shahdyaz Khan The Banuchi (Shitak) (Pashto: شيتک), originally BannuZai (Pashto: بنوزي), also Banusi (Pashto: بنوڅي) or Banisi, is a Pashtun tribe inhabiting the Bannu District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and North Waziristan of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, with some members settled in Afghanistan.[1][2][3] The Banuchi trace their descent to the Shitak superclan[4] of the larger Karlani tribe. The word banuchi is strictly used for the people who descend from the Shitak super tribe namely Surani (Sur), Mirian (Miri) and Sam (Sami)