List of Chitrali people

The following is a list of notable Chitrali people (also known as Kho people),^[1][2] an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group^[3] native to Chitral, Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Pakistan.^[4]

Qaqlasht, an alpine meadow located near Buni in the Upper Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Activists

• Masood ul-Mulk, a Pakistani expert on humanitarian aid and a development practitioner.

Arts and literature

• Zakir Muhammad Zakhmi [ur], Renowned Khowar poet and social worker.

Authors

• Muhammad Ghufran (1857-1926), a prominent Scholar, historiographer and poet from Chitral.
• Muhammad Siyar (1770-1840), a Chitrali poet and court chronicler who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Military

• Burhan-ud-Din (1914–1996), a veteran of the Indian National Army.

Performing art and media

• Sana Yousaf (2008-2025), Pakistani social media influencer.

Politicians

• Abdul Akbar Chitrali, a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.
• Bibi Fozia, a Pakistani politician, who has served as a member of the 10th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
• Falak Naz, a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 2021.
• Rahima Naz, a Pakistani poet of Urdu and the Khowar languages.
• Saleem Khan, a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from 2008 to May 2018.
• Shahzada Mohiuddin (1938-2022), a Pakistani politician, a Federal and Provincial Minister, and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
• Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin, a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.
• Zainul Abideen, a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and was affiliated with PPP.
• Jafar Ali Shah, a politician from Chitral.

Royalty

• Afzal ul-Mulk, the Mehtar (ruler) of the princely state of Chitral
• Amir ul-Mulq (1877-1923), the Mehtar (ruler) of the princely state of Chitral.
• Muzaffar ul-Mulk (1901-1949), the Mehtar of Chitral who reigned from 1943 to 1949.
• Nasir ul-Mulk (1887-1943)
• Sher Afzal (1841-1923)
• Shuja ul-Mulk (1881-1936), the Mehtar of the State of Chitral, who reigned it for 41 years until his death in 1936.
• Aman ul-Mulk (1821–1892), the Mehtar of Chitral, Ghizer, Yasen and Ishkoman and Suzerain of Kafiristan.

Sportpersons

Association football

• Alamgir Ghazi
• Muhammad Rasool
• Karishma Ali
• Zia Us-Salam

Cricket

• Muhammad Musa