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Important Personalities

Capt. Isfand Yar Bukhari (Shaheed)

malik-ataCaptain Asfandyar Ahmad Bukhari (1988-2015) was a Pakistan Army Officer who was killed while commanding Pakistan Army troops during the attack on PAF Camp Badaber by TTP militants on 18 September 2015. He was awarded the Tamgha i Juart by the Pakistan Government. A roadway in Karachi is also named after him. On 11 June 2016, the District Headquarters Hospital Attock (in which Isfandyar Shaheed was born) was renamed Isfandyar Bokhari District Hospital Attock.

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Malik Ata Muhammad Khan (Late)

malik-ataMalik Ata Muhammad Khan (25 Oct 1937 - 06 Feb 2020), popularly known as Prince Malik Ata was a Pakistani feudal lord and politician. He was the chief of Kot Fateh Khan in Attock District of northwestern Punjab, Pakistan. He was also a member of the Punjab Assembly between 1990 and 1993. He was the first elected President of the Equestrian and Tent Pegging Federation of Pakistan. He was well known in Pakistan for his attempts to promote tent pegging and bull races.

Col. (R) Shuja Khanzada (Shaheed)

shujaShuja Khanzada was a Pakistani politician and Pakistan Army colonel, who served as the Home Minister of Punjab from 2014 until his assassination on August 16, 2015. He was elected to the Punjab Provincial Assembly thrice. Appointed Home Minister in 2014, Khanzada spearheaded the campaign against terrorism and sectarian militancy in Punjab.

Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi (Late)

khadim rizviKhadim Hussain Rizvi (22 May 1966 - 19 Nov 2020) was an Islamic scholar, author, and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a political-religious organization founded in 2015, known to protest against any change to Pakistan's Blasphemy Law. He was known for his speeches in the defense of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Haider Ali

haider aliHaider Ali (born 2 October 2000) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his first-class debut in September 2019. He made his international debut for the Pakistan Cricket Team on 1 September 2020. On 10 March 2020, he became the youngest cricketer to score a fifty in the PSL.