This is a list of notable people from the city of

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

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 ...

, also known as Karachiites: Jinnah_Mausoleum_(cropped)

Armed forces

* Vice Admiral

Syed Mohammad Ahsan Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan ( ur, سید محمد احسن b. 1920 – d. 1990) often known as S. M. Ahsan, was a senior admiral of the Pakistan Navy who was the Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Navy, serving under President Ayub ...

- governor *

Muhammad Mahmood Alam Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam (Bengali: মহম্মদ মাহমুদ আলম; ur, ) 6 July 1935 – 18 March 2013) was a Bengali fighter pilot officially credited by the Pakistan Air Force with having downed four India ...

Mirza Aslam Beg General Mirza Aslam Beg ( ur, ; born 2 August 1931), also known as M. A. Beg, was a Pakistan Army officer, who served as the 3rd Chief of Army Staff from 1988 until his retirement in 1991. His appointment as chief of army staff came when hi ...

- four-star general *

Moinuddin Haider Moinuddin Haider, HI(M) (Urdu: معین الدین حیدر ; born 5 June 1942) is a retired three-star rank general of the Pakistan Army, who later served as the Governor of Sindh and then as the Interior Minister of Pakistan. Army career Ha ...

- lieutenant general, governor *

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 t ...

- former President and Army Chief of Pakistan * Ft. Lt.

Rashid Minhas Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas ( ur, ) was a Pakistani pilot in the Pakistan Air Force. Minhas was the only PAF officer to receive the highest valour award, the Nishan-e-Haider. He was also the youngest person and the shortest-serving officer ...

Shaheed - only PAF recipient of

Nishan-e-Haider Nishan-e-Haider (NH; ), is the highest military gallantry award of Pakistan. The Nishan-e-Haider is awarded posthumously and only to members of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It recognises the highest acts of extraordinary bravery in the face of ...

* Marium Mukhtiar Pakistan's first female martyred fighter pilot in the line of duty.

Art and literature

* Minocher K. Spencer Parsi author and spiritual healer from Karachi (born October 4, 1888 Pune, India) *

Jamiluddin Aali Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan PP, HI (20 January 1925 – 23 November 2015), also known as Jamiluddin Aali or Aaliji, was a Pakistani poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar. Early life and career Nawabzada Mir ...

- poet, columnist, critic (born 1926 in Delhi) * Mohammad Abdul Ahed - architect, educator, painter (1919-2001) * Manzoor Ahmad - philosopher (born 1934) *

Obaidullah Aleem Obaidullah Aleem ( ur, , 12 June 1939 – 18 May 2003) was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language. Life Aleem was born in 1939 in Bhopal, India. His father moved to Sialkot following Partition. Aleem was from a Kashmiri Butt family and was an A ...

- journalist, poet (1939-1998) * Ahmed Ali - novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar (1910 in New Delhi - 1994 in Karachi) *

Nasim Amrohvi Nasim Amrohvi or Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi ( ur, نسیم امروہوی, Allamah Nasīm Amrohvī; (24 August 1908 – 28 February 1987) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer who was born as Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi on 24 August 1 ...

- Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer (1908-1987) * Qaem Amrohvi - poet, philosopher (1919 Amroha, India - 1990 Karachi) *

Rais Amrohvi Rais Amrohvi ( ur, ), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1914-1988) was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, paranormal investigator, and psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jaun Elia. He was known for his style of qatanigari (quatrain writ ...

- journalist, poet, psychoanalyst (1914-1988) *

Iftikhar Arif Iftikhar Hussain Arif ( ur, ; born 21 March 1944), is an Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur from Pakistan. His style is romantic Urdu poetry. He has headed the Pakistan Academy of Letters and the National Language Authority. He has received t ...

- poet, critic, author (born 1943) * Hasan Askari - philosopher, author, critic (1919-1978) *

Zamir Ali Badayuni Zamir Ali Badayuni (sometimes spelled ''Badayooni'' or ''Badaiyuni'') was a critic and broadcaster on the Karachi literary scene. Life The son of Yaqoob Ali, he was born 20 June 1941 in Badayun, UP, India and received his early education in B ...

- critic (1941-2003) *

Fatima Surayya Bajia Fatima Surayya Bajia (; 1 September 1930 – 10 February 2016) was an Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer from Pakistan. She was awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works. ...

- drama writer (born 1930) *

Tabish Dehlvi Syed Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi, TI, ( ur, ) (born November 9, 1913 - September 23, 2004) was an Urdu poet. Biography Born on November 9, 1911 in Delhi as Syed Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish Dehlvi to Munshi Zakaullah and a mother "who had memoris ...

- poet (1911-2004) *

Jon Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia ( ur, , 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pakistani poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconve ...

- Arsalan Kachaliya's favorite poet, philosopher (1931-2002) *

Aslam Farrukhi Aslam Farrukhi ( ur, ) (23 October 1923 – 15 June 2016) was an Urdu author, literary critic, linguist, scholar, and radio scriptwriter from Pakistan. He is also known for writing children's books. He remained associated as a professor and c ...

- writer, critic, linguist (born 1923) *

Farman Fatehpuri Farman Fatehpuri ( ur, ) (born Syed Dildar Ali ( ur, ), 26 January 1926 – 3 August 2013) was an Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan. He is widely regarded as a leading authority on the life and work of ...

- researcher, poet, critic, linguist (1926-2013) *

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- humorous poet, scholar (1929 Badaun, UP - 1998 Karachi) *

Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah ( bn, জেবুন্নেসা হামিদুল্লাহ, ur, ; 25 December 1918 – 10 September 2000) was a Pakistani writer and journalist. She was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in ...

