List of Pakistanis

Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of such people who belong or relate in some way to this nation. See for an alphabetical list of Pakistanis with categories.

Heads of State or Government

* Muhammad Ali Jinnah, "Quaid-e-Azam" Founder and first Governor General of Pakistan.
*Liaquat Ali Khan
*Khawaja Nazimuddin
*Ghulam Muhammad
*Iskander Mirza
*Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
*Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
*Muhammad Ali Bogra
*Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
*Feroz Khan Noon
*Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
*Muhammad Khan Junejo
*Ghulam Ishaq Khan
*Benazir Bhutto
*Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
*Nawaz Sharif
*Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari
*Balakh Sher Mazari
*Moeen Qureshi
*Malik Meraj Khalid
*Pervez Musharraf
*Zafarullah Khan Jamali
*Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
*Shaukat Aziz
*Mohammedmian Soomro
*Yousaf Raza Gilani

Martial Law Administrators

* Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan
* General Agha Muhammed Yahya Khan
* General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
* General Pervez Musharraf

Other Major (Historical) Political Figures

*Allama Muhammad Iqbal
*Fatima Jinnah
*Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
*Allama Mashriqi
*Maulana Mohammad Ali
*Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
*Bahadur Yar Jung
*G M Syed
*Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
*Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
*Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan
*Nawab Ahmed Khan Jugezai
*Nawab of Kalabagh Amir Muhammad Khan
*Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani a.k.a. Noorani Mian

Judges

* Justice Qadeeruddin Ahmed
* Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
* Justice Muhammad Munir
* Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin
* Justice A. R. Cornelius
* Justice Hamoodur Rahman
* Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali
* Justice S. Anwarul Haq
* Justice Mohammad Haleem
* Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah
* Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah
* Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
* Justice Ajmal Mian
* Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
* Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
* Justice Rana Bhagwandas
* Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar

Human Rights Activists and Philanthropists

* Abdul Sattar Edhi
* Altaf Shakoor
* Ruth Pfau
* Hakim Mohammed Said
* Afrasiab Khattak
* Ansar Burney
* Asma Jahangir

Famous Doctors/Dentists

* Dr. Adib Rizvi
* Dr. Arif Alvi (Dentist)
* Dr. Shaha Arif Malik (Dentist)
* Dr. Kazi Tanveeruddin Uzair (d. January 1989)

Educationists and Scholars

* 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
* Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, Engineering University, Peshawar, Pakistan
* Dr. Faisal Manzoor Arain, Ph.D., MS, B.Arch, Scholar, Chair, Construction Project Management, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada
* Professor Syed Babar Ali, MBA, ACMA, CIA, CISA, FRM, Regional Director-GARP

Famous Social Scientists and Religious Scholars

* Abdul Aziz Ghazi
* Abdul Rashid Ghazi
* Ahmad Hasan Dani
* Akbar S. Ahmed holds Ibn Khaldun seat at American university
* Ali Abbas famous journalist and author.
* Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Sufi, Saint & Founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam
* Akhtar Hameed Khan
* Ayesha Jalal Scholar and Educationist and Religious and Spiritual leader, Hyderabad, Pakistan.
* Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, renowned historian (late)
* Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
* Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, of Ethics, Religion and History, Shifa College of Medicine
* Khurshid Ahmad
* Muzaffar Iqbal
* Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
* Mufti Muhammad Rafi Usmani
* Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri, Professor, Islamic Law
* Zafar Ishaq Ansari Scholar, Educationist - Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad
* Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari Ameer-e-Shariat, Leader Majlis-e-Ahrar British India
* [http://www.thepersecution.org/nr/ghazi.html Dr. Mahmoud Ahmad Ghazi] , former President, International Islamic University and former Minister for Religious Affairs, Govt. of Pakistan
* [http://www.masood.com.pk/founder.html Muhammad Masood Qureshi] Scholar, Educationist and Introducer of Homeopathy in Pakistan.
* [http://www.metaexistence.org HammadYousuf] Hammad Yousuf (1977)Scholar,Philosopher, Founder of New School of Thought in Philosophy
* Farhat Hashmi, Scholar of Qur'an and Hadith, Founder of Al-Huda International - center of learning for women

