List of Pakistanis
Encyclopedia
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.
Dr.Chaudhry Imtiaz Hussain, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering, Birmingham), M.Sc. (Biotechnology, Birmingham)
Civilian / democratically elected
- Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
, "Quaid-e-Azam" First Governor General of Pakistan and the founder. - Liaquat Ali KhanLiaquat Ali KhanFor other people with the same or similar name, see Liaqat Ali Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was a Pakistani statesman who became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Defence minister and Commonwealth, Kashmir Affairs...
- Khawaja NazimuddinKhawaja NazimuddinHajji Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin, KCIE , was the second Governor-General of Pakistan, and later the second Prime Minister of Pakistan as well.-Early life:...
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Iskander Mirza
- Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
- Chaudhry Fazal EllahiFazal Ilahi ChaudhryFazal Ilahi Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (Punjabi, ; (January 1, 1904 - June 2, 1982) was the fifth President of Pakistan from August 14, 1973 until his resignation on September 16, 1978.-Early life:...
- Muhammad Rafiq TararMuhammad Rafiq TararJudge Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was the ninth President of Pakistan from January 1, 1998 until June 20, 2001 and before that Supreme Court of Pakistan judge and Chief Justice of Lahore High Court....
- Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
- Muhammad Ali BograMuhammad Ali BograNawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra was a Pakistani statesman of Bengali origin, who served as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955.-Early life:...
- Ibrahim Ismail ChundrigarIbrahim Ismail ChundrigarIbrahim Ismail Chundrigar was the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan for approximately 2 months from October 17, 1957 to December 16, 1957.-Early life:...
- Malik Sir Feroz Khan NoonFeroz Khan NoonMalik Sir Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI, KCIE, Kt was a politician from Pakistan.-Early life:Born on 18th of June 1893 at village Hamoka,tehsil Khushab, Punjab. He was educated at Aitchison College, Lahore....
- Zulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
- Muhammad Khan JunejoMuhammad Khan JunejoMuhammad Khan Junejo was the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan.-Early life:He was born at Sindhri in Tharparkar of Sindh. He belongs to Sindhi Muslim Rajput family of Junejo clan. Junejo started his political career at the age of twenty one...
- Ghulam Ishaq KhanGhulam Ishaq KhanGhulam Ishaq Khan , abbreviated as GIK, was the seventh President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993 and a career statesman from the start to the end of cold war...
- Benazir BhuttoBenazir BhuttoBenazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
- Farooq LeghariFarooq LeghariSardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari was the eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997...
- Ghulam Mustafa JatoiGhulam Mustafa JatoiGhulam Mustafa Jatoi was a Pakistani politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan for 3 months, from August 6, 1990 to November 6, 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's ancestors were mureeds of the Pir's of Sarhandi....
- Mian Nawaz Sharif
- Balakh Sher MazariBalakh Sher MazariSardar Mir Balakh Sher Mazari is the Chieftain and the Paramount Sardar of the Mazari tribe, which is situated on the tri-border area of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. As the Chief of Mazaris he holds the title of Mir and also goes by the styles of Tumandar and Sardar. Mir...
- Moeen Qureshi
- Malik Meraj KhalidMalik Meraj KhalidMalik Meraj Khalid was a Pakistani lawyer and politician and the acting Prime Minister of Pakistan from November 5, 1996 till February 17, 1997.-Early life and career beginnings:...
- Zafarullah Khan JamaliZafarullah Khan JamaliMir Zafarullah Khan Jamali was the 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan and former Chairman of the Pakistan Hockey Federation.-Early life:Born in Baluchistan, Jamali was the second Baluch Prime Minister of Pakistan...
- Chaudhry Shujaat HussainChaudhry Shujaat HussainChaudhry Shujaat Hussain is a politician from Pakistan who was the Prime Minister of that country from June 30, 2004 until August 28 2004...
- Shaukat AzizShaukat AzizShaukat Aziz is a world acclaimed Pakistani economist who was the 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan from May 20, 2004 to 15 November 2007 in a joint military government led by General Pervez Musharraf. A Citibank executive, Aziz returned to Pakistan from the United States to be became Finance...
- Mohammad Mian Soomro
- Asif Ali ZardariAsif Ali ZardariAsif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister....
- Yousaf Raza GillaniYousaf Raza GillaniYousuf Raza Gilani is the current prime minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He was nominated as Prime Minister by the PPP, with the support of its coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League , Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on 22 March 2008...
Martial law administrators/dictators
- General Muhammad Ayub Khan
- General Agha Muhammed Yahya KhanYahya KhanGeneral Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan Qizilbash, H.Pk, HJ, S.Pk, psc was the third President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan...
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqMuhammad Zia-ul-HaqGeneral Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , was the 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988...
- General Pervez Musharraf
Foreign ministers
- Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (−10-1947__24-10-1954)
- Muhammad Ali BograMuhammad Ali BograNawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra was a Pakistani statesman of Bengali origin, who served as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955.-Early life:...
(24-10-1954__11-08-1955) - Malik Feroz Khan Noon (14-09-1956__16-12-1957)
- Muhammad Ali BograMuhammad Ali BograNawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra was a Pakistani statesman of Bengali origin, who served as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955.-Early life:...
(13-06-1962__23-01-1963) - Zulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
(24-01-1963_31-08-1966) - Sharifuddin Pirzada (20-07-1966__25-04-1968)
- General Yahya Khan (05-04-1969__20-12-1971)
- Zulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali BhuttoZulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his...
(20-12-1971__28-03-1977) - Aziz AhmedAziz AhmedAziz Ahmed, , HPk, was a career Pakistani statesman and diplomat during the Cold war served as 12th Foreign Minister, serving under executed Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...
(30-03-1977__05-07-1977) - Agha ShahiAgha ShahiAgha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...
(14-01-1978__09-03-1982) - Sahabzada Yaqub KhanSahabzada Yaqub KhanLieutenant-General Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan is a retired 3 star rank general in the Pakistan Army who the was the international face of Pakistan for three decades. He served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1982 to 1991 during the dying days of Cold War and then caretaker Foreign Minister...
(21-03-1982__01-11-1987) - Sahabzada Yaqub KhanSahabzada Yaqub KhanLieutenant-General Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan is a retired 3 star rank general in the Pakistan Army who the was the international face of Pakistan for three decades. He served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1982 to 1991 during the dying days of Cold War and then caretaker Foreign Minister...
(09-06-1988__20-03-1991) - Abdul SattarAbdul SattarAbdul Sattar is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Sattar. The name means "servant of the Veiler "....
(23-07-1993__19-10-1993) - Farooq LeghariFarooq LeghariSardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari was the eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997...
(19-10-1993__14-11-1993) - Aseff Ahmad Ali (16-11-1993__04-11-1996)
- Sahabzada Yaqub KhanSahabzada Yaqub KhanLieutenant-General Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan is a retired 3 star rank general in the Pakistan Army who the was the international face of Pakistan for three decades. He served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1982 to 1991 during the dying days of Cold War and then caretaker Foreign Minister...
(Caretaker: 11-11-1996__24-02-1997) - Gohar Ayub (25-02-1997__07-08-1998)
- Abdul SattarAbdul SattarAbdul Sattar is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Sattar. The name means "servant of the Veiler "....
(23-07-1999__14-06-2002) - Khurshid Mahmud KasuriKhurshid Mahmud KasuriMian Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri is a Pakistani politician and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007.- Family background :Khurshid M. Kasuri belongs to one of the old political families of Pakistan...
(23-11-2002__15-11-2007) - Inam-ul-Haq (Caretaker: 15-11-2007__24-03-2008)
- Shah Mehmood QureshiShah Mehmood QureshiMakhdoom Shah Mehmood Hussain Qureshi is well-known Politician in Pakistan. He was the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the coalition government of PPP, Muttahida Quami Movement[MQM], ANP and JUI-F formed after the 2008 general elections. He was a senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party, where...
(March 31, 2008__February 2011) - Hina Rabbani KharHina Rabbani KharHina Rabbani Khar is a Pakistani politician and the current Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Appointed in July of 2011, she is the first female and the youngest person to ever head Pakistani's Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
(18 July,2011 __ Present)
Other major (historical) political figures
- Allama Mashriqi
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal (National Poet of Pakistan)
- Sardar Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (Premier of the Punjab and senior statesman)
- Sardar Shaukat Hayat KhanShaukat Hayat KhanShaukat Hayat Khan was a prominent Muslim League movement worker and political leader, who worked closely with the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in the Punjab.-Background:...
- Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
- Mohtarma Fatima JinnahFatima JinnahFatima Jinnah , was one of the figurative and pioneering woman figure in Pakistan Movement and was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. An active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj, she is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e...
(Sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah) - Nawab Bahadur Yar JungBahadur Yar JungMuhammad Bahadur Khan , alias Nawab Nisar Ahmed Khan and Saadi Khan. Titles Bahadur Yar Jung and Quaid-e-Millath was an Hyderabadi Muslim who argued for the formation of Muslim states in India during the British Occupation in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:He was born in 1905 to Nawab Nasib...
- Chaudhry KhaliquzzamanChaudhry KhaliquzzamanChaudhry Khaliquzzaman was a Pakistani politician and an important Muslim figure during British India, as an eminent National level leader of the All India Muslim League hailed from the United Provinces . The most strong supporter of the Pakistan movement and Muhammad Ali Jinnah...
- Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar KhanKhan Abdul Ghaffar KhanKhan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was an Afghan, Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India...
- Maulana Mohammad AliMaulana Mohammad AliMaulana Mohammad Ali Jouhar was an Indian Muslim leader, activist, scholar, journalist and poet, and was among the leading figures of the Khilafat Movement....
- Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani
- Nawabzada Nasrullah KhanNawabzada Nasrullah KhanNawabzada Nasrullah Khan was a senior political figure in Pakistan. He was an ethnic Pathan. His ancestors migrated from Afghanistan to the present day Punjab...
- Maulana Shah Ahmad NooraniShah Ahmad Noorani SiddiqiShah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi was a Barelvi Sunni spiritual and political leader in Pakistan. Siddiqi was founder of the World Islamic Mission, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and later president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ....
a.k.a. Noorani Mian - Chaudhry Zahoor ElahiChaudhry Zahoor ElahiChaudhry Zahoor Elahi was a politician from Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan. Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi founded a political family of Pakistan....
A democratic Leader of Pakistan - Chaudhry Ahmed MukhtarChaudhry Ahmed MukhtarChaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar is the current Defence Minister of Pakistan in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet. He is a central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Gujrat District...
[Comerce minister [1993-1996]Defence minister2008 up to 2013
Judges
- Justice A. R. CorneliusA. R. CorneliusAlvin Robert Cornelius was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from May 13, 1960 to February 29, 1968. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court for about 17 years. Born in Agra and known as 'Bobby', he was educated at the Allahabad University and at Selwyn College, Cambridge...
- Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar
- Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
- Justice Ajmal MianAjmal MianAjmal Mian was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from December 23, 1997 to June 30, 1999.-Life:Born July 4, 1934 in Delhi, India Mr. Justice Ajmal Mian son of Mr...
- Justice S. Anwarul HaqS. Anwarul HaqSheikh Anwarul Haq is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan [September 23, 1977 - March 25, 1981]...
- Justice Dorab PatelDorab PatelChief Justice Dorab Framrose Patel , was a Pakistan jurist, and lawmaker who served as a former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court...
- Justice Fakhruddin G. EbrahimFakhruddin G. EbrahimThe Honourable Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim , TI, is a retired Pakistani Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and Senior Advocate Supreme Court, and peace activist. Ebrahim also served as the interim Law Minister from 18 July 1993 till 19 October 1993, and interim Justice Minister 5...
- Justice Hamoodur RahmanHamoodur RahmanChief Justice Hamoodur Rahman, Urdu: حمود الرحمن) was Pakistan-Bengali jurist and academia, a legal educator, who formerly served as the 7th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University as well as Professor of Law and Justice at the Karachi University...
- Justice Iftikhar Muhammad ChaudhryIftikhar Muhammad ChaudhryIftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the current Chief Justice of Pakistan.He became chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court in 2005 and soon became not only a central figure in the nation's political struggles but an icon to the country's legal profession and others campaigning for the rule of law...
- Justice Mohammad HaleemMohammad HaleemHonourable Chief Justice Muhammad Haleem, LL.D. , HI, served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan from the period 1981 to 1989, the longest service of its kind in the history of the country. He was endorsed by successive regimes and has been celebrated as one of the foremost judicial authorities of...
- Justice Muhammad Afzal ZullahMuhammad Afzal ZullahMohammed Afzal Zullah was born on April 19, 1928, at Bijnial, Mandrah in district RAWALPINDI.He graduated in 1948 from Punjab University in Arts. In 1950 he received the degree in Law from Punjab University Lahore. He enrolled as a Pleader in 1950 and started practice at Sahiwal...
- Justice Muhammad MunirMuhammad MunirMuhammad Munir was Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1954 to 1960. After doing MA from Government College Lahore he joined Law College to earn his L.L.B. He started his career as a lawyer at Amritsar in 1921, later on he shifted to Lahore in 1922....
- Justice Muhammad Rustum Kiani
- Justice Muhammad ShahabuddinMuhammad ShahabuddinMuhammad Shahabuddin was born on 13 May 1895 at Ellore in Madras. He graduated in Arts from Madras Christian College and in Law from Madras Law College....
- Justice Muhammad Yaqub AliMuhammad Yaqub AliMohammed Yaqub Ali born at Jalandhar in March 1912, received early education at Jalandhar, did his graduation and Law from University of Punjab in 1936. He remained active in the Freedom Movement and was Chairman of the Julundar Chapter of the Muslim League....
- Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan ShahNasim Hasan ShahBorn in Lahore on April 15, 1929 to Syed Mohsin Shah, an eminent advocate and political activist, Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah, a former Chief Justice of Pakistan, gained international respect and recognition when he restored the sovereignty of the Parliament in Pakistan; the first such instance in...
- Justice Qadeeruddin AhmedQadeeruddin AhmedHonourable Justice Qadeeruddin Ahmed was a Pakistani jurist, constitutional expert, former Chief Justice of West Pakistan High Court, former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Governor of Sindh province. He was born in 1908 in Delhi, India...