- first female columnist of Pakistan (1921-2000) *

Maulvi Abdul Haq Maulvi Abdul Haq ( ur, ) (20 April 1870 – 16 August 1961) was a scholar and a linguist, whom some call '' Baba-e-Urdu'' ( ur, ) (''Father of Urdu''). Abdul Haq was a champion of the Urdu language and the demanded for it to be made the nat ...

- father of modern

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Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee - Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer * Hameed Haroon - journalist, activist *

Sibte Hassan Syed Sibt-e-Hasan (Urdu: سید سبط حسن) (31 July 1916 – 20 April 1986) was an eminent scholar, journalist and political activist of Pakistan. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Socialism and Marxism in Pakistan, as well as the mo ...

- author, columnist, activist (1916-1986) *

Zahida Hina Zahida Hina (Urdu: زاہدہ حنا) is a noted Urdu columnist, essayist, short story writer, novelist and dramatist from Pakistan. Life Zahida was born in India, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, her father, Muhammad Abul Khair, ...

- columnist, author, poet (born 1946) * Ashfaq Hussain -

Urdu poet Urdu poetry ( ur, ) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the cultures of South Asia. According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu which are Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghali ...

and television personality in Canada for

Asian Television Network Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company, with 54 television channels in 9 languages, serving the South Asian cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio service on XM, available in ...

(born 1951) *

Intizar Hussain Intizar Hussain ( ur, ; 21 December 1925 – 2 February 2016) was a Pakistani writer of Urdu novels, short stories, poetry and nonfiction. He is widely recognised as a leading literary figure of Pakistan. He was among the finalists of the Man Bo ...

- linguist, novelist, critic (born 1923) *

Ibn-e-Insha Sher Muhammad Khan ( ur, ), ( Punjabi, ), better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha, ( ur, ), ( Punjabi, ) (15 June 1927 – 11 January 1978)Ibn-e-Safi Ibn-e-Safi (26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980) (also spelled as Ibne Safi) ( ur, ) was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad ( ur, ), a fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu from Pakistan. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Persian expression which litera ...

- novelist, story writer (1928 Nara, district of Allahabad, UP, British India - 1980 Karachi) * Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah - writer, activist (1915-2000) *

Farhat Ishtiaq Farhat Ishtiaq ( ur, ) (born June 23, 1980), is a Pakistani writer, author and screenwriter. She is best known for her romantic novels ''Humsafar'', ''Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu'', '' Diyar-e-Dil'', ''Dil se Nikle Hain jo Lafz'' and ''Woh Jo Qarz Rakh ...

- writer, author and screenwriter (born June 23, 1980) * Siddiq Ismail - religious Hamd and Naat reciter (born 1954) * Qamar Jalalvi - poet (1887 Jalali, Aligarh, India - 1968 Karachi) *

Jameel Jalibi Jameel Jalibi (Urdu: جمیل جالبی) was a noted linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He also was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Karachi. Early life Jameel Jalibi was born Moha ...

- scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU (born 1929) *

Abul Khair Kashfi Muhammad Abul Khair Kashfi (Urdu: سید محمد ابو الخیر کشفی) was a Pakistani author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics. Career He remained associated with the University of Karachi as ...

- critic, linguist, author, scholar (1932 Kanpur, British India - 2008 Karachi) * Khalique Ibrahim Khalique - journalist, poet, critic (1926-2006) *

Ghulam Mustafa Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI ( ur, ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفیٰ خان) (23 September 1912 – 25 September 2005) was a researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and ...

- writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar, educationist (1912-2005) *

Josh Malihabadi Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 – 22 February 1982) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a Pakistani poet and is regarded as one of the finest Urdu poets of the era of British India. Kno ...

- poet, linguist, scholar (1894-1982) *

Anwar Maqsood Anwar Maqsood Hameedi (born 7 September 1939, Urdu:), popularly known as Anwar Maqsood, is a Pakistani scriptwriter, television presenter, satirist, humorist, and infrequent actor. He was well known for his drama write-ups for PTV in the lat ...

- drama writer, anchor, actor (born 1935 Hyderabad State) *

Haseena Moin Haseena Moin (20 November 1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She wrote several plays for stage, radio, and television. She was the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the ...

- playwright, drama writer *

Zehra Nigah Zehra Nigah ( ur, ) is an Urdu poet and scriptwriter from Pakistan. She was one of two female poets to gain prominence in the 1950s when the scene was dominated by men. She has written several television drama serials. She has also received vario ...

- poet *

Pirzada Qasim Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui ( ur, پیرزادہ قاسم رضا صدیقی) (born 8 February 1943) is a Pakistani scholar, poet, scientist and educationist. He is serving as vice chancellor of Ziauddin University. Early life and career Pirzad ...

- poet, author, educationist (born 1943) *

Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi ( ur, ) (20 November 1903 – 22 January 1981) popularly known as I.H. Qureshi, ''SP'', ''HI'', was a Pakistani conservative nationalist historian and playwright. He was the Vice Chancellor of the University of K ...

- author, historian, educationist (1903-1981) * Fahmida Riaz - writer, poet, activist (born 1946 Meerut, UP, British India) *

Sadequain Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi ( ur, ) (30 June 1930 10 February 1987), often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and cal ...

- painter, calligraphist (1930 Amroha, British India - 1987 Karachi) * Hakeem Muhammad Said - pioneer of Eastern medicine, philanthropist (1993-1994) * Abul Lais Siddiqui - critic, linguist, author, scholar * Shaukat Siddiqui - novelist, fiction writer (1923-2006) *

Raees Warsi Raees may refer to: * Raees (1976 film), an Indian Hindi-language drama film * ''Raees'' (2017 film), an Indian Hindi-language action film * ''Raees'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film * Rais, a title used by the rulers of Arab stat ...