Famous Economists

*A G N Kazi
*Ghulam Ishaq Khan
*Dr. Mohammad Zubair Khan
*Ahmed Hussain A Kazi
*Ghulam Faruque
*Sartaj Aziz
*Hafeez A. Pasha
*Mahbub ul Haq
*Ishrat Hussain
*Salman Shah
*Professor Syed Babar Ali - FAST University
*Shahid Hasan Siddiqui

Famous Scientists and Technologists

*Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1979. Founder and Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy from 1964 to December 1993,
*Prof Dr.Atta ur Rahman Ph.D in Organic Chemistryawarded a Doctorate of Science by University of Cambridge in 1987. [ [http://www.britishcouncil.org/goingglobal2-speakers-biographies-atta-ur-rahman.htm Biography] at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008]
*A.Q. Khan, Nuclear Scientist, and one of the pioneers of Nuclear program in Pakistan.
*Pervez Hoodbhoy
*Samar Mubarakmand, Nuclear Scientist, Chairman, National Engineering and Scientific Commission
* Anwar Ali, Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
*Shahid Hussain Bokhari
*Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
*Abdul Ghaffar, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
*Javaid Laghari
*Adnan Zaidi
*Khalida Ghous M.D., SPDC.
*Talat A. Wizarat
* [http://www.prideofpakistan.com:8080/maincontroller?requestId=4&userId=660 Fayyaz Muddassir Mubeen] , World's Top Desalination expert, designed many SWRO Desalination Plants of the Middle East, Director of International Desalination Association (IDA), Founder and current president of Pakistan Desalination Association (PakDA)
*Teepu Siddique, M.D., A leading scientist in the field of neurodegeneration

Famous Architects

*A. R. Hye
*Mohammad Abdul Ahed
*Nayyar Ali Dada

Military personalities

:"See also "

*Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Nishan-E-Haider
*Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (1914–August 7, 1958) Nishan-E-Haider
*Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1910–July 27, 1948) 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
*Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970–July 5, 1999) Nishan-E-Haider
*Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967–July 7, 1999) Nishan-E-Haider
*Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik, 1965 war hero
*Field Marshall Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan 1968-1969
*General Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan 1969-1971
*General Iftikhar Janjua, 1971 hero of Rann of Kutch operations
*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, famed 7-year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan and provincial hero
*General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, late Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and President
*Squadron Leader Muhammad Mehmood Alam (M M Alam)
*Squadron Leader Sarfraz Rafiqui
*Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, former Governor of East Pakistan
*Admiral Shahid Karimullah

Prominent Businessmen/Industrialists

*Syed Baber Ali Packages Ltd.
*Bashir Ali Mohammad Textiles, Energy, Banking "Gul Ahmed Group"
*Shahzada A. Mannoo Mannoo Group
*Iqbal Ali Lakhani Tobacco, Consumer Goods, Internet, Media "Lakson Group"
*Mian Shafqat Ali Steel & Iron Works, ["Ramna" Group]
*Mir Shakil ur Rehman Media "Jang Group"
*Mian Mohammad Mansha Banking, Cement, Textiles "Nishat Group"
*Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui CEO, Techcorp Group of Companies

Arts, Literature & Mass Media persons

Quranic Reciters

*Qari Shakir Qasmi
* [Qari Muhammad Farooq] [http://www.muhammadfarooq.googlepages.com] Qari Hafiz Asim Manzoor Meo

Writers & Poets

"Main article(s): List of Pakistani writers, List of Urdu poets."
*Ahmad Faraz
*Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
*Faiz Ahmed Faiz
*Badshah Munir Bukhari
*Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
*Habib Jalib
*Habib R. Sulemani
*Hakim Said
*Iftikhar Arif
*Ihsan Danish
*Ilona Yusuf
*Ishfaq Ahmad
*Ishtiaq Baig
*Mohsin Ehsan
*Qateel Shafai
*Dr Wazir Agha
*Yousaf Saleem Chishti
*Wasif Ali Wasif
*Zahid Ahmed (Artist, writer, National College of Arts)
*Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
*Zamir Jafri
*Mohsin Hamid
*Sufi Barkat Ali

Actors and Actresses Film / TV / Stage

: "For a categoric listing of actors in film, see ": "For a categoric listing of TV actors, see "
* Adeeb
* Afzal Khan
* Ajab Gul
* Somy Ali
* Anjuman (actor)
* Nadeem
* Babra Sharif
* Rahat Kazmi
* Babar Ali
* Sana Nawaz
* Waheed Murad
* Mohammad Ali
* Inayat Hussain Bhatti
* Rani
* Javed Sheikh
* Reema Khan
* Shafi Muhammad Shah
* Marina Khan
* Tanweer Jamshed

