Ashfaq is a given name for boys, meaning noble prince.
Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
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Ashfaq Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Ashfaq Khan Afridi (Urdu: ) (born 25 October 1987 in Karachi, Sindh), known as Ashfaq Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer.
Early life
Afridi belongs to a family of Sufi pirs (teachers or spiritual masters) and his grandfather ...
(born 1987), Pakistani cricketer
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Ashfaq Ahmed (disambiguation) Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004) was a writer, playwright and broadcaster from Pakistan.
Ashfaq Ahmed can also refer to:
* Ashfaq Ahmed (hockey player) (1946–2005), Pakistani hockey player
* Ashfaq Ahmed (cricketer, born 1973), Pakistani former Test ...
, multiple people
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Ashfaq Hussain
Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, (born 1 January 1951) is an Urdu poet and an author of more than 10 books of poetry and literary criticism. He is considered at least by one commentator to be an expert on the life and works of Urdu poets Faiz Ahmed ...
, PP, (born 1951), modern Urdu poet
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Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, NI(M), HI (born 1952), current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
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Ashfaq Munshi
Ashfaq Munshi is an entrepreneur and technology executive. In 2012, Ashfaq served as the CTO of Yahoo! before Marissa Mayer took over as CEO. Before that he was the Interim Chief Executive Officer and President of MSC Software in 2009. Ashfaq was ...
, entrepreneur and technology executive
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Ashfaq Majeed Wani
Ashfaq Majeed Wani (5 September 1966 – 30 March 1990) was the first Commander in Chief of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, a militant Kashmiri-separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was killed by Indian Paramilitary Forces in 19 ...
(1966–1990), Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front militant
Surname
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Ali Ashfaq
Ali Ashfaq (; born 6 September 1985) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Maldives national team. Nicknamed "Man of Steel" (), he is regarded as one of the best players in the South Asian region. A proli ...
(born 1985), Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Dhagandey"
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Basit Ashfaq
Basit Ashfaq ( ur, باسط اشفاق; born 13 January 1986 in Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. ...
, (born 1986), professional squash player who represented Pakistan
See also
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Ashfaq Bhatti, Urdu-English slasher film directed by Omar Khan
References
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