Babrak Karmal he descended from Hindu ancestors of Kashmir. In 1986, Karmal announced that he, and his brother Mahmud Baryalay, were Pashtun because their mother came from the Mullakhel branch of the Pashtuns. However, this was controversial, considering that lineage in Afghanistan is supposed to be traced through the father, not the mother. The accusation that he was of Indian Muslim ancestry comes from the fact that his birthname, Sultan Hussein, is a common Indian Muslim name. In addition, Karmal's own father denied his own ethnicity; Karmal's father was a Tajik. To further confuse the matter, Karmal spoke Dari (Persian) and not
Sultan Ali Lakhani partner of Hassan Nawaz, son of the former Prime Miniser, Nawaz Sharif. Lakhani is also the owner of Lakson Group and also was the Honorary Consul of Mexico in Pakistan. In August 2011, Lakhani received the Hilal-i-Imtiaz conferred by then President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. Sultan Ali Lakhani Sultan Ali Lakhani is a Pakistani businessman and former senator who is founder of Lakson Group. He was the member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 1988 to March 1994. He was born on 24 July 1948 in Gondia, Maharashtra, India. He holds degree in Economics from the University of