List of Muhajir people

This is a list of Muhajir people, also known as Urdu-speaking people in Pakistan. Muhajir is a political term that refers to people who or whose forefathers migrated from present day India (then part of the Undivided India) to Pakistan (also once part of the Raj), after migration the term Muhajir have been not used since the independence of Pakistan but there ethnic term Urdu Speaking specifically belongs to the families of Karachi and Hyderabad. There Lifestyle and culture diversified the city of Karachi and Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas.

Political

• Abida Sultan, former Crown Princess, Bhopal
• Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, founder of the World Islamic Mission
• Ali Zaidi, PTI Karachi President
• Amir Khan, senior deputy convener of MQM
• Azeem Ahmed Tariq, former Chairman of (MQM)
• Faisal Sabzwari, (MQM)
• Farooq Sattar, former Mayor of Karachi, MNA, convener of MQM
• Moinuddin Haider, ex Army General, Governor, Interior Minister
• Fauzia Wahab, Secretary-General of the Central Executive Committee of PPP
• Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, ambassador, governor, minister
• Haider Abbas Rizvi (MQM)
• Hammad Siddiqui (former MQM)
• Imran Farooq co-founder of MQM
• Farooq jameel Durrani chairman mirpurkhas
• Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan, former Governor of Sindh province
• Josh Malihabadi
• Firdous Shamim Naqvi (PTI)
• Mubashir Hassan, co-founder pf PPP.
• Mamnoon Hussain, President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan incumbent
• Naimatullah Khan, former Mayor of Karachi city
• Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
• Princess Sarvath El Hassan, Princess of Jordan.
• Qadeeruddin Ahmed (Governor, Judge)
• Zahid Mansori (Member Rabita Committee MQM PAK)
• Rahimuddin Khan, general (retd.) former military Governor of Sindh, Balochistan province
• Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan
• Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri
• Faisal Raza Abidi (ex-senator, ex-PPP)
• Syeda Shehla Raza, PPP, current Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly
• Taj Haider
• Syed Munawar Hasan, EX Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
• Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, Jamaat-e-Islami
• Syed Muhammad Aalyan, (Chairman All Pakistan Students Federation)
• Zahid Mansori (Member Rabita Committee MQM PAKISTAN)

Bureaucrats

• Ikramullah Pakistan's first foreign Secretary considered to be founder of foreign office.
• Agha Shahi
• Sahabzada Yaqub Khan Prince of former Rampur State. Ex-Foreign Minister of Pakistan.
• Shahryar Khan (former Foreign Secretary and Present Chairman Cricket Board in Pakistan). Prince of former Bhopal State and Kurwai State.
• Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
• Muhammad Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui - Director General Excise, Taxation & Narcotics - Sindh-Pakistan
• Agha Hilaly
• Syed Murad Ahmed Khairi Ambassador of Pakistan
• Zafar Hilaly

Journalists

• Ahfaz-ur-Rahman
• Azhar Abbas
• Dr. Danish
• Kamran Khan
• Mujahid Barelvi
• Shahzeb Khanzada
• Syed Saleem Shahzad
• Waseem Badami

Science and technology

• Abdul Qadeer Khan (metallurgist and founder of Pakistan's Nuclear Programme)
• Ahmed Mohiuddin (zoologist)
• Abdul Hameed Nayyar (nuclear physicist)
• Faheem Hussain (theoretical physicist)
• Hafeez Hoorani (particle physicist)
• Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (nuclear physicist)
• Pervez Hoodbhoy (nuclear physicist)
• Raziuddin Siddiqui (astrophysicist and mathematician)
• Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (HI, MBE, SI, D.Phil)), (scientist in natural products chemistry, founder of H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
• M. Shahid Qureshi (astrophysicist and mathematician)
• Ishrat Hussain Usmani (founder of Atomic Energy Commission of Pakistan)
• Ishfaq Ahmad (Pakistan Atomic Energy, Nishan_e_imtiaz)

Armed Forces

• Shamim Alam Khan
• Pervez Musharaf (ex-President)
• Rahimuddin Khan
• Athar Abbas
• Shahid Karimullah (Ambassador)
• Akhtar Abdur Rahman
• Moinuddin Haider (ex-Governor of Sindh and Federal Interior Minister)
• Syed Mohammad Ahsan (Governor)
• Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui
• Muhammad Mahmood Alam (War hero of Pakistan Air Force)
• Mirza Aslam Baig
• Syed Shahid Hamid
• Syed Arifullah Hussaini (Commander Pakistan Fleet)
• Shahid_Aziz