- journalist, author, poet, founder of Urdu Markaz New York (born 1963) * Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi - author, humorist (born 1923) *

Mustafa Zaidi Mustafa Zaidi (born Syed Mustafa Hasnain Zaidi; 10 October 1930 – 2 October 1970) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a civil servant. Early life In 1954, he passed the competitive examination and was sent to England for training before being gi ...

- poet (1930-1970) *

Kashan Admani Kashan Admani ''(Full name: Muhammad Kashan Admani) (Urdu: کاشان ادمانی)'' is a Pakistani musician, composer, music producer, film producer, film director, guitar player, founder of music band Mizmaar, and the CEO of Dream Station Pro ...

- musician

Bankers

Agha Hasan Abedi Agha Hasan Abedi ( ur, ), (14 May 1922 – 5 August 1995) was a Pakistani banker and convicted felon who founded Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) and saw its collapse after one of the biggest banking fraud scandals in history ...

- banker and founder of the now-defunct Bank of Credit and Commerce International * Shaukat Aziz - former Prime Minister of Pakistan *

Ishrat Hussain Ishrat Husain is a Pakistani banker and economist who served as the dean of the Institute of Business Administration (2008-2016) and the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (1999-2006). He presently serves as Advisor to Prime Minister Imran ...

- former Governor State Bank of Pakistan and incumbent Dean of Institute of Business Administration

Businessmen

Abdul Razzak Yaqoob Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (7 May 1944 – 21 February 2014) was a Pakistani gold bullion trader who founded ARY Gold in the United Arab Emirates and later ARY Media Group. Early life He was born in Surat, British India to Memon people, Memon family in ...

, Chairman of the

ARY Group ARY may stand for: * Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, a Pakistani expatriate businessman * Andre Romelle Young, real name of Dr. Dre * Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action adventure video game * ARY Digital, a Pakistani television network * ARY Digita ...

- banker, founder of

BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the worl ...

* Bashir Ali Mohammad,

Gul Ahmed Group Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited ({{nastaliq, گُل احمد) is a Pakistani textile company which manufactures and sells clothing through a chain of retail outlets under the name 'Ideas by Gul Ahmed'. History Gul Ahmed began trading in textiles ...

Hussain Haqqani Husain Haqqani (; born 1 July 1956, alternately spelled Hussain Haqqani) is a Pakistani journalist, academic, political activist, and former ambassador of Pakistan to Sri Lanka and the United States. Haqqani has written four books on Pakistan, ...

- leading Urdu debater, National College, Karachi; Ambassador of Pakistan to U.S.A. *

Jahangir Siddiqui Jahangir Siddiqui is a Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of eponymous conglomerate JS Group. Siddiqui started his career as a chartered accountant, but later became a stock market investor and trader before founding his own firm. Car ...

, owner of JS Group *

Javed Jabbar Javed Jabbar (Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a Pakistani writer and politician.orator An orator, or oratist, is a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled. Etymology Recorded in English c. 1374, with a meaning of "one who pleads or argues for a cause", from Anglo-French ''oratour'', Old French ''orateur'' (14th ...

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

, Senator *

Malik Riaz Malik Riaz Hussain (Urdu, pa, ; born February 8, 1954) is a Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of Bahria Town, the largest privately held real estate development company in Pakistan and in Asia. Riaz started his career as a clerk w ...

- Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of

Bahria Town Bahria Town (Private) Limited ( ur, ) is an Islamabad-based privately owned real-estate development company which owns, develops and manages properties across Pakistan. It established its first gated community exclusively developed for the ...

. * Monis Rahman - Founder & CEO of Naseeb Networks * Rafiq M. Habib - Group chairman of the renowned ‘

House of Habib The House of Habib () is a Pakistani conglomerate company based in Karachi, Pakistan. The group was founded by Habib Esmail in Bombay (British Raj) in 1841. It is a prominent shia Khoja business family in Pakistan.

’, chairman of Habib Insurance Company Ltd. *

Raza Rabbani Mian Raza Rabbani ( Punjabi, Urdu:; born 23 July 1953) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 7th Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2015 to March 2018. He has been elected a senator six times since 1993 from the Sindh Province ...

- English debater, politician, Senator *

Sadruddin Hashwani Sadruddin Hashwani is a Pakistani entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Hashoo Group, a conglomerate best known for Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts. Life Born in Karachi, Sind Province, British India into a Sindhi Khoja Shia Musl ...

- Founder and chairman of

Hashoo Group Hashoo Group is a Pakistani conglomerate company which is active in hospitality, oil and gas sectors. It was founded in 1960 by Saddaruddin Hashwani in Karachi.Safi Qureshi - co-founder and CEO of

AST Research AST Research, Inc., later doing business as AST Computer, was a personal computer manufacturer. It was founded in 1980 in Irvine, California by Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, and Thomas Yuen, as an initialism of their first names. In the 1980s, AST ...

; born and educated in

; now based in the US *

Sikandar Sultan Sikandar Sultan is a Pakistani entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the Organizational founder, founder and now Chairman of Shan Food Industries. In 1981, Sultan was the first person to recognize and take advantage of the potential of launching ...

- Managing Director of

Shan Food Industries Shan Foods (Pvt) Limited is a global producer of packaged spice mixes, primarily used in South Asian dishes. The company was established in 1981 as a single-room operation by its founder, Sikander Sultan, in Pakistan and quickly grew from there ...

Debaters and orators

- leading Urdu debater, National College, Karachi; Ambassador of Pakistan to U.S.A. *

, Senator *

- English debater, politician, Senator

Economists

- former Governor

State Bank of Pakistan The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) ( ur, ) is the Central Bank of Pakistan. Its Constitution, as originally laid down in the State Bank of Pakistan Order 1948, remained basically unchanged until 1 January 1974, when the bank was Nationalized and ...