- Justice Rana BhagwandasRana BhagwandasHis Lordship Mr. Justice Retired Rana Bhagwandas , a highly respected name of the Pakistani judiciary was a senior judge and former acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan...
- Justice Saeeduzzaman SiddiquiSaeeduzzaman SiddiquiChief Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui or Saeed-uz-zaman Siddiqui in Lukhnow, British India; is a Pakistani Jurist and legislator who formerly served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Supreme Court of Pakistan...
- Justice Sajjad Ali ShahSajjad Ali ShahSyed Sajjad Ali Shah was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.-Early education and law:He was born on February 17, 1933 at Karachi, schooled at Sindh Madressa-tul-Islam and did his Matriculation in 1951. He later joined D.J. Science College, Karachi and after passing 1st Year Science...
- Justice Mukhtiar Ahmad JunejoMukhtiar Ahmad JunejoHonorable Mr. Justice Mukhtar Ahmad Junejo , is a highly respected name of the Pakistani judiciary. He was a senior judge of The Supreme Court of Pakistan and former acting Chief Election Commissioner...
Lawyers
- Aitzaz AhsanAitzaz AhsanChaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Pakistani lawmaker, barrister, and politician from Pakistan's People's Party who served as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.-Early life and education:...
- Syed Sharifuddin PirzadaSyed Sharifuddin PirzadaSyed Sharifuddin Pirzada NI, a direct descendant of Shaikh Burhanuddin Raz-i-Ilahi of the Shattar order in Burhanpur, who had, amongst others, Emperor Aurangzeb as his disciple), Barrister-at-Law and a graduate in Law from Bombay University in...
- Mirza Aziz Akbar BaigMirza Aziz Akbar BaigMirza Aziz Akbar Baig was born on 6 November 1938 in Multan, Pakistan. He is a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.-Education:He graduated in 1960 from Government Emerson College, Multan...
- Mumtaz BhuttoMumtaz BhuttoSardar Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto is the first cousin of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, chief of the Bhutto clan and chairman of the Sindh National Front and Sindh Qaumi Itehad...
- Ghulam Farooq AwanGhulam Farooq AwanGhulam Farooq Awan , is a Pakistani lawyer and the current adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for law, justice and parliamentary affairs. He is also the former additional Attorney General of Pakistan.- Early life :...
Politicians
- Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
"Quaid-e-Azam" First Governor General of Pakistan and the founder. - Nawaz SharifNawaz SharifMian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani conservative politician and steel magnate who served as 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 to October 12, 1999...
- Benazir BhuttoBenazir BhuttoBenazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
- Asfandyar Wali KhanAsfandyar Wali KhanAsfandyar Wali Khan is a democratic socialist and the current the President of the Awami National Party in Pakistan.His father, Khan Abdul Wali Khan, was the party's first President...
- Syed Munawar Hasan
- Fazal-ur-Rehman
- Imran KhanImran KhanImran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...
- Shahbaz SharifShahbaz SharifMian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is a well-known conservative Pakistani politician and currently President of Pakistan Muslim League . He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab since 2008...
- Sheikh Rashid Ahmad
- Chaudhry Pervaiz ElahiChaudhry Pervaiz ElahiChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi , is a Pakistani politician. He was the Chief Minister of Pakistan's most populous province, Punjab, from 2002 to 2007. He is a senior leader and Provincial President of Pakistan Muslim League, Punjab....
- Javed HashmiJaved HashmiMakhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi is a Pakistani political scientist, geostrategist, statesman, and the central public figure of the PML...
- Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan
- Mushahid Hussain Syed
- Qaim Ali ShahQaim Ali ShahSyed Qaim Ali Shah is the current Chief Minister of Sindh, Sindh President of the Pakistan Peoples Party and an elected Member of Provincial Assembly from PS-29...
- Chaudhry Shujat Hussain
- Pervez MusharrafPervez MusharrafPervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...
- Altaf HussainAltaf HussainAltaf Hussain is the founder and leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement . The MQM emerged as the third largest political party in the national assembly of Pakistan during 1988 and 1990 elections. The MQM secured representation in the parliamentary elections held in the northern areas of Pakistan...
- Shahbaz BhattiShahbaz BhattiClement Shahbaz Bhatti , popularly known as Shahbaz Bhatti, was a Pakistani politician and elected member of the National Assembly from 2008. He was the first Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs from November 2008 until his assassination on 2 March 2011 in Islamabad...
- Ch Shujat Hussain
Human rights activists and philanthropists
- Abdul Sattar EdhiAbdul Sattar EdhiAbdul Sattar Edhi, NI , or Maulana Edhi, as he is often known, is a Pakistani philanthropist. He is head of the Edhi Foundation, the world's largest ambulance help service and charity. Together with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, he received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He is also...
- Hakim SaidHakim SaidSir Hakim Muhammad Said , was a prominent and world acclaimed medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and a former Governor of Sindh Province of Pakistan from 1993 until 1996...
- Asma JahangirAsma JahangirAsma Jilani Jahangir is a leading Pakistani lawyer, advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and human rights activist, who works both in Pakistan and internationally to prevent the persecution of religious minorities, women, and exploitation...
- Ansar BurneyAnsar BurneyAnsar Burney |Sindh]], Pakistan) is a leading Pakistani human rights and civil rights activist. He is a graduate of Masters and Law from Karachi University and honorary recipient of a PhD. in Philosophy...
- Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Doctors & dentists
- Prof. Dr. Ayub K. OmmayaAyub K. OmmayaAyub Khan Ommaya, MD, ScD , FRCS, FACS was a Pakistani neurosurgeon and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir. The reservoir is used to provide chemotherapy directly to the tumor site for brain tumors. Ommaya was also a leading expert in traumatic brain injuries.-Professional history:Dr. Ommaya...
, Professor of neurosurgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir. The reservoir is used to provide chemotherapy directly to the tumor site for brain tumors. Ommaya was also a leading expert in traumatic brain injuries. - Dr. AJ Khan, Principal of Ayub Medical CollegeAyub Medical CollegeAyub Medical College is one of several medical schools affiliated to Khyber Medical University located in Abbottabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. As of January 2011, AMC is home to 1350 students in the MBBS and BDS programs. The school has a large and experienced faculty to support its...
, Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population - Dr. Hasnat KhanHasnat KhanHasnat Ahmad Khan, PHD, FRCS, has been a heart and lung surgeon at Harefield Hospital in London. He is reported to be planning to return to Pakistan to accept a post at a hospital in Lahore...
, leading heart surgeon, head of Pakistan Institute of Medical SciencesPakistan Institute of Medical SciencesPakistan Institute of Medical Sciences is located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Objectives of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences are to provide a tertiary level patient care and serve as referral hospital and also to conduct teaching and training of doctors and other health workers at various level...
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. - Dr. Arif AlviArif AlviDr. Arif Alvi was born in Karachi on 29 August 1949. Dr. Arif Alvi a founding member and the Secretary General of Pakistan political party Tehreek-e-Insaf. "The reasons for forming a new progressive party was the utter lack of honest leadership around, absence of vision and honest political will...
, Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation
Educationalists and scholars
- Prof Dr Ahmad Hasan DaniAhmad Hasan DaniProfessor Ahmad Hasan Dani FRAS, SI, HI , was a Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist. He was among the foremost authorities on Central Asian and South Asian archaeology and history. He introduced archaeology as a discipline in higher education in Pakistan and Bangladesh...
, PhD, Historian and Archaeologist - Prof Dr Tariq RahmanTariq RahmanTariq Rahman was born on February 4, 1949 in Bareilly in India. The family migrated to Pakistan in 1951 where his father, Sami Ullah Khan, became instructor of mathematics, later rising to the head of the department, at the Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul, near Abbottabad...
, PhD, Internationally-renowned linguist and Emeritus Professor, Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan - Dr Ali Sajid, Ph.D Engineering ManagementEngineering managementEngineering Management or Management Engineering is a specialized form of management and engineering that is concerned with the application of engineering principles to business practice...
, Scholar The George Washington University - Ishtiaq Hussain QureshiIshtiaq Hussain QureshiProf. Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi SP, HI was a noted historian, educationist and scholar of Pakistan as well as a prolific writer. He is regarded as the founding member of Muqtadra Qaumi Zaban and served as the first education minister of Pakistan...
, Ph.D., Scholar, Critic, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. - Pirzada QasimPirzada QasimProf. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui is a noted Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet scientist and educationist.He is serving as Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi.- Biography :...
, Ph.D., Scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi - Attash DurraniAttash DurraniDr. Attash Durrani , T.I., is a Linguist, Scholar, terminologist, translatologist, educationist, theorist, language/ Knowledge Manager/ Engineer, and Pakistani author. He is Chairman of INKSOFT Inc., Islamabad, Pakistan, for the Localization for Urdu, Pakistani, Persian, Dari and Arabic languages...
, Ph.D., Scholar, Linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan. - Dr. Faisal Manzoor ArainFaisal Manzoor ArainDr. Faisal Manzoor Arain worked as an architect in Pakistan, and a projects manager in Saudi Arabia. He holds a Ph.D. in project management from the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, a Bachelor degree in architecture from Dawood College of Engineering and...
, Ph.D., MS, B.Arch, Scholar, Chair, Construction Project Management, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada - Dr. Rashid KausarRashid KausarA R Kausar , is a well known Pakistani Professor of Knowledge Management.-Early life:Dr. Kausar was born in Punjab, Pakistan. He enrolled at Karachi University in 1970, and completed Bachelor of Science with first position and very good grades. Thereafter, Dr. Kausar was awarded assistantship from...
, Ph.D.,Michigan State University, Scholar, Motivational Speaker, Management consultant, Pro Rector-University of Management & Technology Lahore Pakistan - Prof. Dr. Atta ur RahmanAtta ur RahmanAtta-ur-Rahman, D.Phil., TI, SI HI, NI, is a leading scientist and scholar in the field of organic chemistry from Pakistan, especially renowned for his research in the various areas relating to natural product chemistry...
, Ph.D in Organic ChemistryOrganic chemistryOrganic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...
, awarded a Doctorate of Science by University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
in 1987.
Social scientists and religious scholars
- Muhammad Tahir ul QadriTahir-ul-QadriMuhammad Tahir ul-Qadri is a Pakistani Sufi scholar and former professor of international constitutional law at the University of the Punjab....
, Professor, Islamic Law, Founder of Tehreek-e-Minhaj-ul-Quran - Akhtar Hameed KhanAkhtar Hameed KhanAkhtar Hameed Khan was a Pakistani development activist and social scientist credited for pioneering microcredit and microfinance initiatives, farmers' cooperatives, and rural training programmes in the developing world. He promoted participatory rural development in Pakistan and other developing...
- Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director Sustainable Development Policy InstituteSustainable Development Policy InstituteThe Sustainable Development Policy Institute provides the global sustainable development community with representation from Pakistan as well as South Asia as a whole. The Institute's mission is: "To catalyse the transition towards sustainable development, defined as the enhancement of peace,...
- Tariq JamilTariq JamilMaulana Tariq Jameel is an Islamic scholar from Pakistan. His native town is Tulambah near Mian Channu. His father was an agriculturist who belonged to the Muslim Rajputs community....
, religious scholar, tablighi jamaat - Farhat HashmiFarhat HashmiFarhat Hashmi is a Islamic scholar from Pakistan, with a degree in Arabic and a PhD in Hadith Sciences. She was formerly a lecturer and assistant professor at the Faculty of Usul-al-Din at International Islamic University, Islamabad...
, founder of Al-Huda International - Syed Ata Ullah Shah BukhariSyed Ata Ullah Shah BukhariSyed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari , was an Indian Muslim scholar, religious and senior political leader from the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam's founding members...
, Ameer-e-Shariat, Leader: Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-IslamMajlis-e-Ahrar-ul-IslamMajlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam or Majlis-e-Ah'rãr-e-Islam , also known in short as Ahrar, was a conservative Sunni Muslim political party in Pakistan prior to the Partition of India...
, British India - Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi
- Abul Ala MaududiAbul Ala MaududiSyed Abul A'ala Maududi , also known as Molana or Shaikh Syed Abul A'ala Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist, theologian, Muslim revivalist leader and political philosopher, and a major 20th century Islamist thinker. He was also a prominent political figure in Pakistan and was the first...
- Amin Ahsan IslahiAmin Ahsan IslahiAmin Ahsan Islahi was a Pakistani Muslim scholar, famous for his Urdu exegeses of Qur'an, Tadabbur-i-Qur’an—an exegesis that he based on Hamiduddin Farahi's idea of thematic and structural coherence in the Qur'an.-Early life:...
- Khalid MasudKhalid MasudAllama Khalid Masud was a Muslim scholar of Pakistan. He spent the major part of his life with Moulana Amin Ahsan Islahi. He conveyed ideas and thoughts of his teacher and Imam Farhi to general public...
- Akbar S. AhmedAkbar S. AhmedAkbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the...
holds Ibn Khaldun seat at American university - Ali Abbas famous journalist and author.
- Allamah Rasheed TurabiAllamah Rasheed TurabiAllamah Rasheed Turabi was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher. He was born on 9th Jamadi-us-Sani 1326 / July 9, 1908 in Hyderabad, India....
- Ayesha JalalAyesha JalalAyesha Jalal is a Pakistani-American sociologist and historian. She is a professor of history at Tufts University and a 1998 MacArthur Fellow. The bulk of her work deals with the creation of Muslim identities in modern South Asia....
Scholar and Educationist and Religious and Spiritual leader, Hyderabad, Pakistan. - Ishtiaq Hussain QureshiIshtiaq Hussain QureshiProf. Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi SP, HI was a noted historian, educationist and scholar of Pakistan as well as a prolific writer. He is regarded as the founding member of Muqtadra Qaumi Zaban and served as the first education minister of Pakistan...
, renowned historian (late) - Javed Ahmed GhamidiJaved Ahmed GhamidiJaved Ahmad Ghamidi is a well-known Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar and exegete, and educationist. A former member of the Jamaat-e-Islami, who extended the work of his tutor, Amin Ahsan Islahi. Ghamidi is the founder of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister...
