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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
is the fifth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of some notable people who relate to the country. See
Pakistani people Pakistanis ( ur, , translit=Pākistānī Qaum, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the 2017 Pakistani national census, the population of Pakistan stood at over 213 million people, making it the w ...
for a list of pages about notable Pakistanis by category.


Heads of state or government


Civil / democratically elected administrators

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...
, "Quaid-e-Azam"; first
Governor General of Pakistan The governor-general of Pakistan ( ur, ) was the representative of the Pakistani monarch in the Dominion of Pakistan, established by the Indian Independence Act 1947. The office of governor-general was abolished when Pakistan became an Islamic ...
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Liaquat Ali Khan Liaquat Ali Khan ( ur, ; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), also referred to in Pakistan as ''Quaid-e-Millat'' () or ''Shaheed-e-Millat'' ( ur, lit=Martyr of the Nation, label=none, ), was a Pakistani statesman, lawyer, political theoris ...
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Khawaja Nazimuddin Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin ( bn, খাজা নাজিমুদ্দীন; ur, ; 19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964) was a Pakistani politician and one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan. He is noted as being the first Bengali to hav ...
* Ghulam Muhammad *
Iskander Mirza Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza ( bn, ইস্কান্দার আলী মির্জা; ur, ; 13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969), , was a Pakistani Bengali general officer and civil servant who was the first President of Pakis ...
* Chaudhury Mohammad Ali * Chaudhry Fazal Ellahi *
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (; ur, ; 2 November 1929 – 7 March 2022) was a Pakistani politician and jurist who served as the ninth president of Pakistan from January 1998 until his resignation in June 2001, and prior to that as a senator from Punja ...
* Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy *
Muhammad Ali Bogra Sahibzada Syed Mohammad Ali Chowdhury ( bn, সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ আলী চৌধুরী; Urdu: سید محمد علی چوہدری), more commonly known as Mohammad Ali Bogra ( bn, মোহাম্মদ আলী ...
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Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar ( ur, ابراہیم اسماعیل چندریگر; 15 September 1897 – 26 September 1960), best known as I. I. Chundrigar, was a Pakistani politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Pakistan, appointed in ...
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Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, ( ur, ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 18939 December 1970), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 1957 until being removed wh ...
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...
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Muhammad Khan Junejo Mohammad Khan Junejo (Urdu: ; Sindhi: ; 18 August 193216 March 1993) was a Pakistani politician and an agriculturist who served as the tenth prime minister of Pakistan, having elected in this capacity in 1985 until being dismissed in 1988. Junej ...
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Ghulam Ishaq Khan Ghulam Ishaq Khan ( ur, غلام اسحاق خان; 20 January 1915 – 27 October 2006), was a Pakistani bureaucrat who served as the seventh president of Pakistan, elected in 1988 following Zia's death until his resignation in 1993. He wa ...
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Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...
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Farooq Leghari Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari ( ur, ; 29 May 194020 October 2010), was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth president of Pakistan from 14 November 1993 until resigning on 2 December 1997. He is the first Baloch to have been elected a ...
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Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Ghulam Mustafa ‘Joseph’Jatoi (Sindhi:غلام مصطفا جتوئي) ( ur, ) (14 August 1931 – 20 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to ...
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Balakh Sher Mazari Sardar Mir Balakh Sher Mazari ( ur, ; 8 July 1928 – 4 November 2022) was a Pakistani politician who served as Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for five weeks in 1993. He was the tumandar (or chieftain) and the paramount sardar of the M ...
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Moeen Qureshi Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Urdu: معین الدین احمد قریشی‎; 26 June 1930 – 22 November 2016) was a Pakistani American economist and civil servant who served as caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from July to October 1993. ...
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Malik Meraj Khalid Malik Meraj Khalid ( ur, ; 1 February 1916 – 13 June 2003), was a Pakistani advocate, left wing politician and Marxist philosopher who served as Caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from November 1996 until February 1997. He was noted as be ...
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Zafarullah Khan Jamali Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (; 1 January 1940 – 2 December 2020) was a Pakistan, Pakistani politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Pakistan from 2002 until his resignation in 2004. He was the first and only elected prime minister fro ...
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Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ( pa, ; ur, ; (born 27 January 1940) is a senior Pakistani politician from a Punjabi Jat family of Gujrat who previously served as 16th prime minister of Pakistan. Hussain is the party president of the Pakistan ...
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Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...
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Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad ( ur, ; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistani conservative politician and lawyer who served as the acting president of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as the Chairman of the Senate between 1988 and 1999. Born in Ja ...
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Mohammad Mian Soomro Muhammad Mian Soomro ( Sindhi: محمد ميان سومرو; born 19 August 1950) is a Pakistani politician, banker and senator who currently serves as the federal minister for Privatization. Born to a Native Sindhi family originally linked ...
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Yousaf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani (Urdu: ; born 9 June 1952), is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012. He ...
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Raja Pervez Ashraf Raja Pervaiz Ashraf ( ur, ; born 26 December 1950) is a Pakistani politician, businessman and agriculturist who is the current Speaker of the National Assembly and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II). He ...
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Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...
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Mamnoon Hussain Mamnoon Hussain ( ur, ; 22 December 1941 – 14 July 2021) was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He was first appointed Governor of Sindh in June 1999 by President Rafiq ...
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Arif Alvi Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ( ur, ; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice president of the Pakiatan Muslim League ...
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Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari ( ur, ; sd, ; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party. He served as the 11th president of Pakistan ...
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Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...
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Shehbaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: , ; born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since 11 April 2022. He is the current president of ...


Military / non-democratically elected administrators

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Field Marshal Ayub Khan Muhammad Ayub Khan (Urdu: ; 14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974), was the second President of Pakistan. He was an army general who seized the presidency from Iskander Mirza in a coup in 1958, the first successful coup d'état in the country's h ...
* General Agha Muhammed Yahya Khan *
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law i ...
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General Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the ...


Foreign ministers

* Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (27 December 1947—24 October 1954) * Aziz Ahmed (30 March 1977—5 July 1977) *
Agha Shahi Agha Shahi ( ur, آغا شا ﮨی; 25 August 1920 – 6 September 2006), ''NI'', was a Pakistani career Foreign service officer who was the leading civilian figure in the military government of former President General Zia-ul-Haq from 1977 ...
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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Lieutenant General Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan ( ; born 23 December 1920 – 26 January 2016) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, military figure, pacifist, linguist, and a retired general in the Pakistani Army. Born into an Indian nobility ...
(21 March 1982—1 November 1987) *
Abdul Sattar ʻAbd al-Sattār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الستّار) is an Arabic Muslim male given name, built on the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Sattār''. The name means "servant of the Veiler (of sins)". Because the letter s is a sun lett ...
(23 July 1993—19 October 1993) * Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali (16 November 1993—4 November 1996) *
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Lieutenant General Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan ( ; born 23 December 1920 – 26 January 2016) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, military figure, pacifist, linguist, and a retired general in the Pakistani Army. Born into an Indian nobility ...
(Caretaker: 11 November 1996—24 February 1997) * Gohar Ayub (25 February 1997—7 August 1998) *
Sartaj Aziz Sartaj Aziz ( ur, ; born 7 February 1929) is a Pakistani economist and a strategist, having previously served as the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, member of the federal cabinet as the ''de facto'' Minister for Forei ...
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Abdul Sattar ʻAbd al-Sattār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الستّار) is an Arabic Muslim male given name, built on the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Sattār''. The name means "servant of the Veiler (of sins)". Because the letter s is a sun lett ...
(23 July 1999—14 June 2002) *
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (Urdu: خورشيد محمود قصورى; born 18 June 1941), is a Pakistani politician and writer who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan between November 2002 until November 2007. He is the Senior Ad ...
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Inam-ul-Haq Inam-ul-Haq ( ar, إنعام الحـــق ), meaning ''Gift of the Truth'', is a masculine Islamic given name.). Notable bearers of the name include; Cricketers * Inam-ul-Haq (Lahore cricketer) (born 1943), Pakistani cricketer *Enamul Haque ( ...
(Caretaker: 15 November 2007—24 March 2008) *
Shah Mehmood Qureshi Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi ( ur, ; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He has been a member of the Nationa ...
(31 March 2008—February 2011) *
Hina Rabbani Khar Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: ; born 19 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician, who is serving as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan at the ...
(18 July 2011—11 May 2013) *
Shah Mehmood Qureshi Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi ( ur, ; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 29th Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He has been a member of the Nationa ...
(20 August 2018) *
Khawaja Muhammad Asif Khawaja Muhammad Asif (; born 9 August 1949) is a Pakistani politician currently serving as the Defence Minister of Pakistan since April 2022, He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously, he was a ...
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Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi language, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime ...
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ( ur, بلاول بھٹو زرداری; born 21 September 1988) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the 37th Minister of Foreign Affairs, in office since 27 April 2022. He became the chairman of Pakistan Peopl ...