Akhtar Hameed Khan Akhter Hameed Khan ( ur, , pronounced ; 15 July 1914 – 9 October 1999) was a Pakistani development practitioner and social scientist. He promoted participatory rural development in Pakistan and other developing countries, and widely advocate ...

- pioneer of microcredit and

microfinance Microfinance is a category of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision of small loans to poor clients; savings ...

in Pakistan, founder of

Orangi Pilot Project The 'Orangi Pilot Project'' ( ur, ; abbreviated OPP) collectively designates three Pakistani non-governmental organisations working together, having emerged from a socially innovative project carried out in 1980s in the squatter areas of Orangi, ...

Nawab Haider Naqvi Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi (born 11 July 1935) is a Pakistani economist and scholar. Early life and education Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi was born in Meerut, British India on 11 July 1935. He migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1950.< ...

- former Director PIDE * Anwar Shaikh -

Marxist Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

economist, and professor * Muhammad Shoaib - Finance Minister; Executive Director World Bank; father of Nafisa Sadik

Education

Anita Ghulam Ali Anita Ghulam Ali (1934–2014) was an educational expert in Sindh, Pakistan. She was a recipient of Pride of Performance Awards (1999) and Sitara-e-Imtiaz. Early life Anita was born on October 2, 1934, in Karachi, Pakistan. Her father was Feroz ...

- educationist *

* Moinuddin Aqeel - author, critic, linguist, scholar *

Bernadette Louise Dean Bernadette Louise Dean is a Christian Pakistani academic and educator, of Portuguese and Anglo-Indian descent. Formerly the principal of two women's colleges in Pakistan and a participant in revising Pakistan's national curriculum, she was ac ...

- former Principal of Kinnaird College, Lahore * Mary Emily - recipient of the

Sitara-e-Imtiaz The Sitara-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is the third-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") honour and Civil decorations of Pakistan, civilian award in the State of Pakistan. It recognizes individuals who have made an "especially m ...

for services to education *

- author, poet, critic, linguist, scholar *

- real name Syed Dildar Ali; author, critic, linguist, scholar * Khalida Ghous - human rights activist, scholar *

Yolande Henderson Yolande Henderson (14 January 1934 – 5 December 2015) was a high school teacher from Karachi, Pakistan.

- high school teacher *

- linguist, scholar *

- author, critic, linguist, scholar * Matin Ahmed Khan - academic, marketing expert and management educator, Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration *

- author, critic, linguist, scholar, Sufi *

Anthony Theodore Lobo Anthony Theodore Felix Lobo (4 July 1937 – 18 February 2013) was a Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop. On 8 June 1982 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Karachi by Pope John Paul II. On 28 May 1993 he became Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi. ...

- founder of many schools *

- VC Karachi University, author, historian, scholar * Ata ur Rahman - Chairman HEC, scientist * Hakim Saeed - VC Hamdard University * Abul Lais Siddiqui - author, critic, linguist, scholar * Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui - Chancellor, Karachi University * Raziuddin Siddiqui - physicist, mathematician, scholar *

Shahid Aziz Siddiqi Shahid Aziz Siddiqi () (born January 26, 1945 – November 7, 2019) in Lucknow, India) was a Pakistani bureaucrat who served as Chairman State Life Insurance and Chairman National Highway Authority. He has also remained the Vice Chancellor of the ...

- former Federal Secretary and Vice Chancellor, Ziauddin University *

Norma Fernandes Norma Fernandes is a teacher from Karachi, Pakistan. Life Fernandes was educated at St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi. She started off her career teaching at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. She also was a sportswoman, a dramatist, and mu ...

- former Headmistress (Kindergarten/Junior Section) of the

Karachi Grammar School Karachi Grammar School ( ur, ) is an independent, English-medium school located in 3 different campuses across Karachi. The main and oldest campus is located in Saddar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a highly selective, coeducational day school ...

Journalists

Cyril Almeida Cyril Almeida(Urdu: سائیرل المیڈا) is a Pakistani journalist who served as the assistant editor and columnist for ''Dawn''. Born and raised in Karachi, Almeida received his B.A from LUMS and studied jurisprudence as a Rhodes Schola ...

Mujahid Barelvi Mujahid Barelvi ( ur, ), is a Pakistani journalist. As of 2015, he appeared on a daily show, ''Doosra Pehlu'', for CNBC Pakistan. He has traveled extensively worldwide.Ardeshir Cowasjee Ardeshir Cowasjee (13 April 1926 – 24 November 2012) ( ur, ) was a Pakistani newspaper columnist, social activist, and philanthropist. Belonging from Karachi, his columns regularly appeared in the country's oldest English newspaper, ''D ...

Ian Fyfe Ian Fyfe was a cricketer, coach and a sports journalist from Karachi, Pakistan. He was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. A bowler at St. Patrick's, under the watchful eye of Jacob Harris and as a leading wicket taker for the Kara ...

, sports journalist * Kamran Khan * Daniele Mastrogiacomo -

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

journalist born in Karachi

Law and judiciary

* Justice Syed Sajjad Ali Shah - CJS, Chief Justice of Sindh High Court from Karachi. * 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 ...

- Chief Justice Sind High Court and Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan * Justice

Alvin Robert Cornelius Alvin Robert Cornelius, HPk (8 May 1903 – 21 December 1991) was a Pakistani jurist, legal philosopher and judge, serving as the 4th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1960 until 1968. In addition, he served as Law Minister in the cabinet of Yah ...

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 ...

- former Chief Justice of Pakistan *

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 ...

