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Pakistan' is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of such famous people who belong or relate in some way to the country. See Category:Pakistani people for an alphabetical list of Pakistanis with categories.
Heads of State or Government
Civil / Democratically Elected Administrators
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah, "Quaid-e-Azam" or "Great Leader." First Governor General of Pakistan, and the main founder of Pakistan.
- Liaquat Ali Khan
- Khawaja Nazimuddin
- Ghulam Muhammad
- Iskander Mirza
- Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
- Chaudhry Fazal Ellahi
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
- Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
- Muhammad Ali Bogra
- Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
- Feroz Khan Noon
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Muhammad Khan Junejo
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan
- Benazir Bhutto
- Farooq Leghari
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
- Mian Nawaz Sharif
- Balakh Sher Mazari
- Moeen Qureshi
- Malik Meraj Khalid
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
- Shaukat Aziz
- Wasim Sajjad
- Mohammad Mian Soomro
- Asif Ali Zardari
- Yousaf Raza Gillani
- Raja Pervez Ashraf
- Nawaz Sharif
- Mamnoon Hussain
Military / Non Democratically Elected Administrators
- Field Marshal Ayub Khan,
- General Agha Muhammed Yahya Khan
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
- General Pervez Musharraf
Foreign Ministers
- Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (−10-1947__24-10-1954)
- Muhammad Ali Bogra (24-10-1954__11-08-1955)
- Feroz Khan Noon (14-09-1956__16-12-1957)
- Muhammad Ali Bogra (13-06-1962__23-01-1963)
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (24-01-1963_31-08-1966)
- Sharifuddin Pirzada (20-07-1966__25-04-1968)
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (20-12-1971__28-03-1977)
- Aziz Ahmed (30-03-1977__05-07-1977)
- Agha Shahi (14-01-1978__09-03-1982)
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (21-03-1982__01-11-1987)
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (09-06-1988__20-03-1991)
- Abdul Sattar (23-07-1993__19-10-1993)
- Farooq Leghari (19-10-1993__14-11-1993)
- Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali (16-11-1993__04-11-1996)
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Caretaker: 11-11-1996__24-02-1997)
- Gohar Ayub (25-02-1997__07-08-1998)
- Sartaj Aziz
- Abdul Sattar (23-07-1999__14-06-2002)
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (23-11-2002__15-11-2007)
- Inam-ul-Haq (Caretaker: 15-11-2007__24-03-2008)
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi (March 31, 2008__February 2011)
- Hina Rabbani Khar (18 July 2011 __11 May 2013)
Other Major Political Figures
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal (National Poet of Pakistan)
- Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah (Sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah)
- Chaudhry Rehmat Ali (Who came up with the word "Pakistan.")
- Allama Ghulam Ahmed Pervez Tahreek-e- Pakistan Activist, Quai-e-Azam Associate and Scholar on Quran.
- Allama Mashriqi
- Syed Abul A'la Maududi, Writer of Tafhim-ul-Quran, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam)
- Mahmud Ali (Freedom Movement leader, statesman, journalist)
- Sardar Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (Premier of the Punjab and senior statesman)
- Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan
- Pir Sahib of Manki Sharif
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq
- Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
- Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung
- Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari
- Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din
- Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- Maulana Mohammad Ali
- Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan (Ahrari leader)
- Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi A democratic leader of Pakistan
- Ghulam Faruque Khan
- Syed Muhammad Kaswar Gardezi
- Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Ex-chairman of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
- Imran Khan, Ex cricket player, current politician in Pakistan.
