List of Pakistanis

Pakistan is the fifth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of some notable people who relate to the country. See Pakistani people for a list of pages about notable Pakistanis by category.

Heads of state or government

Civil / democratically elected administrators

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, "Quaid-e-Azam"; first Governor General of Pakistan, and the main founder of Pakistan.
Liaquat Ali Khan
Khawaja Nazimuddin
Ghulam Muhammad
Iskander Mirza
Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
Chaudhry Fazal Ellahi
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
Muhammad Ali Bogra
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Feroz Khan Noon
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Muhammad Khan Junejo
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Benazir Bhutto
Farooq Leghari
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Balakh Sher Mazari
Moeen Qureshi
Malik Meraj Khalid
Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
Shaukat Aziz
Wasim Sajjad
Mohammad Mian Soomro
Yousaf Raza Gillani
Raja Pervez Ashraf
Nawaz Sharif
Mamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Asif Ali Zardari
Imran Khan
Shehbaz Sharif

Military / non-democratically elected administrators

Foreign ministers

Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (27 December 1947—24 October 1954)
Aziz Ahmed (30 March 1977—5 July 1977)
Agha Shahi (14 January 1978—9 March 1982)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (21 March 1982—1 November 1987)
Abdul Sattar (23 July 1993—19 October 1993)
Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali (16 November 1993—4 November 1996)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Caretaker: 11 November 1996—24 February 1997)
Gohar Ayub (25 February 1997—7 August 1998)
Sartaj Aziz
Abdul Sattar (23 July 1999—14 June 2002)
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (23 November 2002—15 November 2007)
Inam-ul-Haq (Caretaker: 15 November 2007—24 March 2008)
Shah Mehmood Qureshi (31 March 2008—February 2011)
Hina Rabbani Khar (18 July 2011—11 May 2013)
Shah Mehmood Qureshi (20 August 2018)
Khawaja Muhammad Asif
Nawaz Sharif
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bureaucrats

Diplomats

A. S. Bokhari
Agha Shahi
Jamsheed Marker
Jauhar Saleem
Javid Husain
Maliha Lodhi
Prince Ali Khan
Khalid Amir Khan, Ambassador to Hungary, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Riaz Khokhar
Najmuddin Sheikh
Tehmina Janjua
Tariq Azim Khan, High Commissioner to Canada (from 2015 to 2018)
Abdus Salim Khan
Shahryar Khan

United Nations officials

Attorney General of Pakistan

Law officers of Advocate General Punjab

Other major political figures

A – F

Abdul Ghani, provincial assembly member
Abdul Majeed, provincial assembly member
Abul A'la Maududi, writer of Tafhim-ul-Quran, founder of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
Abdul Rehman Rana, provincial assembly member
Abdul Qadir Patel, Advisor to President of Pakistan and National Assembly Member
Adnan Wazir, provincial assembly member
Agha Shorish Kashmiri
Akhtar Khan, provincial assembly member
Ali Madad Jattak, provincial assembly member
Ali Shah, provincial assembly member
Allama Mashriqi
Altaf Hussain, founding member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London
Anwar Kamal Khan, senior leader of political party PMLN
Asif Khan, provincial assembly member
Aurangzeb Khan, provincial assembly member
Bahadur Yar Jung
Bakht Muhammad, provincial assembly member
Chaudhry Afzal Haq
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, coined the word "Pakistan"
Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi
Faisal Khan, provincial assembly member
Faisal Khan Jamali, provincial assembly member
Farhat Abbas, provincial senator
Fatima Jinnah, sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Fazal Qadir Mandokhail, provincial assembly member

G – L

Allama Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Tahreek-e- Pakistan activist, associate of the Quaid-e-Azam and a scholar on the Quran
Ghulam Faruque Khan
Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri
Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Jadoon, provincial assembly member
Ihtisham Ali, provincial assembly member
Imran Khan, ex-cricket player, former prime minister in Pakistan
Ishfaq Ahmed, provincial assembly member
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Liaqat Ali, provincial assembly member

