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Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of such famous people who belong or relate in some way to this nation. See Category:Pakistani people for an alphabetical list of Pakistanis with categories.
Heads of State or Government
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah, "Quaid-e-Azam" First Governor General of Pakistan and the founder.
- Liaquat Ali Khan
- Khawaja Nazimuddin
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Iskander Mirza
- Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
- Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
- Muhammad Ali Bogra
- Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
- Feroz Khan Noon
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Muhammad Khan Junejo
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- Benazir Bhutto
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Mian Nawaz Sharif
- Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari
- Balakh Sher Mazari
- Moeen Qureshi
- Malik Meraj Khalid
- Pervez Musharraf
- Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Shaukat Aziz
- Ishrat Husain
- Mohammad Mian Soomro
- Yousaf Raza Gillani
- Asif Zardari
Martial law administrators
- Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan
- General Agha Muhammed Yahya Khan
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- General Pervez Musharraf
Other major (historical) political figures
- Allama Mashriqi
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal
- Nawab of Kalabagh Amir Muhammad Khan
- Bahadur Yar Jung
- Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
- Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
- Fatima Jinnah
- G M Syed
- Jafar Khan Jamali
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Maulana Mohammad Ali
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan
- Abul Ala Maududi
- Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
- Shaukat Hayat Khan
- Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi politician)
- Nawab Ahmed Khan Jugezai
- Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani a.k.a. Noorani Mian
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Judges
- Justice Qadeeruddin Ahmed
- Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
- Justice Muhammad Munir
- Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin
- Justice A. R. Cornelius
- Justice Hamoodur Rahman
- Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali
- Justice S. Anwarul Haq
- Justice Mohammad Haleem
- Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah
- Justice Muhammad Rustum Kiani
- Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah
- Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
- Justice Ajmal Mian
- Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
- Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
- Justice Rana Bhagwandas
- Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar
- Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
- Justice Dorab Patel
Lawyers
Politicians
- Altaf Hussain
- Asfandyar Wali Khan
- Asghar Khan
- Fazal-ur-Rehman
- Imran Khan
- Shahbaz Sharif
- Sheikh Rashid Ahmad
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Nawaz Sharif
Human rights activists and philanthropists
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Sheikh Liaquat Hussain;Khidmat-e-khalq foundation kkf,Muttahida Qaumi Movement
- Ruth Pfau
- Hakim Said
- Afrasiab Khattak
- Ansar Burney
- Asma Jahangir
- Saeed ur Rehman, PRIME, Kabirwala Distt. Khanewal
Doctors & dentists
- Dr. AJ Khan, Principal of Ayub Medical College, Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population
- Dr. Hasnat Khan, leading heart surgeon, head of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Also worked in Chelsea, London.
- Dr. Arif Alvi, Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation [1]
- Dr. Kazi Uzair, former President of the Dow Medical College Students' Union in Karachi (February 22, 1959 - January 22, 1989)
- Dr. Abdul Ghafar Jatoi first heart surgeon to perform open heart surgery in Pakistan.
- Lt. Col. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Rasheed ( Chaudhri), Sept. 21, 1906-Feb 28, 1986, Major Afghan Army 1936-1939, Major, Royal Indian Atmy Medical Corps, 1940-1946, Pakistan Army Medical Corps, 1947-1963. Frist Muslim Tarar dcotor from Gujrat, Punjab, King Edwards Medical College, 1936.
Architects
- A. R. Hye
- Mohammad Abdul Ahed
- Nayyar Ali Dada
- Yasmeen Lari
- Rais Chohan
Editors of Literary Magazines
Educationalists and scholars
- Dr Ali Sajid, Ph.D Engineering Management, Scholar The George Washington University
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Ph.D., Scholar, Critic, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
- Pirzada Qasim, Ph.D., Scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi
- Attash Durrani, Ph.D., Scholar, Linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Contractor & Vice Chancellor, Engineering University, Peshawar, Pakistan
- Saeed ur Rehman, Ph.D , National Institute of Social Sciences, Islamabad
- Dr. Faisal Manzoor Arain, Ph.D., MS, B.Arch, Scholar, Chair, Construction Project Management, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada
Social scientists and religious scholars
- Saeed ur Rehman, Research Consultant / Social Scientist, PRIME, Kabirwala, Distt. Khanewal
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Sufi, Saint & Founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam
- Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi
- Abul Ala Maududi
- Ahmad Hasan Dani
- Akbar S. Ahmed holds Ibn Khaldun seat at American university
- Ali Abbas famous journalist and author.