Judges
- Justice A. R. Cornelius
- Justice Munir
- Justice A.R. Changiz
- Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar
- Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
- Justice S. Anwarul Haq
- Justice Dorab Patel
- Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
- Justice Hamoodur Rahman
- Justice Ajmal Mian
- Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (1st Chief Justice to refuse the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) Oath)
- Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (2nd Chief Justice to refuse the Provisional Constitutional Order Oath, but took Oath the first time during Pervez Musharraf 1999 coup)
- Justice Mohammad Haleem
- Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah
- Justice Muhammad Munir
- Justice Muhammad Rustum Kiani
- Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin
- Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali
- Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah
- Justice Qadeeruddin Ahmed
- Justice Rana Bhagwandas
- Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
- Justice Mukhtiar Ahmad Junejo
- Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Sharif
- Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed
- Justice Haziqul Khairi
Lawyers
- Hamid Khan
- Aitzaz Ahsan
- Mahmud Ali Kasuri
- Saad Rasool
- Wasim Sajjad
- Ghulam Farooq Awan
- Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig
- Mumtaz Bhutto
- Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
- Sahibzada Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri
- Akram Sheikh
- Babar Awan
- Rana Muhammad Akram Khan
- Makhdoom Ali Khan
- Khalid Anwer
Human Rights Activists and Philanthropists
- Naimatullah Khan Advocat, Ex Chaiman of Al-khidmat Foundation, Ex Mayer of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005.
- Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Hakim Saeed
- Imran Khan
- Abid Qaiyum Suleri
- Shoaib Sultan Khan
- Masood Ul Mulk
- Malala Yousafzai, co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Fatima Lodhi, first Pakistani who addressed Colorism.
- Roland deSouza
Academia and Applied Intellectual Professionals
- Prof Dr Ahmad Hasan Dani, PhD, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Professor Emeritus, QAU. Historian and Archaeologist
- Prof Dr Tariq Rahman, PhD, D. Litt. Linguistic historian, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Emeritus Professor, Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Dr Ali Sajid, Ph.D Engineering Management, Scholar The George Washington University
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Ph.D., Scholar, Critic, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
- Pirzada Qasim, Ph.D., Scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi
- Attash Durrani, Ph.D., Scholar, Linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Dr. Rashid Kausar, Ph.D.,Michigan State University, Scholar, Motivational Speaker, Management consultant, Pro Rector-University of Management & Technology Lahore Pakistan
- Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, Ph.D in Organic Chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by University of Cambridge in 1987.[1]
- Prof. Dr. Alamgir Hashmi, Doctorate of Letters, literary scholar, historian, critic, translator
- Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Chief executive officer of Roots millennium schools, Executive Director of Roots School System, Pakistan, Recipient of ‘Tamgha-e-Imtiaz’[2]
- Professor Dr. Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1979, science advisor to Government of Pakistan (1960–1974), founding director of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission(SUPARCO),received the Sitara-e-Pakistan for contribution to science in Pakistan (1959) and founded the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy which was renamed as the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in the honour of Salam in 1997.
- Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, Nuclear Scientist, and the Father of Pakistan's gas-centrifuge program.
- Dr. Ashiq Hussain, Neuroscientist known for his scientific research on the olfactory system and ageing associated neurodegenerative diseases.
- Mr.Munir Ahmad Khan, Nuclear Engineer, Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1972–1991, Chairman, IAEA Board of Governors, 1986–87, chief architect of Pakistan's nuclear program.
- Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, Nuclear Physicist and former Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).
- Dr. Abdullah Sadiq, ICTP Laureate Nuclear Physicist and one of the pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear program.
- Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, Nuclear Scientist, Chairman, National Engineering and Scientific Commission.
- Anwar Ali, Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Prof. Dr. Shahid Hussain Bokhari, computer engineer and aerospace scientist
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Ph.D in Organic Chemistry.
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist.
- Prof. Dr. Javaid Laghari, aerospace scientist, present Chairman of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC Pakistan).
- Datuk Rahman Anwar Syed, entomologist responsible for discovering the biological method of oil palm pollination
- Anwar Naseem, Advisor Science COMSTECH, Chairman National Commission on Biotechnology Pakistan, Founding president FABA[3]
- Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, Ph.D in Organic Chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by University of Cambridge in 1987.[1]
- Prof. Dr. Umar Saif, Computer Scientist, Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 2001.
- Prof. Dr. Ayub K. Ommaya, Professor of neurosurgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir. The reservoir is used to provide chemotherapy directly to the tumor site for brain tumors. Ommaya was also an expert in traumatic brain injuries.
