Pitafi

Pitafi (پتافي) originally the descendants of Hazrat Ameer Hamza, a branch of Baloch tribes are mostly living in Sindh province present day Pakistan, District Ghotki, Tando Allahyar, Khairpur Mir's, Sindh, Rajanpur, Punjab, Muzafar Garh, Punjab, Dera Ismail Khan, NWFP and are scattered in other parts of Pakistan.

It is said that Pitafi tribe was living near Petaf river in Iranian Balochistan, and were known by the people as "petafi", which means the people living at Petaf. Centuries ago some of them travelled to Balochistan (Pakistan) and then moved to Punjab and then entered Sindh. The chief of Pitafi tribe Sardar Mir Gul Muhammad Khan (Awal) was the General of their tribal army. He was supporting Abbasis of Bahawalpur State.

At one stage some of Baloch tribes opposed Abbasi Kingdom, then there was no way to overcome the situation, so Abbasis asked Mughals to send their army add to crush baloch armed tribes. In that situation most of Balochi Generals migrated to various parts of Sindh during the Talpur Baloch era.

Before entering the Sindh, Sardar Gul Muhammad Khan met the Talpur Baloch King, asking him to allow his army to settle in Sindh who allowed them to come and settle wherever they felt comfortable. He selected the area of Mirpur Mathelo.

In the twentieth Century, however many Pitafi's can be seen living in many parts of Pakistan having solid foundations in many professions. Some notables are below for reference in Politics .i.e. Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan Pitafi,^[1] MPA Incumbent from Ghotki district and Mr. Imdad Ali Pitafi,^[2] MPA incumbent from the District of Tando Allahyar. In Education Professor Dr. Karim Dad Pitafi,^[3] Presently Regional Director at NUML Campus Hyderabad holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom ^[4] and Mr. Basharat Pitafi ^[5] holds a PhD in Economics, University of Hawaii^[6] and is serving as a Lecturer within the Southern Illinois University.^[7] And an Entrepreneur of the modern age Mr. Waqas Khan Pitafi,^[8] he is CEO of DevBatch an IT applications development venture. This shows that Pitafi's in recent times have adopted to furthering education and invested in their professional development. And have adopted to the modern trends as an evidence of this modern approach is Mr. Farrukh Khan Pitafi ^[9] a Quaid-E-Azam University^[10] alumni who hosts the hit news show capital circuit on Pakistan Television Corporation.^[11]

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