Education

• Abul Khair Kashfi (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Abul Lais Siddiqui (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Ata ur Rahman (Chairman HEC, scientist)
• Farman Fatehpuri (real name: Syed Dildar Ali; author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan (author, critic, linguist, scholar, Sufi)
• Hakim Saeed (Vice Chancellor Hamdard University)
• Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (Vice Chancellor Karachi University, author, historian, scholar)
• Jameel Jalibi (linguist, scholar)
• Aslam Farrukhi (author, poet, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Rehmat Farrukhabadi (historian, critic, author)
• Khalida Ghous (human rights activist, scholar)
• Mahmud Hussain (Vice Chancellor)
• Moinuddin Aqeel (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Nomanul Haq (International scholar, Intellectual historian)
• Moonis Ahmar
• Nasim Amrohvi
• Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui (Vice Chancellor Karachi University, scientist, author, poet, scholar)
• Raziuddin Siddiqui (physicist, mathematician, scholar)
• Shahid Aziz Siddiqi (former Federal Secretary, Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University)
• Shakil Auj
• Talat A. Wizarat
• Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri
• Khurshid Ahmad

  Dr Fazal e Haq Khurseed (Ex Chairman Board of Education Hyderabad)

Arts and literature

• Abdul Haq, Moulvi (father of modern Urdu)
• Abul Khair Kashfi, Prof. Dr. (critic, linguist, author, scholar)
• Abul Lais Siddiqui, Prof. Dr. (critic, linguist, author, scholar)
• Altaf Fatima (novelist, author)
• Anwar Maqsood (drama writer, anchor, actor)
• Aslam Farrukhi, Prof. Dr. (writer, critic, linguist)
• Rehmat Farrukhabadi (historian, critic, author)
• Bushra Rahman, Writer
• Dilawer Figar (humorous poet, scholar)
• Farman Fatehpuri, Prof. Dr. (researcher, poet, critic, linguist)
• Fatima Surayya Bajia (drama writer)
• Fehmida Riaz (writer, poet, activist)
• Ghazi Salahuddin (writer, literary figure, and the scholar of political science)
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Prof. Dr. (writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar, educationist)
• Hakeem Muhammad Saeed (pioneer of Eastern medicine, philanthropist)
• Hameed Haroon (journalist, activist)
• Hasan Abidi (scholar, poet, journalist)
• Muhammad Hasan Askari (philosopher, author, critic)
• Haseena Moin (playwright, drama writer)
• 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)
• Mubarak Ali (historian, activist, columnist)
• Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi (author, humorist)
• Mustafa Zaidi (poet)
• Muzaffar Warsi (poet)
• Nasim Amrohvi (poet, author, linguist, scholar, activist, journalist, educator, philosopher)
• Nasir Kazmi (poet)
• Obaidullah Aleem (journalist, poet)
• Obaidullah Baig ( scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, columnist, media expert & documentary filmmaker)
• Parveen Shakir (poet, author, scholar)
• 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)
• Shafiq-ur-Rahman (humorist)
• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (writer, woman activist)
• Shakeb Jalali (poet, journalist, story writer, columnist)
• Shakeel Badayuni (news reader)
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Dr. (researcher, linguist, poet, author)
• Shaukat Siddiqui (novelist, fiction writer)
• Shaukat Thanvi (writer, humourist)
• 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)

Philanthropists

• Abdul Sattar Edhi
• Hakim Said, medical researcher
• Agha Hasan Abedi, banker and philanthropist

Social activist

• Abdul Sattar Edhi
• Ansar Burney
• Fahmida Riaz
• Nafis Sadik (United Nations)
• Akhtar Hameed Khan
• Sabeen Mahmud

Economics

• Agha Hasan Abedi (banker)
• Akhtar Hameed Khan (pioneer of microcredit and microfinance in Pakistan, founder of Orangi Pilot Project)
• Imtiaz Alam Hanfi (former Governor State Bank of Pakistan)
• Ishrat Husain (former Governor State Bank of Pakistan)
• Nawab Haider Naqvi (former Director PIDE)
• Hammad Siddiqi (economist, banker)
• Shaukat Aziz (economist, ex Prime Minister)
• Syed Salim Raza (former Governor State Bank of Pakistan)
• Zahid Hussain (first Governor State Bank of Pakistan)

Business

• Agha Hasan Abedi (UBL; BCCI; FAST; GIK)
• Ameena Saiyid (Oxford University Press)
• Arif Ayub (Saltflow)
• Arif Naqvi (Abraaj Capital)
• Dawood Group
• Dewan Mushtaq Group
• Habib Group
• Hakim Saeed (Hamdard Pakistan)
• Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui (Techcorp)
• Nasir Schon (Schon Group)
• Sikandar Sultan (Shan Foods Industries)
• Syed Ali Raza

