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Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

(the provincial capital of Balochistan province of Pakistan) and

Quetta District Quetta ( ps, کوټه, bal, , ur, ) is a district in the north-west of the Balochistan province of Pakistan, on the border with Kandahar province, Afghanistan. It is part of Quetta Division. The district is famous for its agriculture produce, ...

. List is ordered by the professions of people.

Civil and military officers

Abdul Qadir Baloch Abdul Qadir Baloch (; born 9 April 1945) is a Pakistani politician and retired army general who served as Minister for States and Frontier Regions in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017 and in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 20 ...

Retd Pakistan Army officer *

Yazdan Khan Jemadar Yazdan Khan Hazara ( haz, سردار یزدان خان هزاره) (born 1880s) was a Viceroy's Commissioned Officer of the British Indian Army from Baluchistan, British India (today Pakistan) from 1906 until 1926. He served in the 1 ...

* Musa Khan *

Chris Keeble Christopher Patrick Benedict Keeble, DSO, MSc, FCMI (born 14 November 1941) is a former British Army officer, who fought in the Falklands War. Early life Keeble was born in Quetta, British India, and received his early formal education at the ...

George Philip Bradley Roberts Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts, (5 November 1906 – 5 November 1997), better known as "Pip", was a senior officer of the British Army who served with distinction during the Second World War, most notably as General Officer Command ...

Ian Jacob Lieutenant General Sir Edward Ian Claud Jacob (27 September 1899 – 24 April 1993), known as Ian Jacob, was a British Army officer, who served as the Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and was later a distinguished ...

* James Cassels *

Patrick Hore-Ruthven The Hon. Alexander Hardinge Patrick Hore-Ruthven (30 August 1913 – 24 December 1942) was a British soldier and poet. He was born in Quetta, British India (present-day Pakistan), the sole surviving child of Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of G ...

Samad Ali Changezi Samad Ali Changezi was a Flight lieutenant in Pakistan Air Force who fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He belonged to the Hazara ethnic minority of Quetta, Pakistan and was a member of the No. 9 Squadron – the Pakistan Air Force's ...

Sharbat Ali Changezi Air-Marshal Sharbat Ali Changezi (Urdu: شربت على ݘݩگݐڒی; b. 10 March 1932), , is a retired three-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and a former fighter pilot who led the aerial operations in the Indo-Pakistani War of ...

Retd officer Pakistan Air Force

Film, radio and television people

* Abid Ali *

Abid Ali Nazish Abid Ali Nazish (2 January 1972 – 25 January 2012) was a Pakistani actor from the Ethnic group Hazara. On 25 January 2012, he was shot and killed while he and two others were driving around in Quetta, Pakistan. He was with the Federal Invest ...

Avice Landone Avice Landone (1 September 191012 June 1976) was an English actress who appeared in British television and film. She was born in Quetta, British India, and made her screen debut in the 1948 film '' My Brother Jonathon''. From 1961 she co-starre ...

Ayub Khoso Ayub Khoso ( ur, ; born 1959) is a Pakistani actor of film and TV. With a career spanning more than three decades - mostly in television - Khoso is a well-known name in Pakistan. He is known for his roles in films like ''Khuda Kay Liye''. Earl ...

Actor * Dur Mohammad Kassi TV Producer and Director *

Hameed Sheikh Hameed Sheikh ( ur, حمید شیخ) is an actor and producer from Pakistan who is known for roles in ''Khuda Kay Liye'', '' Operation O21'' and ''Moor''. Personal life Residing in Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan, Pakistan, Sheikh is fl ...

Actor *

Humaima Malick Humaima Malick (born 18 November 1987) is a Pakistani actress who works in Pakistani films and serials. She is known for ''Ishq Junoon Deewangi'' as Pares Usmani and social-drama '' Bol'' in 2011. Personal life Malick was born in Quetta into ...

Jamal Shah Jamal Shah (Pashto: جمال شاہ) is a Pakistani actor, director, painter, social worker, script writer, singer, songwriter. Early life and education Jamal Shah was born into a Pashtun Syed family in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. ...