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, of Ethics, Religion and History, Shifa College of Medicine
- Khurshid Ahmad, scholar
- Muzaffar IqbalMuzaffar IqbalMuzaffar Iqbāl , is a Pakistani-Canadian chemist by training and an Islamic scholar by vocation.-Career:...
- Ehsan Elahi ZaheerEhsan Elahi ZaheerEhsaan Ellahi Zaheer was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and author, most notably known for his refutations against other deviant Muslim sects.-Birth:...
- Mufti Muhammad Taqi UsmaniMuhammad Taqi UsmaniMuhammad Taqi Usmani is a Hanafi Islamic scholar from Pakistan who was born in 1943. He served as a judge on the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan from 1981 to 1982 and the Shari'a Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1982 to 2002. He is an expert in the fields of Islamic...
- Zafar Ishaq AnsariZafar Ishaq AnsariZafar Ishaq Ansari is a scholar of Islamic Studies. He is the Director General of the Islamic Research Institute of the International Islamic University. Previously, he has also been the President of the International Islamic University Islamabad...
Scholar, Educationist – Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad - Dr. Israr Ahmed Professor, Islamic History, Islamic System, Founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami, Tehreek-e-Khilafat and Anjuman Khuddam-ul-Quran
Economists
- A G N KaziA G N KaziAftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi SPk, SK, was a Pakistani statesman during the Cold war and during the post cold war. Kazi was born in Sindh, Bombay Presidency in 1919 to an educationist family of academic class. Kazi started his career in Indian Civil Service in 1944 and served as the Deputy Commissioner...
- Ghulam Ishaq KhanGhulam Ishaq KhanGhulam Ishaq Khan , abbreviated as GIK, was the seventh President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993 and a career statesman from the start to the end of cold war...
- Dr. Mohammad Zubair KhanMohammad Zubair KhanDr. Mohammad Zubair Khan has a doctorate in political economy from Johns Hopkins University. After working briefly for the World Bank, he worked at the International Monetary Fund from 1981 to 1992, assigned to a wide range of countries, including industrial countries in northern Europe and Turkey,...
- Ahmed Hussain A Kazi
- Ghulam FaruqueGhulam FaruqueKhan Bahadur Ghulam Faruque Khan was a politician and industrialist of Pakistan. He belonged to the village Shaidu in Nowshera District. Nowshera is the home of the famous Pashtun Tribe the Khattaks of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan...
- Hafeez A. PashaHafeez A. PashaDr. Hafiz Ahmed Pasha is a distinguished economist of Pakistan who is a member of the country's Panel of Economists, an independent advisory committee for the government. He is also the dean of the School of Social Sciences at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore...
- Mahbub ul HaqMahbub ul HaqMahbub ul Haq was an Pakistani economist who is known to be the pioneer of Human development theory and the founder of the Human Development Report...
- Ishrat Hussain
- Salman ShahSalman ShahDr. Salman Shah was the former caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan. He has also served as an advisor to the Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on finance, economic affairs, statistics and revenues. He is the son-in-law of former Chief of Army Staff General Asif Nawaz Janjua. He has two sons and...
Scientists and technologists
- Professor Dr. Abdus SalamAbdus SalamMohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk (Urdu: محمد عبد السلام, pronounced , (January 29, 1926– November 21, 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the...
, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1979, science advisor to Government of Pakistan (1960-1974), founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research CommissionSpace and Upper Atmosphere Research CommissionThe Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission , is an executive agency of the Government of Pakistan, responsible for nation's public and civil space program and aeronautics and aerospace research...
(SUPARCO),received the Sitara-e-Pakistan for contribution to science in Pakistan (1959) and founded the International Center for Theoretical Physics in TriesteTriesteTrieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, Italy which was renamed as The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in the honour of Salam in 1997. - Dr. Abdul Qadeer KhanAbdul Qadeer KhanAbdul Qadeer Khan , also known in Pakistan as Mohsin-e-Pakistan , D.Eng, Sc.D, HI, NI , FPAS; more widely known as Dr. A. Q...
, Nuclear Scientist, and the Father of Pakistan's gas-centrifuge program. - Mr.Munir Ahmad KhanMunir Ahmad KhanMunir Ahmad Khan , HI, was a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a scientist who served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 1972 to 1991...
, Nuclear Engineer, Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy CommissionPakistan Atomic Energy CommissionThe Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
, 1972-1991, Chairman, IAEA Board of Governors, 1986-87, chief architect of Pakistan's nuclear program. - Dr. Ishfaq AhmadIshfaq AhmadIshfaq Ahmad , D.Sc., Minister of State, SI, HI, NI, FPAS, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, and well-known educationist and academic from Pakistan...
, well-known Nuclear Physicist and former Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy CommissionPakistan Atomic Energy CommissionThe Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
(PAEC). - Prof. Dr. Pervez HoodbhoyPervez HoodbhoyDr. Prof. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy , is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and political-defence analyst. He is the professor of nuclear and high-energy physics, and the head of the Physics Department at the Quaid-e-Azam University . He graduated and also received PhD from MIT and continues to...
, prominent atomic physicist. - Dr. Abdullah SadiqAbdullah SadiqAbdullah Sadiq , Ph.D., SI, is a Pakistani physicist and ICTP laureate who received the ICTP Prize in the honor of Nikolay Bogolyubov, in the fields of Mathematics and Solid State Physics in 1987 for his contributions to scientific knowledge in the field of Mathematics and Statistical physics...
, prominent ICTP LaureateLaureateIn English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize.-History:...
Nuclear Physicist and one of the pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear program. - Dr. Samar MubarakmandSamar MubarakmandSamar Mubarakmand , , is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, who served as the founding chairman of National Engineering and Scientific Commission from 2001 till 2007. Samar Mubarak-Mand launched the Missile Integration Programme in 1987 which was successfully completed in 2005...
, Nuclear Scientist, Chairman, National Engineering and Scientific CommissionNational Engineering and Scientific CommissionNational Engineering and Scientific Commission is a civilian controlled Pakistani scientific and research organization carrying out research in many engineering and scientific areas including information technology, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering,...
. - Anwar AliAnwar Ali (scientist)Anwar Ali, born: 1945 in Lahore, British Punjab State, British Indian Empire, , is a Pakistani nuclear physicist who served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 2006 till 2009...
, Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy CommissionPakistan Atomic Energy CommissionThe Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
(PAEC) - Prof. Dr. Shahid Hussain BokhariShahid Hussain BokhariShahid H. Bokhari is a highly cited Pakistani researcher in the field of parallel and distributed computing. He is a fellow of both IEEE and ACM...
, prominent computer engineer and aerospaceAerospaceAerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
scientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word... - Salimuzzaman SiddiquiSalimuzzaman SiddiquiSalimuzzaman Siddiqui , HI, MBE, SI, D.Phil., FPAS, FRS. was a leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry. He is credited for pioneering the isolation of unique chemical compounds from the Neem , Rauwolfia, and various other flora. As the founder director of H.E.J...
Ph.D in Organic ChemistryOrganic chemistryOrganic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...
. - Prof. Dr. Javaid LaghariJavaid LaghariJavaid Laghari , is a Pakistani electrical engineer and science administrator who is currently serving as the chairperson of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan...
, well-known aerospaceAerospaceAerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
scientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
, present Chairman of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC Pakistan). - Datuk Rahman Anwar SyedRahman SyedDatuk Rahman Anwar Syed was a Pakistani entomologist, professor, actor, and entrepreneur, best known for his discovery of the biological method of oil palm pollination.-Early life:...
, renowned entomologist responsible for discovering the biological method of oil palmOil palmThe oil palms comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis is native to West Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia, while the American Oil Palm Elaeis oleifera is native to...
pollinationPollinationPollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in plants, thereby enabling fertilisation and sexual reproduction. Pollen grains transport the male gametes to where the female gamete are contained within the carpel; in gymnosperms the pollen is directly applied to the ovule itself... - Anwar Naseem, Advisor Science COMSTECHCOMSTECHCOMSTECH is an abbreviation for the OIC's Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation for the promotion and cooperation of science and technology activities among the OIC member states. The coordinator general of the Committee is Prof Ata ur Rahman.Department of Public Relations,...
, Chairman National Commission on Biotechnology Pakistan, Founding president FABA - Prof. Dr. Atta ur RahmanAtta ur RahmanAtta-ur-Rahman, D.Phil., TI, SI HI, NI, is a leading scientist and scholar in the field of organic chemistry from Pakistan, especially renowned for his research in the various areas relating to natural product chemistry...
, Ph.D in Organic ChemistryOrganic chemistryOrganic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...
, awarded a Doctorate of Science by University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
in 1987. - Umar SaifUmar SaifUmar Saif is a Pakistani computer scientist and entrepreneur, who is known for his work on using ICT solutions for developing-world problems. Saif holds a BSc. from the Lahore University of Management Sciences and PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge, where he was a Commonwealth...
, prominent Computer Scientist, Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 2001.
Dr.Chaudhry Imtiaz Hussain, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering, Birmingham), M.Sc. (Biotechnology, Birmingham)
Military personnel
- Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947...
(Hilal-e-Kashmir) - Major Tufail Muhammad ShaheedTufail MohammadTufail Mohammad was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab and commissioned in the 16th Punjab Regiment in 1943. On 7 August 1958, Mohammad, a Company Commander in the East Pakistan Rifles, encircled an Indian post, which allegedly violated the internationally recognized boundary between the two countries, in...
(1914 – August 7, 1958) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947... - Major Aziz Bhatti ShaheedAziz BhattiMajor Raja Aziz Bhatti was a Hong Kong-born Pakistan Army's Staff officer who received Pakistan's highest award for valor. He was born in Hong Kong in 1928. He moved to Pakistan before it became independent in 1947, living in the village of Ladian,Tehsil Kharian, Gujrat...
Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947... - Major Muhammad Akram ShaheedMuhammad AkramMajor Muhammad Akram , was a Pakistan Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Pakistan military's highest decoration, the Nishan-e-Haider, for his actions during the 1971 Indo-Pak...
(1938–1971) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947... - Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas ShaheedRashid MinhasPilot Officer Rashid Minhas or Rashid Minhas Shaheed, NH, was a Pilot Officer in the Pakistan Air Force during the 1971 Pakistan-India War. Rashid Minhas, a newly commissioned officer at that time, is the only PAF officer who received the highest valor for his actions...
(1951 – August 20, 1971) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947... - Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943 – December 6, 1971) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947...
- Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949 – December 10, 1971) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947...
- Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz ShaheedMuhammad MahfuzLance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed was born in Jat family of Pind Malikan in Rawalpindi District on October 25, 1944. Muhammad Mahfuz joined Pakistan Army on October 25, 1962 as an infantry soldier.-Incident leading to Martyrdom :...
(1944 – December 17, 1971) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947... - Captain Karnal Sher Khan ShaheedKarnal Sher KhanKarnal Sher Khan was a pashtun Pakistani Army officer and one of only 10 recipients of Pakistan's highest gallantry award. He was a Captain in the 12 Northern Light Infantry and, previously in 27 Sindh Regiment of the Pakistan.-Name:Captain Sher Khan was born in Nawan Killi, a village in Swabi...
(1970 – July 5, 1999) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947... - Lalak Jan ShaheedLalak JanHavaldar Lalak Jan Shaahed was born in Yasin, in the Ghizer District, of the Northern Areas of Pakistan...
(1967 – July 7, 1999) Nishan-E-HaiderNishan-e-HaiderNishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder is the highest military decoration given by Pakistan . It was established in 1957 after Pakistan became a Republic, however, it was instituted retrospectively from Independence in 1947... - Major General Akhtar Hussain MalikMajor General Akhtar Hussain MalikLieutenant General Akhtar Hussain Malik was a distinguished General, a war hero of Pakistan Army in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1965 and a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.- Early years :...
, 1965 war hero - General Muhammad Ayub Khan, Dictator/President of Pakistan 1968–1969
- General Yahya KhanYahya KhanGeneral Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan Qizilbash, H.Pk, HJ, S.Pk, psc was the third President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan...
, Dictator/President of Pakistan 1969–1971 - General Iftikhar JanjuaIftikhar JanjuaMajor General Iftikhar Khan Janjua, HJ & Bar, SPk, SQA, of the Pakistan Army is the most senior Pakistani officer to have been killed in action. He is known in Pakistan as the hero of Rann of Kutch, as he was a brigadier in command of 6 Brigade, during the fighting in April 1965 prior to the...
, 1971 hero of Rann of Kutch operations - General Muhammad ShariffMuhammad ShariffGeneral Muhammad Shariff was retired four-star general in the Pakistan Army who was the first Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee since its inception in 1976 till his retirement in 1978...
, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1977 - General Iqbal KhanIqbal Khan (general)General Muhammad Iqbal Khan, NI, SBt, is a former four star general of the Pakistan Army who stayed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1980 to 1984 during the martial regime of Chief Martial Law Administrator and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army General Zia-ul-Haq...
, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1980-1984 - General Mirza Aslam BegMirza Aslam BegGeneral Mirza Aslam Beg, SBt, HI, NI, afwc, psc , is a retired four-star general who was the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army succeeding General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, after the latter died in an air crash on 17 August 1988...
, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), think tankThink tankA think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
head - General Jehangir KaramatJehangir KaramatGeneral Jehangir Karamat, NI, TBt, afwc, psc, fsc, is a retired four-star general and a renowned military scientist who served as the former Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army from January 1996 to October 1998, and then former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States from November 2004 to June...
former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - General Pervez MusharrafPervez MusharrafPervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...
,former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), Dictator/President - General Rahimuddin KhanRahimuddin KhanRahimuddin Khan Afridi is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who was the fourth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1984 to 1987. He was also the longest-serving Governor and martial law administrator of Balochistan, from 1978 to when he resigned in 1984...
, famed 7-year Martial Law Governor of BalochistanBalochistan (Pakistan)Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
and provincial hero - General Muhammad Zia-ul-HaqMuhammad Zia-ul-HaqGeneral Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq , was the 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and the sixth President of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August 1988...
, late Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Dictator/President - Air Commodore Muhammad Mehmood Alam (M M Alam)
- Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui
- Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad AhsanSyed Mohammad AhsanVice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan HQA, SPk, DSO, was a senior three-star admiral who was the 4th Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy from October 20, 1966 to August 31, 1969...
