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General Pervez Musharraf — Two Children
Pervez Musharraf and Sehba Musharraf had two children: a son, Bilal, and a daughter, Ayla.
Dawn and international obituaries consistently identify the same two children.
Marriage breakdown
Sehba Musharraf: 2 children
Total: 2
Musharraf’s family remained considerably less involved in electoral politics than the Ayub, Zia, Sharif or Bhutto families.
Pakistan’s Business Tycoons
Mian Muhammad Mansha — Three Sons Publicly Documented
Mian Muhammad Mansha is married to Naz Mansha, who is associated with Nishat Linen.
Reliable business reporting identifies three sons working within the family’s corporate network. Corporate filings and business profiles identify Raza Mansha, Umer Mansha and Hassan Mansha in senior positions across Nishat companies.
Marriage breakdown
Naz Mansha: At least 3 publicly documented children
Complete total: Not independently verified
This is an important correction to online lists that variously report two, four or five children without providing dependable sourcing.
The responsible conclusion is that three sons are firmly documented, while a definitive complete count should not be presented without a direct family or corporate disclosure.
Mansha is therefore discussed in the article but excluded from the exact statistical sample.
Malik Riaz Hussain — At Least Five Publicly Identified Children
The publicly available record around Malik Riaz’s family is more fragmented.
Dawn has identified his son Ali Riaz and daughters Pashmina, Ambar, Amina and Sana in separate reports. That establishes at least one son and four daughters in the public record.
Some profiles describe Beena or Bina Riaz as his second wife and state that his first wife died earlier in his life. However, trustworthy sources do not provide a consistent child-by-child allocation between the two marriages.
Marriage breakdown
First marriage: Exact count not reliably established
Beena Riaz: Exact count not reliably established
Publicly identified total: At least 5
Malik Riaz is excluded from the exact marriage-based average because the number attributed to each marriage cannot be verified with sufficient confidence.
Sir Anwar Pervez — Five Children Across Two Marriages
Sir Anwar Pervez, founder of Bestway Group, is reported to have one son from his first marriage and four children with his second wife, Sabiha Kasim.
This produces a total of five children.
Marriage breakdown
First wife: 1 child
Sabiha Kasim: 4 children
Total: 5
His son Dawood Pervez later joined the Bestway board, demonstrating the transfer of corporate responsibility to the next generation.
Hussain Dawood and Kulsum Dawood — Four Children
Hussain Dawood and Kulsum Dawood had four children: Azmeh, Shahzada, Sabrina and Abdul Samad.
The Dawood family’s corporate and philanthropic organisations publicly identify members of the next generation in leadership and trustee positions.
Marriage breakdown
Kulsum Dawood: 4 children
Total: 4
The family’s intergenerational corporate structure is particularly visible. Abdul Samad Dawood has served in senior Engro leadership, while Sabrina Dawood has held prominent roles in the family’s educational and philanthropic organisations.
