2.76% Urdu as their first language. People Mian Sultan Zikria - Famous Sufi Saint from the Mianwali District Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan - Chief of the Awan tribe, Nawab of Kalabagh ,Former Governor of West Pakistan. Tilok Chand Mehroom – Urdu poet Jagannath Azad – Urdu-Speaking poet of Hindu academic. Imran Khan – Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team who won the 1992 Cricket World Cup and has been elected twice the member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Mianwali and the 22nd Prime minister of Islamic Republic Of Pakistan . Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi – Folk Singer Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi – religious and political leader of Pakistan Misbah-ul-Haq – Pakistani Cricketer Sher Afgan Niazi – The Ex-Minister of Law and Member of Parliament Sardar Khan Niazi – Chief Editor and Publisher of Daily Pakistan, Daily The Patriot, Daily Pak Watan, Daily Action, Daily Nawa-e-Nawabshah, Monthly Naya Rukh, and also Chairman of Pakistan Group of Publications. Shadab Khan – Pakistani Cricketer. Aqeela Asifi – Afghan refugee and teacher who has educated thousands of other Afghan refugee children in Mianwali General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi - Ex. Commandent Eastern Command Bengal. Places of interest Mari Indus railway station Kalabagh Dam Jinnah Barrage Chashma Barrage Namal Lake Kundian Railway Station Daud Khel Railway Station Mari Indus Railway Station See also Mianwali Issa Khel Piplan Kundian Further reading "Manaqib-E-Sultani" By Mian Alamgir "Wichara Watan" By Harish Chander Nakra, New Delhi, India References External links Early history of Niazi tribe Niazi Chiefs in the Mughal empire Mianwali Online Districts of Punjab, Pakistan