Law and judiciary

• Ajmal Mian (former Chief Justice of Pakistan)
• Alvin Robert Cornelius (first Chief Justice of Pakistan)
• Hamoodur Rahman (former Chief Justice of Pakistan)
• Majida Rizvi (first woman judge in Pakistani superior judiciary)
• Makhdoom Ali Khan (former Attorney General for Pakistan)
• Mohammad Haleem (former Chief Justice of Pakistan)
• Naimatullah Khan (advocate)
• Nasir Aslam Zahid (former Pakistan Supreme Court Judge)
• Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (former Chief Justice of Pakistan)
• Qadeeruddin Ahmed (former Justice of Pakistan)
• Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (former Chief Justice of Pakistan)
• Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (former Attorney General for Pakistan and Foreign Minister; former Advisor to Prime Minister)
• Wajihuddin Ahmed (Chief Justice Sind High Court and Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan)
• Anwar Zaheer Jamali (Chief Justice of Pakistan)

Metaphysics, spirituality and religion

• Israr Ahmed
• Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui
• Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, Ameer Tableegi Jamaat Pakistan
• Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Darul Uloom Korangi Karachi
• Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Darul Uloom Korangi Karachi
• Nasim Amrohvi* Muntakhib al-Haqq, Dean of Islamic Studies, University of Karachi, and Jurisconsult to the Federal Shariat Court
• (Syed) Sulaiman Nadvi

Performing art and media

• Adeel Hussain (actor)
• Ali Haider (singer)
• Alamgir (singer)
• Anwar Maqsood (drama writer, anchor, actor)
• Arij Fatyma (actress)
• Asim Raza (film producer and director)
• Aziz Mian (Qawwal)
• Behroze Sabzwari (comedian, actor)
• Bilal Maqsood (pop singer, composer)
• Fawad Khan (actor, pop singer)
• Faysal Qureshi (actor)
• Fatima Surayya Bajia (drama writer)
• Habib Wali Mohammad (Ghazal singer and industrialist)
• Izhar Qazi (film and TV actor)
• Jamshed Ansari (comedian)
• Khalida Riyasat (actress)
• Komal Rizvi (singer, actress)
• Lehri (film comedian)
• Maaz Moeed (singer)
• Mahira Khan (actress)
• Mehdi Hassan (Ghazal Singer)
• Mehmood Ali (TV, film and stage actor)
• Mehnaz Begum (singer)
• Mir Zafar Ali (two-time Oscar Award winner, visual effects specialist)
• Moeen Akhtar (actor)
• Nadeem (actor)
• Nadia Ali (singer)
• Naveen Naqvi (anchor)
• Naveen Waqar (actress)
• Nayyara Noor (singer)
• Nazia Hasan (first female pop singer of Pakistan)
• Nirala (real name: Muzaffar Husain; comedian)
• Nisar Bazmi music director
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (singer)
• Qazi Wajid (comedian)
• Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (singer)
• Rahat Kazmi (actor)
• Rauf Lala (comedian/actor)
• Salim Nasir (comedian/actor)
• Sanam Saeed (actress)
• Shafqat Amanat Ali (singer)
• Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (film director, producer, editor, and a supporting actor)
• Shakeel Siddiqui (TV, film and stage actor, comedian)
• Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (filmmaker) (two-time Oscar & Emmy awards winner)
• Sheheryar Siddiqui (actor)
• Shehroz Sabzwari (actor)
• Shoaib Mansoor (television producer, television director, writer, musician, lyricist, film director, record producer)
• Syed Kamal (actor)
• Syed Musa Raza (actor)
• Talat Hussain (actor)
• Umer Sharif (comedian)
• Zohaib Hassan (singer)

Sports

• Saeed Anwar (cricketer)
• Asif Iqbal (cricketer)
• Basit Ali (cricketer)
• Faisal Iqbal (cricketer)
• Sohail Abbas (hockey)
• Hanif Mohammad (cricketer)
• Mushtaq Mohammad (cricketer)
• Sadiq Mohammad (cricketer)
• Wazir Mohammad (cricketer)
• Shoaib Mohammad (cricketer)
• Asif Mujtaba (cricketer)
• Iqbal Qasim (cricketer)
• Islahuddin (hockey)
• Mohammad Sami (Cricketer)
• Khalid Latif (Cricketer)
• Javed Miandad (cricketer)
• Kashif Jawwad (hockey)
• Shahzaib Hassan (cricketer)
• Khurram Manzoor (cricketer)
• Rashid Latif (cricketer)
• Saadat Ali (cricketer)
• Ashraf Ali (Cricketer)
• Sadiq Mohammad (Cricketer)
• Saleem Yousuf (Cricketer)
• Hanif Khan (Hockey Player)
• Sarfraz Ahmed (Cricketer)
• Sikandar Bakht (Cricketer)
• Tauseef Ahmed (Cricketer)
• Fawad Alam (Cricketer)
• Asad Shafiq (Cricketer)
• Amir Sohail (Cricketer)

Medicine

• Dr. Adeebul Hasan Rizvi (Head of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation)
• Hakim Said, medical researcher
• Muhammad Ali Shah (orthopaedic surgeon)
• Ziauddin Ahmed (Ziauddin Chain of Hospitals, Ziauddin Medical University

References