- former Attorney General of Pakistan *

Naimatullah Khan Naimatullah Khan (1 October 1930 – 25 February 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005. Early life and career He graduated from Punjab University with a Masters in Jou ...

- advocate * Justice Ajmal Mian - former Chief Justice of Pakistan * Justice Dorab Patel *

Nazim Hussain Siddiqui Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (Urdu: ; 30 June 1940 – 15 January 2022) a Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of Pakistan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, from 31 December 2003 to 29 June 2005. Life and career Siddiqui w ...

- former Chief Justice of Pakistan * 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 ...

- former Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan * 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 J ...

- former Chief Justice of Pakistan * 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 ...

- former acting Chief Justice of Pakistan * Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid - former Chief Justice Sindh High Court and Justice Pakistan Supreme Court of Pakistan *

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 ...

Attorney General for Pakistan

Performing arts

Actors and comedians

Moin Akhter Moin Akhter (also: "معین اختر" Moin Akhtar), (24 December 1950 – 22 April 2011) was a Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humorist, comedian, impersonator, host, writer, singer, director and producer who rose to fame in the ...

- TV, film and stage actor, comedian and host *

Somy Ali Somy Ali ( ur, سومی علی, ar, سومي علي; born 25 March 1976)Singh, Prashant (30 April 2012Salman helps Somy Ali's charity foundation ''Hindustan Times'' is a Pakistani-American actress, writer, filmmaker, model and activist who has ...

, actress and activist *

Jamshed Ansari Jamshed Ansari ( ur, ) (31 December 1942 in Saharanpur – 24 August 2005 in Karachi) was a Pakistani film, television and radio actor. He is remembered for his numerous performances on both radio and television including Safdar in '' Hamid ...

- comedian *

Hina Dilpazeer Hina Dilpazeer Khan credited as Hina Dilpazeer ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actress, comedian and host. Known for her comic roles, she is widely regarded as one of the popular comedian and actresses of Pakistan. Khan made her first professional scree ...

- actress, TV host, model *

Mehwish Hayat Mehwish Hayat (born 6 January 1988) is an Pakistani actress who primarily works in Urdu films and former television. She made her debut in film with comedy ''Jawani Phir Nahi Ani'' (2015) and later went on to '' Actor in Law'' (2016). Hayat i ...

- actress, model *

Urwa Hocane UrwaTul Wusqua Hussain, better known by her stage name Urwa Hocane (born 2 July 1991) is a Pakistani actress, model and VJ (media personality), media personality. She made her acting debut with ''Khushboo Ka Ghar'' as Rukhsana in 2012. Hocane is ...

- actress *

Adeel Hussain Adeel Husain ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor and director. He is best known for his roles in '' Daasi,'' ''Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu'', '' Mohabat Subh Ka Sitara Hai,'' '' Jackson Heights'' and ''Mera Naseeb''. Early life and education Born on 30 June ...

- model, actress * Talat Hussain - television actor, director *

Adnan Jaffar Adnan Jaffar ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor and former anchor from Karachi. He is known for his work in theatre, film and television industry of Pakistan for which he is extensively appreciated. Career Adnan began his career after attending Nat ...

- television, film actor *

Ather Shah Khan Jaidi Athar Shah Khan (Urdu:اطہر شاہ خان; January 1, 1943 – May 10, 2020) was a Pakistani comedian, poet and writer. He performed in many of his plays, dramas, and films scripted for Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Television, and Lollywood. He i ...

Writer comedian * Syed Kamal - film actor *

Kaveeta Nasreen Rizvi, better known as Kaveeta, is a Pakistani film actress who is known for films ''Tere Mere Sapne'' (1975), '' Society Girl'', ''Mohabbat Aur Mehangai'' (1976), ''Kabhi Kabhi'' (1978), '' Mutthi Bhar Chawal'' (1978), '' Mian Biwi Ra ...

- actress *

Aiza Khan Kinza Khan professionally known by her stage name Ayeza Khan (born 15 January 1991), is a Pakistani actress and model who primarily works in Urdu television. Khan has done over 30 roles and is the recipient of several accolades including Lux ...

- actress, model * Rauf Lala - comedian, actor *

Margaret Lockwood Margaret Mary Day Lockwood, Order of the British Empire, CBE (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990), was an English actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included ''The Lady Vanishes (1938 ...

- film and stage actress (1916-1990) *

- drama writer, anchor, actor *

Nadeem Nadeem (also spelled Nadim or Nedim; ar, نديم) is an Arabic masculine given name. It means "best friend of the drinker" "companion", "confidant" or "friend". Originates from the plural word "Nadama""نَدامَى" which means, drink to forg ...

- film actor *

Kumail Nanjiani Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; ur, کمیل علی ننجیانی, ; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019) and for co-wr ...

- comedian * Salim Nasir - comedian, actor *

Nirala Nirala, real name Syed Muzaffar Husain Zaidi ( ur, ) (8 August 1937 – 9 December 1990) was a Pakistani comedian and film actor. He only appeared in Urdu films made in Pakistan. His first film was ''Aur bhi gham hain'' (1960). His last ...

(real name Muzaffar Hussain) - comedian * Izhar Qazi - film and TV actor *

Zainab Qayyum ''Zainab Qayyum'' also known as ZQ, is a Pakistani television actress, host, composer, and former model. She was crowned the best model of the year in the Lux Style Awards (2004) and was given the Most Stylish TV Actress Award in the Indus Sty ...

- model, actress, TV host *

Humayun Saeed Humayun Saeed Ansari (born 27 July 1971), professionally known as Humayun Saeed, is a Pakistani actor and producer. He has appeared in dozens of Pakistani television dramas and limited number of films, and earned Lux Style Awards, and ARY Fil ...