Bureaucrats

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Roedad Khan Roedad Khan ( Urdu: روئیداد خان; born 28 September 1923) is a Pakistani politician and former civil servant. He was a leading figure in Pakistan from the start to the end of the Cold War. During his long career, Khan was one of the mo ...
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Sartaj Aziz Sartaj Aziz ( ur, ; born 7 February 1929) is a Pakistani economist and a strategist, having previously served as the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, member of the federal cabinet as the ''de facto'' Minister for Forei ...
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Nargis Sethi Nargis Sethi ( ur, ) is a retired Pakistani civil service officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service who served in BPS-22 grade as the Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Other heavywe ...
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Tariq Bajwa Tariq Bajwa is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Finance Secretary and Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan. Bajwa also served as the 19th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and the 20th Chairman of th ...
* Fazalur Rehman * Mohammed Ikramullah * Rizwan Ahmed *
Tasneem Noorani Tasneem Noorani is a retired Pakistani civil servant who has served in BPS-22 grade as the Interior Secretary and Commerce Secretary of Pakistan. Education Tasneem attended Pakistan Air Force School Sargodha for high school from 1956 to 19 ...
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Usman Ali Isani Usman Ali Isani is a former senior Pakistani bureaucrat, educationist and a philatelist. He was born in 1934 in his village Bado of Shikarpur District. He is alumnus of Prince of Wales Royal Military College Dheradhoon. Later, after the Indo-Pak ...
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Qudrat Ullah Shahab Qudrat Ullah Shahab (or Qudratullah Shahab, ur, ; 26 February 191724 July 1986) was an eminent Urdu writer and civil servant from Pakistan. Shahab holds the distinction of having served as the Principal Secretary to three heads o ...
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Syed Abu Ahmad Akif Syed Abu Ahmad Akif is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Cabinet Secretary and Climate Change Secretary of Pakistan. Akif belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and was promoted to the rank of Federal ...
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Jawad Rafique Malik Jawad Rafique Malik (Urdu: جواد رفیق ملک) is a Pakistani civil servant who serves in BPS-22 grade as Industries Secretary of Pakistan. Hailing from Lahore, Malik belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with ...
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Sikandar Sultan Raja Sikandar Sultan Raja is a retired Pakistani civil servant who serves as the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, in office since January 2020. He belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Rizwan Ahmed, Hussain Asg ...
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Nasir Mahmood Khosa Nasir Mahmood Khosa is a retired Pakistani civil servant from Dera Ghazi Khan who belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service and served in BPS-22 grade, the highest attainable rank for a serving officer. He was promoted to the rank of Feder ...
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Rabiya Javeri Agha Rabiya Javeri Agha (born Rabiya Adila Javeri on December 2, 1963) is the Chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights in Pakistan and a retired civil servant officer who served in the Government of Pakistan in BPS-22 grade as Federal S ...
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Fawad Hassan Fawad Fawad Hasan Fawad ( ur, ) (born 14 January 1960) is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Fawad belongs to the Pakistan Adminis ...
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Kamran Lashari Kamran Lashari is a retired Pakistani civil servant of the Pakistan Administrative Service who served in BPS-22 grade as the Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Sindh. Lashari is best known for his five-year stint as chairman of ...


Diplomats

* A. S. Bokhari *
Agha Shahi Agha Shahi ( ur, آغا شا ﮨی; 25 August 1920 – 6 September 2006), ''NI'', was a Pakistani career Foreign service officer who was the leading civilian figure in the military government of former President General Zia-ul-Haq from 1977 ...
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Jamsheed Marker Jamsheed Marker (24 November 1922 – 21 June 2018), was a Pakistani diplomat and a former cricket commentator. The recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz, he was associated with diplomatic career for over 42 years. He was notable for his tenure as A ...
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Jauhar Saleem Jauhar Saleem is a Pakistani career diplomat known for soft diplomacy. He assumed charge as Acting Foreign Secretary on Sep 30, 2022. He also served as Pakistan's ambassador to Italy from April 2020-September 2022. Early life Jauhar Saleem, a caree ...
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Javid Husain Javid Husain ( ur, ; born 3 March 1944) is a Diplomat, from the Foreign Service of Pakistan, who has had a distinguished career during which he served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the Netherlands (1992–1995), the Republic of Korea (1995 ...
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Maliha Lodhi Maleeha Lodhi ( ur, ; born 15 November 1952) is a Pakistani diplomat, political scientist, and a former Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations. She was the first woman to hold the position. Previously, she served as Pakistan's envo ...
* Prince Ali Khan *
Khalid Amir Khan Khalid Amir Khan (2 December 1934 – 22 December 2020) was a Pakistani landowner, diplomat and politician. He served as ambassador to Hungary, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in the 1990s, and played a major role in the politics of the Punjab and es ...
, Ambassador to Hungary, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan *
Riaz Khokhar Riaz Hussain Khokhar ( ur, ریاض کھو کھر) (born 31 December 1942)Najmuddin Sheikh *
Tehmina Janjua Tehmina Janjua ( ur, تہمینہ جنجوعہ) is a retired Pakistani career diplomat who served in Grade 22, BPS-22 grade (highest attainable rank for a serving officer) as the 29th Foreign Secretary (Pakistan), Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. ...
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Tariq Azim Khan Tariq Azim Khan was Pakistan's Deputy Information Minister under Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during Pervez Musharraf regime. His duties included speaking with foreign media and he heads 'The Pakistan Image Project'.Abdus Salim Khan Abdus Salim Khan, also known as Khan Sahib (28 December 1907 – 12/13 July 1957) was an Indian Civil Servant who later joined Pakistani Civil Service to become a diplomat. He served as an ambassador to several countries representing Pakistan. ...
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Shahryar Khan Shahryar Mohammad Khan ( ur, شہریار محمد خان; born 12 March 1934) is a former career Pakistan diplomat who became Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so until his retirement from service in 1994. He later served as ...