Actor *

Merle Tottenham Merle Tottenham (22 January 1901 – 18 July 1958) was a British stage and film actress. Her stage work included the original West End production of Noël Coward's ''Cavalcade'' in 1931; and she reprised her role as Annie the servant in the su ...

Nadia Afghan Nadia Afgan is a Pakistani actress who appears in Urdu films and television and films. She is known for her work in theatre and television. Her numerous work in television includes a series of plays in both Urdu and Punjabi. She rose to promin ...

Neil North Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ...

Suresh Oberoi Suresh Oberoi (born 17 December 1946) is an Indian actor and politician who appeared in Hindi films. He is a recipient of the 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He started his career in radio shows, modelling and later moving ...

Veena The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( sa, वीणा IAST: vīṇā), comprises various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.< ...

Zeba Bakhtiar Zeba Bakhtiar ( ur, ; born 5 November 1962) is a Pakistani film/TV actress and a television director. She is known for her TV drama ''Anarkali'' (1988), the Bollywood romantic drama ''Henna'' (1991), and the Lollywood movie, '' Sargam'' (1995 ...

Journalists, poets and writers

Agha Sadiq Syed Agha Sadiq Hussien Naqvi (25 September 1909–1977) was a prolific writer and poet, based in Quetta, Pakistan, from 1943 till his death in July 1977. He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, in 1909 as the Son of Syed Khair Ali Shah and grandson ...

Ali Baba Taj Ali Baba Taj ( ur, علی بابا تاج) is an Urdu, Persian and Hazaragi poet, based in Quetta, Pakistan. He is known for his use of nazm style in Urdu poetry. He received his Master's Degree in Persian language and literature from the Univer ...

Alison Plowden Alison Margaret Chichele Plowden (18 December 1931 – 17 August 2007) was an England, English historian and biographer well known for her popular non-fiction about the Tudor dynasty, Tudor period. Biography She was born at Quetta in India, ...

Mohsin Changezi Mohsin Changazi, ( haz, محسن چنگیزی ) (born 3 September 1979), is a Pakistani Urdu poet of Hazara descent. He has participated several poetry gatherings in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. He has also received awards including the Tam ...

Muneer Ahmed Badini Munir Ahmed Badini ( Balochi:منير احمد بادینی ) born in 1953) is a Pakistani novelist and writer. The receipent of the Pride of Performance, he primarily writes in Balochi and English languages. Biography He lives in Quetta and ...

Russi Karanjia Rustom Khurshedji Karanjia (15 September 1912 – 1 February 2008) was an Indian journalist and editor. He typically signed his reports as "R. K. Karanjia". He founded the ''Blitz'', a weekly tabloid with focus on investigative journalism in 194 ...

Siddiq Baloch Siddiq Baloch (alternatively Siddiq Balouch or Siddique Baloch) (10 February 1940 5 February 2018) was a Pakistani journalist, and senior political economist. He was Editor-in-chief of the English daily ''Balochistan Express'' (Quetta), an Ur ...

* Wajahat Saeed Khan *

Zafar Mairaj Zafar Mairaj ( ur, , born on 11 October 1968, at Quetta, Balochistan) is a Pakistani drama writer, lyricist and short story writer. He primarily writes in Urdu but has also written in Brahui and Balochi. He has written more than 50 drama s ...

* Hasrat Mithrvi

Musicians

Dawood Sarkhosh Dawood Sarkhosh (also spelled as Daud Sarkhosh) (Dari-Persian: ) born 26 April 1971 in Urozgan, Afghanistan, is an ethnic Hazara singer, musician and poet. Early life Sarkhosh's inspiration was his older brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, a nationali ...

* Faiz Mohammad Faizok *

Rabi Peerzada Rabi Pirzada ( ur, ) is a Pakistani former pop singer, Songwriter, television host, artist and Calligraphy, calligrapher. Career Pirzada launched her career in 2004. She released her first song "Dahdi Kurree" in 2005. Her other songs were "Mu ...

