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Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of some people who in some way relate to the country. See Category:Pakistani people for an alphabetical list of Pakistanis with categories.
Heads of state or government
Civil / democratically elected administrators
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah, "Quaid-e-Azam" or "Great Leader"; 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
- Asif Ali Zardari
- Yousaf Raza Gillani
- Raja Pervez Ashraf
- Nawaz Sharif
- Mamnoon Hussain
Military / non-democratically elected administrators
- Field Marshal Ayub Khan
- General Agha Muhammed Yahya Khan
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- General Pervez Musharraf
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)
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
Other major political figures
- Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, coined the word "Pakistan"
- Allama Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Tahreek-e- Pakistan activist, associate of the Quaid-e-Azam and a scholar on the Quran
- Allama Mashriqi
- Syed Abul A'la Maududi, writer of Tafhim-ul-Quran, founder of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Anwar Kamal Khan, senior leader of political party PMLN
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
- Mahmud Ali, leader in the Pakistan Movement, statesman and journalist
- Sardar Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, Premier of the Province of Punjab and senior statesman
- Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan
- Sahib of Manki Sharif
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq
- Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
- Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung
- Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari
- Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din
- Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Maulana Mohammad Ali
- Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, Ahrari leader
- Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi
- Shahzada Mohiuddin
- Ghulam Faruque Khan
- Syed Muhammad Kaswar Gardezi
- Qazi Hussain Ahmed, ex-Chairman of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Imran Khan, ex-cricket player, current politician in Pakistan
Judges
- Justice A. R. Cornelius
- Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar
- Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
- Justice S. Anwarul Haq
- Justice Dorab Patel
- Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
- Justice Hamoodur Rahman
- Justice Ajmal Mian
- Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, the first Chief Justice to refuse the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) oath.
- Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the second Chief Justice to refuse the PCO oath, but took the oath after General Pervez Musharraf's coup in 1999
- Justice Mohammad Haleem
- Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah
- Justice Muhammad Munir
- Justice Muhammad Rustum Kiani
- Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin
- Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali
- Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah
- Justice Qadeeruddin Ahmed
- Justice Rana Bhagwandas
- Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
- Justice Mukhtiar Ahmad Junejo
- Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Sharif
- Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed
- Justice Haziqul Khairi
Lawyers
- Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, founder of Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan
- Hamid Khan
- Aitzaz Ahsan
- Abdul Hafeez Pirzada
- Mahmud Ali Kasuri
- Wasim Sajjad
- Ghulam Farooq Awan
- Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig
- Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
- Sahibzada Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri
- Akram Sheikh
- Babar Awan
- Rana Muhammad Akram Khan
- Makhdoom Ali Khan
- Khalid Anwer
- Mohammed Jibran Nasir
- Abid Hassan Minto
Human rights activists and philanthropists
- Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, founder of Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan
- Naimatullah Khan, advocate, former Chairman of Al-Khidmat Foundation, former Mayor of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Hakim Saeed
- Abid Qaiyum Suleri
- Shoaib Sultan Khan
- Masood Ul Mulk
- Fatima Lodhi
- Roland deSouza
- Dr Ch Abrar Majid, Advocate, Executive Director of Sheikh Trust for Human Development, Inspirator at Actionaid International from 2012-2017
Academia
Scientists, researchers, engineers, doctors, economists and heads of institutes
- Professor Dr. 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, Italy which was renamed as the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (AS-ICTP) in honour of Salam in 1997.
- Prof Dr Ahmad Hasan Dani, PhD, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Professor Emeritus, Quaid-e-Azam University; historian and archaeologist
- Prof Dr Tariq Rahman, PhD, linguistic historian, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Emeritus Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Dr Ali Sajid, PhD engineering management, scholar at the George Washington University
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, PhD, scholar, critic, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
- Pirzada Qasim, PhD, scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi
- Attash Durrani, PhD, scholar, linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Dr. Rashid Kausar, PhD, Michigan State University, scholar, motivational speaker, management consultant, Prof at Rector-University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the University of Cambridge in 1987[1]
- Prof. Dr. Alamgir Hashmi, Doctorate of Letters, literary scholar, historian, critic, translator
- Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Roots Millennium Schools, Executive Director of Roots School System, Pakistan, recipient of ‘Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.’[2]
- Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, nuclear physicist.
- Dr. Ashiq Hussain, neuroscientist known for his scientific research on the olfactory system and ageing associated neurodegenerative diseases.
- Mr. Munir Ahmad Khan, nuclear physicist, former Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 1972–1991, Chairman, IAEA Board of Governors, 1986–87
- Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, nuclear physicist and former Chairman of the PAEC
- Dr. Abdullah Sadiq, nuclear physicist and AS-ICTP laureate
- Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, nuclear physicist, Chairman of the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM).
