Kundi (tribe)

Kundi (tribe)

The Kundi are Pashtun tribe of Tank District in North-West Frontier Province, and also some parts of Balochistan Pakistan. Their lineage links with the Marwat tribes.Mohammad Ishaq Khan Kundi is one of the most famous members of the tribe in Tank. He was deputy speaker of West Pakistan Assembly (1962-1965).

Some other notable people from Kundi tribe are Abdul Kareem Khan Kundi (Former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court), Abdul Hakeem Khan Kundi (Former Vice Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council), Habib Ullah Khan Kundi (Former NWFP Provincial Minister).

Very recent well known,personality from this tribe is Habibullah khan kundi,Faisal Karim Kundi, who gave a crushing and humiliating defeat to Maulana Fazal Rehman (Maulana Diesel) in 2008 National Assembly elections.


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