- Dr. AJ Khan, Principal of Ayub Medical College, Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population
- Dr. Hasnat Khan, heart surgeon, head of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Also worked in Chelsea, London.
- Dr. Arif Alvi, Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation[4]
- Dr. Roger H. Armour, inventor of the hand held ophthalmoscope
- Dr. Sania Nishtar, cardiologist, health policy expert, and Minister
- Muhammed Suhail Zubairy, Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University, US. Holder of Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics
- A G N Kazi
- Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad, (February 28, 1913 – July 23, 2002), Executive Director of the World Bank for Pakistan and the Middle East
- Dr. Mohammad Zubair Khan
- Ahmed Hussain A Kazi
- Ghulam Faruque Khan
- Hafeez A. Pasha
- Mahbub ul Haq, Pakistani economist and co-creator of the Human Development Index (HDI)).
- Ishrat Hussain
- Salman Shah
- Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi
- Dr. Ziaul Haque
- Asad Umar
- Akhtar Hameed Khan
- Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director Sustainable Development Policy Institute
- Professor Matin Ahmed Khan, marketing expert and management educator
- Dr. Bernadette Louise Dean, former Principal of Kinnaird College for Women
- Leon Menezes, Professor of Practice, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
- Mary Emily Gonsalves, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Prof. Oswin Mascarenhas
- Hermanegild Marcos Antonio Drago, Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Inayat Husain Thaver
- Jacqueline Maria Dias
- Rubina Gillani
School Teachers
- Oswald Bruno Nazareth
- Zinia Pinto
- Simon D’Lima
- Norma Fernandes Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
- Yolande Henderson
Religious Scholars
- Bashir al-Najafi - Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Basheer Hussain Najafi From Lahore, religious leader and expert
- Muhammad Hussain Najafi - Grand Ayatollah Allama Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi From Punjab, religious leader and expert
- Ayatollah Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra - Religious leader
- Mufti Jafar Hussain - Religious leader
- Talib Jauhari - Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, Qur'anic interpreter, Urdu poet, historian and philosopher
- Syed Munawar Hasan, Former Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Law professor, Sufi Islamic scholar and founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran International.
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Ameer e Ahle Sunnat, Founder of Dawat-e-Islami,International movement of Quran and Sunnah
- Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi, religious scholar, founder of Jamaa'at-e-Ahle Sunnat
- Samiha Raheel Qazi Senior Member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Women Wing.
- Farhat Hashmi, founder of Al-Huda International
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Ameer-e-Shariat, Leader: Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam, British India
- Badi' ud-Din Shah al-Rashidi
- Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema, (leader of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and Secretary General of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam)
- Amin Ahsan Islahi
- Allamah Rasheed Turabi
- Ayesha Jalal Scholar and Educationist and Religious and Spiritual leader, Hyderabad, Pakistan.
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, historian (late)
- Khurshid Ahmad, scholar. Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Muzaffar Iqbal
- Ehsan Elahi Zaheer Islamic scholar,Author,Founder of Jamiat-E-Ahlihadees in Pakistan.
- Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Khurram Zaki Research Scholar, Journalist, Civil Rights and Social Activist
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari – Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad mu
- Zubair Ali Zai
Military Personnel
See also: Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)
- Nishan-E-Haider(Hilal-e-Kashmir)
- Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (1914 – August 7, 1958) Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (1938–1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (1951 – August 20, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943 – December 6, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949 – December 10, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944 – December 17, 1971) Nishan-E-Haider
- Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970 – July 5, 1999) Nishan-E-Haider
- Lieutenant General, Akhtar Hussain Malik (died 22 August 1969) Hilal-i-Jurat, 1965 war hero
- Lieutenant General, Abdul Ali Malik,war hero Battle of Chawinda
- Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967 – July 7, 1999) Nishan-E-Haider
- General Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan 1968–1969
- General Muhammad Musa Khan Hazara, 4th Army Commander-in-Chief, 4th Governor of West Pakistan and 10th Governor of Balochistan
- General Sawar Khan, former Vice Chief of Army Staff
- General Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan 1969–1971
- General Iftikhar Janjua, (died December 9, 1971) Hilal-e-Jurat1971 hero of Rann of Kutch operations
- General Muhammad Shariff, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1977
- General Iqbal Khan, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1980–1984
- General Mirza Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), think tank head
- General Jehangir Karamat former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the United States
- General Pervez Musharraf,former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), President
- General Rahimuddin Khan, 7-year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan and provincial hero
- General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, late Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and President
- General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
- Air Commodore Muhammad Mehmood Alam (M M Alam)
- Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui
- Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, former Governor of East Pakistan
- Admiral Shahid Karimullah
- Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan
- Lieutenant Karam ud Din
Businessmen and Industrialists
- Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan and outside a lot more....
