The Orakzai (Pashto: وركزۍ) are a Pashtun tribe native to the Orakzai Agency and parts of Kurram and Khyber Agencies in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Additionally, a sub-tribe of the Orakzai resides in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak Province. The Orakzai people predominantly speak Pashto.
Kurram District (Urdu: ضلع کرم) is a district of Kohat Division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name Kurram comes from the river Kwarma (Pashto: کورمه) in Pashto, which itself derives from the Sanskrit word Krumu (Sanskrit: क्रुमु).
Until 2018, it functioned as an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, however, with the merger of the Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it attained the status of a district. Geographically, it covers the Kurram Valley in northwestern Pakistan. Most of the population is Pashtun and the main religion is Islam (Shia and Sunni) in Kurram. Major tribes living in the Kurram District are Bangash, Turi, Orakzai, Wazir, Mamozai, Massozai,Muqbil, Zazai, Mandan(Banusi), Paracha(non Pashtuns), Mangal, Ghilzai, Para Chamkani, Hazara and Khoshi tribe (Persian speaking tribe).
Mamuzai is a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Orakzai. Several Mamuzai live in Kohat, Peshawar, Islamabad, and in other areas in Pakistan. They undergo the Mishti-khel tribe of Orakzai. Mamozai also has sub-tribes.This is not to be confused with the region along the Pakistan border, Mamuzai. As of 2016, the returning of displaced individuals back to Mamuzai has been started.