Manki Sharif

Manki (Urdu: مانکی is a town and Union Council of Nowshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.   It is located to the south of Swabi.

Overview
Manki is also the home of one of the most powerful families in Pakistan. The Khattak family of Manki village includes Nasrullah Khan Khattak ex-Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Khattak family is responsible for building most of the large dams and link canals in Pakistan, including Khanpur Dam, Simly Dam, and Rawal Dam and many other large construction projects. Manki Sharif has the most talented and educated people that are serving in different important institutions in Pakistan. Highly Commissioned officers in Civil & Army, Serving doctors, engineers, Accountants, CEO's. The culture is rich bounded with strong ethics of the community. However, majority of the people are self-employed running their own construction businesses. It is estimated that 85% have their own businesses. According to history, Manki Khan was the son of Fateh Khan, grandson of Hoti, Bati khan and Anru and Luqman( who was the grandfather of khattak), Manki Khan decendents are migrated to this village back in 1500 century(Khattak migration from Karboga).Fateh Khan was having four sons ( Manki Khan (Manki khel, Mehraji (Mehraj khel) Saad Ullah khan and saai.

Manki Shareef is the birthplace of former chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nasrullah Khan Khattak and Parvaiz Khattak. , Abdul Khaliq Khaliq ( Khudai Khetmatgar and Writer of Zama Jwand aw Zamanah book)

According to the 2017 census, the population of Manki Sharif, is 21,785.