M – R

Mahmud Ali, leader in the Pakistan Movement, statesman and journalist
Makhdoom Zada Muhammad Aftab Haider, provincial assembly member
Maulana Mohammad Ali
Mian Muhammad Umar, provincial assembly member
Mir Saeed Ahmed Langove, provincial assembly member
Mir Shoaib Nosherwani, provincial assembly member
Mufti Mahmud, founding member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Muhammad Azam Khan, provincial assembly member
Muhammad Iqbal Khan, provincial assembly member
Muhammad Riaz, provincial assembly member
Mohammad Usman, provincial assembly member
Mohammad Usman, former National assembly member
Muhammad Waqas Khan, Pakistani politician^[1]
Muhammad Yamin, provincial assembly member
Mukhtar Ahmed Malik, provincial assembly member-elect
Munir Hussain, provincial assembly member
Murtaza Khan, provincial assembly member
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani
Naseer Khan Khoso, provincial assembly member
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, Ahrari leader
Nek Muhammad Khan, provincial assembly member
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, ex-Chairman of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan

S – Z

Sahib of Manki Sharif
Saleem Ullah Khan Niazi Paikhel, agriculturist and politician, former member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab^[2]
Samad Khan, provincial assembly member
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, founder of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam.
Shafi Ullah Jan, provincial assembly member
Shah Abu Tarab Khan Bangash, provincial assembly member
Shahzada Mohiuddin
Sanath Singh
Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din
Sikandar Hayat Khan, Premier of the Province of Punjab and senior statesman
Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
Syed Kazim Hussain Shah, Sindh parliament member
Syed Zafar Ali Agha, provincial assembly member
Tariq Mehmood Aryani, provincial assembly member
Ubaid Ullah, provincial assembly member
Wali Muhammad, provincial assembly member
Zahir Khan, provincial assembly member
Zar Alam Khan, provincial assembly member

Judges

Lawyers

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Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, founder of Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan
S M Zafar
Akhtar Aly Kureshy
Hamid Khan
Asma Jahangir, Senior ASC
Aitzaz Ahsan
Ashtar Ausaf Ali
Khalid Ranjha
Abdul Hafeez Pirzada
Mahmud Ali Kasuri
Ahmad Awais
Wasim Sajjad
Ghulam Farooq Awan
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
Sahibzada Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri
Akram Sheikh
Syed Ali Zafar
Naseer Ahmed Bhutta
Babar Awan
Makhdoom Ali Khan
Khalid Anwer
Mohammed Jibran Nasir
Abid Hassan Minto
Shakeel ur Rahman
Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri
Farooq Naek
Salman Aslam Butt
Suman Kumari, first Hindu woman judge in Pakistan
Iqbal Haider
Hina Jilani
Azam Nazeer Tarar

Human rights activists and philanthropists

Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of Edhi Foundation
Ruth Pfau, founder of Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre
Ramzan Chhipa, founder of Chhipa Welfare Association
Hakim Muhammad Saeed, founder of Hamdard Pakistan
Ansar Burney, founder of Ansar Burney Trust International
Dr. Amjad Saqib, founder of Akhuwat Foundation
Naimatullah Khan, advocate, former chairman of Al-Khidmat Foundation
Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, founder of Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan
Mushtaq Chhapra, founder of The Citizens Foundation
Sheema Kermani, founder of Tehrik-e-Niswan
Asma Jahangir
Hina Jilani
Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Shoaib Sultan Khan
Masood Ul Mulk
Fatima Lodhi
Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan, first woman minister in Pakistan and prominent social worker
Veeru Kohli
Dadi Leela (1916–2017), educationist, music teacher, philanthropist
Gulalai Ismail
Syeda Ghulam Fatima
Fouzia Saeed
Tabassum Adnan