, former Governor of East Pakistan - Admiral Shahid KarimullahShahid KarimullahAdmiral Shahid Karimullah, TI, SI, HI, NI, SJ, L'd'H LM, is the former four-star naval officer who, as Chief of Naval Staff , commanded Pakistan Navy from 2002 to 2005. He is one of the most decorated military officer of the Pakistan Defense Forces who later served as Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi...
- AdmiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
Tariq Kamal KhanTariq Kamal KhanAdmiral Tariq Kamal Khan , NI, is a retired 4-Star rank naval officer who served as the 9th Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy from 1983 to 1986. He is a recipient of Nishan-i-Imtiaz , which is awarded to all the services chiefs upon taking over their respective commands.-Education:Khan was... - LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Karam ud DinKaram ud DinLieutenant Hajji Karam ud Din TK was a Pakistani naval officer. He fought the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971...
Businessmen and industrialists
- Mian Muhammad Mansha, a prominent industrialist and businessman who is officially the richest man in Pakistan and is the first Pakistani to be featured on the Forbes list of billionaires.
- Bashir Ali MohammadBashir Ali MohammadBashir Ali Mohammad is a business leader in Pakistan who is chairman of the Gul Ahmed Group and the Pakistan - Britain Advisory Council...
Textiles, Energy, Banking Gul Ahmed GroupGul Ahmed GroupThe primary concerns of the Gul Ahmed Group include Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited, Gul Ahmed Energy Limited, and Habib Metropolitan Bank. More recently, a chain of retail outlets has been founded under the name "Ideas by Gul Ahmed"... - Mir Shakil ur Rehman Media Jang Group
- Iqbal Ali LakhaniIqbal Ali LakhaniIqbal Ali Lakhani is a Pakistani industrialist belonging to Karachi's wealthy Lakhani family that is reported to be among the top 22 richest families in the country. He is one of four brothers controlling the Lakson Group and he is the group chairman....
Tobacco, Consumer Goods, Internet, Media Lakson Group - Ishtiaq BaigIshtiaq BaigIshtiaq Baig is a Pakistani businessman. He is Vice Chairman of the Baig Group of companies a multinational conglomerate engaged in diversified industrial and commercial activities operating in Pakistan, U.A.E. and Morocco.- Personal life :...
Vice Chairman, Baig Group of Companies - Abdul Quayyum Khan KundiAbdul Quayyum Khan KundiAbdul Quayyum Khan Kundi is a Pakistani businessman and political activist. He was elected as president of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce-USA in 2010. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of getTickets, LLC and Interactive Ventures...
, President, Pakistan Chamber of Commerce-USA - Mian Habib UllahMian Habib UllahMian Habib Ullah is a Pakistani businessman, politician and diplomat best known for his association with the Islamabad Stock Exchange and Export Promotion Bureau . He was also a founding member of it. He has held several positions in Government of Pakistan...
, Chairman D.M Textiles, Former Minister and President of FPCCI & TDAP - Chaudhry Ahmed SaeedChairman SErvis Group of Industries, SIL is the leading business in its field. SIl provide every one with their every accessories and he had served as PIA Managing director (from April 2001) and PIA Chairman (from April 2003, both until April 2005
- Shahid KhanShahid KhanShahid Khan is a Pakistani-born American businessman. He is the owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp. in Urbana, Illinois...
He is the owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp. in Urbana, Illinois and owner of a NFL team (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Bankers
- Agha Hasan AbediAgha Hasan AbediAgha Hasan Abedi also known as Agha Sahab was a banker and philanthropist who founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in 1972...
- Hammad SiddiqiHammad SiddiqiHammad Siddiqi is a U.S.A based Pakistani economist, banker and social commentator. He is the only son of former Pakistani politician Shahid Aziz Siddiqi and educationist and social worker Shabana Siddiqi...
- Ishrat HusainIshrat HusainIshrat Husain is a Pakistani banker and economist, who is the Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. Dr. Ishrat was the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan's Central bank from 2 December 1999 to 1 December 2005...
- Mahbub ul HaqMahbub ul HaqMahbub ul Haq was an Pakistani economist who is known to be the pioneer of Human development theory and the founder of the Human Development Report...
- Nasim AkbarNasim AkbarCountry treasurer of the Mashreq Bank, Nasim Akbar has been re-elected as president of Financial Markets Association of Pakistan for a second time in a row. Masroor Qureshi from the National Bank has been elected unopposed — also for the second time — as secretary of the Association...
- Moeenuddin Ahmad QureshiMoeenuddin Ahmad QureshiMoeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi, usually referred to as Moeen Qureshi, is a Pakistani economist and political figure. A former Vice President of the World Bank, he was the Interim Prime Minister of Pakistan from July 18, 1993 until 19 October, 1993....
- Muhammad Mian SoomroMuhammad Mian SoomroMuhammad Mian Soomro is a Pakistani politician who has been the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 2003. Soomro comes from a renowned political family of Sindh that has been active in public life since 1923...
- Shahid Javed BurkiShahid Javed BurkiShahid Javed Burki is a professional economist who has served as a Vice President of the World Bank and as a caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan...
- Rana Shabbir Ahmad KhanRana Shabbir Ahmad KhanRana Shabbir Ahmad Khan is a retired chairman of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. . He served as chairman of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited from June 10, 1986 till June 28, 1988....
- Shamshad AkhtarShamshad AkhtarDr Shamshad Akhtar was appointed by the President Pervez Musharraf as the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan for three years in December 2005. She is the 14th governor of the State Bank and the first female to assume this position...
- Shaukat AzizShaukat AzizShaukat Aziz is a world acclaimed Pakistani economist who was the 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan from May 20, 2004 to 15 November 2007 in a joint military government led by General Pervez Musharraf. A Citibank executive, Aziz returned to Pakistan from the United States to be became Finance...
- Zahid HussainZahid HussainZahid Hussain, a close aide of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was the father of Supreme Court of Pakistan justice Nasir Aslam Zahid. Zahid remained vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, he became Pakistan's first high commissioner in India, the founder and first governor of the State...
Quranic reciters
- Qari Shakir QasmiQari Shakir QasmiQari Shakir Qasmi , is one of the most renowned Qurra' of South Asia. He was the host of the program Iqra for children that provided lessons and exercises on properly reciting and pronouncing Qur’anic Arabic. This program aired and re-ran on the Pakistan Television Corporation from 1978 to 1985...
(Radio Pakistan, PTVPakistan Television CorporationThe Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...
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Writers & Poets
Main article(s): List of Pakistani writers, List of Urdu poets.- Abdullah HussainAbdullah HussainDatuk Abdullah Hussain is a Malaysian novelist and writer. He received the Malaysian National Laureate in 1996 which makes him the 8th recipient of the award.-Early years:Hussain was born on 25 March 1920 in Sungai Limau Dalam, Yan, Kedah...
- Ahmed Ali (Prof)Ahmed AliAhmed Ali was an Indian novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar, who was responsible for writing Twilight in Delhi. Born in Delhi, India, he was involved in progressive literary movements as a young man...
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Alamgir HashmiAlamgir HashmiAlamgir Hashmi is a major English poet of Pakistani origin in the latter half of the 20th century. Considered avant-garde, both his early and later works were published to universal critical acclaim and widespread influence...
- Allama Dr. Muhammad IqbalMuhammad IqbalSir Muhammad Iqbal , commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal , was a poet and philosopher born in Sialkot, then in the Punjab Province of British India, now in Pakistan...
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- Ashfaq Ahmad
- Badshah Munir BukhariBadshah Munir BukhariBadshah Munir Bukhari Badshah Munir Bukhari Badshah Munir Bukhari (Urdu: بادشاہ منیر بخاری; is a linguist from Northern Pakistan. A native of Chitral, he is an Professor in linguistics and a member of the Department of Urdu, University of Peshawar....
- Bano QudsiaBano QudsiaBano Qudsia is a writer, intellectual, playwright and spiritualist from Pakistan who wrote Urdu novels and short storiesregarded among the best Urdu novelists and short story writers of modern times.She is best known for her novel Raja Gidh.She has written for television and stage in both the...
- Daud KamalDaud KamalDaud Kamal 4 January 1935 - 5 December 1987) was a Professor of English Literature at University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He was educated at Cambridge University, UK. Kamal started writing poetry in his twenties and became one of the major English language poets of Pakistan...
- Faiz Ahmed FaizFaiz Ahmed FaizFaiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union...
- Fatima Surayya BajiaFatima Surayya BajiaFatima Surayya Bajia PP , is a renowned Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer of Pakistan. She has been awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works...
- Ghulam Abbas
- Habib JalibHabib JalibHabib Jalib was a Pakistani revolutionary poet. A left-wing activist and politician, he was a staunch democrat who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression.-Early life:...
- Habib R. SulemaniHabib R. SulemaniHabib R. Sulemani is a poet, writer and journalist, living in Pakistan. He has been writing in three languages: English, Urdu and Wakhi....
- Hakim SaidHakim SaidSir Hakim Muhammad Said , was a prominent and world acclaimed medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and a former Governor of Sindh Province of Pakistan from 1993 until 1996...
- Ibn-e-InshaIbn-e-InshaIbn-e-Insha was a Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded one of the best humorists of Urdu...
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- Iftikhar ArifIftikhar ArifIftikhar Hussain Arif, PP, SI, HI commonly known as Iftikhar Arif is an Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur from Pakistan. His style is romantic Urdu poetry. He has headed Academy Adbiyat, the Pakistan Academy of Letters and currently, he is the Chairman of Muqtadra Quami Zaban, the National...
- Ihsan DanishIhsan DanishEhsan Danish , born Ehsan-ul-Haq , was a prominent Urdu poet from the Indian subcontinent. . In beginning his poetry was very romantic but later he had been written his poems mostly for the labourers and he was titled "Mazdoor Shair" by his audience.His poetry inspired the common peoples feelings...
- Ishtiaq BaigIshtiaq BaigIshtiaq Baig is a Pakistani businessman. He is Vice Chairman of the Baig Group of companies a multinational conglomerate engaged in diversified industrial and commercial activities operating in Pakistan, U.A.E. and Morocco.- Personal life :...
- Jon EliaJon EliaJaun Elia was a notable Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer and scholar. He was widely praised for his unique style of writing. He was the brother of renowned journalist and psychoanalyst Rais Amrohvi and journalist and world-renowned philosopher Syed Muhammad Taqi, and husband of famous...
- Kazi Zainul AbedinKazi Zainul AbedinKazi Mohammed Zainul Abedin was a famous Urdu poet and a very senior officer in the government of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was also the last Kazi of Udgir under the Hyderabad State....
- Khawaja Reazuddin AtashKhawaja Reazuddin AtashKhawaja Reazuddin Atash was a noted Urdu poet and writer from Pakistan. He wrote ghazals, nazms and hamd-o-naat and authored books on the Urdu language. He published his poems in three volumes: Saughat-e-Junoon, a collection of ghazals; Jashn-e-Junoon, a collection of nazms; and Vird-e-Nafas, a...
- Khurshid RizviKhurshid RizviProfessor Dr. Khurshid Rizvi is a Pakistani scholar, poet, linguist and historian of Arabic languages and literature.Dr. Rizvi was awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the government of Pakistan in 2008. He is an Adjunct Faculty...
- Majeed AmjadMajeed AmjadMajeed Amjad was one of the greatest of modern Urdu poets of the Indian subcontinent. In the popular culture he is not as well known or widely read as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Noon Meem Rashid, Nasir Kazmi or Meeraji but amongst the cognoscenti and many critics he is widely regarded as a philosophical...
- Mohsin HamidMohsin HamidMohsin Hamid is a Pakistani author best known for his novels Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist .- Biography :...
- Mohammed HanifMohammed HanifMohammed Hanif is a Pakistani writer and journalist.-Life:He was born in Okara. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism...
- Mustansar Hussain TararMustansar Hussain TararMustansar Hussain Tarar is a Pakistani author, actor, former radio show host, compere and enthusiast. Having made a name for himself by taking the mantle in Pakistan's mountaineering community, Mustansar Hussain is widely recognized as one of the most famous and well known personalities in both...
- Noon Meem DanishNoon Meem DanishNoor Mohammed Danish is a Pakistani poet of African and Baloch descent. He is more commonly known as Noon Meem Danish or N. M. Danish.-Early life and education:...
- Noon Meem RashidNoon Meem RashidNazar Mohammed Rashed commonly known as Noon Meem Rashed or N.M. Rashed, was born as Raja Nazar Muhmmad Janjua...
- Omer TarinOmer TarinOmer Tarin , born March 1967, is a well-known Pakistani poet in English, research scholar, and social activist...
- Mirza Ather BaigMirza Ather BaigMirza Athar Baig is a Pakistani fiction writer, scholar, playwright and expert on Post-Colonial Philosophy. He is chairman of the Philosophy Department at Government College University in Lahore...
- Parveen ShakirParveen ShakirParveen Shakir was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.Shakir started writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry, Khushbu [Fragrance], to great acclaim, in 1976...
- Qateel Shafai
- Saadat Hasan MantoSaadat Hasan MantoSaadat Hassan Manto was a short story writer of the Urdu language. He is best known for his short stories, 'Bu' , 'Khol Do' , 'Thanda Gosht' , and his magnum opus, 'Toba Tek Singh'....
- Syed Qasim MahmoodSyed Qasim MahmoodSyed Qasim Mahmood Pakistani intellectual and Urdu short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher, translator and for most encyclopedist of Pakistan...
- Sufi Ghulam Mustafa TabassumSufi Ghulam Mustafa TabassumSufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum was a noted 20th century poet in three languages: Urdu, Punjabi, and Persian. Tabassum was the pen name by which he was universally known....
- Tanwir PhoolTanwir PhoolTanwir Phool is the pen name of Tanwiruddin Ahmad Siddiqui, a Pakistani author and poet, writing in Urdu and English.-Education and career:...
- Vazir AghaVazir AghaWazir Agha was a Pakistani Urdu language writer, poet, critic and essayist. He lived in Sargodha. He ran the literary magazine "Auraq" for many decades. He introduced many theories in Urdu literature. He is most famous for his work on Urdu humour. He has also written a seminal book on modern Urdu...