Attorney General of Pakistan

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Aziz A Munshi Abdul Aziz Abdullah Munshi ( ur, ) is a lawyer and former Attorney General of Pakistan for four terms. Abdul Aziz Abdullah Munshi uses the shorter form Aziz A. Munshi and is a son of Mr. Abdullah Munshi who was a judge in Bombay, India and ne ...
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Makhdoom Ali Khan Makhdoom Ali Khan ( ur, مخدوم علی خان ; born 9 January 1954), is a practising Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Makhdoom Ali Khan is a former Attorney General of Pakistan, former chairman Pakistan Bar Council, former member of the Law a ...
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Malik Mohammad Qayyum Malik Mohammad Qayyum ( ur, ; born 18 January 1944), Senior Advocate Supreme Court, is the former Attorney General of Pakistan, who was replaced with Senator Latif Khosa when President Pervez Musharraf resigned on 18 August 2008. He became At ...
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Latif Khosa Muhammad Latif Khosa (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ur, ) is a politician representing Pakistan People's Party who has been the Governor of Punjab, Pakistan, Governor of Punjab from 2011 until 2013. He is a lawyer by profession, having been ...
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Ashtar Ausaf Ali Ashtar Ausaf Ali (born 19 June 1956) is a Pakistani lawyer who twice served as the Attorney General for Pakistan from 2016 to 2018, and in 2022. In his first term, he co-drafted the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, Twenty ...
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Salman Aslam Butt Salman Aslam Butt is a Lahore based lawyer & advisor, who was born & grew up in Lahore. He was appointed as the 31st Attorney General for Pakistan in 2014 and representedthe Nawaz Sharif Government. He also presented Nawaz Sharif in the Panama ca ...
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Khalid Jawed Khan Khalid Jawed Khan ( ur, خالد جاوید خان) is a Pakistani lawyer who served as the 35th Attorney General of Pakistan. Khan is a Barrister at Law and Advocate of Supreme Court and has been practicing law since 1996. He specializes in Con ...
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Iqbal Haider Iqbal Haider ( ur, اقبال حیدر; 14 January 1945 – 11 November 2012) was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the co-chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan ("HRCP"). He was also a Senator, Feder ...


Other major political figures

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Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah ( ur, ; 31 July 1893 – 9 July 1967), widely known as Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation"), was a Pakistani stateswoman, politician, dental surgeon and one of the leading founders of Pakistan. She was the younger sister of ...
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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...
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Chaudhry Rehmat Ali Chaudhry Rahmat Ali (; ur, ; 16 November 1897 – 3 February 1951) was a Pakistani nationalism, Pakistani nationalist who was one of the earliest proponents of the creation of the state of Pakistan. He is credited with creating the name "Paki ...
, coined the word "Pakistan" * Allama Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Tahreek-e- Pakistan activist, associate of the Quaid-e-Azam and a scholar on the Quran *
Allama Mashriqi Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi ( ur, ; August 1888 27 August 1963), also known by the honorary title Allama Mashriqi (), was a British Indian, and later, Pakistani mathematician, logician, political theorist, Islamic scholar and the founder of th ...
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Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri ( sd, غلام محمد خان ڀرڳڙي) (Barrister),(1878-1924) was a Sindhi statesman. Raees Ghulam Mohammad Bhurgri was one of the earliest leaders of Sindh during the colonial period. He was contemporary and ...
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Abul A'la Maududi Abul A'la al-Maududi ( ur, , translit=Abū al-Aʿlā al-Mawdūdī; – ) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist and scholar active in British India and later, following the parti ...
, writer of ''
Tafhim-ul-Quran ''Tafhim-ul-Quran'' ( ur, تفہيم القرآن, lit=Towards Understanding the Qur'an, Tafheem-ul-Quran) is a 6-volume translation and commentary of the Qur'an by the Pakistani Islamist ideologue and activist Syed Abul Ala Maududi. Maududi beg ...
'', founder of
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI; Urdu: , "Islamic Congress"), or Jamaat as it is simply known, is an Islamist political party which is based in Pakistan and it is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. I ...
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Anwar Kamal Khan Anwar Kamal Khan Marwat Mina Khel ( ur, ; 19 November 1946 – 13 February 2012) was a Pakistani Politician. ...
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Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (Urdu سید عطاء اللہ شاہ بخاری) (23 September 1892 – 21 August 1961), was a Muslim Hanafi scholar, religious and political leader from the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e ...
, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam * Mahmud Ali, leader in the Pakistan Movement, statesman and journalist *
Sikandar Hayat Khan '' Khan Bahadur'' Captain Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, (5 June 1892 – 26 December 1942), also written Sikandar Hyat-Khan or Sikandar Hyat Khan, was an Indian politician and statesman from the Punjab who served as the Premier of the Punjab, amon ...
, Premier of the Province of Punjab and senior statesman * Sahib of Manki Sharif *
Chaudhry Afzal Haq Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–8 January 1942) was born in a Muslim family, a writer, humanitarian, leader and co-founder of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam, and a senior political figure in the history of Indian subcontinent. He worked to help the poor an ...
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Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani Muslim League politician from North-West Frontier Province.Bahadur Yar Jung Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung (also Bahadur Yar Jang; 3 February 1905 – 25 June 1944) was an Indian politician and foremost Muslim leader in the princely state of Hyderabad in British India. He founded All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and the ...
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Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari was a figure in the history of Indian subcontinent and a leader of All India Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islam ( ur, مجلس احرارلأسلام), also known in short as Ahrar, is a religious Musl ...
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Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din was a figure in the history of Indian subcontinent and a leader of All India Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam. After the partition of India he left politics and struggle for Khatm-e-Nubuwwat movement with Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, ...
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Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman ( ur, چودھری خلیق الزمان) (25 December 1889 — 18 May 1973) was a Pakistani politician and Muslim figurehead during British India. He was one of the top leaders of the All India Muslim League. Early life ...
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Agha Shorish Kashmiri Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975; ) was a Pakistani scholar, writer, debater, and a leader of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam party. He was a figure of the freedom movement in the British Raj, as well as the chief editor of the weekly ''Chattan'' m ...
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Abdul Ghaffār Khān (; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan () or Badshah Khan (), and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (), was a Pakistani Pashtun, independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar ...
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Maulana Mohammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; ar, محمد علي‎; 1874 – 13 October 1951) was an Indian writer, scholar, and leading figure of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement. Biography Ali was born in Murar, Kapurthala State (now in Ludhiana district, Punja ...
* Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani *
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan ( ur, نواب زاده نصر الله خان) (13 November 1916 – 27 September 2003) was a senior politician in British India and later Pakistan. He was also a prominent Urdu poet. He was the only West Pakistani to ...
, Ahrari leader *
Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi (1917 - 25 September 1981) was a Pakistani politician who rose to prominence from a small town of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan. Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi began his career in the police force as a constable but gave it up soon after ...
* Shahzada Mohiuddin *
Ghulam Faruque Khan Ghulam Faruque Khan Khattak Hilal-i-Pakistan, HPk, Order of the Indian Empire, CIE, Order of the British Empire, OBE (7 October 1899 – 29 April 1992) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who was the founder of Ghulam Faruque Group. As a ...
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Qazi Hussain Ahmed Qazi Hussain Ahmad ( ur, قاضی حسین احمد ; born 12 January 1938 – 5 January 2013) was an Islamic scholar, democracy activist, and former Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami, the socially conservative Islamist political party in Pakistan. He ...
, ex-Chairman of
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI; Urdu: , "Islamic Congress"), or Jamaat as it is simply known, is an Islamist political party which is based in Pakistan and it is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. I ...
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Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...
, ex-cricket player, former prime minister in Pakistan *
Mufti Mahmud Mufti Mehmood ( ur, ; 1919–1980) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who was one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI) was founded by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) on 26 October 1945. History The original Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed in Bri ...
and former
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( ur, وزیر اعلیٰ خیبر پختونخوا) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government ...
* Naseer Khan Khoso *
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (11 October 188713 December 1949) was an Islamic scholar who supported the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s. He was a religious scholar, writer, orator, politician, and expert in Tafsir and Hadith. Born in 1887 in Bijnor, Us ...
, founder of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam. *
Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...