- Shahid Khan, owner of automobile parts manufacturer (Flex-N-Gate Corp.) in Urbana, Illinois and owner of a NFL team (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Mian Muhammad Mansha, industrialist and businessman
- Bashir Ali Mohammad Textiles, Energy, Banking Gul Ahmed Group
- Mian Muhammad Latif Textiles, Fashion, Chenab Group, ChenOne
- Mir Shakil ur Rehman Media Jang Group
- Iqbal Ali Lakhani Tobacco, Consumer Goods, Internet, Media Lakson Group
- Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi, President, Pakistan Chamber of Commerce-USA
- Rana Nasir Mehmood, Chairman Faisal Sanitary Fitting and Former President of GCCI
- Mian Habib Ullah, Chairman D.M Textiles, Former Minister and President of FPCCI & TDAP
- Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed, Chairman Servis Group of Industries, former PIA Managing director and PIA Chairman
- Aftab Ahmed Vohra, owner of Mughal Agencies and the Vice-President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerence & Industry
- Abdul Razzak Yaqoob Chairman, ARY Group
- Malik Muhammad Asif, CEO of The White Pearl Group of Companies and President Director of Royal Group Indonesia
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui
- Farhan Masood Ceo of SoloTech Corp
- Sikandar Sultan, Managing Director of Shan Food Industries[5]
- Ashar Aziz, professional in computer and information security and founder of the electronic security firm FireEye Inc.
Bankers
- Agha Hasan Abedi
- Hammad Siddiqi
- Ishrat Husain
- Mahbub ul Haq
- Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
- Muhammad Mian Soomro
- Shahid Javed Burki
- Shamshad Akhtar
- Shaukat Aziz
- Zahid Hussain
Arts, Literature and Other Media Personalities
Writers and Poets
Main article(s): List of Pakistani writers, List of Urdu poets.
- Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
- Patras Bokhari
- Syed Irfan Ali Shah
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq
- Rehan Azmi
- Mohsin Naqvi
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri
- Janbaz Mirza
- Abdullah Hussain
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Asad Shabbir
- Qalandar Momand
- Anwer Maqsood
- Ashfaq Ahmad
- Bano Qudsia
- Daud Kamal
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Fatima Surayya Bajia
- Ghulam Abbas
- Habib Jalib
- Hakim Said
- Ibn-e-Insha
- Ibn-e-Safi
- Idris Azad
- Iftikhar Arif
- Ihsan Danish
- Jon Elia
- Kazi Zainul Abedin
- Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
- Khurshid Rizvi
- Majeed Amjad
- Mazhar Kaleem
- Mohsin Hamid
- Mohammed Hanif
- Mustansar Hussain Tarar
- Noon Meem Danish
- Noon Meem Rashid
- Noor Muhammad
- Waseem Tarar
- Omer Tarin
- Obaidullah Aleem
- Mirza Ather Baig
- Parveen Shakir
- Qateel Shafai
- Raees Warsi
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Syed Qasim Mahmood
- Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
- Tanwir Phool
- Vazir Agha
- Wasif Ali Wasif
- Zahid Ahmed
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
- Zamir Jafri
- Shakir ul Qadri
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Shakir ul Qadri
