Panni or Parni refers to a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Like other Pashtuns, they have Eastern Iranian genetic and ethnolinguistic heritage. Who claim descent from the ancient nomadic Eastern Iranian Parni tribe.
Most of them are settled in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, such as Southern border of Turkmenistan, Badghis, Faryab, Ghor, Herat, Kandahar, Karachi, Quetta, Musakhail, Dera Ismail Khan, Mardan, Peshawar, Haripur,Abbottabad,Kabul, Tank, Kohat, Sibi, Zhob all the way to Bangladesh. while there are some communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and other Western countries. They were, at one point in time ruler of Bahlol Lodhi or Lodhi Dynasty they had main rule over darbar. After ending of Lodhi dynasty, they scattered and migrated to various parts of the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. [citation needed] Some Pannis/Parnis have also migrated to South India. However, most of them are settled in Pakistan. The Zamindars of Karatia in Bangladesh are of Panni/Parni descent.[1]
The famous sub tribes of Panni are Barozai, Marghazani, Safi, Jadoon, Dehpal and Mizri