Academia

Scientists, researchers and scholars

Abdus Salam, Nobel laureate in physics 1979, science advisor to the Government of Pakistan (1960–1974), founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), received the Sitara-e-Pakistan for contribution to science in Pakistan (1959) and founded the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste
Akbar Sitara Brooj is a cancer researcher at NHS England & Oxford University, she made multiple world records & is a child prodigy & motivation speaker.
Ahmad Hasan Dani, Distinguished National Professor and Professor Emeritus, Quaid-e-Azam University; historian and archaeologist
Jamal Malik, Professor and Chair of Islamic studies at the University of Erfurt in Germany
Tariq Rahman, linguistic historian, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Emeritus Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, scholar, critic, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Pirzada Qasim, scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi
Attash Durrani, scholar, linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan
Atta ur Rahman
Alamgir Hashmi, literary scholar, historian, critic, translator
Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, chief executive officer (CEO) of Roots Millennium Schools, executive director of Roots School System, recipient of ‘Tamgha-e-Imtiaz’^[3]
Abdul Qadeer Khan, metallurgical engineer, former chairman KRL, 1976-2001
Khalid Saeed Khan, principal of College of Physiotherapy^[4]
Munir Ahmad Khan, nuclear engineer, former chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 1972–1991, chairman, IAEA Board of Governors, 1986–87
Ishfaq Ahmad, nuclear physicist and former chairman of the PAEC
Abdullah Sadiq, nuclear physicist and AS-ICTP laureate
Samar Mubarakmand, nuclear physicist, chairman of the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM)
Anwar Ali, former chairman of the PAEC
Shahid Hussain Bokhari, computer and aerospace engineer
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, PhD in organic chemistry
Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist
Javaid Laghari, aerospace engineer, former Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan
Datuk Rahman Anwar Syed, entomologist responsible for discovering the biological method of oil palm pollination
Anwar Naseem, Advisor Science COMSTECH, Chairman National Commission on Biotechnology Pakistan, founding president of FABA^[5]
Atta ur Rahman, PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the University of Cambridge in 1987^[6]
Ikram Chughtai, researcher,^[7]^[8]^[9] translator, historian, and biographer.
Ismat Beg, mathematician, PhD University of Bucharest, 1982
Umar Saif, computer engineer, PhD University of Cambridge, 2001
Syed Waqar Jaffry, Computer Scientist, Academician, PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universitiet, Amsterdam.^[10]
Ayub K. Ommaya, professor of neurosurgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England; expert in traumatic brain injuries; inventor of the Ommaya reservoir, which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors
Abdul Jamil Khan, Principal of Ayub Medical College, Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population
Hasnat Khan, heart surgeon, head of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences; also worked in Chelsea, London
Akhtar Aly Kureshy Lawyer, Writer & Professor
Arif Alvi, Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation^[11]
Roger H. Armour, inventor of the hand-held ophthalmoscope
Sania Nishtar, cardiologist, health policy expert and minister
Muhammed Suhail Zubairy, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University, USl;holder of Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics
A G N Kazi
Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad (1913–2002), executive director of the World Bank for Pakistan and the Middle East
Mohammad Zubair Khan
Abdul-Majid Bhurgri, hero of Sindhi computing
Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi, former Chairman of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
Ghulam Faruque Khan
Hafeez A. Pasha
Mahbub ul Haq, economist and co-creator of the Human Development Index (HDI)
Ishrat Hussain
Salman Shah
Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi
Dr. Ziaul Haque
Asad Umar
Akhtar Hameed Khan
Matin Ahmed Khan, marketing expert and management educator
Bernadette Louise Dean, former Principal of Kinnaird College for Women
Mary Emily Gonsalves, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry
Jacqueline Maria Dias
Rubina Gillani
Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and 2010 MacArthur Fellow; part of the team that made the first direct gravitational wave observation
Adil Najam, founding Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University; former Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Prop. Dr. Ihsan Ali Sitara-i-Imtiaz Vice-Chancellor of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Sardar Mohammad Khan, scholar of linguistics
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Anita Zaidi
Asghar Zaidi
Eqbal Ahmed, political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to the study of Near East
Dr.Khalid Manzoor Butt, educationist and scholar, Dean of Political Science Department GCU
Hakim Syed Ali Ahmad Nayyar Wasty, scholar (history of medicine)
Amer Iqbal, Pakistani American theoretical physicist. He is primarily known for his work in string theory and mathematical physics
Syed Hamid Nawab, Professor of Electrical and Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; co-author of widely used textbook Signals and Systems (1997), published by Prentice Hall (Pearson); researcher in signal processing and machine perception with application to auditory, speech, and neuromuscular systems
Khaleel Chishty, virologist