Judges

*Justice A. R. Cornelius *Justice
Abdul Hameed Dogar Abdul Hameed Dogar () is a Pakistani jurist who served as the former Justice of Sindh High Court,
*Justice Sir Abdur Rashid *Justice S. Anwarul Haq *Justice
Dorab Patel Justice Dorab Framrose Patel (b. 1924 – d.15 March 1997), was a People of Pakistan, Pakistan jurist of Parsi descent, and lawmaker who served as a former List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakis ...
*Justice
Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, TI ( Urdu: فخر الدين جى ابراهيم; February 12, 1928 – January 7, 2020) was a Pakistani judge, a legal expert and senior most lawyer. He was appointed as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of Pakista ...
*Justice
Hamoodur Rahman Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman ( ur, ; 1 November 1910 – 20 December 1981), . , was a Pakistani Bengali Judge, jurist and an academic who served as the Chief Justices of Pakistan, Chief Justice of Pakistan from 18 November 1968 until 31 ...
*Justice
Ajmal Mian Ajmal Mian (Urdu : ) (4 July 1934 – 16 October 2017) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 23 December 1997 to 30 June 1999. Early life and education Mian was born on 4 July 1934 ...
*Justice
Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui (Urdu: ; 1 December 1939 – 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively Saiduzzaman Siddiqui) was a Pakistani jurist and legislator of great prominence who formerly served as the 15th Chief Jus ...
*Justice
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ( ur, ; born 12 December 1948) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Pakistan over three non-consecutive terms from 29 June 2005 to 11 December 2013. Chaudhry began practice as an advocate ...
*Justice
Mohammad Haleem Honourable Chief Justice Muhammad Haleem (Urdu: ), LL.D. ( HC), HI (1 January 1925 – 11 August 2006) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1981 to 1989, the longest serving Chief Justice in the his ...
*Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah *Justice
Muhammad Munir Muhammad Munir (1895–1979) was the second Chief Justice of Pakistan serving from 1954 to 1960. Background Munir obtained his degree of master's in English Literature from Government College University Lahore, he joined Law College to earn his L. ...
*Justice Muhammad Rustum Kiani *Justice
Muhammad Shahabuddin Muhammad Shahabuddin (Urdu: محمد شہاب الدین) was the 3rd Chief Justice of Pakistan, serving from 3 May 1960, to 12 May 1960. He also served as the Governor of East Pakistan. Early life Muhammad Shahabuddin was born on 13 May 189 ...
*Justice
Muhammad Yaqub Ali Mohammed Yaqub Ali (Urdu language, Urdu, ) (March 1912 – 5 August 1994) was a Pakistani judge who was Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1975 to 1977.Nasim Hasan Shah Nasim Hasan Shah (Urdu: ) (15 April 1929 – 3 February 2015) was a Pakistani jurist and served as Chief Justice of Pakistan. He is best known for his role in the verdict against Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first democratically elected Prime Mini ...
*Justice
Qadeeruddin Ahmed Qadeeruddin Ahmed (; 1909 – 23 March 1995) 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 ...
*Justice
Rana Bhagwandas Rana Bhagwandas (20 December 1942 – 23 February 2015) was a Pakistani jurist who served as a senior judge and acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP). He enjoyed extremely high reputation as a judge. He remained the acting ...
*Justice
Sajjad Ali Shah Sajjad Ali Shah (born 14 August 1957) is a Pakistani jurist who has been serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 15 March 2017. Previously, he served as the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court. References

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*Justice Mukhtiar Ahmad Junejo *Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Sharif *Justice
Wajihuddin Ahmed Wajihuddin Ahmed ( ur, ; born 1 December 1938) is a retired senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, human rights activist, and former professor of law at the Sindh Muslim Law College. Prior to be elevated as Senior Justice of the ...
*Justice
Haziqul Khairi Haziqul Khairi ( ur, حازق‌ الخيری ; born November 5, 1931) is a Pakistani jurist and author who served as Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, Judge of the Sindh High Court, Ombudsman of Sindh and Principal ...
*Justice
Zafar Hussain Mirza Zaffar Hussain Mirza (10 October 1926 – 27 August 2015) was a Pakistani judge and the father of former Home Minister of Sindh Zulfiqar Mirza. He was also the grandfather of Hasnain Mirza. Early life Mirza was born on October 10, 1926, in ...
*Justice
Saqib Nisar Mian Saqib Nisar ( ur, ; born 18 January 1954) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 31 December 2016 till 17 January 2019. He has previously served as the Law Secretary. He also served as a visiting prof ...
*Justice
Asif Saeed Khosa Asif Saeed Khan Khosa ( ur, ; born 21 December 1954) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 18 January 2019 to 20 December 2019. He joined the Supreme Court as a judge on 18 February 2010 and prior to that ...
*Justice
Allama Khalid Mahmood Dr Allama Khalid Maḥmūd (17 October 1925 – 14 May 2020) was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He established the Islamic Academy and City Jamia Masjid in Manchester, England, and wa ...
*Justice
Gulzar Ahmed Gulzar Ahmed ( ur, ; born 2 February 1957) is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 27th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 21 December 2019 to 1 February 2022. Early life and education Ahmed's father, Noor Muhammad, was a lawyer in Karachi. Ahmed c ...
*Justice
Athar Minallah Athar Minallah (; born 30 December 1961) is a Pakistani jurist serving as a judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan since 11 November 2022. Prior to that, he served as the 5th Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court from 28 November 2018 to 10 Novembe ...
*Justice
Ali Baqar Najafi Ali Baqar Najafi (born 15 September 1963) is a Pakistani jurist and a senior Judge of the Lahore High Court since 16 April 2012 and member of Administration Committee of Lahore High Court. Early life and education Najafi was born on 15 Septem ...
*Justice Zahid Hussain


