List of people from Karachi
Notable people from the city of Karachi in Pakistan include:
Art and literature
- Ahmed Ali- Co-founder Progressive Writer's Movement & Association, Founding Fellow Pakistan Academy of Letters, English novelist, Urdu short story writer, critic, poet, translator, editor, scholar, teacher, diplomat: established Pakistan's Embassy in Peking, 1951 and Pakistan's friendship with the People's Republic of China; and opened the Pakistan Embassy in Rabat, Morocco, 1958
- Abul Khair Kashfi - critic, linguist, author, scholar
- Abul Lais Siddiqui - critic, linguist, author, scholar
- Anwar Maqsood - drama writer, anchor, actor
- Anwar Ahmed Zai - drama writer, author, educationist, linguist
- Ashfaq Hussain - Urdu poet and television personality in Canada for Asian Television Network
- Aslam Farrukhi - writer, critic, linguist
- Dilawer Figar - humorous poet, scholar
- Farman Fatehpuri - researcher, poet, critic, linguist
- Fatima Surayya Bajia - drama writer
- Fehmida Riaz - writer, poet, activist
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan - writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar, educationist
- Habib Jalib - revolutionary poet, politician
- Hakeem Muhammad Said - pioneer of Eastern medicine, philanthropist
- Hameed Haroon - journalist, activist
- Hasan Abidi - scholar, poet, journalist
- Hasan Askari - philosopher, author, critic
- Haseena Moin - playwright, drama writer
- Ibn-e-Insha - poet, writer and humorist
- Ibn-e-Safi - novelist, story writer
- Iftikhar Arif - poet, critic, author
- Intizar Hussain - linguist, novelist, critic
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi - author, historian, educationist
- Jameel Jalibi - scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU
- Jamiluddin Aali - poet, columnist, critic
- Jon Elia - poet, philosopher
- Josh Malihabadi - poet, linguist, scholar
- Khalique Ibrahim Khalique - journalist, poet, critic
- Manzoor Ahmad - philosopher
- Maulvi Abdul Haq - father of modern Urdu
- Mohammad Abdul Ahed - architect, educator, painter (1919–2001)
- Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi - author, humorist
- Mustafa Zaidi - poet
- Nasim Amrohvi - Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer
- Obaidullah Aleem - journalist, poet
- Pirzada Qasim - poet, author, educationist
- Qaem Amrohvi - poet, philosopher
- Rais Amrohvi - journalist, poet, psychoanalyst
- Raees Warsi - journalist, author, poet, founder of Urdu Markaz New York
- Sadequain - painter, calligraphist
- Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah - writer, woman activist
- Shaukat Siddiqui - novelist, fiction writer
- Sibte Hassan - author, columnist, activist
- Syed Qasim Mahmood - author, researcher, editor, encyclopedist
- Tabish Dehlvi - poet
- Zahida Hina - columnist, author, poet
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah - first female columnist of Pakistan
- Zohra Nigah - poet
- Zamir Ali Badayuni - critic
Armed forces
Bankers
Businessmen
Debaters and orators
- Javed Jabbar - orator, politician, Senator
- Hussain Haqqani - leading Urdu debater, National College, Karachi; Ambassador of Pakistan to U.S.A.