- Yousaf Saleem ChishtiYousaf Saleem ChishtiYousaf Saleem Chishti was an eminent scholar and writer from Pakistan. He was an expert on Iqbal and during 1925 - 1938 he was continuously in his company. He recorded these conversations in his diaries but in 1955 most of them were destroyed by an upsurge in Ravi, at Lahore. He is famous for his...
- Wasif Ali WasifWasif Ali WasifWasif Ali Wasif was a teacher, writer, poet and sufi intellectual from Pakistan. He was famous for his unique literary style. He used to write short pieces of prose on topics like love, life, fortune, fear, hope, expectation, promise, prayer, happiness, sorrow and so on. He was the regular...
- Zahid AhmedZahid AhmedSyed Zahid Ahmed Naqvi Syed Zahid Ahmed Naqvi Syed Zahid Ahmed Naqvi (born November 15, 1961, Karachi, Sindh is a former Pakistani cricketer who played two ODIs in 1987.-References:...
(Artist, writer, National College of ArtsNational College of ArtsThe National College of Arts Lahore, usually referred to by its acronym NCA, is a famous old college in Lahore, Pakistan.Like all old institutions, the National College of Arts, has a historical tradition. Much of its present tone was set long ago when it was known as the Mayo School of Arts...
) - Zaib-un-Nissa HamidullahZaib-un-Nissa HamidullahZaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also a pioneer of feminism in Pakistan, West Pakistan till 1971. She was Pakistan's first female columnist , editor, publisher and political commentator...
- Zamir JafriZamir JafriZamir Jafri was a Pakistani poet born in Jhelum. He became famous for his Urdu humorous poetry and also wrote humorous columns in the newspapers and periodicals. After graduating from Punjab University, he joined the army’s public relation department and retired as a major...
Actors and actresses (film, television and stage)
- For a categoric listing of actors in film, see :Category:Pakistani film actors
- AdeebAdeebMuzaffar Adeeb was a Pakistani film actor. He appeared in 38 films from 1940 to 1998, although he did not start performing in films until 1950s...
(Actor) - Adil MuradAdil MuradAdil Murad is a Pakistani film producer and actor in films, Television serials and tele-films, and son of legendary Pakistani actor Waheed Murad. He was introduced in the Pakistani Urdu colour film Raja sahib in 1996, but the film, due to bad direction and a weak story, flopped on the box office....
(Actor) - Afzal KhanAfzal Khan (actor)Afzal Khan a.k.a John Rambo is a Pakistani TV, film and stage actor and comedian. He rose to fame by playing a janitor nicknamed John Rambo in PTV's famous comedy show Guest House...
(Actor) - Ajab GulAjab GulAjab Gul is an actor turned director and producer of Pakistani film industry.He is son of Hameed gul,the former director general of ISI which is Pakistan`s leading intellegence agency. He has starred in a string of successful television serials like Fareb and Girift,...
(Actor) - Anjuman (Actor)
- Ayesha SanaAyesha SanaAyesha Sana is a Pakistani actress who has appeared in film, television, and theatre performances. She graduated from Convent of Jesus and Mary in Delhi, India and attended Kinnaird College in Lahore, where she studied law. She went on to get an external law degree at the University of London....
- Babar AliBabar AliBabar Ali is a Pakistani film and television actor. He comes from the sindh province in Pakistan, more precisely the city of Karachi.He started his career with Drama Mohammad bin Qasim,later on he moved towards Movies...
(Actor) - Babra SharifBabra SharifBabra Sharif is an actress in the Pakistani film industry during the 1980s and late 1970s. She started her career in television commercials. She made her presence felt in a 'Jet' washing powder commercial and came to be known as 'Jet' powder girl. Fair-haired, attractive and intelligent, Babra...
(Actor) - Badar MunirBadar MunirBadar Munir was a Pashtun, legend film star and director. Originally from Madyan in the princely state of Swat, he starred in over 400 Pashto and Urdu films from 1970 to 2002....
(Actor) - Darpan (Actor)
- DeebaDeebaDeeba is a Pakistani film actress and one of the leading film heroines during 1960s and 1970s. Deeba's real name is Raheela. She was one of the iconic film actresses during 1960s and 1970s. She is well known for her romantic tragic roles in Urdu and Punjabi films. She started her career as an...
(Actor) - Humayun SaeedHumayun SaeedHumayun Saeed is a Pakistani actor, model and producer.-Family:Saeed, who hails from a family of wrestlers from Punjab, has four younger brothers, Babar, Amir, Adnan and Salman...
- HusnaHusnaHusna was a Pakistani film actress in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was first introduced as a child star in Jan-e-Bahar and played the role as the daughter of Sudhir and Muzarrat Nazir. Husna never became a top heroine and mainly played the side-heroine or vamp roles in Urdu and Punjabi...
(Actor) - Iftikhar KhanIftikhar KhanMajor General Muhammed Iftikhar Khan was an officer inherited by the Pakistan Army from British India. He had been nominated to become the first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army after General Douglas David Gracey's retirement...
(Dir) - Inayat Hussain BhattiInayat Hussain BhattiInayat Hussain Bhatti was a Pakistani singer, actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language and literature.- History :...
- Javed SheikhJaved SheikhJaved Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who is involved with Bollywood, Lollywood, and Pollywood films.-Career:Sheikh's first movie as actor was the Lollywood film Dhamaka, released on 14 December 1974. He since acted in over 100 Urdu films from the 1970s through to the early...
- Kamal IraniKamal IraniKamal Irani اردو:کمال ایرانی was a famous actor of Pakistani cinema . He was born in an Iranian family living in Karachi that is why used to put "Irani" after his name, His real name was "Syed Kamal Udin Safavi".He worked with all the famous actors and performers of that era like Mohammad Ali,...
(Actor) - M.A. Rasheed (Dir)
- Marina KhanMarina KhanFor the lawn bowler see Marina Khan Marina Khan is an actress born in Peshawar, Pakistan. She has appeared in drama serials, such as Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare and Nijaat...
(Actor) - Masood AkhtarMasood AkhtarMasood Akhtar is popular Pakistani singer. He has fan base stretching from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pashtun areas of Balochistan to southern parts of Afghanistan, and has achieved much recognition. Masood sings in several languages: Pashto, Urdu, Hindko- Origin :Masood was born in Mardan, Khyber...
- Mohammad AliMohammad Ali (actor)Mohammad Ali was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat , means The Emperor of Emotions. He had starred in over 250 movies playing roles as hero and villain. He was included among 25 greatest actors of Asia by CNN survey...
(Actor) - Moin AkhterMoin AkhterMoin Akhtar was a Pakistani television, film and stage actor, as well as a humorist, comedian, impersonator, and a host. He was also a play writer, singer, film director and a producer....
(Actor) - Mustafa Qureshi (Actor)
- Nadeem Baig (Actor)
- Nadia KhanNadia KhanNadia Khan is a Pakistani television presenter, actress and producer.-Career:Khan made her television debut with NTM in 1996. She then hosted a show called Daak Time with Uncle Sargam which was popular among children PTV. She made a comeback to acting in the year 2005 with an Eid Special Show in...
(Actor) - Naeem HashmiNaeem HashmiNaeem Hashmi was a famous actor, writer, poet, producer, and director in Pakistan. He was famous for his roles as a villain in the late 1940s and 1950s, but he later took character roles in over 100 films. His naats, or praises said for the Islamic prophet Muhammad also earned him much fame...
- Kamal IraniKamal IraniKamal Irani اردو:کمال ایرانی was a famous actor of Pakistani cinema . He was born in an Iranian family living in Karachi that is why used to put "Irani" after his name, His real name was "Syed Kamal Udin Safavi".He worked with all the famous actors and performers of that era like Mohammad Ali,...
(Actor) - NajmaNajmaNajma is a given name in Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. Najma is the female version of the name and Najm is male version of the name. Najm is also Pleiades in Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages....
(Actor) - Nasira ZuberiNasira ZuberiNasira Zuberi, is a Pakistani television personality.Hailing from a literary family background, she got her early education from home town, Lahore and received a master's degree in Economics from the University of Punjab. She started her career in 1988 as a reporter for Business Recorder,...
(Actor) - NeeloNeeloNeelo is a well known actress from Lahore and mother of the film actor Shaan.-Early life:Neelo was born on 30 June 1941 in Bhera, Sargodha. She appeared as an extra standing in a mob scene in Hollywood's Bhowani Junction which was shot in and around Lahore...
(Actor) - NeelamNeelamNeelam Kothari is a former Indian actress and an established jewellery designer.-Film career:After her early childhood in Hong Kong, her family moved to Bangkok and Neelam was holidaying in Mumbai and was approached by Ramesh Behl. She decided to give it a shot and did Jawaani in 1984 alongside...
(Actor) - Noor JehanNoor JehanNoorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...
(Actor, Singer) - Rahat KazmiRahat KazmiRahat Kazmi is a famous Pakistani television actor, a talk-show anchor, a professional speaker and an academician. He is married to renowned Pakistani actress, producer and director Saira Kazmi, with whom he fell in love when he started his acting career. He has two children from Saira, Ali Kazmi...
- Sabiha KhanumSabiha KhanumSabiha Khanum is a Pakistani film actress. She was the leading star of Pakistani cinema in the 1950s and the 1960s, and played successful character roles later....
(Actor) - Saeed Khan RangeelaSaeed Khan RangeelaSaeed Khan Rangeela was a Pakistani Lollywood actor, singer and director.His birthname was Mohammad Saeed Khan and he was born in Nangarhar, Afghanistan...
(Actor, Dir) - SaimaSaimaSaima is a Pakistani actress from Multan, who appears in Punjabi and Urdu films.Saima's debut movie was Griban in 1987, as a supporting actress. Her second film was Khatarnaak directed by Akram Khan. She was cast for the main lead in it and released in 1990. She was discovered at the time when...
(Actor) - Samina Pirzada (Actor)
- Sana Nawaz (Actor)
- SangeetaSangeetaSangeeta is a successful Pakistani film actor and director. Her work includes Society Girl, Tarap and her latest film Gulabo.-Early life:...
(Actor) - Shaan Shahid
- ShabnamShabnamShabnam from the word meaning dew drops on the flowers) is a Pakistani stage and film actress of Pakistan. Shabnam was active in the Pakistani film industry, Lollywood in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and in the Bangladeshi film industry in the 1990s...
(Actor) - Shafi Muhammad ShahShafi Muhammad ShahShafi Muhammad Shah PP was a Pakistani film and television actor. Famously known Shahjee was born in Kandiaro, in Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh in 1949.-Family:...
- Shah Nawaz (Actor)
- ShahidShahid (actor)Shahid Hameed , known as Shahid, is a Pakistani film actor who starred in many films of the 1970s and 1980s. His first film was Aansoo, released in 1971. Shahid worked in more than 150 films. Shahid's last film ZOR was released in 1998.- Career :Shahid entered in the film industry in 1970...
(Actor) - Shamim AraShamim AraShamim Ara is a Pakistani film actress, director and producer. Her real name is Putli Bai. She was a famous film actress of the 1950s till the early 1970s. She is most famous for her leading role in the first ever West Pakistan's color motion picture Naela...
(Actor) - SharifSharifSharīf or Chérif is a traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets, such as property, wells, and land. In origin, the word is an adjective meaning "noble", "highborn". The feminine singular is sharifa...
(Actor) - Sohail Ahmad
- Somy AliSomy AliSomy Ali is a former Bollywood actress and current model and journalist. She has her own clothing line, So-Me Designs apart from running a non profit organization, No More Tears...
- Sultan RahiSultan RahiSultan Muhammad , popularly known as Sultan Rahi, in a Muslim family of Saharanpur, was a notable Pakistani film actor who was prominent in Pakistan in Punjabi films during the 1970s and 1980s. He was mostly popular among people in Punjab, Pakistan and among Sikh and Punjabi community of India...
(Actor) - Talat HusainTalat Hussain (actor)Talat Hussain , is a Pakistani Film/Television/Stage actor. He was born in Delhi, India, His complete name is Talat Hussain Warsi. He is the son of Altaf Hussain Warsi and Shaista Begum. His family migrated to Pakistan in 1947.Talat Hussain started his career from PTV in 1967. His first television...
- TalishTalishAgha Talish was a leading character actor of the Pakistani cinema. Talish's real name was Agha Ali Abbas Qazalbash, he was born in Ludhiana, India....
(Actor) - Tariq AzizTariq Aziz (TV personality)Tariq Aziz is a Pakistani television host known for his work on the general-knowledge quiz show Neelam Ghar, later renamed the Tariq Aziz Show and now known as Bazm-e-Tariq Aziz....
(TV personality) - Waheed MuradWaheed MuradWaheed Murad was a legendary Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Waheed is considered to be one of the most famous and influential actors of subcontinent. Born in Sialkot, Pakistan, he was the only child of well-off film distributor Mr. Nisar Murad. He got early education from...
(Actor, Dir, Producer, Writer) - Yousaf KhanYousuf Khan (actor)Yousuf Khan was a noted Pakistani film actor. He appeared in more than four hundred films in his fifty years long career.Yousuf Khan died on September 20, 2009-Reference:* * -External links:...
(Actor) - Zahid KhanZahid KhanZahid Khan is a politician from Dir District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. He holds the portfolio of Central Information Secretary of the Awami National Party. He is presently serving as Senator for the 2nd time in the Senate of Pakistan....
(Actor) - Zahid ShahZahid ShahZahid Shah is Pakistani cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates. He also plays for the North-West Frontier Province. He is a Right-arm fast-medium bowler....
(Dir) - ZebaZebaZeba is a film actress from Pakistan. Her real name is Shaheen, but she adopted the name Zeba. She starred in the 1966 film Arman which was produced by actor and producer Waheed Murad.-Film career:Zeba started her career from Karachi...
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- Adeeb
Artists and painters
- Abdur Rahman ChughtaiAbdur Rahman ChughtaiAbdur Rahman Chughtai was a painter and intellectual from Pakistan who was best known for his "Chughtai" style of art, as well has his designs of postage stamps. He was awarded Pakistan's Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 1960, and the President of West Germany awarded him a GoldMedal in 1964 for his...