- Allamah Rasheed Turabi
- Akhtar Hameed Khan
- Ayesha Jalal Scholar and Educationist and Religious and Spiritual leader, Hyderabad, Pakistan.
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, renowned historian (late)
- Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, of Ethics, Religion and History, Shifa College of Medicine
- Khurshid Ahmad
- Muzaffar Iqbal
- Ehsan Elahi Zaheer
- Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri, Professor, Islamic Law, Founder of Tehreek-e-Minhaj-ul-Quran
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari Scholar, Educationist - Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Ameer-e-Shariat, Leader: Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, British India
- Professor Dr. Rauf Yasin Jalali, Ph.D., (Islamic Thinker, Writer & Orator)
- Dr. Mahmoud Ahmad Ghazi, former President, International Islamic University and former Minister for Religious Affairs, Govt. of Pakistan [2]
- Farhat Hashmi, Scholar of Qur'an and Hadith, Founder of Al-Huda International - center of learning for women
- Tariq Jamil, Islamic scholar and orator.
- Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, a sufi scholar, an inspiring leader, an intellectual, a philosopher, and a reformist
Economists
- A G N Kazi
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- Dr. Mohammad Zubair Khan
- Ahmed Hussain A Kazi
- Ghulam Faruque
- Sartaj Aziz
- Hafeez A. Pasha
- Mahbub ul Haq
- Ishrat Hussain
- Salman Shah
Scientists and technologists
- Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1979, Founder of Pakistani Space Agency SUPARCO, Founder and Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy from 1964 to December 1993.
- Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, Ph.D in Organic Chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by University of Cambridge in 1987.[3]
- Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, Nuclear Scientist, and one of the pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear program.
- Ishfaq Ahmad, well-known Nuclear Physicist and former Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, prominent atomic physicist.
- Abdullah Sadiq, prominent ICTP Laureate Nuclear Physicist and one of the pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear program.
- Samar Mubarakmand, Nuclear Scientist, Chairman, National Engineering and Scientific Commission.
- Anwar Ali, Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Shahid Hussain Bokhari, prominent computer engineer and aerospace scientist
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Ph.D in Organic Chemistry.
- Abdul Ghaffar, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
- Javaid Laghari, well-known aerospace scientist
- Datuk Rahman Anwar Syed, renowned entomologist responsible for discovering the biological method of oil palm pollination
- Anwar Nasim, Advisor Science COMSTECH, Chairman National Commission on Biotechnology Pakistan, Founding president FABA[4]
- Dr Faheem Hussain, Prominent nuclear physicist and string theorist.
- Ghazanfar Ali Sanpal, prominent delegate of ITU-T, 3GPP, OMA for ICT standardization
Military personnel
See also: :Category:Chiefs of Army Staff, Pakistan
- Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1910–July 27, 1948) Nishan-E-Haider
- Naik Saif Ali Shaheed, ( - 1948) Nishan-E-Haider(Hilal-e-Kashmir)
- 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 General Akhtar Hussain Malik, 1965 war hero
- Major General Rana Sultan Ahmad Khan (Late), Army Medical Corps
- Field Marshall Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan 1968-1969
- General Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan 1969-1971
- General Iftikhar Janjua, 1971 hero of Rann of Kutch operations
- General Mirza Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), think tank head
- General Jehangir Karamat former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the United States
- General Pervez Musharraf,former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), President
- General Rahimuddin Khan, famed 7-year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan and provincial hero
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, late Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and President
- Group Captain Abul Mujahid Morad, First Muslim Aviator of South Asia.
- [[Squadron Leader Muhammad Mehmood Alam (M M Alam)
- Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui
- Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, former Governor of East Pakistan
- Admiral Shahid Karimullah
- Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan
- Lieutenant Karam ud Din
Businessmen and industrialists
- Bashir Ali Mohammad Textiles, Energy, Banking Gul Ahmed Group
- Shahzada A. Mannoo President of Mannoo Group and Federal Minister for Commerce, Trade & Industry[5]
- Mian Shafqat Ali Chief Executive of Ramna Group, President Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry[6]
- Mir Shakil ur Rehman Media Jang Group
- Mian Mohammad Mansha Banking, Cement, Textiles Nishat Group
- Iqbal Ali Lakhani Tobacco, Consumer Goods, Internet, Media Lakson Group
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui CEO, Techcorp Group of Companies.
- Mian Muhammd Latif Chairman, Chenab Limited.