- actor, model and producer * Sangeeta - actress, filmmaker, director *

Ayaz Samoo Ayaz Samoo is a Pakistani actor, model, host, VJ and writer. He is best known by his character name ''Sajid Billa'' on ARY Musik. In 2016, he won the AFA for Best Actor in a negative role for the film '' Moor''. Early life & career His debut ...

- comedian, actor *

Zhalay Sarhadi Zhalay Sarhadi, also spelled Zille Sarhadi, (born on 11 June 1981) is a Pakistani actress, model, and former VJ. Her notable performance include the series ''Uraan'' (2010), '' Aks'' (2012), ''Madiha Maliha'' (2012), ''Digest Writer'' (2014), '' ...

- model, actress * Saud Qasmi - actor *

Sami Shah Sami Shah (born 24 August 1978) is a Pakistani-Australian stand-up comedian, writer, improvisational actor, and radio presenter. Shah was a member of the improvisational comedy group "BlackFish" created by Saad Haroon in 2002, and later perform ...

- comedian, writer *

Umer Sharif Mohammad Umer (19 April 1960 – 2 October 2021), known professionally as Umer Shareef, was a Pakistani actor, comedian, director, producer, and television personality. Early life Mohammad Umer was born on 19 April 1960, into an Urdu speaki ...

- comic actor *

Iqbal Theba Iqbal Theba (pronounced ; born December 20, 1963) is a Pakistani actor. Theba is best known for his recurring role as Principal Figgins in the show '' Glee''. Early life Theba was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He belongs to the Theba clan, a Guja ...

- Pakistani-American television actor *

Angela Thorne Angela Margaret Leslie Thorne (born 25 January 1939) is an English actress of stage, television and film who is best known for her roles in '' To the Manor Born'', as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton's best friend Marjory Frobisher, and as Margaret Thatc ...

- English actress * Syra Yousuf - model, actress *

Zafar Karachiwala Zafar Karachiwala is an Indian actor who starred in the television programme Hip Hip Hurray (TV series) as Rafay (aired on Zee TV). Films * ''Zakhm'' (1998) * ''Manasarovar'' (2004) as George * ''Chai Pani Etc'' (2004) as Satya Kumar * '' Bye By ...

, Indian actor, ancestors from Karachi

Singers, musicians and music & directors

Salma Agha Salma Agha ( ur, ; born 25 October 1956) is a British singer and actress who worked in Pakistani and Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She was born in Karachi and raised in London, where she received several film offers from India ...

- singer * Alamgir - pop singer *

Sajjad Ali Sajjad Ali (born 1962) is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop and rock singer, poet, actor, film director as well as a film producer from Karachi, Pakistan.Waqar Ali Waqar Ali (Urdu: وقار علی) is a Pakistani musician and singer working mostly in Pakistan. Ali has produced many albums and singles for the Pakistan film industry. His father is the classical singer Shafqat Hussein, and Waqar Ali often ...

- singer and musician *

Faraz Anwar Faraz Anwar ( Urdu: فراز انور; b.15 July 1976) is a Pakistani musician, composer, singer-songwriter, bandleader, and a guitarist who founded the ''Mizraab'', a heavy metal music and hard rock genre band based in Pakistan. His musical ac ...

- guitarist *

Iqbal Bano Iqbal Bano ( ur, ; born 1928 in Delhi – died 21 April 2009 in Lahore) was a ghazal singer from Pakistan. She was known for her semi-classical Urdu ghazal songs and classical thumris, but also sang easy-listening numbers in the 1950s films. Iq ...

- ghazal singer *

Nisar Bazmi Nisar Bazmi (1 December 1924 – 22 March 2007) was a composer and music director of Indian and Pakistan film industry.

- composer * Munni Begum - singer * Ali Haider - singer * Mehdi Hassan - ghazal singer *

Nazia Hassan Nazia Hassan (3 April 1965 – 13 August 2000) was a Pakistani singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist. Referred to as the Queen of South Asian pop, she is considered one of the most influential singers in the subcontinent. Starting in ...

- first female pop singer of Pakistan *

Zohaib Hassan Zoheb Hassan (born November 18, 1966) is a Pakistani pop icon, singer, songwriter, producer, and was a part of the superduo Nazia and Zoheb. Early career and breakthrough Zoheb and his sister Nazia spent their childhood in Karachi as well as ...

- singer *

Mehreen Jabbar Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رين جبار ) (b. 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.pk/stor ...

- Pakistani film director *

Ahmed Jahanzeb Ahmed Jahanzeb Usmani ( ur, ; born 28 May 1978) is a Pakistani pop singer and composer.Junaid Jamshed Junaid Jamshed Khan ( ur, ; 3 September 1964 – 7 December 2016) was a Pakistani singer-songwriter, television personality, fashion designer, actor, and preacher. After graduating with a degree in engineering from the University of Engineeri ...

- former singer * S. B. John - singer *

Faisal Kapadia Strings () was a Pakistani pop/rock band composed of two members, plus four live band members from Karachi, Pakistan. The band was initially formed by four college students— Bilal Maqsood (vocals and guitars), Faisal Kapadia (vocals), Raf ...

- singer *

Bilal Maqsood Bilal Maqsood (Urdu: بلال مقصود) is a Pakistani guitarist, composer, and a founding member of Strings. He has also directed a number of music videos. For Bilal and his band Strings, success came in 1992 after the launch of the song ''S ...

- composer *

Habib Wali Mohammad Habib Wali Mohammad ( ur, ), (16 January 1921 – 3 September 2014) was a Pakistani ghazal and film playback singer. Early life Habib Wali Mohammad was born on January 16, 1921 at Rangoon to a conservative Memon people, Memon family, whic ...