- Ahmed Saeed NagiAhmed Saeed NagiAhmed Saeed Nagi , was a noted Pakistani painter. He was known as the official artist of the Pakistan freedom movement.Ahmed Saeed Nagi was born on February 2, 1916 in Amritsar, British India. He studied in Amritsar, Lahore, Delhi and Paris...
- Ajaz AnwarAjaz AnwarAjaz Anwar [ Urdu: اعجاز انور ] is a distinguished painter of Pakistan. He was a teacher at National College of Arts Lahore. His watercolour paintings show the grandeur of the old buildings and the cultural life in Lahore.-Life:...
- Amin Guljee
- Anna Molka AhmedAnna Molka AhmedAnna Molka Ahmed was a famous Pakistani artist and pioneer of fine arts in the country after its independence in 1947. She was a professor of fine arts at the University of the Punjab in Lahore.-Background:...
- Asim ButtAsim ButtAsim Mohamood Butt was a Scottish and Pakistani cricketer who was primarily a left-arm medium fast bowler. He played 5 ODIs for Scotland, all in the 1999 Cricket World Cup...
- Haneef Ramay (former Chief MinisterChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
, Governor and Speaker of PunjabPunjab (Pakistan)Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
) - Huma MuljiHuma MuljiHuma Mulji is an artist based in Lahore, Pakistan. Her sculpture and photography discuss identity through the metaphor of travel and the freedom it affords for self-exploration.-Life:...
- Ijaz ul HassanIjaz ul HassanProf. Mian Ijaz ul Hassan is a Pakistani painter. He studied at Aitchison College and later read English for his master’s degree at Government College Lahore and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He studied painting at the Fine Arts Department of Punjab University and St. Martin’s School of Art, London...
- Iqbal MehdiIqbal MehdiEqbal Mehdi, PP was a Pakistani painter. He is famous for his line etching drawings.-Early life:...
- Ismail GulgeeIsmail GulgeeIsmail Gulgee - The Gulgeez Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz , Hilal-e-Imtiaz, was an award-winning, globally famous Pakistani artist born in Peshawar. He was a qualified engineer in the U.S. and self-taught abstract painter and portrait painter. Before 1959, as portraitist, he painted the...
- Lubna AghaLubna AghaLubna Agha is a Pakistani American artist living in Brookline, Massachusetts.Her art invokes a dialogue between the modern-abstract and traditional forms and practices of Islamic paintings. Her work taps on visual images once a part of daily life but now a part of history—from places as...
- Moeen FaruqiMoeen FaruqiMoeen Faruqi Urdu: معین فاروقی is an artist and poet born in Karachi in Pakistan. He graduated in Physics from the California State University, and has an MEd from the University of Wales. He has had numerous solo and group shows of paintings all over Pakistan and internationally, and has...
- Munawar AbroMunawar AbroMunwar Abro is an award-winning Pakistani newspaper political cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for the Pakistani newsmagazine Newsline amongst other publications. In 2006, the All Pakistan Newspapers Society named him as the winner of the award for Best Cartoon at their annual awards...
- Muhammad Javed
- Rashid RanaRashid RanaRashid Rana is one of the most important artists of his generation in Pakistan. Rana has been included in numerous exhibitions in Pakistan and abroad...
- SadequainSadequainSyed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi , Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a world-renowned Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter...
- Saira WasimSaira WasimSaira Wasim is a noted contemporary artist from Lahore, Pakistan. She currently lives in US. Wasim uses the miniature style of painting, pioneered by the Persians but extensively used in South Asia, to make primarily political and cultural art...
- Shahid MahmoodShahid MahmoodShahid Mahmood is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962. He is known for being the first man from Pakistan to take all ten wickets in a first class innings. He again replicated the feat some years later....
- Shakir Ali
- Shazia Sikander
- Suhail Ahmad
- Zahoor ul AkhlaqZahoor ul AkhlaqZahoor ul Akhlaq was a pioneering artist from Pakistan. He is known for his approach to painting, sculpture, design and architecture, as well as his teaching at the NCA in Lahore....
- Zubeida AghaZubeida AghaZubeida Agha [ Urdu: زبىده آغا ] was the first Pakistani modern artist. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, she was the first artist to have an exhibition of her paintings. She helped bring the modern idiom to Pakistan.-Career:...
Fashion designers
- Abdul SamadAbdul SamadAbdul Samad is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 911.-Age:...
- Amir AdnanAmir AdnanAmir Adnan is a popular Pakistani fashion label for men.Amir Adnan is widely credited with re-introducing the sherwani into modern fashion, and known as Pakistan's first international menswear label. Currently, Amir Adnan is the largest enterprise of designer clothing in Pakistan, and caters to an...
- Deepak PerwaniDeepak PerwaniDeepak Perwani is a Pakistani fashion designer. He is one of the prominent members of the Hindu Sindhi community in Pakistan. He has a brother, Naveen Perwani who is a snooker player....
- Hassan Sheheryar YasinHassan Sheheryar YasinHassan Sheheryar Yasin is a Pakistani fashion designer.A salutatorian graduate of the Pakistan School of Fashion Design , Yasin is affiliated with the La Chambre Syndicale De La Couture Parisienne in France...
- Junaid JamshedJunaid JamshedJunaid Jamshed is a Pakistani recording artist who gained fame as the frontman of the pop group, Vital Signs in 1987 with the hit song, "Dil Dil Pakistan", and remained in demand throughout the 1990s...
- Kamiar RokniKamiar RokniKamiar 'Kami’ Rokni is a popular Pakistani fashion designer.Kami graduated from Pakistan School of Fashion Design in 2000 and launched Karma with Maheen Ali in 2001. He was the creative mind behind the label which quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the most sought after brands in Pakistan...
- Zahid KhanZahid KhanZahid Khan is a politician from Dir District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. He holds the portfolio of Central Information Secretary of the Awami National Party. He is presently serving as Senator for the 2nd time in the Senate of Pakistan....
Models
- Aminah Haq
- Amina ShafaatAmina ShafaatAmina Shafaat is a Pakistani former model.-Biography:Shafaat attended Lahore Grammar School and is a graduate of Kinnaird College, Lahore. She had no initial intentions of becoming a model or joining the entertainment business. Her discovery was accidental. A fashion photographer saw her at a...
- Bibi
- Iffat RahimIffat RahimIffat Rahim , née Iffat Omar, is a Pakistani former model who achieved success in the late 80s and early 90s. Rahim is also an actress, director and producer, and has had roles on various TV shows...
- Iman AliIman AliIman Ali is a Pakistani actress and model.She is the second daughter of television/film actor Abid Ali with his first wife, Humaira Ali. She has two sisters, Maryam and Rahma Ali and both are actresses....
- Imran AbbasImran AbbasImran Abbas is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler who has played for the Pakistani cricket team...
- Jia AliJia AliJia Ali is a Pakistani model and an actress. Born in 1972. Coming from a Punjabi Christian family, Ali began her career at the age of nineteen when she was discovered while working at a Pakistani salon....
- Mehreen RaheelMehreen RaheelMehreen Raheel is one of Pakistan's leading models, with dozens of product commercials, cover pages of magazines like Libaas, and many photo shoots of clothes and jewelry to her credit. She is a familiar face to Head & Shoulders and Pantene users, as well as to Lipton tea drinkers, Telenor and...
- Mehreen SyedMehreen SyedMehreen Syed is a Pakistani model. She has won the "International Model of the Year Award in 2007." Syed is the first Pakistani model to have appeared on the cover of the popular Middle East fashion magazine Alamra...
- Reema KhanReema KhanReema Khan, known by her screen name Reema, is a Pakistani Lollywood film actress, director and producer. She has appeared in more than 200 films since making her debut in 1990.-Early life:Reema Khan was born in 1977 in Lahore, Pakistan...
- Suneeta MarshallSuneeta MarshallSuneeta Marshall is a Pakistani model and television actress.-Early life:Marshall was born in Lahore, Pakistan to a Pakistani Christian family in 1982. She is a commerce graduate from St. Patrick's College .-Career:...
- Tanya ShafiTanya ShafiTanya Shafi is a former Pakistani fashion model who started on the ramp in 1993, and later also dabbled in acting & hosting TV shows. She now works as an image consultant for a local TV cannel and conflict management therapist. She was rated the most beautiful model of her time in Pakistan by...
- Tooba SiddiquiTooba SiddiquiTooba Siddiqui is a Pakistani model.Tooba started her career from a charity show. Soon after her first show she starred in a Music Video for Pakistani pop singer Yasir Akhtar. The video gave Tooba enough exposure to register her as a newcomer. Soon Tooba packed her bags and moved to Karachi from...
- Vaneeza AhmadVaneeza AhmadVaneeza Ahmad Ali nicknamed Vinny is a Pakistani model and actress.Ahmad has earned a reputation of being the most famous and sought-after female model and celebrity in Pakistan. Initially interested in medicine with a degree in psychology, she joined modeling as a casual hobby only to be become...
- Zara SheikhZara SheikhZara Sheikh is a Pakistani model, actress and singer. She began her career through an ad campaign for Mobilink Jazz, working as a full-time model before making her debut on the cinema-screen....
Journalists
- Ansar AbbasiAnsar AbbasiAnsar Abbasi al_Hashmi is an investigative editor for one of the leading newspapers from Pakistan, The News International.-Early life and education:...
- Adil NajamAdil NajamAdil Najam is a globally renowned Pakistani academic and intellectual. He is a leading expert on issues related to developing country environmental policy, especially climate change, and also on the politics of South Asia. He was the Director of the Frederick S...
- Ahmad FaruquiAhmad FaruquiAhmad Faruqui is a defense analyst and economist. He is a frequent contributor to Dawn , Karachi, Pakistan, and has authored "Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan" ....
- Ahmed RashidAhmed RashidAhmed Rashid is a former Pakistani revolutionary, a journalist and best-selling author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.-Biography:...
- Ardeshir CowasjeeArdeshir CowasjeeArdeshir Cowasjee is a renowned newspaper columnist from Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan. His columns regularly appear in the country's oldest English newspaper Dawn. Recently a new blog has been started with the view of accumulating the bulk of ardeshir's articles...
(Columnist, Businessman, Socialite) - Arman SabirArman SabirArman Sabir is an investigative Pakistani journalist associated with the BBC Urdu Service, based in the capital city of Islamabad since 2009 when he was promoted to producer...
(Journalist working for BBC and earlier he remained associated with daily Dawn for several years.) - Asghar Ali EngineerAsghar Ali EngineerAsghar Ali Engineer, an Indian Muslim, is an reformist-writer and activist. Internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he leads the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement. The focus of his work is on communalism and communal and ethnic violence in India and South Asia...
- Asma JahangirAsma JahangirAsma Jilani Jahangir is a leading Pakistani lawyer, advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and human rights activist, who works both in Pakistan and internationally to prevent the persecution of religious minorities, women, and exploitation...
- Faeza DawoodFaeza DawoodFaeza Dawood is a Pakistani journalist and analyst. She is known for her talk show on Ary News TV Channel....
journalist, working for ARY One WorldARY One WorldARY News is a Dubai-based Pakistani news channel launched in 26 September 2004. A bilingual news channel in English and Urdu, it is a part of the ARY Digital Network, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group. It has a large audience and one main competitor in Geo News... - Hameed NizamiHameed NizamiHameed Nizami was an eminent journalist from Pakistan. He was the founder of the Urdu newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt, and played an important role in the Pakistan movement.-Life:...
- Hamid MirHamid MirHamid Mir is a Pakistani journalist and editor. He is also a news anchor, terrorism expert, and security analyst who regularly participates in international conferences. He is also known for his columns in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, and English newspapers and hosts a popular political talk show on Geo...
Daily JangDaily JangThe Daily Jang is an Urdu newspaper based in Pakistan. It is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan in continuous publication since its foundation in 1939. Its current Group Chief Executive & Editor-in-Chief is Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman....
Talk Shows in Geo TVGeo TVGeo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002... - Hussain MansoorHussain MansoorHussain Mansoor, alias Hussain Bux, is generally known as Hussain Mansoor. He was born May 4, 1980 and is one of the more well known journalists writers and political analysts of the Pakistan. He is the Editor of Taleem Namah, a magazine which focuses on educational issues...
(Investigative Journalist) - Idrees BakhtiarIdrees BakhtiarIdress Bakhtiar is a senior Karachi-based journalist. Until 2007, he was the Karachi correspondent of BBC Urdu service and the Chief Reporter of the Herald. Over the years his regular column for the monthly news magazine has attracted wide readership. He routinely conducts interviews with the...
- Imran AslamImran AslamImran Aslam is a journalist and media personality from Pakistan.Imran Aslam graduated from Government College Lahore, later studying at the London School of Economics and School of Oriental & African Studies where he read Economics, Politics, and International Relations.Before he turned to...
- Irfan HusainIrfan HusainIrfan Husain has been writing on a wide range of subjects for newspapers in Pakistan and elsewhere since 1970. He currently writes two weekly columns for Dawn, Pakistan’s widely circulated and highly respected daily...
(Columnist) - Javed Chaudhary Daily ExpressDaily ExpressThe Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
Talk Shows in Express NewsExpress News (Pakistan)Express News is an Urdu language Pakistani television news channel launched on January 1, 2008. It is owned and run by the country's third largest Urdu daily, Daily Express... - Javed MalikJaved MalikJaved Malik is Pakistan's Ambassador at Large. He is also a noted television journalist & Corporate Lawyer in addition to having business interests in London, Dubai and Pakistan. He is also the Editor in Chief of The Diplomat Magazine published from the UAE *...
journalist, working for ARY One WorldARY One WorldARY News is a Dubai-based Pakistani news channel launched in 26 September 2004. A bilingual news channel in English and Urdu, it is a part of the ARY Digital Network, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group. It has a large audience and one main competitor in Geo News... - Kamal Siddiqi
- Kamran KhanKamran Khan (journalist)Kamran Khan is a Pakistani investigative journalist, espionage and intelligence expert. Khan is the current director of the News Intelligence Unit , where he manages investigative reports for News International. Khan is the Pakistan's Geo TV's lead anchor during special news and landmark events...
(Geo News) - Khaled AhmedKhaled AhmedKhaled Ahmed , born 21 December 1943, is a best known Pakistani political analyst, his weekly column appears in Pakistan's newspaper The Friday Times. He regularly contributes to The Daily Times, both published in Lahore....