Lawyers

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Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationa ...
, founder of
Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian national ...
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S M Zafar Syed Muhammad Zafar ( ur, سید محمد ظفر; 6 December 1930 – 19 October 2023) was a Pakistani human rights activist, lawyer (Senior Advocate Supreme Court), and politician who was a member of the Senate of Pakistan. For some time, he w ...
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Akhtar Aly Kureshy Akhtar Aly Kureshy ( ur, ) (born 15 November 1963) is a Pakistani lawyer, advisor and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan who served as Assistant Attorney-General for Pakistan. He remained Assistant Advocate General Punjab, a ...
* Hamid Khan *
Asma Jahangir Asma Jilani Jahangir ( ur, , ''ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr''; 27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Jahangir was known ...
, Senior ASC *
Aitzaz Ahsan Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan ( ur, ; born 27 September 1945) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He served two times as the Leader of the House in the Senate of Pakistan from 1994 to 1997 and again from 2012 to 2015. He also served as the Leader o ...
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Ashtar Ausaf Ali Ashtar Ausaf Ali (born 19 June 1956) is a Pakistani lawyer who twice served as the Attorney General for Pakistan from 2016 to 2018, and in 2022. In his first term, he co-drafted the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, Twenty ...
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Khalid Ranjha Khalid Ranjha is a Pakistani lawyer and a politician from Punjab, Pakistan. He also served as Federal Law Minister of Pakistan in 2002 and a member of the Senate of Pakistan. He remained Advocate General Punjab, Judge Lahore High Court and th ...
* Abdul Hafeez Pirzada *
Mahmud Ali Kasuri Mian Mahmud Ali Kasuri (1910–1987) was a prominent Pakistani opposition politician, human rights advocate and lawyer who became a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. He joined the He served in the Indian National Congress (INC) Party before Pakistan's ...
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Ahmad Awais Ahmad Awais (Urdu: احمد اویس) is a senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, who also served as Advocate General Punjab 2018–2019, in the PTI Government 2018, he remained the President of Lahore High Court Bar Association, Lahore 200 ...
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Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad ( ur, ; born 30 March 1941) is a Pakistani conservative politician and lawyer who served as the acting president of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as the Chairman of the Senate between 1988 and 1999. Born in Ja ...
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Ghulam Farooq Awan Ghulam Farooq Awan ( ur, غلام فاروق اعوان) (born 10 February 1961), is a Pakistani lawyer and columnist, and former adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for law, justice and parliamentary affairs. He previously also served as ...
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Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig (Urdu: مرزا عزيز اكبر بیگ) was born on 6 November 1938 in Multan, Pakistan. He is a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is the cousin of Late Member of Provincial Assembly Khalil Ullah Labar, Malik fro ...
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Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada Sharifuddin Pirzada () NI (12 June 1923 – 2 June 2017) was a noted Pakistani Barrister who served as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Personal life Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada was born in the city of Burhanpur, in what is to ...
* Sahibzada Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri * Akram Sheikh * Syed Ali Zafar *
Naseer Ahmed Bhutta Ch Naseer Ahmad Bhutta is Special Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan on Legal Affairs with effect from 5 December 2017, directly appointed by the PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. He is also a senior advocate of the Supreme Court and was a Member of ...
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Babar Awan Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan ( ur, ظہیر الدین بابر اعوان; born 27 January 1958; SI), is a Pakistani politician, senior lawyer, author, analyst, columnist, and leftist writer who served as Adviser to Prime Minister for Parliamen ...
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Rana Muhammad Akram Khan Rana Muhammad Akram Khan ( ur, رانا محمد اکرم خاں) is a Pakistani lawyer and zamindar. He is former chairman executive of the Punjab Bar Council (PBC). Education and background Khan was born in Chiraghabad, Faisalabad (Pakist ...
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Makhdoom Ali Khan Makhdoom Ali Khan ( ur, مخدوم علی خان ; born 9 January 1954), is a practising Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Makhdoom Ali Khan is a former Attorney General of Pakistan, former chairman Pakistan Bar Council, former member of the Law a ...
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Khalid Anwer Khalid Anwer (Urdu/ pa, ; born 4 November 1938 in Delhi, British India in a Nobal Arain Family) is a Pakistani lawyer, jurist and constitutional expert who previously served as the federal Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights following h ...
* Mohammed Jibran Nasir *
Abid Hassan Minto Abid Hassan Minto also known as Abid Minto ( ur, عابد حسن منٹو) (born 3 February 1932) is a constitutional expert and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and former president of the Awami Workers Party. He is also a lite ...
* Shakeel ur Rahman *
Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri ( sd, عبدا لغفورڀرڳڙي) (January 1921 - 10 February 2015), was a lawyer, writer and politician from Larkana, Pakistan. Early life Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri was born on 1 January 1921, in the village of Ghulam Nabi ...
*Farooq Naek *
Salman Aslam Butt Salman Aslam Butt is a Lahore based lawyer & advisor, who was born & grew up in Lahore. He was appointed as the 31st Attorney General for Pakistan in 2014 and representedthe Nawaz Sharif Government. He also presented Nawaz Sharif in the Panama ca ...
*Suman Kumari, first Hindu woman judge in Pakistan *Asrar-ul-Haq Mian *
Iqbal Haider Iqbal Haider ( ur, اقبال حیدر; 14 January 1945 – 11 November 2012) was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the co-chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan ("HRCP"). He was also a Senator, Feder ...
*Hina Jilani


Human rights activists and philanthropists

*Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of Edhi Foundation *Ruth Pfau, founder of Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre *Ramzan Chhipa, founder of Chhipa Welfare Association *Hakim Saeed, Hakim Muhammad Saeed, founder of Hamdard Pakistan *Ansar Burney, founder of Ansar Burney Trust International *Amjad Saqib, Dr. Amjad Saqib, founder of Akhuwat Foundation *Naimatullah Khan, advocate, former Chairman of Al-khidmat Foundation, Al-Khidmat Foundation *
Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationa ...
, founder of
Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian national ...
*Irfan Pardesi, founder and President of Zee Foundation *Mushtaq Chhapra, founder of The Citizens Foundation *Sheema Kermani, founder of Tehrik-e-Niswan *
Asma Jahangir Asma Jilani Jahangir ( ur, , ''ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr''; 27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Jahangir was known ...
*Hina Jilani *Abid Qaiyum Suleri *Shoaib Sultan Khan *Masood Ul Mulk *Fatima Lodhi *Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan, first woman minister in Pakistan and prominent social worker *Veeru Kohli * Dadi Leela (1916–2017), educationist, music teacher, philanthropist *Gulalai Ismail *Syeda Ghulam Fatima *Fouzia Saeed *Tabassum Adnan


Academia


Scientists, researchers and scholars

*Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate, Nobel laureate in physics 1979, science advisor to the Government of Pakistan (1960–1974), founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), received the Sitara-e-Pakistan for contribution to science in Pakistan (1959) and founded the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste *Ahmad Hasan Dani, Distinguished National Professor and Professor Emeritus, Quaid-i-Azam University, Quaid-e-Azam University; historian and archaeologist *Tariq Rahman, linguistic historian, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Emeritus Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan *Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, scholar, critic, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan *Pirzada Qasim, scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi *Attash Durrani, scholar, linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan *Atta ur Rahman (scientist), Atta ur Rahman *Alamgir Hashmi, literary scholar, historian, critic, translator *Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, chief executive officer (CEO) of Roots Millennium Schools, executive director of Roots School System, recipient of ‘Tamgha-e-Imtiaz’ *Abdul Qadeer Khan, nuclear physicist *Munir Ahmad Khan, nuclear physicist, former Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 1972–1991, chairman, IAEA Board of Governors, 1986–87 *Ishfaq Ahmad, nuclear physicist and former Chairman of the PAEC *Abdullah Sadiq, nuclear physicist and AS-ICTP laureate *Samar Mubarakmand, nuclear physicist, Chairman of the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) *Anwar Ali (scientist), Anwar Ali, former Chairman of the PAEC *Shahid Hussain Bokhari, computer engineer, computer and aerospace engineer *Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, PhD in organic chemistry *Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist *Javaid Laghari, aerospace engineer, former Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan *Rahman Syed, Datuk Rahman Anwar Syed, entomologist responsible for discovering the biological method of oil palm pollination *Anwar Naseem, Advisor Science COMSTECH, Chairman National Commission on Biotechnology Pakistan, founding president of FABA *Atta ur Rahman (scientist), Atta ur Rahman, PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the University of Cambridge in 1987Biography
at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008 *Ismat Beg, mathematician, PhD University of Bucharest, 1982 *Umar Saif, computer engineer, PhD University of Cambridge, 2001 *Syed Waqar Jaffry, Computer scientist, Computer Scientist, Academician, PhD in Artificial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Vrije Universitiet, Amsterdam. *Ayub K. Ommaya, professor of neurosurgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England; expert in traumatic brain injuries; inventor of the Ommaya reservoir, which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors *Abdul Jamil Khan, Principal of Ayub Medical College, Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population *Hasnat Khan, heart surgeon, head of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences; also worked in Chelsea, London, Chelsea, London *
Arif Alvi Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...
, Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation *Roger Armour, Roger H. Armour, inventor of the hand-held ophthalmoscope *Sania Nishtar, cardiologist, health policy expert and minister *Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, Muhammed Suhail Zubairy, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, USl;holder of Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics *A G N Kazi *Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad (1913–2002), executive director of the World Bank for Pakistan and the Middle East *Mohammad Zubair Khan *Abdul-Majid Bhurgri, hero of Sindhi computing *Ahmed Hussain A Kazi, Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi, former Chairman of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation *
Ghulam Faruque Khan Ghulam Faruque Khan Khattak Hilal-i-Pakistan, HPk, Order of the Indian Empire, CIE, Order of the British Empire, OBE (7 October 1899 – 29 April 1992) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who was the founder of Ghulam Faruque Group. As a ...
*Hafeez A. Pasha *Mahbub ul Haq, economist and co-creator of the Human Development Index (HDI) *Ishrat Hussain *Salman Shah *Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi *Dr. Ziaul Haque *Asad Umar *Akhtar Hameed Khan *Matin Ahmed Khan, marketing expert and management educator *Bernadette Louise Dean, former Principal of Kinnaird College for Women *Mary Emily Gonsalves, Sitara-e-Imtiaz *Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry *Jacqueline Maria Dias *Rubina Gillani *Nergis Mavalvala, Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and 2010 MacArthur Fellow; part of the team that made the Gravitational wave observation, first direct gravitational wave observation *Adil Najam, founding Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University; former Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) *Professor, Prop. Ihsan Ali, Dr. Ihsan Ali Sitara-i-Imtiaz Vice-Chancellor of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan *Sardar Mohammad Khan, scholar of linguistics *Zulfiqar Bhutta *Anita Zaidi *Asghar Zaidi *Eqbal Ahmad, Eqbal Ahmed , political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to the study of Near East *Dr.Khalid Manzoor Butt, educationist and scholar, Dean of Political Science Department Government College University, Lahore, GCU *Hakim Syed Ali Ahmad Nayyar Wasty, scholar (history of medicine) *Amer Iqbal, Pakistani American theoretical physicist. He is primarily known for his work in string theory and mathematical physics *Hamid Nawab, Syed Hamid Nawab, Professor of Electrical and Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University;  co-author of widely used textbook Signals and Systems (1997), published by Prentice Hall (Pearson Education, Pearson); researcher in signal processing and machine perception with application to auditory, speech, and neuromuscular systems