Politicians and lawyers

Elena Kagan giving award to Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry 3

Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (7 July 1907 – 2 December 1973) ( ps, عبدالصمد خان اڅکزی), commonly known as Khan Shaheed () (This title or name was given by the great Baba-e-Afghan Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhail) was a Pashtun peop ...

Rozi Khan Kakar Rozi Khan Kakar ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician and chief of the Sultanzai tribe who has been a member of Senate of Pakistan, since March 2012. Education He has the degree of Bachelor of Laws and a degree of the Master of Arts. Political car ...

, Pakistani senator *

Ali Ahmad Kurd Ali Ahmad Kurd ( ur, ), is a Pakistani lawyer who has been president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and is prominent in the Lawyers' Movement in that country. He opposed former President of Pakistan, Pakistani President Pervez ...

Habib Jalib Baloch Habib Jalib Baloch (Urdu: حبیب جالب بلوچ) was a Baloch nationalist politician who had served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan in 1997, and as the secretary general of Balochistan National Party. In his student days he served in a ...

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 ...

, chief justice (Supreme Court) * Jan Ali Changezi * Javaid Iqbal, former chief justice (Supreme Court) * Labh Singh Saini * Mohammad Anwar Khan Durrani *

Qazi Faez Isa Qazi Faez Isa ( ur, , born 26 October 1959) is a justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 5 September 2014. Previously, he served as Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court from 5 August 2009 to 5 September 2014. Early life and educ ...

, chief justice (Balochistan High Court) *

Qazi Muhammad Essa Qazi Muhammad Isa ( ur, ); (17 July 1914 – 19 June 1976) was a Pakistani politician and one of the prominent leaders of the Pakistan Movement.Raja Muhammad Fayyaz Ahmad Raja Muhammad Fayyaz Ahmad (, born 1 June 1946) is a judge in Supreme Court of Pakistan and is a former Chief Justice of High Court of Balochistan. Early life Ahmad was born in Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth mos ...

, former chief justice (Balochistan High Court) *

Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar ( ur, ; born January 10, 1947) is a Pakistani politician and current Member of the Senate of Pakistan. He was the Interim president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2017. He succeeded Nawaz Sharif after his ...

Member Senate of Pakistan/ Politician *

Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Durrani ( ps, شہزادہ رحمت اللہ خان درانی) was a Pakistan Movement activist born on 10 October 1919 in the Sadozai dynasty of Durrani, the ethnic Pashtun Sadozai tribe, section of the Popalzai sub ...

Pakistan Movement Renowned activist and volunteer, *

Sima Samar Sima Samar ( fa, سیما سمر; born 3 February 1957) is an Afghan woman and human rights advocate, activist and social worker within national and international forums, who served as Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan from December 2 ...

Syed Nasir Ali Shah Sayed Nasir Ali Shah (Urdu and haz, ) is a Pakistani politician and parliamentarian from the Pakistan Peoples Party who is an elected member of the National Assembly (MNA). Shah hails from the city of Quetta in Balochistan and belongs to the H ...

, Pakistani Parliamentarian * Tariq Mahmood *

Younus Changezi Lt. Col. (R) Younus Changezi ( ur, ﻳﻮﻧﺲ ﭼﻨﮝﻴﺰﻯ) (born 4 November 1944) is a politician from Baluchistan, Pakistan and a former football player. He belongs to the minority Hazara community. He served in the army for a long pe ...

Former Army officer /football player and Politician *

Yousef Pashtun Mohammad Yousef Pashtun ( ps, یوسف پښتون ) is an Afghan technocrat and politician. He served as Minister of Urban Development and Housing for two terms (2002-2003, 2005-2010) and as Governor of Kandahar province in 2003, replacing Gul ...

Zeenat Karzai Zeenat Quraishi Karzai (born 1970) is the wife of former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and was the First Lady of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014. Originally from the city of Kandahar, she moved to Kabul, where she lived at the Arg (the Pre ...

Haji Syed Hussain Hazara Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara (born Quetta, British India; 15 February 1917, 9 August 2002 – Quetta, Pakistan) was a Pakistani politician. He belonged to the Hazara people. He was a member of National Awami Party and was trialed in Hyderabad Tribu ...