Bankers
- Shaukat Aziz
- Shahid Javed Burki
- Hammad Siddiqi
- Mahbub ul Haq
- Agha Hasan Abedi
- Ishrat Husain
- Nasim Akbar
- Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
- Shamshad Akhtar
- Muhammad Mian Soomro
- Zahid Hussain
- Muhammad Asghar
Arts, literature and media personalities
Quranic reciters
Main article: List of Pakistani qaris
Naat khawans
Main article: List of Pakistani naat khawans
- Owais Raza Qadri
- Muhammad Faseeh ud din Suharwardi
- Khursheed Ahmad
- Muhammad Farooq
- Nusrullah Khan Noori
- Junaid Jamshed
- Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi
- Umme Habiba
Writers & Poets
Main article(s): List of Pakistani writers, List of Urdu poets.
- Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal [ Muffakir-e-Pakistan , Shair-e-Mashriq , Hakeem-ul-Ummat , National poet of Pakistan ]
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Ibn-e-Insha
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ishfaq Ahmad
- Bano Qudsia
- Fatima Surayya Bajia
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Ghulam Abbas
- Mohsin Hamid
- Iftikhar Arif
- Mohammed Hanif
- Asif Iftikhar
- Noon Meem Danish
- Badshah Munir Bukhari
- Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
- Habib Jalib
- Habib R. Sulemani
- Hakim Said
- Ihsan Danish
- Ilona Yusuf
- Ishtiaq Baig
- Kazi Zainul Abedin
- Mirza Ather Baig
- Parveen Shakir
- Qateel Shafai
- Tanwir Phool
- Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
- Vazir Agha
- Yousaf Saleem Chishti
- Wasif Ali Wasif
- Zahid Ahmed (Artist, writer, National College of Arts)
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
- Zamir Jafri
- Anwer Maqsood
- Mustanzar Hussain Tarar
- Dr.Yunus Butt
- Hafeez Jalandhari
- Sabir Hussain Sabir
Actors and actresses (film, television and stage)
- For a categoric listing of actors in film, see Category:Pakistani film actors
- Noor Jehan
- Santosh Kumar
- Darpan
- Shamim Ara
- Neelo
- Habib
- Yousaf Khan
- Akmal
- Shahid
- Rani
- Lehri
- Rangeela
- Tarana
- Sultan Rahi
- Mustafa Qureshi
- Meera
- Nazeer
- Abid Ali
- Sohail Ahmad
- Asia
- Armaghan Shahid Shan
- Adeeb
- Humayun Saeed
- Moin Akhter
- Umer Sharif
- Afzal Khan
- Ajab Gul
- Somy Ali
- Anjuman
- Nadeem
- Naeem Hashmi
- Babra Sharif
- Rahat Kazmi
- Babar Ali
- Sana
- Waheed Murad
- Mohammad Ali
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti
- Talat Husain
- Javed Sheikh
- Reema Khan
- Shafi Muhammad Shah
- Marina Khan
- Assrash
- Reema
- Zara Sheikh
- Nirma
- Samina Pirzada
Artists and painters
Main article: List of Pakistani artists
- A. R. Nagori
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai
- Ajaz Anwar
- Amin Guljee
- Anna Molka Ahmed
- Ijaz ul Hassan
- Ismail Gulgee
- Liaqat Ali Khan
- Lubna Agha
- Moeen Faruqi
- Munawar Abro
- Sadequain
- Shakir Ali
- Zahoor ul Akhlaq
- Zubeida Agha
- Haneef Ramay (also former Chief Minister, Governor and Speaker of Punjab)
Fashion
Fashion designers
- Deepak Perwani
- Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
- Bunto Kazmi
- Nilofer Shahid
- Sonya Battla
- Ismail Farid
- Faiza Samee
- Aeisha Versey
- Adnan Padesy
- Neelo Allawala
- Zarmina
- Feeha Noor Jamshed
- Fahad Hussayn
- Imran and Rabia Saleem
- Sanam Chaudhri
- Syed Rizwanullah
- Abdul Samad
- Nomi Ansari
- Pashmina Ahmed
- Kamiar Rokni
- Arshad Tareen
- Zahid Khan
- Kashif Hussain
- Sanam Agha
- Samar Mehdi
- Mohammad Mehdi
- Tayyab Bombal
- Nadia Mistiri
- Shayan Malik
- Maria B
- Ejaz Aslam
- Junaid Jamshed
- Bushra Amir Liaqut
- Amir Adnan
Models
Main article: List of Pakistani models
- Aminah Haq
- Iman Ali
- Jia Ali
- Iffat Rahim
- Suneeta Marshall
- Mehreen Raheel
- Mehreen Syed
- Tooba Siddiqui
- Amina Shafaat
- Vaneeza Ahmad
- Tanya Shafi
- Reema Khan
- Yasmeen Ghauri
- Zara Sheikh
Journalists
Main article: List of Pakistani journalists
- Dr. Shahid Masood journalist, ex-Chairman PTV
- PJ Mir journalist working for ARY One World
- Faisal Qureshi journalist, working for News One
- Farrukh khan Pitafi journalist, working for News One
- Faeza Dawood journalist, working for ARY One World
- Javed Chaudhary, Daily Express Talk Shows in Express News
- Javed Malik journalist, working for ARY One World
- Nadeem Malik Journalist working for CNBC Pakistan
- Talat Hussain Journalist working for AAJ TV
- Hamid Mir, Daily Jang Talk Shows in Geo TV
- Muhammad Farooq Journalist working for Daily Pakistan
- Arman Sabir - Journalist working for BBC and earlier he remained associated with daily Dawn for several years.
