Niazi (; , ), Niazai or Niyazai is one of the largest Pashtun tribes which resides in Afghanistan and northwestern part of Pakistan.
Origin
The earliest work which provides the details about the origin of Niazis is Makhzani-i-Afghani (1610 AD), written by Naimatullah under the patronage of Khan Jahan Lodi, an Afghan noble of Mughal emperor Jahangir. Makhzan-i Afghani gives the genealogy of Niazi tribe as:
Notable people with the surname
- Abdul Manan Niazi, former Taliban commander
- Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, Pakistani politician and religious figure
- Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, Pakistani army general and former Military Governor of East Pakistan
- Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician and activist
- Amjad Khan Niazi, Pakistani admiral
- Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Pakistani folk singer and politician
- Abdul Majeed Khan Niazi, Pakistani Politician
- Fazal Niazai, Afghan cricketer
- Gholam Mohammad Niazi, Afghan politician and religious figure
- Ghulam Akbar Khan Niazi, Pakistani-born Saudi Arabian physician
- Ghulam Hazrat Niazi, Afghan footballer
- Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician
- Haibat Khan Niazi, senior military commander of Sher Shah Sur, Governor of Lahore (1541–1549)
- Humair Hayat Khan Rokhri, Pakistani politician
- Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee, Pakistani academic and author
- Imran Khan, ex-cricketer and former prime minister of Pakistan