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Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (, ) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the Demographics of Pakistan, most populous province in Pakistan and the List of first-level administrative divisions by popu ...

Religious and spiritual figures

Guru Nanak Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: , ), also known as ('Father Nanak'), was an Indian spiritual teacher, mystic and poet, who is regarded as the founder of Sikhism and is t ...

, founder of Sikhism *

Fariduddin Ganjshakar Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar ( – 16 Oct 1265), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Sheikh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed, Fareed ud-Deen, Masood, etc.), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic, poet and preacher. Revered by ...

Bahauddin Zakariya Bahauddin Zakariya (c.1170 – 1262), also known as Baha-ul-Haq, was a Sunni Muslim scholar, saint and poet who established the ''Suhrawardiyya'' order of Baghdad in medieval South Asia, later becoming one of the most influential spiritual ...

Rukn-e-Alam Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fateh (; 26 November 1251 – 3 January 1335), commonly known by the title Shah Rukn-e-Alam ("Pillar of the World"), was an eminent 13th and 14th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi saint from Multan (present-day Punjab, P ...

Shah Hussain Shah Hussain (; 1538 – 1599), also known as Mādhū Lāl Hussain, was a Punjabis, Punjabi Sufi poet, who is regarded as a pioneer of the ''Kafi'' form in Punjabi poetry; and the first major History of Punjab#Early Modern period (1526 AD – ...

Mian Mir Mian Mir or Miyan Mir (c. 1550 – 22 August 1635), was a famous Sufi Muslim saint who resided in Lahore, in the neighborhood now known as Dharampura. He was a direct descendant of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab and belonged to the Qadiri order ...

* Sultan Bahu *

Shah Inayat Qadiri Shah Inayat Qadri (; – 1728) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar, saint and philosopher of the Qadri Shattari ''silsila'' (lineage). He mostly wrote his philosophical works in Persian. Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide ...

Bulleh Shah Sayyid Abdullāh Shāh Qādrī (; ), popularly known as Baba Bulleh Shah and vocatively as Bulleya, was a Punjabi revolutionary philosopher, reformer and Chishti Sufi poet, regarded the 'Father of Punjabi Enlightenment'; and one of the g ...

Waris Shah Pir Waris Shah ( ; 1722 1798) was an 18th-century Punjabi Muslims, Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet of the Chishti order, known popularly for his contribution to Punjabi literature. He is primarily known as the author of the ''Heer Ranjha'' love ...

* Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri *

Mian Muhammad Bakhsh Mīān Muhammad Bakhsh (, ; – 22 January 1907) was a Punjabi Muslim poet from Khari Sharif, in present-day Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He wrote 18 books during his lifetime of 77 years, especially remembered for his romantic epic poem, "'' S ...

Khwaja Ghulam Farid Khawaja Ghulam Farid (also romanized as Fareed; /1845 – 24 July 1901) was a 19th-century Sufi poet and mystic from Bahawalpur, Punjab, British India belonging to the Chishti Order. Most of his work is in his mother tongue ''Multani'', or what ...

Meher Ali Shah Pir Meher Ali Shah (, ; 14 April 1859 – May 1937) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar and mystic poet from Punjab, British India (present-day Pakistan). Belonging to the Chishti order, he is known as a Hanafi scholar who led the anti-Ahmadiyy ...

National figures

Allama Muhammad Iqbal ''Allamah'' () is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great learned one. The title is carried by scholars of Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) and philosophy. It is used as an hon ...

* Rahmat Ali *

Liaquat Ali Khan Liaquat Ali Khan (1 October 189516 October 1951) was a Pakistani lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan (, Roman Urdu, romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the he ...

Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Sir Chaudhry Mohammad Zafarullah Khan (6 February 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Pakistani diplomat and jurist who served as the first foreign minister of Pakistan. After serving as foreign minister he continued his international career and ...

* Jahanara Shahnawaz * Naseer Ahmed Malhi * Shaukat Hayat Khan * Ghazanfar Ali Khan *

Zafar Ali Khan Zafar Ali Khan (1873 – 27 November 1956) was a Pakistani writer, poet, translator and a journalist who played an important role in the Pakistan Movement against the British rule. He was one of the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam's founding memb ...

* Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi

Pakistan Armed Forces

Zia-ul-Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and statesman who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also served as the second chief of ...

, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977–1988) *

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

Raheel Sharif General Raheel Sharif (Urdu: ; born 16 June 1956) is a retired four-star army general of the Pakistan Army who served as the ninth chief of army staff from 29 November 2013 to 29 November 2016. After his retirement as Pakistan's army chief, h ...

, former Chief of Army Staff of the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...

*General

Qamar Javed Bajwa Qamar Javed Bajwa (; born 11 November 1960) is a retired Pakistani four-star general who served as the tenth chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022. In 2018, he was ranked 68th in the ''Forbes'' list of ...

, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army *General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army *

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Asim Saleem Bajwa Asim Saleem Bajwa (Urdu, Punjabi: ) is a retired Pakistani three-star general who served as the chairman of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority from November 2019 to August 2021 and the special assistant to then Prime Minister Imran ...

*Lt Gen Abdul Ali Malik * Maj Gen Iftikhar Janjua *Maj Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik *

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Tufail Muhammad, recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider (NH) *Major

Raja Aziz Bhatti Raja Aziz Bhatti (6 August 192812 September 1965) was a Pakistani military officer and the 4th recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider, which he received posthumously after he was killed in action during the Indo-P ...

, recipient of NH *Major Muhammad Akram, recipient of NH *Major Shabbir Sharif, recipient of NH *

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Muhammad Sarwar, recipient of NH * Naik

Saif Ali Janjua Naik Saif Ali Janjua (; 23 April 1922 — 26 October 1948) was a Pakistani military officer and posthumous war hero. A non-commissioned officer in the Azad Kashmir Regiment, he is best known for being the second recipient of Pakistan's highes ...

, recipient of NH * Lace Naik Muhammad Mahfuz, recipient of NH *Sowar Muhammad Hussain, recipient of NH

Politicians

* Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor of East Pakistan *

Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan (; born 31 July 1954) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Interior Minister from 2013 to 2017. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. He however was uns ...

, Politician * Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving parliamentarian of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999 *

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Fazal Elahi Chaudhry (; 1 January 19042 June 1982) was a Pakistani politician who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 to 1978 prior to the imposition of martial law led by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq. He also serve ...

, former President of Pakistan (PPP) *

Hamza Shahbaz Mian Hamza Shahbaz Sharif (born 6 September 1974) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the chief minister of Punjab from April 2022 to July 2022. Previously, he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assem ...

, former CM of Punjab (2022) *

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...

, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018–2022) *

Malik Allahyar Khan Malik Allahyar Khan (2 June 19275 April 2008, ) was a parliamentarian from Pakistan. Early life He was born on 2 June 1927 in Khunda, a small village in Attock District. His father, Malik Khaki Jan, was a landlord of the area given the title ...

(1927–2007), former member of parliament *

Maryam Nawaz Sharif Maryam Nawaz Sharif (born 28 October 1973) is a Pakistani politician who has served as the 20th chief minister of Punjab since 26 February 2024. She is the first woman to hold the position of chief minister in Pakistan. Born to former Prime ...

, Chief Minister of Punjab (2024) * Mian Aslam Iqbal, Provincial Minister of Industries & Commerce (2018–2022) *

Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (; ; 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 Punjab in 1 ...

, former President of Pakistan *

Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan () (13 November 1916 – 27 September 2003) was a statesman in British India and later Pakistan. He was also a prominent Urdu poet. He was the only West Pakistani to have served as the leader of the Awami League. Early ...

, politician *

Pervaiz Elahi Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich (Urdu, ; born 1 November 1945) is a Pakistani politician who was the Chief Minister of Punjab from late 2002 to late 2007 and again from late 2022 to early 2023. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of ...

, first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002–2007) *

Qamar Zaman Kaira Qamar Zaman Kaira (; born 5 January 1960) is a former Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting in the Government of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He also remained an advisor on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan to Prime Minister S ...

, former Minister (Pakistan Peoples Party) *

Shah Mehmood Qureshi Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi (; born 22 June 1956) is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022. He previously held the post from 2008 to 2011. He had been a Parliament of Pakistan from Augu ...

, politician PTI *

Shujaat Hussain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (born 27 January 1946) is a senior Pakistani politician who previously served as 16th prime minister of Pakistan. Hussain is the Party chair, party president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), PML(Q) since 2003. Hailing ...

, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current president of PML(Q) *

Usman Buzdar Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar (; born 1 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan, Chief Minister of Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022. Buzdar was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab fro ...

, Chief Minister of Punjab (2018–2022) *

Yasmin Rashid Yasmin Rashid ( : born 21 September 1950) is a Pakistani politician and social activist. Rashid held the position of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Primary and Secondary Healthcare and Specialised Healthcare & Medical Education, serving from ...

, Provincial Minister of Health (2018–2022) *

Yousaf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani (born 9 June 1952) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. He is currently serving as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan since 2024. Chairman Gilani served as the acti ...

, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Pakistan Peoples Party) * Zulfi Bukhari, Politician

Lawyers

* Syed Muhammad Zafar * Ashtar Ausaf Ali * Syed Ali Zafar *

Azam Nazeer Tarar Azam Nazeer Tarar (Urdu, ) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the Federal Minister of Law and Justice from 11 March 2024. He is a member of the Senate of Pakistan elected from Punjab in March 2021. As a lawyer and legal advisor he has ...

* Hamid Khan * Salman Akram Raja

Writers and Poets

* Sultan Bahu *

Ali Haider Multani Ali Haidar (1690–1785) was an eighteenth-century Punjabi people, Punjabi Sufi poet. Biography Ali Haidar was born at Kazia near Multan. He is believed to have lived a long life from 1690 to 1785, however, Christopher Shackle questions this tr ...

* Lutf Ali *

Qadir Yar Qadir Yar (1802–1892), born Qadar Baksh, was a Muslim Sandhu Jat and a poet of the Punjabi language. Born in Gujranwala, he wrote Punjabi Qissa like ''Qissa Purana Bhagat'', ''Raja Rasal''. Life Qadir Yar was born in the village Machhike, ...

* Mian Muhammad Baksh * Khawaja Ghulam Fareed *

Ghulam Rasool Alampuri Ghulam Rasool Alampuri (29 January 1849 – 7 March 1892) was a 19th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet and author. Biography Ghulam Rasool was born on 29 January 1849 into a Gujar family from the village of Alampur in Hoshiarpur District. He w ...

Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 187721 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

* Hakim Ahmad Shuja * Hafeez Jalandhari *

Faiz Ahmad Faiz Chaudhry Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi language, Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his ...

Ustad Daman Chiragh Deen (; 3 September 1911 – 3 December 1984), known by his pen name Ustad Daman () or Daman, was a Pakistani Punjabi-language poet, writer, mystic and a politician. He was active in politics after the establishment of Pakistan but c ...

* Hasan Manto * Shareef Kunjahi *

Ahmad Rahi Ahmad Rahi (12 November 1923 – 2 September 2002) was a Punjabi people, Punjabi poet and writer from Pakistan. Early life He was born 12 November 1923 in Amritsar, British India. His real name was Ghulam Ahmad, a name given by his spiritual ...

Habib Jalib Habib Jalib (; 24 March 1928 – 13 March 1993) was a Pakistani revolutionary poet and left-wing political activist who opposed martial law, authoritarianism, military dictatorship and state oppression. He wrote several poems in Punjabi and ...

Anwar Masood Anwar Masood (, ; born 8 November 1935) is a Pakistani poet and educationist primarily known for his comic Punjabi poetry. His works include a wide variety of genres including humour, sentimentalism and literary criticism. He predominantly w ...

* Aizaz Azar *

Mazhar Tirmazi Mazhar Tirmazi (born September 26, 1950) is a London-based Punjabi poet and journalist. His poem, ''UmraN LangiaN PabaN Bhaar'' (A Lifetime on Tiptoes — Healing the Wounds of Partition), was adapted for a Ghazal rendition by Asad Amanat Ali Kh ...

Ali Arshad Mir Ali Arshad Mir (; 1 January 1951 – 16 October 2008) was a Pakistani epic poet and writer of the Punjabi language, often described as the "Homer of Punjab". His works have been translated into languages such as Urdu and English. In the 1970s, ...

* Mir Tanha Yousafi

Sportspersons

Arshad Nadeem Arshad Nadeem (Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ; born 2 January 1997) is a Pakistanis, Pakistani javelin thrower. He is the reigning Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, Olympic, 2025 Asian Athletics Championships � ...

, javelin thrower and Olympic Gold Medalist *

Masood Fakhri Masood Fakhri (; 16 November 1932 – 6 September 2016) was a Pakistani professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Winger, left winger. A former Pakistan national football team, Pakistani intern ...