School teachers

Religious scholars

Muhammad Shafi Deobandi, former grand mufti of Pakistan.
Jawad Naqvi, Shia Islamic scholar
Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic Scholar, Founder of TLP
Molana Tariq Jamil, religious leader and member of Tablighi Jamaat
Mufti Rafi Usmani, President of Darul Uloom Karachi
Syed Adnan Kakakhail, Mufti, Muslim Scholar, Founder and CEO of Al-Burhan Institute
Muhammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Mufti, Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
Saqib Raza Mustafai, founder of Idara-tul-Mustafa
Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Ameer e Dawat-e-Islami, co-founder of Dawat-e-Islami
Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai, founder of Idara-tul-Mustafa
Israr Ahmed, religious leader and the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami
Muhammad Hussain Najafi, religious leader
Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra, religious leader
Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, religious scholar, Al-Mawrid International, Pakistan
Mufti Jafar Hussain, religious leader
Talib Jauhari, Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, Qur'anic interpreter, Urdu poet, historian and philosopher
Syed Munawar Hasan, former chairman of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, law professor, Sufi Islamic scholar and founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran
Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi, religious scholar, founder of Jamaa'at-e-Ahle Sunnat
Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, religious Quranic scholar, founder of Talu-e-Islam
Farhat Hashmi, founder of Al-Huda International
Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Ameer-e-Shariat
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Ayesha Jalal, historian, author and scholar
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, historian
Khurshid Ahmad, scholar, Vice President of the Jamaat-e-Pakistan
Muzaffar Iqbal
Ehsan Elahi Zaheer Islamic scholar, author and founder of the Jamiat-E-Ahlihadees in Pakistan
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Khurram Zaki, scholar and journalist
Zafar Ishaq Ansari, Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad
Zubair Ali Zai
Moeen Nizami
Muhammad Sherin

Military personnel

Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (1914 – August 7, 1958), Nishan-E-Haider
Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed, Nishan-E-Haider
Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (1938–1971), Nishan-E-Haider
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (1951 – August 20, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider
Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943 – December 6, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider
Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949 – December 10, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider
Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944 – December 17, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider
Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970 – July 5, 1999), Nishan-E-Haider
Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967 – July 7, 1999), Nishan-E-Haider
Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan (died May 1981), Sitara-e-Jurat, 1965 war hero who captured Area Rajouri, Budhil and Mehdar from India during Operation Gibraltar
General Muhammad Musa Khan Hazara, 4th Army Commander-in-Chief, 4th Governor of West Pakistan and 10th Governor of Balochistan
General Sawar Khan, former Vice Chief of Army Staff
General Iftikhar Janjua, Hilal-e-Jurat, 1971 war hero of Rann of Kutch operations
General Muhammad Shariff, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1977
General Iqbal Khan, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1980–1984
General Zafar H. Naqvi, Army Air Defence Commander
General Mirza Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), think tank head
General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
General Abdul Waheed Kakar, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
General Jehangir Karamat former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the United States
General Rahimuddin Khan, 7 year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan and provincial hero
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) & Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC)
General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
General Nadeem Raza, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC)
Admiral Shahid Karimullah
Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan
Lieutenant General, Akhtar Hussain Malik (died August 22, 1969), Hilal-i-Jurat, 1965 war hero
Lieutenant General, Abdul Ali Malik, 1965 war hero for his role in the Battle of Chawinda
Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, former DG ISI
Lieutenant General Zaheer-ul-Islam, former DG ISI
Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar, former DG ISI
Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar, former DG ISI
Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa, former DG ISPR & Commander southern command, Chairman CPEC Authority
Lieutenant General Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, former DG ISI, Commander XXX Corps (Pakistan)
Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, DG ISI
Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, former Governor of East Pakistan
Air Vice Marshall Eric Gordon Hall
Major General Athar Abbas former DG ISPR, Ambassador to Ukraine
Major General Julian Peter
Major General Noel Israel Khokhar
Major General Asif Ghafoor, former DG ISPR, GOC Okara 40th Infantry Division
Major General Babar Iftikhar, DG ISPR
Rear Admiral Leslie Mungavin
Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf
Brigadier Mervyn Cardoza
Brigadier Daniel Austin
Air Vice Marshall (R) Farooq Umar
Air Commodore Nazir Latif
Air Commodore (R) Muhammad Mehmood Alam (M M Alam)
Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry
Wing Commander Mervyn Middlecoat
Squadron Leader Peter Christy
Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui
Captain Hercharn Singh
Rahul Dev, first person from the Hindu community to recruited in the Pakistan Air Force^[12]
Lieutenant general Bahadur Sher (1922–1983)^[13]