- Amjad Islam Amjad
- Anwar Masood
- Kanwal Feroze
Actors and Actresses
- For a categoric listing of actors in film, see Category:Pakistani film actors
- Adeeb (Actor)
- Adil Murad (Actor)
- Afzal Khan (Actor)
- Ajab Gul (Actor)
- Anjuman (Actor)
- Ayesha Sana
- Babar Ali (Actor)
- Babra Sharif (Actor)
- Badar Munir (Actor)
- Darpan (Actor)
- Deeba (Actor)
- Faysal Qureshi (Actor)
- Hamza Ali Abbasi (actor, film maker)
- Humayun Saeed
- Husna (Actor)
- Iftikhar Khan (Dir)
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti
- Javed Sheikh
- Kamal Irani (Actor)
- M.A. Rasheed (Dir)
- Mahira Khan
- Marina Khan (Actor)
- Masood Akhtar
- Meera (Actor)
- Mohammad Ali (Actor)
- Moin Akhter (Actor)
- Mustafa Qureshi (Actor)
- Nadeem Baig (Actor)
- Nadia Khan (Actor)
- Naeem Hashmi
- Kamal Irani (Actor)
- Najma (Actor)
- Nasira Zuberi (Actor)
- Neelo (Actor)
- Noor Jehan (Actor, Singer)
- Rahat Kazmi
- Sabiha Khanum (Actor)
- Saeed Khan Rangeela (Actor, Dir)
- Saima (Actor)
- Samina Pirzada (Actor)
- Sana Nawaz (Actor)
- Sangeeta (Actor)
- Shaan Shahid
- Shabnam (Actor)
- Shafi Muhammad Shah
- Shah Nawaz (Actor)
- Shahid (Actor)
- Shamim Ara (Actor)
- Sharif (Actor)
- Sohail Ahmad
- Somy Ali
- Sultan Rahi (Actor)
- Talat Husain
- Talish (Actor)
- Tariq Aziz (TV personality)
- Veena Malik (Actor)
- Waheed Murad (Actor, Dir, Producer, Writer)
- Yousaf Khan (Actor)
- Zahid Khan (Actor)
- Zahid Shah (Dir)
- Zeba (Actor)
Artists and Painters
- Abdur Rahman Chughtai
- Ahmed Saeed Nagi
- Ajaz Anwar
- Anna Molka Ahmed
- Asim Butt
- Ghulam Mustufa
- Haneef Ramay (former Chief Minister, Governor and Speaker of Punjab)
- Huma Mulji
- Ijaz ul Hassan
- Iqbal Mehdi
- Ismail Gulgee
- Jamil Naqsh
- Lubna Agha
- Mansoor Aye
- Masood Kohari
- Moeen Faruqi
- Rashid Rana
- Sadequain
- Saira Wasim
- Shahid Mahmood
- Shakir Ali
- Shazia Sikander
- Suhail Ahmad
- Zahoor ul Akhlaq
- Zubeida Agha
Photographers
Documentary Filmmakers
- Sabiha Sumar
- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy(Winner of the Oscar Award)
Visual Effects
- Muqeem Khan, first Pakistani who started working in the Hollywood visual effects industry in 1996.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Fashion Designers
- Abdul Samad
- Amir Adnan
- Deepak Perwani
- Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
- Junaid Jamshed
- Kamiar Rokni
- Zahid Khan
- Omar Mansoor
Models
Main article: List of Pakistani models
- Shayan Farooqi
- Aminah Haq
- Humaima Malick
- Iffat Rahim
- Iman Ali
- Imran Abbas
- Jia Ali
- Mehreen Raheel
- Mehreen Syed
- Reema Khan
- Suneeta Marshall
- Shanzay Hayat
- Tooba Siddiqui
- Vaneeza Ahmad
- Zara Sheikh
- Natasha Paracha
Journalists
Main article: List of Pakistani journalists
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri
- Janbaz Mirza
- Ansar Abbasi
- Adil Najam
- Waseem Tarar
- Ahmad Faruqui
- Ahmed Rashid
- Ardeshir Cowasjee (Columnist, Businessman, Socialite)
- Arman Sabir (Journalist working for BBC and earlier he remained associated with daily Dawn for several years.)