, Pakistani Senator

Scholars and Sufi saints

Sahibzada Mulavi Haji Ameen Ullah Naqshbandi
* Maulana Niaz Muhammad Durrani
Sahibzada Mulavi Haji Janan Naqshbandi

Sportspersons

Abdul Wahid Durrani Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani (Urdu, Pashto: ; 30 June 1917 – 24 February 2008), was a Pakistani international footballer and manager. He was the second captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team after the goalkeeper Osman Jan. ...

, footballer * Abrar Hussain *

Asif Dar Asif Kamran Dar (born April 16, 1966) is a former boxer from Pakistan, competing in the lightweight (– 60 kg) division. He was born in Quetta. A resident of Toronto, Ontario he represented Pakistan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los A ...

, boxer *

Aslam Bareach Mohammad Aslam Khan Bareach (born 26 January 1976) is a Pakistani umpire (cricket), cricket umpire. He has stood as an umpire in 24 first-class cricket, first-class, 13 List A cricket, List A one-day and eight Twenty20 matches between 2014– ...

(born 1976), cricket umpire * Bashir Shah, cricketer *

Bill Tancred William Raymond Tancred (born 6 August 1942) is a leading sports administrator, academic and former international athlete. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in the discus and won a bronze and silver medals in successive Commonwe ...

, former athlete *

Fariba Rezayee Friba Rezayee ( prs, فریبا رضایی) (born September 3, 1985) is an Afghan judoka, who is perhaps best known as one of the first two women athletes from Afghanistan to compete in the Summer Olympics. The Taliban controlling most of Afghan ...

, Judoka *

Hayatullah Khan Durrani Hayatullah Khan Durrani, PP (Pashto: ; born 22 April 1962) is a Pakistani caver, mountaineer, environmentalist, organizer, and a rescuer. He is also a part-time sports anchor actor on Pakistani television. He played a significant role in the ...

, Legendary Cave explorer and Mountaineer * Haider Ali, boxer * Jawad Dawood, Canadian cricketer * Lovell Wooldridge, cricketer *

Meena Hazara Meena Hazara ( haz, مینا هزاره) is a gold medalist who participated in the 2010 South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She represented Pakistan in Karate. See also *List of Hazara people Hazara people make up the second or third la ...

, karateka *

Mohammad Abubakar Durrani Mohammad Abubakar Durrani ( ps, محمد ابوبکر درانی; born in Quetta Balochistan Pakistan) is a Pakistani canoeist and documentary/ short film maker , cameraman, cave photographer and owner of the Abdali Productions. Family Backgroun ...

, Canoeing athlete * Mubarik Ali Shan,

Shaolin martial arts Shaolin Kung Fu (), also called Shaolin Chinese martial arts, Wushu (), or Shaolin quan (), is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous styles of wushu, or kung fu of Chan Buddhism. It combines Chan Buddhism, Ch'an philosophy and martial arts ...

Grandmaster *

Muhammad Waseem Muhammad Waseem (born 29 August 1987) is a Pakistani professional boxer who challenged twice for the IBF flyweight title in 2018 and in 2022. Known for his quick and swift style of boxing, Waseem is nicknamed "Falcon". Early life Muhammad Wa ...

, boxer * Nahida Khan, cricketer *

Nargis Hameedullah Nargis Hameedullah ( ur, ; born 15 December 1998; Quetta, Pakistan) is a Pakistani karateka who won bronze medal in the 2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 1 ...

, karateka * Nasim Khan, cricketer * Pete Tancred, former athlete *

Shakeel Abbasi Shakeel Abbasi (b: 5 January 1984, Quetta, Pakistan) is a former international field hockey player from Pakistan. He played as a forward mainly as an inside right or center forward. A skillful forward Abbasi was regarded as one ...

, field-hockey player *

Zeeshan Ashraf Zeeshan Ashraf Qasmi (born 28 February 1977 in Quetta, Pakistan) is a field hockey full back. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2001, and competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Career He served as Captain of the Paki ...

, field-hockey player

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