- Khalid HasanKhalid HasanKhalid Hasan was a senior Pakistani journalist and writer. He was born in Srinagar, Kashmir.He was the brother in law of first elected president of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Mr K.H.Khurshid private secretary to Mohammed Ali Jinnah,the founder of Pakistan...
- Maliha LodhiMaliha LodhiMaleeha Lodhi, HI, is a journalist, academic, and diplomat from Pakistan. She was the high commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom, and a former ambassador to the United States. In the Fall of 2008 she was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard...
(Ambassador, Journalist) - Mazhar Ali KhanMazhar Ali KhanMazhar Ali Khan was a socialist intellectual of Pakistan, and a member of the Pakistani Communist Party. He was, among other things, editor of the Pakistan Times in the 1950s when it was a progressive newspaper and he later brought out the famous Viewpoint magazine from Lahore. His son is Tariq...
(Journalist, Editor, Publisher) - Mehmood ShamMehmood ShamMahmood Shaam is an Urdu-language journalist of Pakistan. He is the editor in Karachi of the Daily Jang, Pakistan's largest newspaper.He will be working as the Chief Editor of Ary Digital Urdu News paper.- Writer :Cardio Spasm 1969...
(Columnist) - Mishal Hussain
- Muhammad FarooqMuhammad FarooqMuhammad Farooq is a journalist, Qari, Naat Khawan and newscaster from Pakistan. He was the founder editor of first Pakistani evening newspaper, Daily Evening Special from Quetta. He also worked as Joint Executive Editor Daily Mashriq Quetta. Nowadays he is working in Daily Pakistan Lahore as a...
- Muhammad HanifMuhammad HanifMuhammad Hanif was an Afghan who served as a spokesman for Taliban, particularly in eastern Afghanistan, prior to his capture in Nangarhar Province on 17 January 2007. The BBC reported the following information at the time. Hanif and Qari Mohammad Yousuf were appointed in October 2005 after the...
- Murtaza RazviMurtaza RazviMurtaza Razvi is a senior journalist with Dawn, Karachi. Served as Resident Editor, Dawn, Lahore . Columnist and political analyst, Indian Express...
- Nadeem MalikNadeem MalikNadeem Malik , known by his last two names, is an English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium seam bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman....
Journalist working for CNBC PakistanCNBC PakistanCNBC Pakistan is Pakistan's 24-hour bilingual Urdu and English language business and news channel which reports financial and business information, presenting in-depth and up-to-the-minute coverage of regional and international affairs from a Pakistani economic perspective... - Najam SethiNajam SethiNajam Sethi is an award-winning Pakistani journalist and the editor-in-chief of The Friday Times, a Lahore-based political weekly. He was previously the editor of Daily Times and Daily Aajkal newspapers. He also hosts a popular political program in Urdu, called Aapas ki Baat, on GEO News...
- PJ Mir journalist working for ARY One WorldARY One WorldARY News is a Dubai-based Pakistani news channel launched in 26 September 2004. A bilingual news channel in English and Urdu, it is a part of the ARY Digital Network, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group. It has a large audience and one main competitor in Geo News...
- Pervez HoodbhoyPervez HoodbhoyDr. Prof. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy , is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and political-defence analyst. He is the professor of nuclear and high-energy physics, and the head of the Physics Department at the Quaid-e-Azam University . He graduated and also received PhD from MIT and continues to...
- Shahid Javed BurkiShahid Javed BurkiShahid Javed Burki is a professional economist who has served as a Vice President of the World Bank and as a caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan...
- Shahid MahmoodShahid MahmoodShahid Mahmood is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962. He is known for being the first man from Pakistan to take all ten wickets in a first class innings. He again replicated the feat some years later....
Journalist working for ARY News - Dr.Shahid MasoodShahid MasoodShahid Masood Khan , commonly known as Dr. Shahid Masood, is Pakistani journalist, columnist, TV show host and a political analyst. He is the former President of ARY TV Network, Group Executive Director of Geo TV network and MD/Chairman of Pakistan Televion Corporation. Currently, he is working as...
(Journalist, ex-Chairman PTV, ARY ONE World) - Sherry Rahman
- Sohail WarraichSohail WarraichSohail Warraich is a Pakistani journalist, television host, analyst and media personality. Warraich belongs to the Waraich Jat family. He is one of the most popular host of the GEO TV Programs aik Din GEO kay sath and Left and Right. Also he is the author of some books like "Ghadaar Koun"...
– Famous Anchor on Geo TV. - Surendar ValasaiSurendar ValasaiSurendar Valasai is a Pakistani journalistSurendar Valasai is the first media journalist in English who belongs to Meghwal Scheduled Castes from Pakistan. He comes from the district Tharparkar in Sindh Pakistan...
First English Media Journalist from Dalit communities of Pakistan - Syed Asim MahmoodSyed Asim MahmoodSyed Asim Mahmood Urdu Writer, Encyclopedist, Researcher, Editor and Journalist. He has written 13 books and many articles on Science and Fine arts. He edited three Magazines and currently he is associated with Pakistan’s leading Newspaper, Daily Express as a Senior Sub Editor...
- Tahir MirzaTahir MirzaTahir Mirza was a senior Pakistani journalist and former editor of Dawn, Pakistan's oldest and most widely circulated English-language newspaper. He was resident editor of the newspaper in Lahore and worked as a correspondent in Washington, DC, before becoming editor of the paper.He died on May...
- Talat Hussain Journalist working for AAJ TVAAJ TVAAJ TV is a 24 hour Pakistani news television channel. Aaj in English means "Today".-Channel and its Programmes:AAJ News was initially started on March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group...
- Zamir NiaziZamir NiaziZamir Niazi was a renowned Pakistani journalist, famous for his commitment to the freedom of the press in Pakistan.- Biography :In 1954, Niazi joined Dawn. He advanced quickly, and was soon a sub-editor. In 1962, he left Dawn to be a chief sub editor and lead writer at its rival, the Daily News....
Musicians and bands
- AarohAarohAaroh was an alternative rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1998...
- Abrar-ul-HaqAbrar-ul-HaqAbrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". Before becoming a singer, he was a geography teacher at the Aitchison College in Lahore.- Life :Abrar has kept the year of his birth a secret, so as to not reveal his age...
- Adnan Sami Khan
- Alam LoharAlam LoharMuhammad Alam Lohar was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan.He died in 1979 in an accident. He is also credited with popularizing the term and song Jugni.-Early life:...
& Arif LoharArif LoharArif Lohar is a Pakistani folk singer. He usually sings with native musical instrument resembling tongs . His folk music is representative of traditional folk heritage of the Punjab... - A Hameed Film Music Composer
- Ahmed RushdiAhmed RushdiAhmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...
Film Singer - Ali ZafarAli ZafarAli Zafar is a Pakistani musician, composer, song writer, singer, actor, painter and model, popular in Pakistan for his music, including his hit songs like "Channo", "Rangeen", "Chal Dil Merey", "Dekha", "Masty" and "Sajania"...
- Amanat Ali KhanAmanat Ali KhanUstad Amanat Ali Khan was a Pakistani classical/ghazal singer, from the Patiala gharana. He was honoured with the 'Pride of Performance' award by the government of Pakistan...
Ghazal Singer - Amanat Ali (singer)
- Amjad BobbyAmjad BobbyAmjad Bobby was an acclaimed Pakistani music composer. He was one of the most talented composers of Urdu music. He was born in Amritsar and is a nephew of well renowned music director Rasheed Attre. His father was also a classical singer and wanted him to be a clerk but he preferred to become a...
Film Music Composer - Atif AslamAtif AslamAtif Aslam is a Pakistani pop singer. He is widely recognized in South Asia and has given several hit songs such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, Tere Bin, Bakhuda Tumhi Ho, Pehli Nazar Mein, Tera Hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane Na, Tere Liye. He is one of the most popular South Asian celebrity on Facebook with...
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Ghazal Singer
- Hadiqa KiyaniHadiqa KiyaniHadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, and philanthropist.Kiani rose to fame in 1995 with her debut album Raaz. Kiani received instant fame and was nominated and won numerous awards in Pakistan as well as International awards. Since her debut, she has released five albums, all receiving...
- Hamid Ali KhanHamid Ali KhanHamid Ali Khan is a Pakistani classical singer. He belongs to the legendary Patiala gharana. He is considered to be one of the Last Great Patiala Legends. He represents an era of "Pure" Music. He is one of the most sought after classical singers in [Pakistan]. Ustad Hamid Ali Khan was born in 1953...
Ghazal Singer - Junoon
- Khawaja Khurshid AnwarKhawaja Khurshid AnwarKhwaja Khurshid Anwar was a filmmaker, writer, director and music composer who gained extreme popularity both in India and Pakistan...
Film Music Composer - Mehdi HassanMehdi HassanMehdi Hassan is a Pakistani ghazal singer and a former playback singer for Lollywood. He is famously known as the 'King of ghazal' . He has ruled the Pakistan film industry along with Ahmed Rushdi...
Film Singer - Masood RanaMasood RanaMasood Rana was a Pakistani playback singer. He began his singing career in 1962 with the film Inqalab and became one of the top male singers in both Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decades...
Film Singer - Mr. Capone-EMr. Capone-EMr. Capone-E is an American Latino rapper.A former gang member, Mr. Capone-E was released from prison in 1998 and decided to become a rapper. Mr. Capone- E established his own record label, Hi-Power Entertainment...
Rapper - Najam SherazNajam SherazNajam Sheraz is a Pakistani pop singer, musician, composer and comedy actor. He is most prolific singer; indeed he is a household name in Pakistan. Many of his songs have become anthems all over the world. His latest album, eight in his career, "Najam" has been released recently both in India and...
- Naser MestarihiNaser MestarihiNaser Mestarihi is a Qatari born Jordanian-Pakistani guitarist based in Doha, Qatar who has been on the Qatari music scene since the age of 15...
Hard rockHard rockHard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
musician. - Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
- Naseebo LalNaseebo LalNaseebo Lal is a Pakistani Punjabi singer who is known for her songs in Pakistan and India.Lal has sung for many Lollywood movies and is known for her brilliant voice.Unlike Reshman, Naseebo’s voice had the dexterity to be a mainstream film voice...
Film Singer - NashadNashadNashad was a composer and music director of Pakistan and Indian film industry. He composed music for Hindi films in 1940s and 1950s, credited under the names Nashad or Shaukat Haidari and then migrated to Pakistan in 1964.-Early life and career:Nashad was born Shaukat Ali in Delhi, India, in 1923...
Film Music Composer - Nisar BazmiNisar BazmiNisar Bazmi was a composer and music director of Pakistan film industry. Bazmi remained one of the most famous musicians of subcontinent. He also introduced new singers like Alamgir. The duo of composers Laxmikant-Pyarelal were musicians with Bazmi in India before partition...
Film Music Composer - Noor JehanNoor JehanNoorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...
- NooriNooriNoori is a rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, formed in 1996. The band is directed by founder, lead guitarist and songwriter, Ali Noor, and his brother, Ali Hamza, who were soon joined by bassist Muhammad Ali Jafri and drummer Salman Albert...
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Robin GhoshRobin GhoshRobin Ghosh is a musician and music composer. Famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi has a notable contribution to Ghosh's success...
Film Music Composer - Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahim Shah
- Rohail HyattRohail HyattRohail Hyatt is a Pakistani musician, producer, and a rock music artist known for his work with the popular 1990s pop band Vital Signs. He is one of the finest music producers in Pakistan. He is the man behind Coke Studio, from Pakistan.-Vital Signs:...
- RushkRushkRushk they are also known as RUShk, are a Pakistani band. Their only album was released to critical acclaim but unfortunately got a tepid commercial response...
- Sabri BrothersSabri BrothersThe Sabri Brothers are a Qawwali party from Pakistan.-Original members:The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of Ghulam Farid Sabri , Maqbool Ahmed Sabri , Kamal Sabri The Sabri Brothers (Urdu: صابری برادران) are a Qawwali party from Pakistan.-Original members:The Sabri Brothers originally...
Qawwal - Sajjad AliSajjad AliSajjad Ali is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer. He is trained in classical singing.- Early life and education :...
- Shehzad RoyShehzad RoyShehzad Roy is a singer and humanitarian from Karachi, Pakistan. With five hit albums under his belt, including the 2008 Qismat Apney Haath Mein , he is also the president and founder of Zindagi Trust, a non-profit charitable organization, that seeks to educate the underprivileged children of...
- Sohail RanaSohail RanaSohail Rana is a Pakistani music composer for films. He was introduced by actor Waheed Murad in Pakistan film industry and gained popularity when singer Ahmed Rushdi sang his compositions in such films like Arman and Doraha. He is now based in Canada.-Early Life and career:Sohail Rana was born in...
Film Music Composer - StringsStrings (band)Strings are an internationally acclaimed pop rock band comprising two members from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The band was initially formed by four college students, Bilal Maqsood , Faisal Kapadia , Rafiq Wazir Ali and Kareem Bashir Bhoy in 1988...
- Sheraz UppalSheraz UppalShiraz Uppal is a Pakistani singer and songwriter. His popular songs are "The Tera Te Mera", "Mann Ja Ve" or "Roya Re" etc.Shiraz Uppal is now a big name of music industry of Pakistan among different young stars like, Abrar Ul Haq, Jawad Ahmad, Shehzad Roy....
- Vital Signs
- Waqar AliWaqar AliWaqar Ali is a Pakistani musician and singer in Pakistan. Ali has produced many albums and singles for the Pakistan film industry. His father is director Shafqat Hussein and he often works with his elder brother Sajjad...
- Zeb and HaniyaZeb and HaniyaZeb and Haniya is a pop group from Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The duo's songs are mostly in Urdu, but some lyrics are also in Pashto, Persian and Turkish...
- ZeestZeestZeest is a Pakistani rock band. Zeest is a Persian word meaning life & existence, while synonymously it can be used as hope, faith, light etc....
Vocal Artists
- Abrar-ul-HaqAbrar-ul-HaqAbrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". Before becoming a singer, he was a geography teacher at the Aitchison College in Lahore.- Life :Abrar has kept the year of his birth a secret, so as to not reveal his age...