Businesspeople and industrialists

Abdul Razaq Dawood, founder of Descon
Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Chairman of the ARY Group
Bashir Ali Mohammad, Gul Ahmed Group
Byram Avari, Chairman of the Avari Group
Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed, Chairman of the Servis Group, former managing director in and Chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC)
Fiza Farhan, co-founder of Buksh Foundation
Hussain Dawood, investor, educationalist and philanthropist
Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Lakson Group
Jahangir Khan Tareen, owner of sugar mills
Jahangir Siddiqui, owner of JS Group
Malik Riaz, Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town
Mian Amir Mahmood, Pakistani politician and founder of the Punjab Group of Colleges
Mian Muhammad Latif, Chenab Group, ChenOne
Mian Muhammad Mansha, industrialist and businessman
Mir Shakil ur Rehman, Jang Group
Sadruddin Hashwani, founder and chairman of Hashoo Group
Shiza Shahid, co-founder of Malala Fund
Shahid Khan, owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp, in Urbana, Illinois; owner of the NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars
Sikandar Sultan, managing director of Shan Food Industries^[14]
Syed Babar Ali, former caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan, founder of Packages Limited, Milkpak Limited–now Nestlé Pakistan and Lahore University of Management Sciences

Bankers

Agha Hasan Abedi
Ishrat Husain
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Muhammad Mian Soomro
Shahid Javed Burki
Shamshad Akhtar
Zahid Hussain
Shaukat Aziz, banker and former Prime Minister
Mian Muhammad Mansha
Mir Mohammad Ali Khan, Pakistani investment banker

Arts, literature and other media personalities

Actors and actresses

For a categorical listing of actors in film, see Category:Pakistani film actors

Adeeb, actor
Adil Murad, actor
Afzal Khan, actor
Ajab Gul, actor
Anjuman, actress
Ayesha Sana, actress
Aamina Sheikh, actress
Babar Ali, actor
Babra Sharif, actress
Badar Munir, actor
Darpan, actor
Deeba, actor
Faysal Qureshi, actor
Fawad Khan, actor
Hamza Ali Abbasi, actor
Hareem Farooq, actress
Humayun Saeed, actor
Husna, actress
Imran Abbas, actor
Inayat Hussain Bhatti, actor
Ismat Zaidi, actress
Ismael Shah, actor
Javed Sheikh, actor
Kamal Irani, actor
Mahira Khan, actress
Marina Khan, actress
Maya Ali
Mohib Mirza, actor
Meera, actress
Mehmood Aslam, actor
Mohammad Ali, actor
Moin Akhter, actor
Munawar Zarif, actor
Mustafa Qureshi, actor
Nadeem Baig, actor
Nadia Khan, actress
Naeem Hashmi, actor
Kamal Irani, actor
Nasira Zuberi, actress
Neelo, actress
Rahat Kazmi, actor
Saba Qamar, actress
Sabiha Khanum, actress
Saeed Khan Rangeela, actor
Saima, actress
Sami Khan, actor
Samina Pirzada, actress
Sana Nawaz, actress
Sangeeta, actor
Shaan Shahid, actor
Shafi Muhammad Shah, actor
Shahid, actor
Shamim Ara, actress
Sohail Ahmad, actor
Somy Ali, actress
Sultan Rahi, actor
Talat Husain, actor
Talish, actor
Tariq Aziz, actor
Waheed Murad, actor
Yousaf Khan, actor
Zahid Ahmed (actor)
Zeba, actress
Amanullah Khan (actor)

