state)
- Attaullah khan Niazi, Great Poet and singer genis book of world record holder
- Yousuf Raza Gilani, current Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Former Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunications Division and Railways
- Javed Hashmi, currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, representing Multan City
- Imran Khan, Leader PTI
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan
- Farooq Leghari, eighth President of Pakistan (1993–1997)
- Balakh Sher Mazari, served as acting Prime Minister of Pakistan (18 April 1993 – 26 May 1993)
- Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani, Governor of Punjab (1954–1955) and Governor of West Pakistan (1955–1957)
- Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Governor of Punjab (1974–1975) and Chief Minister of Punjab (1975–1977)
- Mian Mumtaz Daultana, Chief Minister of Punjab (1951–1955)
- Dost Muhammad Khosa, Chief Minister of Punjab (2008)
- Hina Rabbani Khar, minister (2008)
- Javed Hashmi, Leader PML N
- Asif Ali Zardari, President Of Pakistan
- Inzamam-ul-Haq, Crickter
References
- ^ a b "Saraiki". Ethnologue. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=skr. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
- ^ "Abstract of speakers’ strength of languages and mother tongues". Census of India. Government of India. 2001. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement1.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Pierre Herman Leonard Eggermont. "Alexander's campaigns in Sind and Baluchistan and the siege of the Brahmin". Pp 146>". http://books.google.com/books?id=nG0_xoDS3hUC&pg=PA146&dq=abhira+tribe&hl=en&ei=m8kFTZfYAoyr8AafruneCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=ahir&f=false.
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