Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of such 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" Founder and first Governor General of Pakistan.He was the founder of Pakistan
- 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
- Nawaz Sharif
- Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari
- Balakh Sher Mazari
- Moeen Qureshi
- Malik Meraj Khalid
- Pervez Musharraf
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Shaukat Aziz
- Mohammedmian 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 Muhammad Iqbal
- Fatima Jinnah
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Jafar Khan Jamali
- Allama Mashriqi
- Maulana Mohammad Ali
- Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
- Bahadur Yar Jung
- G M Syed
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
- Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan
- Nawab Ahmed Khan Jugezai
- Nawab of Kalabagh Amir Muhammad Khan
- Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani a.k.a. Noorani Mian
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
Politicians
Human rights activists and philanthropists
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Altaf Shakoor
- Ruth Pfau
- Hakim Mohammed Said
- Afrasiab Khattak
- Ansar Burney
- Asma Jahangir
Doctors & dentists
- Dr. AJ Khan, Principal of Ayub Medical College, Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population
- Dr. Adib Rizvi, Director of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation[1]
- Dr. Arif Alvi, Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation [2]
- Dr. Maj. Gen. (R) Ashur Khan, Cardiologist
- Dr. Kazi Uzair, former President of the Dow Medical College Students' Union in Karachi (February 22, 1959 - January 22, 1989)
- Dr. Sarwar Jehan Zuberi Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist [3]
- Dr. S M Rab, founder member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of pakistan and Physician [4]
- Dr. Abeera Choudry
- Dr. Sohail Ansari
- Dr. Naser Muhammad
- Professor Dr. R. Y. Jalali, Ph.D, Director of South Asia Institute for Human Sexuality (SAIHS)
Architects
A. R. Hye - Mohammad Abdul Ahed
- Nayyar Ali Dada
Editors of Literary Magazines
- Sahba Lukhnawi
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Wazir Agha
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, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, Engineering University, Peshawar, Pakistan
- Dr. Faisal Manzoor Arain, Ph.D., MS, B.Arch, Scholar, Chair, Construction Project Management, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada
- Dr. Lutfullah Kakakhel, Vice Chancellor, Kohat University of Science and Technology
- Dr. Muhammad Yasin Zafar, Ph.D., (1352 AH - 1429 AH) Educationalist, Researcher & Writer
- Dr. Riaz ul Islam, Professor emeritus University of Karachi and expert in the history of Central Asia [5]
- Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Kohat University of Science and Technology
Social scientists and religious scholars
- Maulana Illas Attar Qadri founder of international movement of Dawah Dawat-e-Islami
- Abul Ala Maududi
- Ahmad Hasan Dani
- Akbar S. Ahmed holds Ibn Khaldun seat at American university
- Ali Abbas famous journalist and author.
- 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
- Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer
- Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri, Professor, Islamic Law
- 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, 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 [6]
- Muhammad Masood Qureshi Scholar, Educationist and Introducer of Homeopathy in Pakistan. [7]
- Farhat Hashmi, Scholar of Qur'an and Hadith, Founder of Al-Huda International - center of learning for women
- Tariq Jamil, Islamic scholar and orator.
- Hafiz Abdullah Bahawalpuri
- Hafiz Abdul Rehman Madni, Head of Islamic Research Council.
- Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, a sufi scholar, an inspiring leader, an intellectual, a philosopher, and a reformist
Economists
- Professor Khurshid Ahmed
- 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.[8]
- Dr.A.Q. Khan, Nuclear Scientist, and one of the pioneers of Nuclear program in Pakistan.
- Ishfaq Ahmad, well-known Nuclear Physicist and former Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, prominent Nuclear Physicist.
- Fahad Shiftra, a self-taught mathematical and Nuclear Physicist.
- Abdullah Sadiq, A prominent ICTP Laureate Nuclear Physicist and one of the pioneers of Nuclear program in Pakistan.
- Samar Mubarakmand, Nuclear Scientist, Chairman, National Engineering and Scientific Commission.
- Anwar Ali, Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Shahid Hussain Bokhari, a prominent computer engineer and aerospace scientist
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Ph.D in Organic Chemistry.
- Abdul Ghaffar, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
- Javaid Laghari, a well-known aerospace scientist
- Khalida Ghous M.D., SPDC.
- Talat A. Wizarat
- Anwar Nasim Adviser Science COMSTECH, Chairman National Commission on Biotechnology Pakistan, Founding president FABA[9]
- Fayyaz Muddassir Mubeen, World's Top Desalination expert, designed many SWRO Desalination Plants of the Middle East, Director of International Desalination Association (IDA), Founder and current president of Pakistan Desalination Association (PakDA)[10]*Dr. Saleem-uz-Zaman Siddiqui
Military personnel
See also: :Category:Chiefs of Army Staff, Pakistan
- Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (1914–August 7, 1958) Nishan-E-Haider
- Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1910–July 27, 1948) 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
- Colonel 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
- 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
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[11]
- Iqbal Ali Lakhani Tobacco, Consumer Goods, Internet, Media Lakson Group
- Mian Shafqat Ali Chief Executive of Ramna Group[12]
- Mir Shakil ur Rehman Media Jang Group
- Ishtiaq Baig Textiles Pak Denim
- Mian Mohammad Mansha Banking, Cement, Textiles Nishat Group
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui CEO, Techcorp Group of Companies.
Bankers
- Shaukat Aziz, Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 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.
- Liaquat Ali Jamali, Ex-Tresurary Officer Of S.B.P.