- Surendar Valasai First English Media Journalist from Dalit communities of Pakistan
- Hussain Mansoor, Investigative Journalist
- Nusrat Javed, Journalist working for AAJ TV
- Mushtaq Minhas, Journalist working for AAJ TV as its National Chief Reporter
- Meher Bukhari , Samaa News
- Kamran Khan , Geo News
- Aasma Shirazi , ARY One World
Musicians and bands
Main article: List of Pakistani musicians
- Amjad Bobby Film Music Composer
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar Film Music Composer
- Nisar Bazmi Film Music Composer
- Robin Ghosh Film Music Composer
- Nashad Film Music Composer
- A Hameed Film Music Composer
- Sohail Rana Film Music Composer
- Mehdi Hassan Film Singer
- Masood Rana Film Singer
- Ahmed Rushdi Film Singer
- sabri brothers Qawwal
- Ghulam Abbas Film Singer
- Amanat Ali Khan Ghazal Singer
- Hamid Ali Khan Ghazal Singer
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Ghazal Singer
- Ghulam Ali Ghazal Singer
- Naseebo Lal Film Singer
- Aaroh
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Adnan Sami Khan
- Atif Aslam
- Junoon
- Najam Sheraz
- Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
- Noor Jehan
- Noori
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahim Shah
- Rohail Hyatt
- Rushk
- Sajjad Ali
- Shehzad Roy
- Strings
- Vital Signs
- Waqar Ali
- Zeest
- Zeb and Haniya
- Ali Zafar
- Amanat Ali
- Huma Khawaja
- Hadiqa Kiyani
Video jockeys
- Ali Charlie a.k.a Dino
- Anoushey Ashraf
- Mahira Khan
- Ayesha Omar
Sports
Cricket
- Aaqib Javed
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Abdul Qadir
- Abdul Razzaq
- Danish Kaneria
- Fazal Mahmood
- Hanif Mohammad
- Imran Khan
- Imran Nazir
- mohammad ibrahim
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Javed Burki
- Javed Miandad
- Kamran Akmal
- Khan Mohammad
- Misbah-ul-Haq
- Mohammad Asif
- Mohammad Yousuf (formerly *Yousuf Youhana)
- Moin Khan
- Rashid Latif
- Saeed Anwar
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Sajjida Shah
- Sohail Tanvir[7]
- Shahid Khan Afridi
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib Malik
- Umar Gul[8]
- Waqar Younis
- Wasim Akram
- Yasir Hameed
- Younis Khan
- Zaheer Abbas
Hockey
Sailing
- Munir Sadiq - won 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals in Asian Games in 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998[9]
Snooker
Squash
- Hashim Khan
- Jahangir Khan, world champion, US champion 7 time British champion
- Jansher Khan, world champion, British champion
- Mansoor Zaman, British champion
- Qamar Zaman
Football
- Lt.Col.(R) Younus Changezi - was member of national football team, and remained coach of national football team.
- Muhammad Essa - current striker of the national football team.
Diplomats
- A. S. Bokhari
- Musa Javed Chohan
- Naela Chohan
- Maliha Lodhi
- Agha Shahi
- Abdul Sattar
- Riaz Khokhar
- Najmuddin Sheikh
- Amer Rafiq
- Iftikhar Hussain Kazmi[10]
References
- ^ http://www.governorsindh.gov.pk/pressrelease/news.asp?id=1338
- ^ http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/12/nat6.htm
- ^ Biography at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008
- ^ http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof47.htm
- ^ http://www.commerce.gov.pk/newCMcv.asp
- ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\10\07\story_7-10-2006_pg7_50
- ^ http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43265.html
- ^ http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=392527&no=345551&rel_no=1
- ^ http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/22/spt5.htm
- ^ http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=192776&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=30168&date=9/4/2007
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