Shoaib Akhtar
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Shoaib Akhtar is a Pakistani former international cricketer and commentator. Nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express", he is the fastest bowler in cricketing history. Akhtar made his Test match debut in Nov
Shoaib in 2018
Shoaib Akhtar bowling in 2006
Akhtar during a training session with Geoff Lawson in 2008. Lawson criticized Akhtar's attitude during his time as Pakistan's head coach
Awan (tribe)
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Awan is a tribe and ethnic community centred in the Northern and Punjab regions of Pakistan, the name Awan is used as a surname for this tribe. Awans are predominantly present in the northern, central
Shoaib Akhtar
…and Pakistani cricket. Akhtar was born into a Punjabi family, with his paternal side belonging to the Gujjar community, and his maternal side to the Awan community, in the small town of Morgah in Rawalpindi, Punjab. His father, Mohammad Akhtar, whom Shoaib describes as very religious and "from a hardworking…
Watercolour of an Awan sepoy, named Hakim Khan, painted by Major A.C. Lovett, circa 1908. The painting is included in the book, The Armies of India (published in 1911).
Amir Mohammad Khan, former Nawab of Kalabagh, Chief of the Awan tribe, Governor of West Pakistan from 1960 to 1966
Air Marshal Nur Khan, Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Air Force, 1965–69, Governor of West Pakistan, 1969–70