Arts, literature and media personalities
Quranic reciters
- Qari Sayyed Sadaqat Ali (global award winner)
- Qari Shakir Qasmi (Radio Pakistan,PTV)
- Qari Muhammad Farooq - محمد فاروق (Radio Pakistan,PTV)
- Qari Abdul Wadood Asim
- Qari Ibrahim
Naat khawans
- Nusrullah Khan Noori
- Owais Raza Qadri
- Alhaaj Mushtaq Qadri
- Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi[13]
- Khursheed Ahmad
- Siddiq Ismail[14]
- Syed Fasihuddin Soharwardi
- Syed Muhammad Furqan Qadri
Writers & Poets
Main article(s): List of Pakistani writers, List of Urdu poets.
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Ahmad Zafar
- John Elyah
- Ali Zafar
- Atif Aslam
- Asif Iftikhar
- Ayyub Sabir
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Noon Meem Danish
- Badshah Munir Bukhari
- Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
- Habib Jalib
- Habib R. Sulemani
- Hakim Said
- Iftikhar Arif
- Ihsan Danish
- Ilona Yusuf
- Ishfaq Ahmad
- Ishtiaq Baig
- Kazi Zainul Abedin
- Mansha Yad
- Mirza Ather Baig
- Mohsin Ehsan[15]
- Nasim-e-Sahar
- Naseer Ahmad Nasir, writer, scholar, and philosopher
- Qateel Shafai
- Rahim Gul
- Shaukat Wasti
- Shujaat Ali Rahi
- Vazir Agha
- Yousaf Saleem Chishti
- Wasif Ali Wasif
- Zahid Ahmed (Artist, writer, National College of Arts)
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
- Zamir Jafri
- Professor Dr. Rauf Yasin Jalali, Ph.D (Lisan-Ul-Asr, Abu Tanqeed)
- Mohsin Hamid
- Sabir Hussain Sabir[16]
- Syed Zaki Ahmed[17]
Actors and actresses (film, television and stage)
- For a categoric listing of actors in film, see Category:Pakistani film actors
- For a categoric listing of TV actors, see Category:Pakistan Television actors
- Firdaus Jamal
- Ahsan. Khan.
- Adeeb
- Afzal Khan
- Ajab Gul
- Somy Ali
- Anjuman
- Nadeem
- Naeem Hashmi
- Babra Sharif
- Rahat Kazmi
- Babar Ali
- Sana
- Waheed Murad
- Mohammad Ali
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti
- Rani
- Talat Husain
- Javed Sheikh
- Reema Khan
- Shafi Muhammad Shah
- Shoaib Hashmi
- Marina Khan
Artists and painters
- 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
- Jahan Ara Azhar
Models
- Aminah Haq
- Iman Ali
- Jia Ali
- Iffat Rahim
- Suneeta Marshall
- Tooba Siddiqui
- Amina Shafaat
- Vaneeza Ahmad
- Tanya Shafi
- Reema Khan
- Yasmeen Ghauri
- Zara Sheikh
Journalists
- Dr. Shahid Masood journalist, ex-Chairman PTV
- 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
- Khawar Naeem Hashmi Jang Group Editor/Bureau Chief, GEO News[18]
- 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
Musicians and bands
- 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
Video jockeys
- Ali Charlie a.k.a Dino
- Anoushey Ashraf
- Mahira Khan
- Ayesha Omar
Sports
Cricket
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Abdul Razzaq
- Danish Kaneria
- Hanif Mohammad (the Little Master)
- Imran Khan
- Imran Nazir
- Imran Farhat
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Javed Burki
- Javed Miandad
- Kamran Akmal
- Misbah-ul-Haq
- Mohammad Asif
- Mohammad Yousuf (formerly *Yousuf Youhana)
- Moin Khan
- Saeed Anwar (Sultan of Sharjah)
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Sohail Tanvir[19]
- Shahid Khan Afridi (Boom Boom Afridi)
- Shoaib Akhtar (the Rawalpindi Express)
- Shoaib Malik
- Umar Gul[20] (Zoom Zoom Gully)
- Waqar Younis (the Burewala Express)
- Wasim Akram
- Yasir Hameed
- Younis Khan
- Zaheer Abbas (the Asian Bradman)
Martial arts
Hockey
Sailing
- Munir Sadiq - won 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals in Asian Games in 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998[21]
Snooker
- Farhan Mirza
- Khurram Hussain Agha
- Syed Mesam Ali Zaidi
- Mohammed Yousuf
- Naveen Perwani
- Saleh Mohammed
- Shokat Ali
Squash
- Hashim Khan
- Jahangir Khan, world champion, US champion 7 time British champion
- Jansher Khan, world champion, British champion
- Mansoor Zaman, British champion
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
- Iftikhar Hussain Kazmi[22]
IT Professionals
- Imran A Hashmi- First Pakistani Internet Millionaire
References
- ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\06\story_6-2-2007_pg12_2
- ^ http://www.governorsindh.gov.pk/pressrelease/news.asp?id=1338
- ^ http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=383392
- ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\01\11\story_11-1-2007_pg12_9
- ^ http://www.interface.edu.pk/students/Aug/Professor-Riaz-ul-Islam.asp
- ^ http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/12/nat6.htm
- ^ http://www.masood.com.pk/founder.html
- ^ Biography at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008
- ^ http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof47.htm
- ^ http://www.contactpakistan.com/HumPakistani/English/Fiyyaz/
- ^ http://www.commerce.gov.pk/newCMcv.asp
- ^ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\10\07\story_7-10-2006_pg7_50
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