, footballer * Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer * Amir Iqbal Khan, boxer * Abdul Khaliq, sprinter *

Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Akhtar (; born 13 August 1975) is a Pakistani former international cricketer and commentator. Nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express", he is the fastest bowler in cricketing history, with an unbeaten 161.3 kmph (100.23 mph) delivery. Akht ...

, cricketer * Abdul Razzaq, cricketer *

Wasim Akram Wasim Akram (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, Coach (sport), coach, and former cricketer and captain (cricket), captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is regarded as one of the ...

, cricketer *

Abdul Hafeez Kardar Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI () (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician, and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team and one of only three players to have played Test cricket for both I ...

, cricketer *

Inzamam-ul-Haq Syed Inzamam-ul-Haq Sitara-e-Imtiaz, SI (; born 3 March 1970), also known as Inzi, is a former Pakistan cricketer and captain of Pakistan national cricket team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players Pakistan has produced and one of the ...

, cricketer *

Waqar Younis Waqar Younis Maitla HI ( Punjabi, ; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowle ...

, cricketer and sports presenter * Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player *

Shoaib Malik Shoaib Malik ( Punjabi, (; born 1 February 1982) is a Pakistani cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team and currently plays for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He was the captain of the Pakistan nati ...

, cricketer *

Misbah-ul-Haq Misbah-ul-Haq Pride of Performance, PP Sitara-e-Imtiaz, SI (; born 28 May 1974) is a former Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer. Misbah captained Pakistan national cricket team, Pakistan in all formats and is former head ...

, cricketer *

Saeed Anwar Saeed Anwar (; born 6 September 1968) is a Pakistani former cricketer and a former captain for Tests and ODIs. An opening batsman and occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler, Anwar played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. Consid ...

, cricketer * Muhammad Amir, cricketer *

Babar Azam Mohammad Babar Azam (Urdu, ; ; born 15 October 1994) is a Pakistani international cricketer and a former Captain (cricket), captain of the Pakistan national cricket team , national team in all three formats of the game. A right-handed top-orde ...

, cricketer *

, cricketer * Haris Rauf, cricketer *

Shadab Khan Shadab Khan (; born 4 October 1998) is a Pakistani international cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He captains Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), and under his leadership they won the PSL 2024 for a ...

, cricketer * Ramiz Raja, cricketer & commentator

Scientists

Abdus Salam Mohammad Abdus Salam Salam adopted the forename "Mohammad" in 1974 in response to the anti-Ahmadiyya decrees in Pakistan, similarly he grew his beard. (; ; 29 January 192621 November 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He shared the 1 ...

, theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his contributions to the

Electroweak force In particle physics, the electroweak interaction or electroweak force is the unified description of two of the fundamental interactions of nature: electromagnetism (electromagnetic interaction) and the weak interaction. Although these two force ...

* Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons *

Masud Ahmad Muhammad Masud Ahmad ( Urdu: محمد مسعود احمد), best known as Masood Ahmad, (16 November 1943 – 29 December 2018) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and ICTP laureate known for his work in dual resonance and Veneziano mo ...

, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons * Ayyub Ommaya, neurosurgeon and inventor of the

Ommaya reservoir An Ommaya reservoir is an intraventricular catheter system that can be used for the aspiration of cerebrospinal fluid or for the delivery of drugs (e.g. chemotherapy) into the cerebrospinal fluid. It consists of a catheter in one lateral ventric ...

Mahbub ul Haq Mahbub ul-Haq (; ) was a Pakistani economist, international development theorist, and politician who served as the minister of Finance from 10 April 1985 to 28 January 1986, and again from June to December 1988 as a caretaker. Regarded as o ...

, economist and inventor of the Human Development Index (HDI)

Film and TV artists

Sultan Rahi Sultan Rahi (; June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996) was a Pakistani actor, producer and screenwriter. He established himself as one of the leading and most successful actors of Pakistani and Punjabi cinema, and received a reputation as Pakistan' ...

, actor *

Shaan Shahid Armaghan Shahid PP (; born 27 April 1971), better known by his stage names Shaan Shahid () or Shaan, is a Pakistani actor, producer, model, screewriter and director. Shaan has established himself as one of the most popular leading actors of Pak ...