- Anwar Ali, former Chairman of the PAEC
- Prof. Dr. Shahid Hussain Bokhari, computer and aerospace engineer
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui PhD in organic chemistry
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist
- Prof. Dr. 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[3]
- Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the University of Cambridge in 1987[1]
- Prof. Dr. Umar Saif, computer engineer, PhD. University of Cambridge, 2001
- Prof. Dr. 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
- Dr. AJ Khan, Principal of Ayub Medical College, Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population
- Dr. Hasnat Khan, heart surgeon, head of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences; also worked in Chelsea, London
- Dr. Arif Alvi, Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation[4]
- Dr. Roger H. Armour, inventor of the hand-held ophthalmoscope
- Dr. 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 (February 28, 1913 – July 23, 2002), Executive Director of the World Bank for Pakistan and the Middle East
- Dr. Mohammad Zubair Khan
- Abdul-Majid Bhurgri, hero of Sindhi computing
- Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi, former Chairman Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
- Ghulam Faruque Khan
- Hafeez A. Pasha
- Mahbub ul Haq, economist and co-creator of the Human Development Index (HDI))
- Salman Humayun, PhD, public policy expert and currently the executive director of Institute of Social and Policy Sciences
- Ishrat Hussain
- Salman Shah
- Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi
- Dr. Ziaul Haque
- Asad Umar
- Akhtar Hameed Khan
- Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director Sustainable Development Policy Institute
- Professor Matin Ahmed Khan, marketing expert and management educator
- Dr. Bernadette Louise Dean, former Principal of Kinnaird College for Women
- Leon Menezes, Professor of Practice, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
- Mary Emily Gonsalves, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Prof. Oswin Mascarenhas
- Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry
- Hermanegild Marcos Antonio Drago, Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Inayat Husain Thaver
- 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
School teachers
- Oswald Bruno Nazareth
- Zinia Pinto
- Simon D’Lima
- Norma Fernandes, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
- Yolande Henderson
Religious scholars
- Israr Ahmed, religious leader and the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami
- Tariq Jameel, religious leader
- 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 International
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Ameer e Ahle Sunnat, founder of Dawat-e-Islami
- 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
- Badi' ud-Din Shah al-Rashidi
- Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema, leader of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
- Amin Ahsan Islahi
- Allamah Rasheed Turabi
- Ayesha Jalal, religious leader 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, Islamabap
- Zubair Ali Zai
Military personnel
See also: Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)
- 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
- 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
- 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 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 Rahimuddin Khan, 7 year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan and provincial hero
- General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
- Air Commodore 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
- Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry
- Air Vice Marshall Eric Gordon Hall
- Air Commodore Nazir Latif
- Wing Commander Mervyn Middlecoat
- Squadron Leader Peter Christy
- Major General Julian Peter
- Major General Noel Israel Khokhar
- Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf
- Brigadier Mervyn Cardoza
- Brigadier Daniel Austin
- Rear Admiral Leslie Mungavin
- Captain Hercharn Singh
Businessmen and Industrialists
- Shahid Khan, owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp, in Urbana, Illinois; owner of a NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars
- Mian Muhammad Mansha, industrialist and businessman
- Bashir Ali Mohammad, Gul Ahmed Group
- Mian Muhammad Latif, Chenab Group, ChenOne.
- Mir Shakil ur Rehman, Jang Group
- Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Lakson Group
- Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi, President of the Pakistan Chamber of Commerce-USA
- Rana Nasir Mehmood, Chairman of Faisal Sanitary Fitting and Former President of GCCI
- Mian Habib Ullah, Chairman of D.M Textiles, former Minister and President of FPCCI and the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed, Chairman of the Servis Group, former Managing Director in and Chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC)
- Aftab Ahmed Vohra, owner of Mughal Agencies and the Vice-President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Chairman of the ARY Group
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui
- Malik Riaz, CEO Bahria Town
- Farhan Masood, CEO of SoloTech Corp.
- Sikandar Sultan, Managing Director of Shan Food Industries[5]
- Jahangir Siddiqui, owner of JS Group
Bankers
- Agha Hasan Abedi
- Hammad Siddiqi
- Ishrat Husain
- Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
- Muhammad Mian Soomro
- Shahid Javed Burki
- Shamshad Akhtar
- Zahid Hussain
Arts, literature and other media personalities
Writers and poets
Main article(s): List of Pakistani writers, List of Urdu poets.
- Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
- Patras Bokhari
- Syed Irfan Ali Shah
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq
- Mohsin Naqvi
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri
- Janbaz Mirza
- Abdullah Hussain
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Asad Shabbir
- Qalandar Momand
- Siddiq Ismail
- Anwer Maqsood
- Ashfaq Ahmad
- Bano Qudsia
- Daud Kamal
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, from Sialkot
- Fatima Surayya Bajia
- Ghulam Abbas
- Habib Jalib
- Hakim Said
- Ibn-e-Insha
- Ibn-e-Safi
- Idris Azad
- Ishtiaq Ahmad
- Iftikhar Arif
- Ihsan Danish
- Jon Elia
- Kazi Zainul Abedin
- Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
- Khurshid Rizvi
- Majeed Amjad
- Mazhar Kaleem
- Mohsin Hamid
- Mohammed Hanif
- Mustansar Hussain Tarar
- Noon Meem Danish
- Noon Meem Rashid
- Noor Muhammad
- Omer Tarin
- Obaidullah Aleem
- Mirza Ather Baig
- Parveen Shakir
- Qateel Shafai
- Raees Warsi
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Syed Qasim Mahmood
- Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
- Tanwir Phool
- Vazir Agha
- Wasif Ali Wasif
- Zahid Ahmed
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
- Zamir Jafri
- Shakir ul Qadri
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Shakir ul Qadri
- Amjad Islam Amjad
- Anwar Masood
Actors and actresses
- For a categorical listing of actors in film, see Category:Pakistani film actors
- Abdul Ahad Asif, actor
- 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
- Humayun Saeed. actor
- Husna, actress
- Imran Abbas, actor
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti, actor
- Ismat Zaidi, actress
- Javed Sheikh, actor
- Kamal Irani, actor
- Mahira Khan, actress
- Marina Khan, actress
- Maya Ali
- Mohib Mirza, actor
- Meera, actress
- Mohammad Ali, actor
- Moin Akhter, actor
- Mustafa Qureshi, actor
- Nadeem Baig, actor
- Nadia Khan, actress
- Naeem Hashmi, actor
- Kamal Irani, actor
- Nasira Zuberi, actress
- Neelo, actress
- Rahat Kazmi, actor
- 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
- Swara Bhaskar, actress
- Waheed Murad, actor
- Yousaf Khan, actor
- Zeba, actress
Artists and painters
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai
- Ahmed Saeed Nagi
- Ajaz Anwar
- Anna Molka Ahmed
- A. R. Nagori
- Asim Butt
- Bashir Mirza
- Huma Mulji
- Ijaz ul Hassan
- Iqbal Mehdi
- Ismail Gulgee
- Jamil Naqsh
- Laraib Atta
- Lubna Agha
- Moeen Faruqi
- Rashid Rana
- Sadequain
- Saira Wasim
- Shahid Mahmood
- Shakir Ali
- Saeed Akhtar
- Hanif Ramay
- Shazia Sikander
- Suhail Ahmad
- Zahoor ul Akhlaq
- Zubeida Agha
- Iqbal Hussain
Photographers
Documentary filmmakers
Visual effects
Fashion designers
- Abdul Samad
- Amir Adnan
- Deepak Perwani
- Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
- Junaid Jamshed
- Kamiar Rokni
- Omar Mansoor
Models
Main article: List of Pakistani models
- Shayan Farooqi
- Aminah Haq
- Humaima Malick
- Iffat Rahim
- Iman Ali
- Imran Abbas
- Jia Ali
- Mehreen Raheel
- Mehreen Syed
- Reema Khan
- Shanzay Hayat
- Tooba Siddiqui
- Vaneeza Ahmad
- Zara Sheikh
- Natasha Paracha
- Ayaan Ali
Journalists
Main article: List of Pakistani 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
- Faeza Dawood, journalist, working for ARY
- Hassan Nisar, syndicated columnist for Geo TV
- Hameed Nizami
- Idress Bakhtiar
- Imran Aslam
- Irfan Husain, columnist
- Morris Jalal
- Javed Malik, journalist, working for ARY
- Kamal Siddiqi
- Kamran Khan, Geo TV
- Khaled Ahmed
- Khalid Hasan
- Maliha Lodhi
- Mazhar Ali Khan, journalist, editor and publisher
- Mehmood Sham, columnist
- Mishal Hussain
- Muhammad Farooq
- Murtaza Razvi
- Nadeem Malik
- PJ Mir, journalist working for ARY
- Shahid Javed Burki
- Shahid Mahmood, journalist working for ARY
- Dr.Shahid Masood, journalist, ex-Chairman of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)
- Sherry Rahman
- Sohail Warraich, anchor on Geo TV
- Surendar Valasai
- Syed Asim Mahmood
- Tahir Mirza
- Talat Hussain, journalist working for AAJ TV
- Zamir Niazi
- Ian Fyfe, DAWN sports reporter
- Khurram Zaki, journalist and TV host