YouTubers

Video jockeys

Architects

Artists and painters

Film and TV directors and documentary filmmakers

Fashion designers

Models

Visual effects

Journalists

Agha Shorish Kashmiri
Janbaz Mirza
Ansar Abbasi
Ahmad Faruqui
Ahmed Rashid
Ardeshir Cowasjee, columnist and businessman
Arman Sabir, journalist working for BBC; earlier he was associated with DAWN for several years
Asghar Ali Engineer
Hassan Nisar
Hameed Nizami
Imran Aslam
Irfan Husain, columnist
Javed Malik, journalist, working for ARY
Kamal Siddiqi
Kamran Khan, Geo TV
Khalid Hasan
Maliha Lodhi
Mazhar Ali Khan, journalist, editor and publisher
Mehmood Sham, columnist
Mishal Husain
Murtaza Razvi
Nadeem Malik
PJ Mir, journalist working for ARY
Rauf Klasra
Shahid Javed Burki
Shahid Mahmood, journalist working for ARY
Dr.Shahid Masood, journalist, ex-Chairman of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)
Sohail Warraich, anchor on Geo TV
Surendar Valasai
Syed Saleem Shahzad
Syed Sardar Ahmed Pirzada, journalist, radio anchor, and socio-political analyst
Tahir Mirza
Talat Hussain, journalist working for AAJ TV
Zamir Niazi
Ian Fyfe, DAWN sports reporter
Khurram Zaki, journalist and TV host
Abdullah Malik (1920–2003), journalist, writer
Imran Riaz Khan Pakistani journalist
Wajahat Saeed Khan Pakistani journalist

Musicians

Abida Parveen
Amjad Sabri, Qawwal and Naat Khawan
Aaroh
Abrar-ul-Haq
Atif Aslam
Ali Azmat
Alam Lohar and Arif Lohar
Ahmed Rushdi, film song singer
Ali Zafar
Amanat Ali Khan, ghazal singer
Amjad Bobby, film music composer
Atif Aslam
Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, ghazal singer
Bohemia, rapper and music producer
Hadiqa Kiyani
Hamid Ali Khan, ghazal singer
Imran Khan, Punjabi singer
Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, film music composer
Mehdi Hassan, film singer
Masood Rana, film singer
Mustafa Zahid
Nadia Ali, singer
Naser Mestarihi, hard rock musician
Naseebo Lal, film singer
Nashad, film music composer
Nisar Bazmi, film music composer
Noor Jehan
Noori
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Robin Ghosh, film music composer
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Rahim Shah
Rohail Hyatt
Sabri Brothers, qawwali musicians
Sahir Ali Bagga
Sajjad Ali
Shamim Nazli
Shehzad Roy
Salman Ahmad
Sohail Rana, film music composer
Sheraz Uppal
Waqar Ali
Zeb and Haniya
Alamgir, pop music singer
Ali Haider (singer)
Fakhir
Farida Khanum
Hadiqa Kiani
Jawad Ahmed
Junaid Jamshed
Jassi Lailpuria
Malika Pukhraj
Najam Sheraz
Nazia Hasan, pop singer
Zohaib Hasan
Tina Sani
S. B. John
Jassi Lailpuria
Ahmad Raza Khan
Siddiq Ismail
Khursheed Ahmad

Photographers

Writers and poets

Sports

Athletics

John Permal, sprinter
Kamal Salman Masud, swimmer
Lianna Swan, swimmer
Kiran Khan, swimmer

Boxing

Muhammad Waseem, WBC Silver Flyweight Champion
Amir Khan, undisputed light-welterweight world champion
Hussain Shah
Jan Mohammad Baloch (1950-2012), Pakistani former olympian boxer, coach

Cricket

Cycling

Sabia Abbat

E-sports

Syed Sumail Hassan

Field hockey

Football

Golf

Taimur Hussain

Mixed martial arts

Bashir Ahmad

Mountaineers

Sailing

Munir Sadiq

Skiing

Amina Wali

Snooker

Squash

Jansher Khan, 8 time world open champion, 4 time super series champion, 6 time British champion
Aamir Atlas Khan
Farhan Mehboob
Hashim Khan, 8 time British champion
Jahangir Khan, 6 time world champion, 10 time British champion
Carla Khan
Mansoor Zaman
Qamar Zaman, British champion
Zaheer Abbas, legendary cricketeer

Tennis

Police officers

Chaudhry Aslam Khan
Safwat Ghayur
Malik Saad
Allah Dino Khawaja
Nasir Durrani
Moazzam Jah Ansari
Pushpa Kumari Kohli, first Hindu woman police officer in Pakistan