- Asghar Ali Engineer
- Faeza Dawood journalist, working for ARY One World
- Hassan Nisar syndicated columnist for Geo TV
- Hameed Nizami
- Idress Bakhtiar
- Imran Aslam
- Irfan Husain (Columnist)
- Morris Jalal
- Javed Malik journalist, working for ARY One World
- Kamal Siddiqi
- Kamran Khan (Geo News)
- Khaled Ahmed
- Khalid Hasan
- Maliha Lodhi (Ambassador, Journalist)
- Mazhar Ali Khan (Journalist, Editor, Publisher)
- Mehmood Sham (Columnist)
- Mishal Hussain
- Muhammad Farooq
- Muhammad Hanif
- Murtaza Razvi
- Nadeem Malik Journalist working for CNBC Pakistan
- Nadeem F. Paracha, left-liberal journalist, cultural critic, satirist and short story writer
- PJ Mir journalist working for ARY One World
- Shahid Javed Burki
- Shahid Mahmood Journalist working for ARY News
- Dr.Shahid Masood (Journalist, ex-Chairman PTV, ARY ONE World)
- Sherry Rahman
- Sohail Warraich – Anchor on Geo TV.
- Surendar Valasai First English Media Journalist from Dalit communities of Pakistan
- Syed Asim Mahmood
- Tahir Mirza
- Talat Hussain Journalist working for AAJ TV
- Zamir Niazi
- Zafar Mahmood Sheikh ( TV, Radi, Newspaper Journalist / Bilingual writer)
- Ian Fyfe, Dawn sports reporter
- Khurram Zaki Journalist, TV Host, Editor LUBP
Musicians and Bands
Main article: List of Pakistani musicians
- Abida Parveen
- Aaroh
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Atif Aslam
- Adnan Sami Khan
- Alam Lohar & Arif Lohar
- Ahmed Rushdi Film Singer
- Ali Zafar
- Amanat Ali Khan Ghazal Singer
- Amanat Ali (singer)
- Amjad Bobby Film Music Composer
- Atif Aslam
- Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Ghazal Singer
- Bohemia (musician) Pakistani-American rapper and music producer
- Hadiqa Kiyani
- Hamid Ali Khan Ghazal Singer
- Imran Khan Punjabi Singer
- Junoon
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar Film Music Composer
- Mehdi Hassan Film Singer
- Masood Rana Film Singer
- Mustafa Zahid
- Nadia Ali
- Najam Sheraz
- Naser Mestarihi Hard rock musician.
- Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
- Naseebo Lal Film Singer
- Nashad Film Music Composer
- Nisar Bazmi Film Music Composer
- Noor Jehan
- Noori
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Robin Ghosh Film Music Composer
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Rahim Shah
- Rohail Hyatt
- Sabri Brothers Qawwal
- Sajjad Ali
- Shehzad Roy
- Sohail Rana Film Music Composer
- Strings
- Sheraz Uppal
- Vital Signs
- Waqar Ali
- Zeb and Haniya
Vocal Artists
- Rajab Ali
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Alamgir (Pop Singer)
- Ali Haider
- Ali Zafar
- Amanat Ali (singer)
- Atif Aslam
- Danish Rahi
- Fakhir
- Farida Khanum
- Hadiqa Kiani
- Jawad Ahmed
- Junaid Jamshed
- Malika Pukhraj
- Najam Sheraz
- Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
- Noor Jehan
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Maaz Moeed
- Shehzad Roy
- Tina Sani
- Nadia Ali
- S. B. John
Naat Khawans
- Ahmad Raza Khan
- Owais Raza Qadri
- Khursheed Ahmad
- Junaid Jamshed
- Farhan Ali Qadri
Video Jockeys
- Anoushey Ashraf
- Ayesha Omar
- Mahira Khan
Sports
Athletics
- John Permal, sprinter
Boxing
Cricket
- Nasir Jamshed
- Javed Miandad
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Abdul Qadir
- Abdul Razzaq
- Aamer Sohail
- Danish Kaneria
- Fazal Mahmood
- Faisal Iqbal
- Fawad Alam
- Hanif Mohammad
- Imran Khan
- Imran Nazir