- AlamgirAlamgir (pop singer)Alamgir is a Pakistani pop singer of the 1970s, who is in fact one of the pioneers of the Urdu pop music in Pakistan. His style of singing is inspired by legendary playback singer Ahmed Rushdi.-Life & career:...
(Pop Singer) - Ali HaiderAli HaiderAli Haider is a former Pakistani singer and actor. He has had numerous hits in the early 90s such as Poorani Jeans. He also had a big hit later in the 1990s with Chand Sa Mukhra. Besides singing, he has acted in numerous TV serials on PTV. Among the successful dramas was Chand Sa Mukhra, which...
- Ali ZafarAli ZafarAli Zafar is a Pakistani musician, composer, song writer, singer, actor, painter and model, popular in Pakistan for his music, including his hit songs like "Channo", "Rangeen", "Chal Dil Merey", "Dekha", "Masty" and "Sajania"...
- Amanat Ali (singer)
- Ammar HassanAmmar HassanAmmar Hassan is a singer who rose to popularity around the world after placing second in Super Star 2, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol...
- Atif AslamAtif AslamAtif Aslam is a Pakistani pop singer. He is widely recognized in South Asia and has given several hit songs such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, Tere Bin, Bakhuda Tumhi Ho, Pehli Nazar Mein, Tera Hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane Na, Tere Liye. He is one of the most popular South Asian celebrity on Facebook with...
- Danish RahiDanish RahiDanish Rahi is a designer thinker, philosopher, visionary, creative strategist, director, music producer, and humanitarian from Pakistan. Danish Rahi is also the author of the book "The Pakish Identity." A book on the brand and identity of Pakistan...
- Fakhir
- Farida KhanumFarida KhanumFarida Khanum is a Pakistani Ghazal singer from Punjab. The Times of India has called her "Malika-e-Ghazal" ....
- Hadiqa Kiani
- Jawad Ahmed
- Junaid JamshedJunaid JamshedJunaid Jamshed is a Pakistani recording artist who gained fame as the frontman of the pop group, Vital Signs in 1987 with the hit song, "Dil Dil Pakistan", and remained in demand throughout the 1990s...
- Malika PukhrajMalika PukhrajMalika Pukhraj was a highly popular singer of Pakistan. She was generally called as "Malika" meaning "The Queen." She is extremely popular for her rendition of Hafeez Jalandhri's song, Abhi to main jawan hoon , which is enjoyed by millions not only in Pakistan, but also in India...
- Najam SherazNajam SherazNajam Sheraz is a Pakistani pop singer, musician, composer and comedy actor. He is most prolific singer; indeed he is a household name in Pakistan. Many of his songs have become anthems all over the world. His latest album, eight in his career, "Najam" has been released recently both in India and...
- Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
- Noor JehanNoor JehanNoorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Maaz MoeedMaaz Moeedis a Pakistani Playback singer. 'Lab-e-Darya' was the first drama Serial of Maaz as a playback singer, which was televised in 2003. Music Director Niaz Ahmed introduced him as a playback singer. One of the popular ghazal from the Drama was "Chand Nikle Kisi Jaanib Teri Zebai Ka"...
- Shehzad RoyShehzad RoyShehzad Roy is a singer and humanitarian from Karachi, Pakistan. With five hit albums under his belt, including the 2008 Qismat Apney Haath Mein , he is also the president and founder of Zindagi Trust, a non-profit charitable organization, that seeks to educate the underprivileged children of...
- Tina SaniTina SaniTina Sani is a Pakistani female singer renowned for her classical and semi-classical Urdu Ghazals.-Early life:Tina Sani was born in Dhaka, at the time East Pakistan. She studied in Kabul before moving to Karachi, where she earned a diploma in design...
Naat khawans
- Owais Raza Qadri
- Khursheed AhmadKhursheed AhmadAlhaj Khursheed Ahmad or Khurshid Ahmad was a renowned Naat Khawan from Pakistan. He started to recite Naat Khawani when he was only few years old, until his death recited thousands of Naats. He used to proficiently recite Naats not only in Urdu, but also with in other languages such as Bengali...
- Junaid JamshedJunaid JamshedJunaid Jamshed is a Pakistani recording artist who gained fame as the frontman of the pop group, Vital Signs in 1987 with the hit song, "Dil Dil Pakistan", and remained in demand throughout the 1990s...
Cricket
- Aaqib JavedAaqib JavedAaqib Javed is a Pakistani cricketer and coach. He was a right-handed medium-fast pace bowler with the ability to swing the ball both ways. He played 22 Tests and 163 One Day Internationals for Pakistan between 1988 and 1998.He was educated at Islamia College Lahore.Aaqib's best performances in...
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Abdul QadirAbdul Qadir (cricketer)Abdul Qadir Khan is a former Pakistani international cricketer, later commentator and was recently the Chief Selector of Pakistan Cricket Board. He resigned from the post because of his differences with the top brass of Pakistan cricket board...
- Abdul Razzaq
- Amir Sohail
- Danish KaneriaDanish KaneriaDanish Prabha Shanker Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer . Danish Kaneria has continued the tradition of great Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very well disguised googly...
- Fazal MahmoodFazal MahmoodFazal Mahmood was a Pakistani cricketer, regarded as the finest pace bowler of his country's early years. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70...
- Faisal IqbalFaisal IqbalFaisal Iqbal is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.-Early Life and Family:...
- Hanif MohammadHanif MohammadHanif Mohammad is a former Pakistan cricketer. He played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaged 43.98, with twelve hundreds....
- Imran Khan
- Imran NazirImran NazirImran Nazir is a Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches.-Career:...
- Inzamam-ul-HaqInzamam-ul-HaqInzamam-ul-Haq , also known as Inzamam, nicknamed Inzy, is a former Pakistan international cricketer who was national captain between 2003 and 2007. He is a right-handed batsman who has been regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era...
- Javed BurkiJaved BurkiJaved Burki is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 25 Tests from 1960 to 1969 to eventually become an ICC match referee. Burki received his early education from St. Mary's Academy, Rawalpindi and Aitchison College, Lahore...
- Javed MiandadJaved MiandadMohammad Javed Miandad Khan , popularly known as Javed Miandad , is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975 and 1996. He is Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket team...
- Kamran AkmalKamran AkmalKamran Akmal is a Pakistani cricketer who has played Tests, ODIs and T20Is for Pakistan as a wicket-keeper.- International career :He is a quick-scoring batsman and a wicket-keeper, who has achieved 6 centuries in Test innings...
- Khan MohammadKhan MohammadKhan Mohammad was a member of Pakistan's first Test team that played against India in 1952. Born in Lahore, Punjab, he was educated at the city's Islamia College. He played in 13 Tests as an opening bowler who shared the new ball with Fazal Mahmood...
- Majid Khan
- Misbah-ul-HaqMisbah-ul-HaqMisbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi is a Pakistani cricketer and the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team for s and s...
- Mohammad Asif
- Mohammad Umar TajMohammad Umar TajMohammad Umar Taj was a Pakistani cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. He was born in Lahore....
- Mohammad Yousuf (formerly Yousuf Youhana)
- Moin KhanMoin KhanMohammad Moin Khan , popularly known as Moin Khan , is a former Pakistani cricketer, primarily a wicketkeeper-batsman, who remained a member of the Pakistani national cricket team from 1990 to 2004. He has also captained the Pakistani side. He made his international debut against the West Indies at...
- Rashid LatifRashid LatifRashid Latif is a former Pakistani wicket keeper and a right handed batsman who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches, between 1992 and 2003. He also served as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in 2003...
- Saeed AnwarSaeed AnwarSaeed Anwar is a former Pakistani opening batsman. A left-hander, Anwar is most notable for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai in 1997, then the highest, and now the joint second highest individual score in a One Day International.-Personal life:...
- Sarfraz NawazSarfraz NawazSarfraz Nawaz Malik is a former Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first Test series victories over India and England. Between 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball...
- Sajjida ShahSajjida ShahSajjida Bibi Shah is a female Pakistani cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, she has played two Tests and 42 One-Day Internationals for the Pakistan national women's cricket team....
- Sohail TanvirSohail TanvirSohail Tanvir is a Pakistani cricketer, who has gained repute for his unorthodox left arm bowling action and particularly for the success it has gained him in the Twenty20 format of the game.- International career :An allrounder, he is a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and an unorthodox left-arm...
- Shahid Khan Afridi
- Shoaib AkhtarShoaib AkhtarShoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket, who is regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket. He set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery, when he clocked in at 161.3 km/h in his bowling speed, twice at a cricket match against...
- Shoaib MalikShoaib MalikShoaib Malik is a Pakistani cricket player and former captain. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets, and has a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket...
- Umar GulUmar GulUmar Gul is a Pakistani right arm fast medium bowler in cricket who has played Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for the Pakistani cricket team...
- Waqar YounisWaqar YounisWaqar Younis Maitla is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time...
- Wasim AkramWasim AkramWasim Akram is a former Pakistani left arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman in cricketer and model. who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches....
- Yasir HameedYasir HameedYasir Hameed Qureshi is a Pakistani cricketer. He scored two centuries on his Test debut against Bangladesh, becoming only the second player to do so...
- Younis KhanYounis KhanMohammad Younus Khan is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Younus' name is often spelled Younis Khan, but he has been quoted as saying, "My name is Younus Khan...
- Zaheer AbbasZaheer AbbasSyed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani , popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by that country. He is widely known as the "Asian Bradman", a reference to former Australian great Sir Donald Bradman...
- Zahid FazalZahid FazalZahid Fazal is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 19 ODIs from 1990 to 1995.He was first spotted by selectors while playing for Pakistan International Airlines. His highest one-day score was 98 not out at Sharjah against India, in which he collapsed in the end...
Hockey
- Hassan SardarHassan SardarHassan Sardar is a former field hockey player and captain from Pakistan, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
- Khalid Hameed
- Samiullah
- Shahbaz Ahmad
- Shahid Ali KhanShahid Ali KhanShahid Ali Khan is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and later became the Pakistan's goal keeping coach. Eight years later he was on the side that captured the bronze medal in...
- Sohail AbbasSohail AbbasSohail Abbas is a field hockey defender and penalty corner specialist from Pakistan. He is the highest scorer of goals in Hockey breaking Dhyan Chand's record 274 goals for the most goals scored in international competition, with his current goal tally at 328...
- Tahir ZamanTahir ZamanTahir Zaman is a former hockey player from Pakistan who had played in the 1992 Olympics. Zaman, who was team captain, later served as coach for the team and took part in the 2002 Olympics. Zaman also took part in the Olympic Solidarity Hockey Coaching Course as part of the International Hockey...
- Samiullah Khan
Snooker
- Khurram Hussain AghaKhurram Hussain AghaKhurram Hussain Agha is an internationally notable Pakistani amateur snooker player, and current Pakistan No.1.-Achievements:* 2006 ASIAN Games* 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship* 2004 Pakistan National Champion...
- Mohammed Yousuf
- Naveen PerwaniNaveen PerwaniNaveen Perwani is an Pakistani amateur snooker player. He is one of the few Hindus to represent Pakistan....
- Saleh MohammedSaleh MohammedSaleh Mohammed is a Pakistani amateur snooker player. He turned pro in 1995 and his highest break is 141. In the 2003 IBSF World Championship in China he lost to Indian Pankaj Advani in the final...
- Shokat AliShokat AliShokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani descent, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Ali turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating...
Squash
- Carla KhanCarla KhanCarla Khan born 18 August 1981 in London) is a Pakistani professional squash player and is the granddaughter of Azam Khan, one of the legends of squash in Pakistan and daughter of Jacqui Stoter and Wasil Khan. She started playing squash in England at age 12...
- Hashim KhanHashim KhanHashim Khan is a former squash player from Pakistan. He won the British Open seven times between 1951 and 1958.Hashim Khan was born in Nawakille , a small village near Peshawar, in British India to an ethnic Pashtun family. The year of his birth is usually reported as 1916, though this has been...
- Jahangir KhanJahangir KhanJahangir Khan, HI, is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, who is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times...
, world champion, US champion 7 time British champion - Jansher KhanJansher KhanJansher Khan is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players of all time. During his career he won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open six times.Jansher is of Peshwari ethnicity. He came from...
, world champion, British champion - Mansoor ZamanMansoor ZamanMansoor Zaman is a Pakistani professional squash player.In 2007, Mansoor won the Governor NWFP international and then at the President PSF international 2007 when he beat his compatriot Aamir Atlas Khan.-2002:...
, British champion - Qamar ZamanQamar ZamanQamar Zaman is a former squash player from Pakistan. He was one of the leading players in the game in the 1970s and 1980s. His biggest triumph was winning the British Open in 1975....
Football
- Lt.Col.(R) Younus ChangeziYounus ChangeziLt.Col. Younus Changezi is a politician from Baluchistan, Pakistan and one of the best football players of the country. He belongs to the minority Hazara community.-Education:...
– was member of national football team, and remained coach of national football team. - Muhammad EssaMuhammad EssaMuhammad Essa Khan is a Pakistani footballer playing currently for KRL FC. The striker is also the captain of Pakistan national football team and is one of the most talented football players Pakistan has seen in recent times...
– current striker of the national football team.
Diplomats
- Agha ShahiAgha ShahiAgha Shahi NI was a Pakistani diplomat and Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1977 to 1982, during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He served as the President of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad till his death.-Diplomatic career:Shahi gained M.Sc...
- Jamsheed MarkerJamsheed MarkerJamsheed Kaikobad Ardeshir Marker, HI, is a veteran Pakistani diplomat. Reportedly, he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having been ambassador to more countries than any other person...
- Maliha LodhiMaliha LodhiMaleeha Lodhi, HI, is a journalist, academic, and diplomat from Pakistan. She was the high commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom, and a former ambassador to the United States. In the Fall of 2008 she was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard...
- Najmuddin SheikhNajmuddin SheikhNajmuddin Shaikh is a former Pakistani diplomat who stayed as Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 1994 to 1997. He currently writes a weekly column for Daily Times every Fridays.-Education and family:...
- Prince Ali Khan
- Riaz KhokharRiaz KhokharRiaz Hussain Khokhar is the former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan serving from June 2002 to February 2005, when he was replaced by Riaz Mohammad Khan...