Militants

Abdul Rauf Azhar
Ajmal Kasab, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack
Fazlullah
Ghazi Baba, mastermind of 2001 Delhi parliament attack
Hafiz Saeed
Hakimullah Mehsud
Ilyas Kashmiri, Al Qaeda operative
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, architect of 9/11
Malik Ishaq
Masood Azhar
Qari Hussain
Ramzi Yousef, convict in world trade centre bombing
Rashid Rauf
Riaz Basra
Sufi Muhammad
Wali-ur-Rehman
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi

Other

Abdul Sattar Edhi, social worker
Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate
Aitzaz Hasan, schoolboy who died blocking a suicide bomber
Akbar Sitara Brooj, child prodigy & cancer researcher at Oxford University
Arfa Karim, computer prodigy
Asif Bashir, Pakistani rescue worker
Malala Yousafzai, education activist
Syed Ali Akhtar, military officer
Tooba Syed, feminist, political worker
Umar Farooq Zahoor, businessman and a fugitive sought for financial crimes
Zahida Kazmi, Pakistan's first female taxi driver
Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola, women's rights activist

References

^ "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory".
^ "Legislators from MIANWALI (PP-36 to PP-39)". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ "‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ awarded to Faisal Mushtaq", The News International, Islamabad, 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.
^ "King Edward Medical University". Archived from the original on 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
^ "Prof. Anwar Nasim". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
^ Biography Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008
^ "Column: Two Iqbals and Nöldeke". Dawn. 2010-03-14. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ Waqas, Arif (7 February 2006). "The Need for New Urdu Grammar". BBC Urdu (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ Parekh, Rauf (2014-04-14). "Literary Notes: Fallon's Urdu-English dictionary: a remarkable feat of lexicography". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
^ "Dr. Waqar ul Qounain - Home Page". faculty.pucit.edu.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
^ "Sindh Governor House". Archived from the original on 2006-07-23. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
^ "In a first, minority Hindu young man selected to become GD pilot in PAF". Express Tribune. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ Hamid, Major General Syed Ali (3 Jul 2020). "One Spud Two Gravy". The Friday Times. Retrieved 7 Dec 2024.
^ Pakistan’s King of Masalas spins his own magic ^{[dead link‍]} April 27, 2008 The News
^ "TED2013 Talent Search".
^ "Untitled Document".
^ "Laraib Atta on being the VFX artist for Mission: Impossible – Fallout".
^ "Sohail Tanvir".
^ "Cricket: Pakistan Faces a Host of Problems – OhmyNews International".

External links

Media related to People of Pakistan at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory".

[2] "Legislators from MIANWALI (PP-36 to PP-39)". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[3] "‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ awarded to Faisal Mushtaq", The News International, Islamabad, 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.

[4] "King Edward Medical University". Archived from the original on 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

[5] "Prof. Anwar Nasim". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-07-09.

[BC-6] Biography Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008

[7] "Column: Two Iqbals and Nöldeke". Dawn. 2010-03-14. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[8] Waqas, Arif (7 February 2006). "The Need for New Urdu Grammar". BBC Urdu (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[9] Parekh, Rauf (2014-04-14). "Literary Notes: Fallon's Urdu-English dictionary: a remarkable feat of lexicography". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-01-13.

[10] "Dr. Waqar ul Qounain - Home Page". faculty.pucit.edu.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

[11] "Sindh Governor House". Archived from the original on 2006-07-23. Retrieved 2008-12-21.

[Express_Tribune-12] "In a first, minority Hindu young man selected to become GD pilot in PAF". Express Tribune. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[f102-13] Hamid, Major General Syed Ali (3 Jul 2020). "One Spud Two Gravy". The Friday Times. Retrieved 7 Dec 2024.

[14] Pakistan’s King of Masalas spins his own magic ^{[dead link‍]} April 27, 2008 The News

[TEDTalk-15] "TED2013 Talent Search".

[BrightFuture-16] "Untitled Document".

[17] "Laraib Atta on being the VFX artist for Mission: Impossible – Fallout".

[18] "Sohail Tanvir".

[19] "Cricket: Pakistan Faces a Host of Problems – OhmyNews International".

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