School teachers

*Oswald Bruno Nazareth *Zinia Pinto *Norma Fernandes, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz *Yolande Henderson *Salima Begum


Religious scholars

* Muhammad Shafi Deobandi, former Grand Mufti of Pakistan. * Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Islamic Scholar, Founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, TLP *Tariq Jamil, Molana Tariq Jamil, religious leader and member of Tablighi Jamaat *Mufti Rafi Usmani, President of Darul Uloom Karachi *Syed Adnan Kakakhail, Mufti, Muslim Scholar, Founder and CEO of Al-Burhan Institute *Muhammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Mufti, Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee *Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai, Saqib Raza Mustafai, founder of Idara-tul-Mustafa *Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Ameer e Dawat-e-Islami, co-founder of Dawat-e-Islami *Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai, founder of Idara-tul-Mustafa *Israr Ahmed, religious leader and the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami *Muhammad Hussain Najafi, religious leader *Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra, religious leader *Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, religious scholar, Al-Mawrid International, Pakistan *Mufti Jafar Hussain, religious leader *Talib Jauhari, Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, Qur'anic interpreter, Urdu poet, historian and philosopher *Syed Munawar Hasan, former Chairman of the
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI; Urdu: , "Islamic Congress"), or Jamaat as it is simply known, is an Islamist political party which is based in Pakistan and it is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. I ...
*Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, law professor, Sufi Islamic scholar and founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran *Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi, religious scholar, founder of Jamaa'at-e-Ahle Sunnat *Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, religious Quranic scholar, founder of Talu-e-Islam *Farhat Hashmi, founder of Al-Huda International *
Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (Urdu سید عطاء اللہ شاہ بخاری) (23 September 1892 – 21 August 1961), was a Muslim Hanafi scholar, religious and political leader from the Indian subcontinent. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e ...
, Ameer-e-Shariat *Amin Ahsan Islahi *Allamah Rasheed Turabi *Ayesha Jalal, religious leader and scholar *Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, historian *Khurshid Ahmad (Islamic scholar), Khurshid Ahmad, scholar, Vice President of the Jamaat-e-Pakistan *Muzaffar Iqbal *Ehsan Elahi Zaheer Islamic scholar, author and founder of the Jamiat-E-Ahlihadees in Pakistan *Muhammad Taqi Usmani *Khurram Zaki, scholar and journalist *Zafar Ishaq Ansari, Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad *Zubair Ali Zai *Moeen Nizami


Military personnel

*Tufail Mohammad, Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (1914 – August 7, 1958), Nishan-E-Haider *Aziz Bhatti, Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed, Nishan-E-Haider *Muhammad Akram, Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (1938–1971), Nishan-E-Haider *Rashid Minhas, Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (1951 – August 20, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider *Major Shabbir Sharif, Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943 – December 6, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider *Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949 – December 10, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider *Muhammad Mahfuz, Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944 – December 17, 1971), Nishan-E-Haider *Karnal Sher Khan, Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970 – July 5, 1999), Nishan-E-Haider *Lalak Jan, Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967 – July 7, 1999), Nishan-E-Haider *Malik Munawar Khan Awan, Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan (died May 1981), Sitara-e-Jurat, 1965 war hero who captured Area Rajouri, Budhil and Mehdar from India during Operation Gibraltar *General Muhammad Musa, Muhammad Musa Khan Hazara, Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan), 4th Army Commander-in-Chief, Governor of West Pakistan, 4th Governor of West Pakistan and Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan, 10th Governor of Balochistan *General Sawar Khan, former Vice Chief of Army Staff *General Iftikhar Janjua, Hilal-e-Jurat, 1971 war hero of Rann of Kutch operations *General Muhammad Shariff, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1977 *General Iqbal Khan (general), Iqbal Khan, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1980–1984 *General Zafar H. Naqvi, Army Air Defence Commander *General Mirza Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), think tank head *General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) *General Abdul Waheed Kakar, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) *General Jehangir Karamat former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the United States *General Rahimuddin Khan, 7 year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan and provincial hero *General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) & Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) *General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition *General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) *General Nadeem Raza, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) *Admiral Shahid Karimullah *Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan *Lieutenant General, Akhtar Hussain Malik (died August 22, 1969), Hilal-i-Jurat, 1965 war hero *Lieutenant General, Abdul Ali Malik, 1965 war hero for his role in the Battle of Chawinda *Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, former DG Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI *Lieutenant General Zaheer-ul-Islam, former DG Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI *Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar, former DG Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI *Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar, former DG Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI *Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa, former DG ISPR & Commander southern command, Chairman CPEC Authority *Lieutenant General Asim Munir (general), Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, former DG Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Commander XXX Corps (Pakistan) *Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, DG Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI *Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, former Governor of East Pakistan *Air Vice Marshall Eric Gordon Hall *Major General Athar Abbas former DG ISPR, Ambassador to Ukraine *Major General Julian Peter *Major General Noel Israel Khokhar *Major General Asif Ghafoor, former DG ISPR, GOC Okara 40th Infantry Division *Major General Babar Iftikhar, DG ISPR *Rear Admiral Leslie Mungavin *Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf *Brigadier Mervyn Cardoza *Brigadier Daniel Austin *Air Vice Marshall Retired, (R) Farooq Umar *Air Commodore Nazir Latif *Air Commodore (R) Muhammad Mehmood Alam (M M Alam) *Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry *Wing Commander Mervyn Middlecoat *Squadron Leader Peter Christy *Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui *Captain Hercharn Singh *Rahul Dev (pilot), Rahul Dev, first person from the Hindu community to recruited in the Pakistan Air Force


Businesspeople and industrialists

*Abdul Razak Dawood, Abdul Razaq Dawood - Founder of Descon. *Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Chairman of the ARY News, ARY Group *Bashir Ali Mohammad, Gul Ahmed Group *Byram D. Avari, Byram Avari - Chairman of the Avari Hotels, Avari Group *Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed, Chairman of the Servis Group, former managing director in and Chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) *Fiza Farhan, co-founder of Buksh Foundation *Huma Batool, First woman to own a Pakistan-based scheduled airline. *Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Lakson Group *Jahangir Khan Tareen, owner of sugar mills *Jahangir Siddiqui, owner of JS Group *Malik Riaz - Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town. *Mian Amer Mahmood, Mian Amir Mahmood - Pakistani politician and founder of the Punjab Group of Colleges. *Mian Muhammad Latif, Chenab Group, ChenOne *Mian Muhammad Mansha, industrialist and businessman *Mir Shakil ur Rehman, Jang Group *Sadruddin Hashwani - Founder and chairman of Hashoo Group. *Shiza Shahid, co-founder of Malala Fund *Shahid Khan, owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp, in Urbana, Illinois; owner of the NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars *Sikandar Sultan, managing director of Shan Food Industries *Syed Babar Ali - Former caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan, founder of Packages Limited, Milkpak Limited–now Nestlé Pakistan and Lahore University of Management Sciences.


