Brief History

Jamiat-e-Hakiman (Delhi) Pakistan is a social community (Biradri) engaged in the cultural, educational, and economic development of their members that migrated mostly from Delhi (India) on the division of the Indo-Pak subcontinent in 1947. The cardinal principle, which binds the members of the community over several generations is blood relations and marital relations with each other. It comprises various families like Zakai, Baqai, Attar, Khandan-e-Hakim Nooruddin, and Khanum Ke Bazar Waley. The founding fathers who came to Delhi more than 500 years ago from Iran and other parts of India like Lahore and Ajmer etc. were practicing and trading in eastern (Unani) medicines as well as other merchandise (Perfumes etc.). This formed a trade guild. As a result of inter-marriages, the trade guild took the form of a community initially called “Qom Attaran–o-Hakiman”. After the migration to Pakistan, the word “Attaran” was dropped and now the community is called “Jamiat-e-Hakiman (Delhi) Pakistan”.

After Partition 80% of members of the community settled in Karachi. Some families went to Hyderabad (Sindh), Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Sukkar, Dera Ismail Khan, Multan, Lahore and Faisalabad. The world is now turning into a global village and quite a good number of community members are now living in foreign countries namely the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. The total number of community members in Pakistan and other parts of the world is estimated at more than 50,000 persons.