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Javed Burki
- Junaid Khan
- Kamran Akmal
- Khan Mohammad
- Majid Khan
- Misbah-ul-Haq
- Mohammad Amir
- Mohammad Asif
- Mohammad Umar Taj
- Mohammad Yousuf (formerly Yousuf Youhana)
- Moin Khan
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- Rashid Latif
- Saeed Ajmal
- Saeed Anwar
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Sajjida Shah
- Shahid Afridi
- Sohail Tanvir[12]
- Shahid Khan Afridi
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib Malik
- Umar Akmal
- Umar Gul[13]
- Waqar Younis
- Wasim Akram
- Yasir Hameed
- Yasir Shah
- Younis Khan
- Zaheer Abbas
- Zahid Fazal
Field Hockey
- Hassan Sardar
- Samiullah
- Shahbaz Ahmad
- Shahid Ali Khan
- Sohail Abbas
- Tahir Zaman
- Samiullah Khan
- Basit Ali
- Mohammad Zahid
- Shahnaz Sheikh
- Islahuddin
- Jack Britto
Golf
Sailing
Snooker
- Khurram Hussain Agha
- Mohammed Yousuf
- Naveen Perwani
- Saleh Mohammed
- Shokat Ali
- Muhammad Asif (snooker player)
Squash
- Aamir Atlas Khan
- Carla Khan
- Hashim Khan 8 times British champion: The first Pakistani champion of the game. He established the squash Khan dynasty which would dominate the game for the best part of 5 decades (1950–1998)
- Jahangir Khan, 6 times world champion, 10 times British champion
- Jansher Khan, 8 times world champion, 6 times British champion
- Mansoor Zaman
- Qamar Zaman, British champion
Tennis
Football
- Lt.Col.(R) Younus Changezi – was member of national football team, and remained coach of national football team.
- Muhammad Essa – current striker of the national football team.
Tent Pegging
- Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, A tent pegger and horse man, 1982 world champion. Pakistan tent pegging team, under his patronage, participates in world championships regularly.He is the first elected president of the newly formed Equestrian & Tent Pegging Federation of Pakistan.
Mountaineers
- Nazir Sabir, belongs to Gilgit-Baltistan
- Hassan Sadpara, belongs to Gilgit-Baltistan
- Samina Baig, belongs to Gilgit-Baltistan
Skiing
- Amina Wali,belong to Gilgit-Baltistan
Police Officers
Diplomats
- A. S. Bokhari
- Agha Shahi
- Jamsheed Marker
- Javid Husain
- Maliha Lodhi
- Najmuddin Sheikh
- Prince Ali Khan
- Riaz Khokhar
Other
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008
- ↑ "‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ awarded to Faisal Mushtaq", The News International, Islamabad, 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.
- ↑ IAS-worldwide.org
- ↑ Governorsindh.gov.pl
- ↑ Pakistan’s King of Masalas spins his own magic April 27, 2008 The News
- ↑ • Presentation, "Preserving our Past with Toys of the Futurea", TED@Doha Summit, Doha, Qatar, April, 2012., February 25, 2013
- ↑ • "Bright future for gaming industry", Gulf Times, Qatar, April 2012.
- ↑ • "Blending Real With Virtual", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, May, 2009.
- ↑ • "Digital age in Pakistan not a distant dream", The News, Karachi, Pakistan, January, 2011.
- ↑ • Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 11, 2013, from http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/246683/Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within/credits
- ↑ • "Total realism with computer graphics no distant dream", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, March, 2013., February 25, 2013
- ↑ Content-UK.cricinfo.com
- ↑ English.ohmynews.com