Artists & Painters

*A. R. Nagori
*Abdul Rehman Chughtai
*Ajaz Anwar
*Amin Guljee
*Anna Molka Ahmed
*Ijaz ul Hassan
*Ismail Gulgee
*Lubna Agha
*Moeen Faruqi
*Munawar Abro
*Shakir Ali
*Zahoor ul Akhlaq
*Zubeida Agha
*Haneef Ramay (also former Chief Minister, Governor and Speaker of Punjab)

Fashion

Notable Fashion Designers

* Deepak Perwani
* Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
* Bunto Kazmi
* Nilofer Shahid

Models

* Aminah Haq
* Iman Ali
* Jia Ali
* Iffat Rahim
* Suneeta Marshall
* Tooba Siddiqui
* Amina Shafaat
* Vaneeza Ahmad
* Tanya Shafi
* Amber
* Cybil
* Reema Khan
* Yasmeen Ghauri
* Zara Sheikh

Journalists

*Dr. Shahid Masood journalist, Chairman PTV
*Nadeem Malik Journalist working for CNBC Pakistan
*Talat Hussain Journalist working for AAJ TV
*Hamid Mir, Daily Jang Talk Shows in Geo TV
*Arman Sabir - Journalist working for BBC and earlier he remained associated with daily Dawn for several years.
*Surendar Valasai First English Media Journalist from Dalit communities of Pakistan
*Hussain Mansoor, Investigative Journalist
*Mushtaq Minhas, Journalist working for AAJ TV as its National Chief Reporter
*Muhammad Farooq, [http://www.muhammadfarooq.co.cc] Journalist working for Daily Pakistan
*Javed Aziz Khan,working for [The News]
*Mahtab Aziz,Freelance Journalist

Musicians and Bands

*Aaroh
*Abrar-ul-Haq
*Adnan Sami Khan
*Junoon
*Najam Sheraz
*Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan
*Noor Jehan
*Noori
*Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
*Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
*Rahim Shah
*Rohail Hyatt
*Rushk
*Sajjad Ali
*Shehzad Roy
*Strings
*The Banned
*Vital Signs
*Asif Khan a.k.a Aay Khan
*Waqar Ali
*Zeest
*Zeb and Haniya

= Video Jockeys =

* Ali Charlie a.k.a Dino
* Anoushey Ashraf
* Mahira Khan
* Ayesha Omar

ports

Cricket

*Abdul Hafeez Kardar
*Abdul Razzaq
*Danish Kaneria
*Hanif Mohammad (the "Little Master")
*Imran Khan
*Inzamam-ul-Haq
*Javed Burki
*Javed Miandad
*Kamran Akmal
*Mohammad Asif
*Mohammad Yousuf (formerly *Yousuf Youhana)
*Moin Khan
*Saeed Anwar (Sultan of Sharjah)
*Sarfraz Nawaz
*Shahid Khan Afridi (Boom Boom Afridi)
*Shoaib Akhtar (the "Rawalpindi Express")
*Shoaib Malik
*Waqar Younis (the "Burewala Express")
*Wasim Akram
*Yasir Hameed
*Younis Khan
*Zaheer Abbas (the "Asian Bradman")

Martial Arts

* Shihan Inamullah Khan

Hockey

*Shahbaz Ahmad
*Sohail Abbas
*Shahid Ali Khan
*Hassan Sardar
*Samiullah
*Khalid Hameed

ailing

*Munir Sadiq - won 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals in Asian Games in 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998

nooker

*Farhan Mirza
*Khurram Hussain Agha
*Syed Mesam Ali Zaidi
*Mohammed Yousuf
*Naveen Perwani
*Saleh Mohammed
*Shokat Ali

quash

*Hashim Khan
*Jahangir Khan,world champion,us champion 7 time british champion
*Jansher Khan] , world champion ,british champion
*Mansoor Zaman, british champion

Football

*Lt.Col.(R) Younus Changezi - was member of national football team, and remained coach of national football team.
*Muhammad Essa - currently striker of the national football team.

Diplomats

*A. S. Bokhari
*Maliha Lodhi
*Agha Shahi
*Abdul Sattar
*Riaz Khokhar
*Najmuddin Sheikh

Notes