- Orooj Ahmed Ali- Orator & leading English debator winning numerous prizes including first prize & Gold Medals in Karachi University's All-Pakistan Dr. Ziauddin Memorial Extempore English Debate, 1972 and NED University's All-Pakistan English Extempore Debate, 1973; Pakistan's Saltwater Angling Champion
- Raza Rabbani - English debater, politician, Senator
- Shah Jamshed Jami- debater, engineer
- Shahana Ahmed Ali- debater, corporate lawyer
Economists
Education
- Sir Amir Hussain Usmani Biology Teacher, Ph.D(Biological Sciences)
- Abul Khair Kashfi - author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Abul Lais Siddiqui - author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Anwar Ahmed Zai - drama writer, author, educationist, linguist
- Aslam Farrukhi - author, poet, critic, linguist, scholar
- Ata ur Rahman - Chairman HEC, scientist
- Bernadette Louise Dean, former Principal of Kinnaird College, Lahore
- Mary Emily, recipient of the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for services to education
- Farman Fatehpuri - real name: Syed Dildar Ali; author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Norma Fernandes, Former Head Mistress of Karachi Grammar School
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan - author, critic, linguist, scholar, Sufi
- Hakim Saeed - VC Hamdard University
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi - VC Karachi University, author, historian, scholar
- Jameel Jalibi - linguist, scholar
- Audrey Juma, Director of the Notre Dame Institute of Education, Karachi
- Khalida Ghous - human rights activist, scholar
- Oswin Mascarenhas - principal St. Patrick's College 1971–1975 and principal St Patrick's High School 1993–2000
- Moinuddin Aqeel - author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Moonis Ahmar
- Nasim Amrohvi
- Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui - Chancellor Karachi University
- Raziuddin Siddiqui - physicist, mathematician, scholar
- Shahid Aziz Siddiqi - former Federal Secretary and Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University
- Aileen Soares, teacher in St Joseph's Convent School (Karachi) for 50 years.[1]
- Talat A. Wizarat
- Syed Ahsan Rafi - Chancellor Preston Institute of Technology, Karachi
Journalists
Law and judiciary
Medicine
- Dr. Sohail Ansari - Consultant Physician, Chairman Essex TB Network, Chairman South East Essex Respiratory strategic Group, Governor American College of Chest Physicians, President Pakistan Essex Doctors Society, Examiner Royal College of Physicians (UK)
- Colin Saldanha, Canadian Family Physician of Pakistani origin
- Dr Syed Altaf Naqvi, MBBS, MMedSc, Dip HSM, FRCS, FICS, Consultant General Surgeon, Leturer in University of Limerick, Lecturer in Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Founder of Overseas Medics of Ireland.
Performing arts
Actors and actresses
- Angela Thorne - English actress
- Anwar Maqsood - drama writer, anchor, actor
- Bushra Ansari - television host, actress and producer
- Iqbal Theba - Pakistani-American television actor
- Izhar Qazi - film and TV actor
- Jamshed Ansari - comedian
- Margaret Lockwood - film and stage actress (1916–1990)
- Moin Akhtar - TV, film and stage actor, comedian and host
- Nadeem - film actor
- Nirala - real name: Muzaffar Husain; comedian
- Omer Sharif - comedian, writer, director, stage artist
- Rahat Kazmi - actor
- Rauf Lala - comedian/actor
- Salim Nasir - comedian/actor
- Sultan Rahi - film actor
- Syed Kamal - film actor
- Umer Sharif - humorous actor
- Waheed Murad - film actor, director, producer
- Zainab Qayyum - model, actress, TV host
- Ghansham- classical dancer and pioneer dance teacher
- Sheema Kirmani- classical dancer, actor, founder Tehreke Niswan
Singers and musicians
- Adnan Sami
- Ahmed Jahanzeb
- Alamgir (pop singer)
- Ali Haider
- Bilal Maqsood - pop singer, composer
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Faisal Kapadia - singer
- Faraz Anwar - Guitarist, musician
- Iqbal Bano- Classical singer, ghazal, tuhmri
- Junaid Jamshed
- Junoon (band)
- Lenny Zakatek - English pop and rock star
- Mehdi Hassan - Ghazal singer
- Moin Akhter
- Munni Begum
- Nadeem
- Naser Mestarihi - Hard rock musician. Family originally from Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, however they live in Karachi.
- Nazia Hassan - first female pop singer of Pakistan
- Niazi Brothers
- Rahim Shah - Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi singer
- Runa Laila- Bengali, Urdu
- Sajjad Ali - pop singer of Pakistan; he also sings classical and semi-classical songs
- Salma Agha
- Salman Ahmad
- Shehzad Roy - singer
- Sohail Rana - composer
- Shanaz Begum- singer, Urdu, Bengali
- Talat
- Waqar Ali - singer and musician
- Zeba Bakhtiar
- Zohaib Hassan - part of the first singing duo of the country
Philanthropists and social workers
Political leaders and politicians
Religious leaders
Scientists
Sports
Cricketers
HOCKEY
SALTWATER BIG GAME FISHING
- Orooj Ahmed Ali Pioneer Offshore and Deep Sea angler and reigning Pakistan Saltwater Angling Champion having caught a 396 lbs Black Marlin in All-Pakistan Bill Fish Tournament, 5 December 1999, the heaviest fish caught on rod & reel in the Arabian Sea and Asian Waters.
Miscellaneous
References