Mullazai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3.67

Mullazai is a Pashtun village in Pakistan situated in southern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa near Tank District.Mullazai, also known as Malazai or Malay zai or Mali Zai, is a Pashtun Marwat village.GeographyMullazai lies at an altitude of 255 m and is situated to the north-west of the Indus River and close to the District of Tank. At a distance of 200 miles from Peshawar and about 40 miles from the city of Tank, Pakistan, which is the capital for the region. Mullazai is hot and humid in summers, when the temperature in Mullazai can reach 110-120 °F.OriginIt has a population of around more than 80,000, the second biggest in Tank district. The people of Mullazai are known as Marwats. Mala Zai (or Mali Zai) was the second son of Nona, who was the third son of MarwatClans of the village include Khwaji Khel, Nazar Khel and Haji Khel. These are the direct descendents of Malazai (Malay zai), through Khadar the grandson of Nona. Other clans like Sain Khel, Pehlawan Khel, Salmanzai and Jang-e-khel claim to be Marwats but are disputed by historians. Most of them are ethnic minorities migrated and settled in Mullazai in later times. Some of the most notable people from the village include the late Lt Col. Sarfaraz Khan, probably the most important, who was awarded the title of Ghaz-e-Kashmir and was nominated to be a member of the Federal Council Majlis-Shoora in 1980 by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.