Irfan Pathan
Pathan was born 27 October 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India and is of Pashtun (Pathan) ancestry, belonging to the Pathan community in Gujarat. He grew up with his elder brother Yusuf in a mosque in Vadodara, in an impoverished family. His father served as the muezzin. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. Their games on the grounds off and inside the mosque often necessitated apologies from their father to Muslim worshippers who visited it. In the beginning his deliveries did not reach the other end of the cricket pitch, but rigorous six-hour training sessions in blazing heat and his family's sense of discipline saw him progress steadily.
Imran Khan (scholar)
Nyazee was born on 25 October 1945 to a conservative Mianwali family. His parents were from the Nyazee tribe and of Pathan descent. His father, Abdul Karim Nyazee was a lecturer at Government College Lahore and later joined the civil service. Following partition, he resigned his teaching position to practice taxation law. He was an acquaintance of Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Nyazee's mother, Farukh Sultan Nyazee, a religious person and also a teacher. Nyazee has a daughter and two sons. His eldest son is a politician. In his retirement, Nyazee writes and takes up occasional teaching assignments. He lives in Islamabad.