Musicians
Main article: List of Pakistani 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
- Amanat Ali, 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
- 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 compose
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahim Shah
- Rohail Hyatt
- Sabri Brothers, qawwali musicians
- Sajjad Ali
- Shehzad Roy
- Salman Ahmad
- Sohail Rana, film music compose
- Sheraz Uppal
- Waqar Ali
- Zeb and Haniya
- Rajab Ali
- Alamgir, pop music singer
- Ali Haider
- Danish Rahi
- Fakhir
- Farida Khanum
- Hadiqa Kiani
- Jawad Ahmed
- Junaid Jamshed
- Jassi Lailpuria
- Malika Pukhraj
- Najam Sheraz
- Nazia Hasan, pop singer
- Zohaib Hasan
- Maaz Moeed
- Tina Sani
- S. B. John
- Jassi Lailpuria
- Ahmad Raza Khan
- Siddiq Ismail
- Khursheed Ahmad
Video jockeys
Sports
Athletics
- John Permal, sprinter
Boxing
- Muhammad Waseem, WBC Sliver Flyweight Champion
Cricket
- Imran Khan
- Anil Dalpat
- Nasir Jamshed
- Javed Miandad
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Abdul Qadir
- Abdul Razzaq
- Aamer Sohail
- Danish Kaneria
- Fazal Mahmood
- Faisal Iqbal
- Fawad Alam
- Hanif Mohammad
- Imran Abbas
- Imran Nazir
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Javed Burki
- Junaid Khan
- Kamran Akmal
- Khan Mohammad
- Majid Khan
- Misbah-ul-Haq
- Mohammad Amir
- Mohammad Asif
- Mohammad Umar Taj
- Mohammad Yousuf
- Moin Khan
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- Rashid Latif
- Saeed Ajmal
- Saeed Anwar
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Sarfraz Ahmed
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Sajjida Shah
- Shahid Afridi
- Sohail Tanvir[12]
- Shahid Khan Afridi
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib Malik
- Umar Akmal
- Umar Gul[13]
- Waqar Younis
- Wasim Akram
- Yasir Hameed
- Yasir Shah
- Younis Khan
- Zaheer Abbas
- Zahid Fazal
Field hockey
- Hassan Sardar
- Samiullah
- Shahbaz Ahmad
- Shahid Ali Khan
- Sohail Abbas
- Tahir Zaman
- Samiullah Khan
- Basit Ali
- Mohammad Zahid
- Shahnaz Sheikh
- Islahuddin
- Jack Britto
Golf
Sailing
Snooker
Squash
- Aamir Atlas Khan
- Carla Khan
- Hashim Khan, 8 time British champion
- Jahangir Khan, 6 time world champion, 10 time British champion
- Jansher Khan, 8 time world champion, 6 time British champion
- Mansoor Zaman
- Qamar Zaman, British champion
Tennis
Football
- Lt Col. (R) Younus Changezi, former member of national football team
- Muhammad Essa, striker of the national football team
- Kaleemullah Khan, striker of the national football team; currently playing Sacramento Republic FC
Tent pegging
- Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, tent pegger and horse man, 1982 World Champion; first elected President of the Equestrian and Tent Pegging Federation of Pakistan
Mountaineers
Skiing
Mixed martial arts
Wrestling
Police officers
Others
- Aitzaz Hasan, schoolboy who died blocking a suicide bomber
- Arfa Karim, computer prodigy
- Burhan-Rasool, E-Governance expert
- Malala Yousafzai, education activist
- Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola, women rights activist
References
- 1 2 Biography at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008
- ↑ "‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ awarded to Faisal Mushtaq", The News International, Islamabad, 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof47.htm
- ↑ http://www.governorsindh.gov.pk/pressrelease/news.asp?id=1338
- ↑ Pakistan’s King of Masalas spins his own magic April 27, 2008 The News
- ↑ "TED2013 Talent Search".
- ↑ "Untitled Document".
- ↑ "Blending Real With Virtual", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, May, 2009.
- ↑ "Police baton charge protesting doctors".
- ↑ Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 11, 2013, from movies.nytimes.com
- ↑ "Total realism with computer graphics no distant dream", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, March, 2013, February 25, 2013
- ↑ "Sohail Tanvir".
- ↑ "Cricket: Pakistan Faces a Host of Problems - OhmyNews International".
External links
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