, actor *

Bilal Ashraf Bilal Ashraf (; born 10 October 1979) is a Pakistani actor, producer, and visual effects director. After studying visual effects at Franklin Marshall College, he started his career as a visual effects director and then pursued his career in a ...

, actor *

Humayun Saeed Humayun Saeed (born 27 July 1971) is a Pakistani actor and producer. Describing himself as a method actor, Saeed is primarily known for his work on Pakistani television and cinema and is the recipient of several accolades, including Lux Styl ...

, actor *

Ali Zafar Ali Zafar (; born 18 May 1980) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, model, producer, screenwriter and painter. He started out on Pakistani television before becoming a popular musician, later also established a career in Bollywood and h ...

, actor

Singers

* Abrar ul Haq, Punjabi folk and pop singer *

Alam Lohar Alam Lohar () was a Pakistani Punjabi folk music singer. He is widely regarded as the greatest singer of Punjabi folk music. He is credited with creating and popularising the musical term Jugni. Early life Alam Lohar was born in 1928 in Ac ...

, Punjabi folk singer *

Arif Lohar Arif Lohar (; born 18 April 1966) is a Pakistani singer who is associated with Punjabi folk music and an occasional actor. The son of the renowned folk singer Alam Lohar, Arif Lohar became popular in Pakistan and India after his famous song " ...

, Punjabi folk singer *

Pathanay Khan Ghulam Mohammad , known popularly as Pathanay Khan (; 1926 – 9 March 2000), was a Pakistani folk singer from Kot Addu, Punjab. He was associated with the folk music of Punjab and mostly sang ''kafis'' and ''ghazals'', usually drawing on ...

, Punjabi folk singer *

Inayat Hussain Bhatti Inayat Hussain Bhatti (; 12 January 1928 – 31 May 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer, film actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and an active advocate of the development of the Punjabi ...

, Punjabi folk singer *

Musarrat Nazir Musarrat Nazir Khawaja (; born 13 October 1940) is a Pakistani singer and film actress, who acted in many Urdu and Punjabi language, Punjabi films. She is also known as ''The Silver Screen's Sparkling Star'' and is recognized for her role in Ci ...

, Punjabi folk singer * Fateh Ali Khan, ''qawwali'' singer * Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, ''qawwali'' singer *

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (, ; born 9 December 1974) is a Pakistani Punjabi singer, primarily Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. Khan is one of the most popular and highest paid singers in Pakistan. He is the nephew of Nusrat Fateh Ali Kha ...

, ''qawwali'' singer *

Badar Miandad Badar Miandad Khan (17 February 1962 – 2 March 2007), also known as Badar Ali Khan, was a Pakistani qawwali singer. He released several albums in Pakistan. Several albums were also released under UK and Indian subcontinent, Indian labels. E ...

, ''qawwali'' singer *

Ghulam Farid Sabri Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930–5 April 1994) was a qawwali singer and member of the Sabri Brothers, a qawwali group in Pakistan in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The Sabri Brothers received the Pride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in ...

, ''qawwali'' singer * Maqbool Ahmad Sabri, ''qawwali'' singer *

Amjad Sabri Amjad Farid Sabri (23 December 1970 – 22 June 2016) was a Pakistani qawwali singer and a proponent of the Sufi Muslim tradition. Son of Ghulam Farid Sabri and nephew of Maqbool Ahmed Sabri of the Sabri Brothers, he emerged as one of So ...

, ''qawwali'' singer *

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), also known by his initials NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. Khan was primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devot ...

, ''qawwali'' singer *

Noor Jehan Noor Jehan (21 September 192623 December 2000) was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked in both British India and later in Pakistan's cinema of Pakistan, cinema. Her career lasted over six decades, during which she recorded 10,00 ...

, classical singer *

Atif Aslam Atif Aslam (; born 12 March 1983) is a Pakistani playback singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He has recorded many songs in both Pakistan and India, and is known for his Belting (music), vocal belting technique. Born in Wazirabad, Waziraba ...

, pop singer *

Shaukat Ali Shaukat Ali, also known as Shaukat Ali Khan, (3 May 1944 – 2 April 2021) was a Pakistani folk singer. Early life and career Born on 3 May 1944, into a family of artists in Malakwal, a town in District Gujrat (now falls in new District Mand ...

, folk singer

Others

* Chaudhary Niaz Ali Khan (civil engineer)

References

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