Bankers

*Agha Hasan Abedi *Ishrat Husain *Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi *Muhammad Mian Soomro *Shahid Javed Burki *Shamshad Akhtar *Zahid Hussain (banker), Zahid Hussain *
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, banker and former Prime Minister *Mian Muhammad Mansha *Mir Mohammad Ali Khan, Pakistani investment banker


Arts, literature and other media personalities


Writers and poets

*Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj *Faiz Ahmed Faiz *Rasul Bux Palejo *Syed Sibte Hassan *Saadat Hassan Manto *Khawar Rizvi *Patras Bokhari *Ibn-e-Insha *Syed Irfan Ali Shah *
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*Mohsin Naqvi *
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*Janbaz Mirza *Abdullah Hussain *Ahmad Faraz *Shaikh Ayaz *Amar Jaleel *Sohail Sangi *Anwar Pirzada *Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi *Afrasiab Khattak *Alamgir Hashmi *Qalandar Momand *Siddiq Ismail *Anwer Maqsood *Ashfaq Ahmad *Bano Qudsia *Daud Kamal *Fatima Surayya Bajia *Ghulam Abbas (writer), Ghulam Abbas *Habib Jalib *Hakim Ahmad Shuja *Hakim Said *Ibn-e-Insha *Ibn-e-Safi *Idris Azad *Ishtiaq Ahmad (fiction writer), Ishtiaq Ahmad *Iftikhar Arif *Ihsan Danish *Jon Elia *Kazi Zainul Abedin *Khurshid Rizvi *Majeed Amjad *Mazhar Kaleem *Mohsin Hamid *Mohammed Hanif *Mustansar Hussain Tarar *Noon Meem Danish *Noon Meem Rashid *Obaidullah Aleem *Mirza Ather Baig *Parveen Shakir *Qateel Shafai *Raees Warsi *Saadat Hasan Manto *Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum *Vazir Agha *Wasif Ali Wasif *Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah *Zamir Jafri *Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi *Amjad Islam Amjad *Anwar Masood *Moeen Nizami *Fatima Bhutto *Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 1932–1990) *Mohiuddin Nawab


Actors and actresses

: ''For a categorical listing of actors in film, see :Pakistani film actors'' *Adeeb, actor *Adil Murad, actor *Afzal Khan (actor), Afzal Khan, actor *Ajab Gul, actor *Anjuman (actor), Anjuman, actress *Ayesha Sana, actress *Aamina Sheikh, actress *Babar Ali, actor *Babra Sharif, actress *Badar Munir, actor *Syed Ishrat Abbas, Darpan, actor *Deeba, actor *Faysal Qureshi (actor), Faysal Qureshi, actor *Fawad Khan, actor *Hamza Ali Abbasi, actor *Hareem Farooq, actress *Humayun Saeed, actor *Husna, actress *Imran Abbas (actor), Imran Abbas, actor *Inayat Hussain Bhatti, actor *Ismat Zaidi, actress *Ismael Shah, actor *Javed Sheikh, actor *Kamal Irani, actor *Mahira Khan, actress *Marina Khan, actress *Maya Ali (actress), Maya Ali *Mohib Mirza, actor *Meera (Irtiza Rubab), Meera, actress *Mehmood Aslam, actor *Mohammad Ali (actor), Mohammad Ali, actor *Moin Akhter, actor *Munawar Zarif, actor *Mustafa Qureshi, actor *Nadeem Baig (actor), Nadeem Baig, actor *Nadia Khan, actress *Naeem Hashmi, actor *Kamal Irani, actor *Nasira Zuberi, actress *Neelo, actress *Rahat Kazmi, actor *Saba Qamar, actress *Sabiha Khanum, actress *Saeed Khan Rangeela, actor *Saima Noor, Saima, actress *Sami Khan (actor), Sami Khan, actor *Samina Pirzada, actress *Sana Nawaz, actress *Sangeeta (Pakistani actress), Sangeeta, actor *Shaan Shahid, actor *Shafi Muhammad Shah, actor *Shahid (actor), Shahid, actor *Shamim Ara, actress *Sohail Ahmad, actor *Somy Ali, actress *Sultan Rahi, actor *Talat Hussain (actor), Talat Husain, actor *Agha Talish, Talish, actor *Tariq Aziz (TV personality), Tariq Aziz, actor *Waheed Murad, actor *Yousuf Khan (actor), Yousaf Khan, actor *Zahid Ahmed (actor) *Zeba, actress *Amanullah Khan (actor)


Artists and painters

*Abdur Rahman Chughtai *Ahmed Saeed Nagi *Ajaz Anwar *Anna Molka Ahmed *A. R. Nagori *Asim Butt (artist), Asim Butt *Allah Bakhsh (painter) *Bashir Mirza *Huma Mulji *Ijaz ul Hassan *Eqbal Mehdi *Ismail Gulgee *Jamil Naqsh *Laraib Atta *Lubna Agha *Moeen Faruqi *Rashid Rana *Sadequain *Saira Wasim *Sara Shakeel *Shahid Mahmood *Shakir Ali (artist), Shakir Ali *Saeed Akhtar *Hanif Ramay *Shazia Sikander *Suhail Ahmad *Zahoor ul Akhlaq *Zubeida Agha *Iqbal Hussain *Khalid Iqbal


Photographers

*Farah Mahbub (photographer), Farah Mahbub *Huma Mulji *Zaigham Zaidi *Tapu Javeri *Sarfaraz K. Niazi


Film and TV directors and documentary filmmakers

*Aehsun Talish *Anwar Kamal Pasha *Farooq Rind *Kashif Nisar *Khwaja Khurshid Anwar *Nazar-ul-Islam *Riaz Shahid *Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy *Sabiha Sumar *Sarmad Sultan Khoosat *Shoaib Mansoor *Usman Peerzada *Yawar Hayat Khan


Visual effects

*Muqeem Khan *Laraib Atta


Fashion designers

*Amir Adnan *Deepak Perwani *Hassan Sheheryar Yasin *Junaid Jamshed *Kamiar Rokni *Omar Mansoor


Models

*Aminah Haq *Humaima Malick *Iffat Rahim *Iman Ali *Imran Abbas (actor), Imran Abbas *Mehreen Raheel *Reema Khan *Tooba Siddiqui *Vaneeza Ahmad *Zara Sheikh *Ayaan Ali


Journalists

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*Janbaz Mirza *Ansar Abbasi *Ahmad Faruqui *Ahmed Rashid *Ardeshir Cowasjee, columnist and businessman *Arman Sabir, journalist working for BBC; earlier he was associated with DAWN for several years *Asghar Ali Engineer *Hassan Nisar *Hameed Nizami *Imran Aslam (journalist), Imran Aslam *Irfan Husain, columnist *Javed Malik, journalist, working for ARY News, ARY *Kamal Siddiqi *Kamran Khan (journalist), Kamran Khan, Geo TV *Khalid Hasan *
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*Mazhar Ali Khan (journalist), Mazhar Ali Khan, journalist, editor and publisher *Mehmood Sham, columnist *Mishal Hussain *Muhammad Farooq (journalist), Muhammad Farooq *Murtaza Razvi *Nadeem Malik (Pakistani journalist), Nadeem Malik *PJ Mir, journalist working for ARY News, ARY *Shahid Javed Burki *Shahid Mahmood, journalist working for ARY News, ARY *Dr.Shahid Masood, journalist, ex-Chairman of Pakistan Television Corporation, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) *Sohail Warraich, anchor on Geo TV *Surendar Valasai *Syed Saleem Shahzad *Tahir Mirza *Talat Hussain (news executive), Talat Hussain, journalist working for AAJ TV *Zamir Niazi *Ian Fyfe, DAWN sports reporter *Khurram Zaki, journalist and TV host * Abdullah Malik (1920–2003), journalist, writer