- singer *

Sohail Rana Sohail Rana (born 31 March 1938) is a Pakistani music composer for films and television. He was introduced by actor Waheed Murad in Pakistan film industry and gained popularity when singer Ahmed Rushdi sang his compositions in such films as ...

- composer *

Shehzad Roy Shehzad Roy (born 16 February 1977) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist, activist, social worker and humanitarian. He started his singing career in 1995 and has recorded six albums since. He has recorded many hit songs such as "Saali," ...

- singer *

Ahmed Rushdi ), Rushdi Sahab ( ur, ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Hyderabad Deccan, British India , death_date = , death_place = Karachi, Pakistan , origin = Pakistani , instrument = Vocalist , genre = ...

- singer *

Ramesh Sippy Ramesh Sippy (born 23 January 1947) is an Indian film director and producer in Hindi cinema. He is particularly known for directing ''Sholay'' (1975), which is regarded as one of the most influential Indian film ever made. The Government o ...

Indian film director and producer from Karachi. * Syed Ali Raza Usama - Pakistani film and drama director *

Lenny Zakatek Lenny Zakatek (born Lenny du Platel, 1947) is a British singer and musician who has lived in London since the age of thirteen. Zakatek was born just prior to Karachi becoming part of Pakistan and is best known for his work with the British band ...

- English pop and rock star

Dancers

* Sheema Kermani social activist, theater director and exponent of Bharatnatyam dance.

Philanthropists and social workers

- activist, filmmaker, and former actress and model *

Ansar Burney Ansar Burney ( ur, انصار برنی; born 14 August 1956) is a Pakistani human and civil rights activist and former caretaker Federal Minister for human rights in Pakistan cabinet from 2007 to 2008. He graduated with Masters in Law from K ...

- human rights activist and founder of the Ansar Burney Trust *

Abdul Sattar Edhi Abdul Sattar Edhi ( ur, ; 28 February 1928 – 8 July 2016) was a Pakistani humanitarian, philanthropist and ascetic who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, along with various homeless s ...

- philanthropist and founder of the

Edhi Foundation The Edhi Foundation ( ur, ) is a non-profit social welfare organization based in Pakistan. It was founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi in 1951, who served as the head of the organization until his death on 8 July 2016. Bilquis Edhi, a nurse by professi ...

Bilquis Edhi Bilquis Bano Edhi ( ur, ; 14 August 1947 – 15 April 2022) was a Pakistani nurse who helped save the lives of over 16,000 children. During her career as a nurse and marriage to Abdul Sattar Edhi, she was one of the most active philanthropis ...

- philanthropist, founder of the Bilquis Edhi Foundation, wife of

Ruth Lewis Ruth Lewis (1946 – 20 July 2020) was a Roman Catholic nun of the religious congregation for women, the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King, living and working in Karachi, Pakistan. Vocation On 17 February 1969, she became along with ...

- awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz for managing

Darul Sukun Dar-ul-Sukun ( ur, دارالسکون ) (House of Peace) in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan is a home for physically and mentally challenged children and adults, both men and women in poverty or unable to address their challenges. It has three branch ...

, a home for the disabled * Fatima Lodhi - social worker, founder of Dark is Divine, first anti-colorism campaign from Pakistan * Fahmida Riaz *

Hakim Said Hakeem Muhammad Saeed ( ur, ; 9 January 1920 – 17 October 1998) was a Pakistani medical researcher, scholar and philanthropist. He served as governor of Sindh Province from 1993 until 1994. Saeed was one of Pakistan's most prominent medical ...

- scholar, philanthropist, former Governor of Sindh *

Nafis Sadik Nafis Sadik (18 August 1929 – 14 August 2022) was a Pakistani physician, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General with additional responsibilities as Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia, and former executive director of the United Nations Pop ...

- United Nations

Politicians and bureaucrats

Lal Krishna Advani Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. Advani is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a longtime memb ...

- Former

Deputy Prime Minister of India The deputy prime minister of India ( IAST: ''Bhārat Ke Upapradhānamantri'') is the second highest ranking minister of the Union in the executive branch of the Government of India and is a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers. The off ...

and co-founder of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Abdul Sattar Afghani Abdul Sattar Afghani ( ur, عبدالستار افغانی; 6 July 1930 – 4 November 2006) was a politician from Karachi, Pakistan. He was twice elected Mayor of Karachi and once an elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA ...

- ex-Mayor Karachi Metropolitan City * Shaukat Aziz - former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan *

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 ...

- former Prime Minister *

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 ...

- Governor, Law Minister, Attorney General *

Imran Farooq Imran Farooq ( ur, ; 14 June 1960 – 16 September 2010) was a British-Pakistani politician who was best known for his association with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a political party in Pakistan, of which he was a very senior member. H ...

- co-founder of MQM * Syed Munawar Hasan - former Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami * Altaf Hussain - founder and chairman of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) * Fatima Jinnah - sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Madar-i-Millet *

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 ...

- founder of Pakistan *

Syed Mustafa Kamal Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu: ; born 27 December 1971) is a Pakistani politician who was the founder and chairman of Pak Sarzameen Party. He was previously a senator in the Senate of Pakistan and served as the mayor of Pakistan's largest city, Karac ...

- former Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi *

Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan Ishratul Ibad Khan ( ur, , born 2 March 1963) is a politician who served as the 30th Governor of Sindh, Pakistan. lbad is a Pakistan-born citizen He took up the post of Governor of Sindh, Pakistan on 27 December 2002, becoming the youngest go ...

- incumbent Governor of Sindh (2002 to present) *

- former

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

city *

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 ...