Musicians

*Abida Parveen *Amjad Sabri, Qawwal and Naat Khawan *Aaroh *Abrar-ul-Haq *Atif Aslam *Ali Azmat *Alam Lohar and Arif Lohar *Ahmed Rushdi, film song singer *Ali Zafar *Amanat Ali Khan, ghazal singer *Amjad Bobby, film music composer *Atif Aslam *Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi *Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, ghazal singer *Bohemia (musician), Bohemia, rapper and music producer *Hadiqa Kiyani *Hamid Ali Khan, ghazal singer *Imran Khan (singer), Imran Khan, Punjabi singer *Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, film music composer *Mehdi Hassan, film singer *Masood Rana, film singer *Mustafa Zahid *Nadia Ali (singer), Nadia Ali, singer *Naser Mestarihi, hard rock musician *Naseebo Lal, film singer *Nashad, film music composer *Nisar Bazmi, film music composer *Noor Jehan *Noori *Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan *Robin Ghosh, film music composer *Rahat Fateh Ali Khan *Rahim Shah *Rohail Hyatt *Sabri Brothers, qawwali musicians *Sahir Ali Bagga *Sajjad Ali *Shamim Nazli *Shehzad Roy *Salman Ahmad *Sohail Rana, film music composer *Sheraz Uppal *Waqar Ali *Zeb and Haniya *Alamgir (pop singer), Alamgir, pop music singer *Ali Haider (singer) *Fakhir *Farida Khanum *Hadiqa Kiani *Jawad Ahmed *Junaid Jamshed *Jassi Lailpuria *Malika Pukhraj *Najam Sheraz *Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan, Nazia Hasan, pop singer *Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan, Zohaib Hasan *Tina Sani *S. B. John *Jassi Lailpuria *Ahmad Raza Khan *Siddiq Ismail *Khursheed Ahmad


Video jockeys

*Anoushey Ashraf *Ayesha Omar *Mahira Khan


Architects

*Kausar Bashir Ahmed *Nayyar Ali Dada *Habib Fida Ali *Abdur Rahman Hye *Yasmeen Lari *Umar Farooq *Nasreddin Murat-Khan


YouTubers

*Amna Riaz *Mooroo *Muhammad Ali Mirza *Qasim Ali Shah


Sports


Squash

*Jansher Khan, 8 time world open champion, 4 time super series champion, 6 time British champion *Aamir Atlas Khan *Farhan Mehboob *Hashim Khan, 8 time British champion *Jahangir Khan, 6 time world champion, 10 time British champion *Carla Khan *Mansoor Zaman *Qamar Zaman, British champion *Zaheer Abbas, legendary cricketeer


Athletics

*John Permal, sprinter *Kamal Salman Masud, swimmer *Lianna Swan, swimmer *Kiran Khan (swimmer), Kiran Khan, swimmer


Boxing

*Muhammad Waseem, WBC Silver Flyweight Champion *Amir Khan (boxer), Amir Khan, Undisputed championship (boxing), undisputed light-welterweight world champion *Hussain Shah * Jan Mohammad Baloch (1950-2012), Pakistani former olympian boxer, coach


Cricket

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*Anil Dalpat *Imam-ul-Haq *Salman Butt *Asif Ali (cricketer, born 1989) *Asif Ali (cricketer, born 1991) *Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shaheen Afridi *Nasir Jamshed *Javed Miandad *Abdul Hafeez Kardar *Mohammad Hafeez *Abdul Qadir (cricketer), Abdul Qadir *Abdul Razzaq (cricketer), Abdul Razzaq *Aamer Sohail *Danish Kaneria *Fazal Mahmood *Faisal Iqbal (cricketer), Faisal Iqbal *Fawad Alam *Hanif Mohammad *Imran Abbas (cricketer), Imran Abbas *Imran Nazir (cricketer), Imran Nazir *Inzamam-ul-Haq *Javed Burki *Junaid Khan (cricketer), Junaid Khan *Kamran Akmal *Khan Mohammad *Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946), Majid Khan *Misbah-ul-Haq *Mohammad Amir *Mohammad Asif (cricketer), Mohammad Asif *Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974), Mohammad Yousuf *Moin Khan *Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer), Mushtaq Ahmed *Rashid Latif *Saeed Ajmal *Saeed Anwar *Saqlain Mushtaq *Sarfraz Ahmed *Sarfraz Nawaz *Sajjida Shah *Shahid Afridi *Sohail Tanvir *Shahid Khan Afridi *Shoaib Akhtar *Shoaib Malik *Umar Akmal *Umar Gul *Waqar Younis *Wasim Akram *Yasir Hameed *Yasir Shah *Younis Khan *Zaheer Abbas *Zahid Ahmed (Pakistani cricketer), Zahid Ahmed (cricketer) *Zahid Fazal *Babar Azam *Fakhar Zaman (cricketer), Fakhar Zaman


E-sports

*Suma1L, Syed Sumail Hassan


Field hockey

*Hassan Sardar *Samiullah Khan (field hockey), Samiullah *Shahbaz Ahmad *Shahid Ali Khan (field hockey), Shahid Ali Khan *Sohail Abbas *Tahir Zaman *Samiullah Khan (field hockey), Samiullah Khan *Basit Ali *Mohammad Zahid (cricketer, born 1976), Mohammad Zahid *Shahnaz Sheikh *Islahuddin *Jack Britto *Imran Mayo *Mahmood-ul Hassan


Golf

*Taimur Hussain


Sailing

*Munir Sadiq


Snooker

*Khurram Hussain Agha *Mohammed Yousuf (snooker player), Mohammed Yousuf *Naveen Perwani *Saleh Mohammad (snooker player), Saleh Mohammed *Muhammad Asif (snooker player), Muhammad Asif


Tennis

*Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi *Haroon Rahim


Football

*Lt Col. (R) Younus Changezi, former member of national football team *Muhammad Essa, striker of the national football team *Kaleemullah Khan (footballer), Kaleemullah Khan, striker of the national football team; currently playing Sacramento Republic FC *Jaffar Khan, legendary goalkeeper *Michael Masih,Kashmiri footballer


Mountaineers

*Ashraf Aman *Nazir Sabir *Hassan Sadpara *Meherban Karim *Samina Baig *Amir Mehdi * Abdul Jabbar Bhatti


Skiing

*Amina Wali


Mixed martial arts

*Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist), Bashir Ahmad


Police officers

*Chaudhry Aslam Khan *Malik Saad *Allah Dino Khawaja *Nasir Durrani *Moazzam Jah Ansari *Pushpa Kumari Kohli, first Hindu woman police officer in Pakistan


Militants

*Abdul Rauf Azhar *Ajmal Kasab, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack *Fazlullah (militant leader), Fazlullah *Ghazi Baba, mastermind of 2001 Delhi parliament attack *Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack *Hakimullah Mehsud *Ilyas Kashmiri, Al Qaeda operative *Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, architect of 9/11 *Malik Ishaq *Masood Azhar *Qari Hussain *Ramzi Yousef, convict in world trade centre bombing *Rashid Rauf *Riaz Basra *Sufi Muhammad *Wali-ur-Rehman *Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi


Other

*Abdul Sattar Edhi, social worker *Aitzaz Hasan, schoolboy who died blocking a suicide bomber *Arfa Karim, computer prodigy *Malala Yousafzai, education activist *Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola, women's rights activist *Tooba Syed, feminist, political worker *Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate


References


External links

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