- former Foreign Secretary and former Chairman of the Cricket Board in Pakistan *

Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta (7 January 1886 – 1 August 1952) was a Pakistani politician. He was the first elected Mayor of Karachi from 1933 to 1934, and is still remembered as the "Maker of Modern Karachi" (Baba-e-Karachi). He was also a nota ...

- Mayor of Karachi *

- General (Retd.), former Army Chief, military dictator and

President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Farooq Sattar Muhammad Farooq Sattar (; born 9 April 1949) is a Pakistani politician who is the founder & former leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, who split it from MQM founder and leader Altaf Hussain, he announced separate faction after rele ...

- parliamentary leader of the MQM * Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi - leader of the

Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) ( ur, ) is a Islamist political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1948 by leaders of All India Sunni Conference. JUP exercised considerable political influence in Pakistani politics during 1970s to 2003. Its stude ...

; founder of the

World Islamic Mission World Islamic Mission (WIM) is an international Muslim organisation of Sufi-inspired Barelvi Sunni Muslims.Breivik's sanity, date=April 28, 2012, publisher=Fox News, agency= AP, access-date=April 29, 2012 It was established in the United Kingdom ...

Azeem Ahmed Tariq Azeem Ahmed Tariq () (died 1 May 1993) was a Pakistani politician who was the Chairman and one of the founding members of MQM (Muhajir Qaumi Movement) and its student wing APMSO (All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization). The party was fo ...

- former chairman of MQM *

Harchandrai Vishandas Harchandrai Vishandas C.I.E. (1 May 1862 – 16 February 1928), was a British Indian attorney, politician, and mayor of Karachi in modern-day Pakistan. He is considered a great Sindhi and “the father of modern Karachi.” His social, educatio ...

- former mayor of Karachi (during 1900s) * Ali Zaidi - Pakistan Tahreek e insaaf *

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 ...

- former president of Pakistan *

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 Peop ...

- Chairman of

Pakistan People's Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded i ...

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 ...

sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Pakistani ambassador to Turkey * Hussain Haroon Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations * Ghulam Akbar Lasi - Pakistani politician

Religious leaders

Talib Jauhari Talib Johri (27 August 1929 – 21 June 2020) ( ur, ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, poet, historian and philosopher of the Shia Sect of Islam. He is widely renowned as the most prominent Shia scholar, and his sermons were broadcast on PTV ...

- religious scholar *

Aga Khan III Sultan Muhammad Shah (2 November 187711 July 1957), commonly known by his religious title Aga Khan III, was the 48th Imam of the Nizariyya. He played an important role in British Indian politics. Born to Aga Khan II in Karachi, Aga Khan II ...

- Imam Sultan Mohammed Shah - 48th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, President

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

, President All India Muslim League and

GCSI The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India, GCSI) # ...

GCMG The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

* Muhammad Ilyas Qadri - founder of Dawat-e-Islami * Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui * Godrej Sidhwa A Parsi Zoroastrian priest * Taqi Usmani - religious scholar

Saints

* Abdullah Shah Ghazi was an eighth-century (c. 720) mystic Sufi, whose shrine is located in the Clifton, Karachi.

Scientists

* Salimuzzaman Siddiqui - chemist * Abdul Qadeer Khan - metallurgist and founder of Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction, Pakistan's nuclear programme * Atta ur Rahman (scientist), Atta ur Rahman - chemist * Raziuddin Siddiqui - astrophysicist and mathematician * Ziauddin Ahmed * Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon), Muhammad Ali Shah - orthopaedic surgeon * M. Shahid Qureshi - astrophysicist and mathematician * Pervez Hoodbhoy - nuclear physicist * Ahmed Mohiuddin - zoologist * Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda

Sportspersons

Badminton players

* Palwasha Bashir * Mahoor Shahzad

Cricketers

Footballer

* Hajra Khan (footballer), Hajra Khan - captain of the Pakistan women's national football team

Hockey players

* Sohail Abbas * Mansoor Ahmed * Jack Britto (Olympian) * Hanif Khan * Shahid Ali Khan (field hockey), Shahid Ali Khan * Hassan Sardar * Islahuddin Siddique

Sprinters

* John Permal, He was the fastest man in Pakistan * Naseem Hameed

Swimmer

* Mumtaz Ahmed - olympian

Historical personalities

* Mai Kolachi incumbent name of Karachi is derived from this fisher woman.

Miscellaneous

* Bashir Ahmad (Scottish politician), Bashir Ahmad * Tazeen Ahmad * Chaudhry Muhammad Ali * Jacqueline Maria Dias, professor of nursing * Jacob Harris (cricketer), Jacob Harris, first-class cricketer and sports coach * Lady Abdullah Haroon * Agha Hilaly * Aamir Liaquat Hussain * Siddiq Ismail * Farahnaz Ispahani * Shadab Kabir * Asim Kamal * Jahangir Khan * Yousuf Ludhianvi * Iskander Mirza * Asif Mujtaba * Abdur Rab Nishtar * Arman Sabir * Behroze Sabzwari * Benny Mario Travas * Kamal Warsi * Irfan Yusuf

References

{{Karachi topics People from Karachi, * Lists of people by city in Pakistan, Karachi District Karachi-related lists, People from Karachi District

Armed forces

Art and literature

Bankers

Businessmen

Debaters and orators

Economists

Education

Journalists

Law and judiciary

Performing arts

Actors and comedians

Singers, musicians and music & directors

Dancers

Philanthropists and social workers

Politicians and bureaucrats

Religious leaders

Saints

Scientists

Sportspersons

Badminton players

Cricketers

Footballer

Hockey players

Sprinters

Swimmer

Historical personalities

Miscellaneous

See also

References