Heads of state or government
Civil / democratically elected administrators
Military / non-democratically elected administrators
Attorney General of Pakistan
- Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, coined the word "Pakistan"
- Allama Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Tahreek-e- Pakistan activist, associate of the Quaid-e-Azam and a scholar on the Quran
- Allama Mashriqi
- Syed Abul A'la Maududi, writer of Tafhim-ul-Quran, founder of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Anwar Kamal Khan, senior leader of political party PMLN
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
- Mahmud Ali, leader in the Pakistan Movement, statesman and journalist
- Sardar Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, Premier of the Province of Punjab and senior statesman
- Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan
- 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
- Shahzada Mohiuddin
- Ghulam Faruque Khan
- Qazi Hussain Ahmed, ex-Chairman of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Imran Khan, ex-cricket player, current politician in Pakistan
Human rights activists and philanthropists
Academia
Physical, biological and social scientists
- Professor Dr. Abdus Salam, Nobel laureate in physics 1979, science advisor to the 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 (AS-ICTP) in honour of Salam in 1997
- Prof Dr Ahmad Hasan Dani, PhD, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Professor Emeritus, Quaid-e-Azam University; historian and archaeologist
- Prof Dr Tariq Rahman, PhD, linguistic historian, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Emeritus Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Prof Dr Omer Salim Khan Tarin, FRAS, FRHS, poet-writer, colonial historian and Sufi scholar and teacher
- Dr Ali Sajid, PhD engineering management, scholar at the George Washington University
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, PhD, scholar, critic, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
- Pirzada Qasim, PhD, scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi
- Attash Durrani, PhD, scholar, linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Dr. Rashid Kausar, PhD, Michigan State University, scholar, motivational speaker, management consultant, Prof at Rector-University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
- Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the University of Cambridge in 1987[1]
- Prof. Dr. Alamgir Hashmi, Doctorate of Letters, literary scholar, historian, critic, translator
- Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Roots Millennium Schools, Executive Director of Roots School System, Pakistan, recipient of ‘Tamgha-e-Imtiaz’[2]
- Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, nuclear physicist
- Dr. Ashiq Hussain, neuroscientist known for his scientific research on the olfactory system and ageing associated neurodegenerative diseases
- Mr. Munir Ahmad Khan, nuclear physicist, former Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), 1972–1991, Chairman, IAEA Board of Governors, 1986–87
- Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, nuclear physicist and former Chairman of the PAEC
- Dr. Abdullah Sadiq, nuclear physicist and AS-ICTP laureate
- Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, nuclear physicist, Chairman of the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM)
- Anwar Ali, former Chairman of the PAEC
- Prof. Dr. Shahid Hussain Bokhari, computer and aerospace engineer
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui PhD in organic chemistry
- Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist
- Prof. Dr. Javaid Laghari, aerospace engineer, former Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of 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 of FABA[3]
- Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the University of Cambridge in 1987[1]
- Prof. Dr. Umar Saif, computer engineer, PhD. University of Cambridge, 2001
- Prof. Dr. Ayub K. Ommaya, professor of neurosurgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England; expert in traumatic brain injuries; inventor of the Ommaya reservoir, which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors
- 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, USl;holder of Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics
- A G N Kazi
- Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad (1913–2002), Executive Director of the World Bank for Pakistan and the Middle East
- Dr. Mohammad Zubair Khan
- Abdul-Majid Bhurgri, hero of Sindhi computing
- Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi, former Chairman of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
- Ghulam Faruque Khan
- Hafeez A. Pasha
- Mahbub ul Haq, economist and co-creator of the Human Development Index (HDI)
- Salman Humayun, PhD, public policy expert, executive director of Institute of Social and Policy Sciences
- 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
- Mary Emily Gonsalves, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
- Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry
- Jacqueline Maria Dias
- Rubina Gillani
- Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and 2010 MacArthur Fellow; part of the team that made the first direct gravitational wave observation
- Adil Najam, founding Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University; former Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
- Prop. Dr. Ihsan Ali Sitara-i-Imtiaz Vice-Chancellor of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
- Sardar Mohammad Khan, scholar of linguistics
Religious scholars
- Israr Ahmed, religious leader and the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami
- Tariq Jameel, religious leader
- Muhammad Hussain Najafi, religious leader
- Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra, religious leader
- Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, religious scholar, Al-Mawrid International, Pakistan
- 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 Chairman of the 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
- Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi, religious scholar, founder of Jamaa'at-e-Ahle Sunnat
- Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, religious Quranic scholar, founder of Talu-e-Islam
- Farhat Hashmi, founder of Al-Huda International
- Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Ameer-e-Shariat
- Badi' ud-Din Shah al-Rashidi
- Amin Ahsan Islahi
- Allamah Rasheed Turabi
- Ayesha Jalal, religious leader and scholar
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, historian
- Khurshid Ahmad, scholar, Vice President of the Jamaat-e-Pakistan
- Muzaffar Iqbal
- Ehsan Elahi Zaheer Islamic scholar, author and founder of the Jamiat-E-Ahlihadees in Pakistan
- Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Khurram Zaki, scholar and journalist
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari, Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad
- Zubair Ali Zai
- Moeen Nizami
Military personnel
- 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 August 22, 1969), Hilal-i-Jurat, 1965 war hero
- Lieutenant General, Abdul Ali Malik, 1965 war hero for his role in the Battle of Chawinda
- Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967 – July 7, 1999), Nishan-E-Haider
- Major Malik Munawar Khan Awan (died May 1981), Sitara-e-Jurat, 1965 war hero who captured Area Rajouri, Budhil and Mehdar from India during Operation Gibraltar
- 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 Iftikhar Janjua, Hilal-e-Jurat, 1971 war 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 Zafar H. Naqvi, Army Air Defence Commander
- 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 Rahimuddin Khan, 7 year Martial Law Governor of Balochistan and provincial hero
- 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
- Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry
- Air Vice Marshall Eric Gordon Hall
- Air Commodore Nazir Latif
- Wing Commander Mervyn Middlecoat
- Squadron Leader Peter Christy
- Major General Julian Peter
- Major General Noel Israel Khokhar
- Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf
- Brigadier Mervyn Cardoza
- Brigadier Daniel Austin
- Rear Admiral Leslie Mungavin
- Captain Hercharn Singh
Businessmen and industrialists
- Shahid Khan, owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp, in Urbana, Illinois; owner of a NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars
- Mian Muhammad Mansha, industrialist and businessman
- Bashir Ali Mohammad, Gul Ahmed Group
- Mian Muhammad Latif, Chenab Group, ChenOne
- Mir Shakil ur Rehman, Jang Group
- Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Lakson Group
- Mian Habib Ullah, Chairman of D.M Textiles, former Minister and President of FPCCI and the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed, Chairman of the Servis Group, former Managing Director in and Chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC)
- Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Chairman of the ARY Group
- Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui
- Malik Riaz, CEO Bahria Town
- Farhan Masood, CEO of SoloTech Corp.
- Sikandar Sultan, Managing Director of Shan Food Industries[5]
- Jahangir Siddiqui, owner of JS Group
Actors and actresses
- For a categorical listing of actors in film, see Category:Pakistani film actors
- Abdul Ahad Asif, actor
- Adeeb, actor
- Adil Murad, actor
- Afzal Khan, actor
- Ajab Gul, actor
- Anjuman, actress
- Ayesha Sana, actress
- Aamina Sheikh, actress
- Babar Ali, actor
- Babra Sharif, actress
- Badar Munir, actor
- Darpan, actor
- Deeba, actor
- Faysal Qureshi, actor
- Fawad Khan, actor
- Hamza Ali Abbasi, actor
- Humayun Saeed actor
- Husna, actress
- Imran Abbas, actor
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti, actor
- Ismat Zaidi, actress
- Javed Sheikh, actor
- Kamal Irani, actor
- Mahira Khan, actress
- Marina Khan, actress
- Maya Ali
- Mohib Mirza, actor
- Meera, actress
- Mohammad Ali, actor
- Moin Akhter, actor
- Mustafa Qureshi, actor
- Nadeem Baig, actor
- Nadia Khan, actress
- Naeem Hashmi, actor
- Kamal Irani, actor
- Nasira Zuberi, actress
- Neelo, actress
- Rahat Kazmi, actor
- Sabiha Khanum, actress
- Saeed Khan Rangeela, actor
- Saima, actress
- Sami Khan, actor
- Samina Pirzada, actress
- Sana Nawaz, actress
- Sangeeta, actor
- Shaan Shahid, actor
- Shafi Muhammad Shah, actor
- Shahid, actor
- Shamim Ara, actress
- Sohail Ahmad, actor
- Somy Ali, actress
- Sultan Rahi, actor
- Talat Husain, actor
- Talish, actor
- Tariq Aziz, actor
- Waheed Murad, actor
- Yousaf Khan, actor
- Zeba, actress
Film and TV directors and documentary filmmakers
Journalists
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri
- Janbaz Mirza
- Ansar Abbasi
- Ahmad Faruqui
- Ahmed Rashid
- Ardeshir Cowasjee, columnist and businessman
- Arman Sabir, journalist working for BBC; earlier he was associated with DAWN for several years
- Asghar Ali Engineer
- Hassan Nisar,
- Hameed Nizami
- Imran Aslam
- Irfan Husain, columnist
- Javed Malik, journalist, working for ARY
- Kamal Siddiqi
- Kamran Khan, Geo TV
- Khalid Hasan
- Maliha Lodhi
- Mazhar Ali Khan, journalist, editor and publisher
- Mehmood Sham, columnist
- Mishal Hussain
- Muhammad Farooq
- Murtaza Razvi
- Nadeem Malik
- PJ Mir, journalist working for ARY
- Shahid Javed Burki
- Shahid Mahmood, journalist working for ARY
- Dr.Shahid Masood, journalist, ex-Chairman of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)
- Sherry Rahman
- Sohail Warraich, anchor on Geo TV
- Surendar Valasai
- Syed Saleem Shahzad
- Tahir Mirza
- Talat Hussain, journalist working for AAJ TV
- Zamir Niazi
- Ian Fyfe, DAWN sports reporter
- Khurram Zaki, journalist and TV host
Musicians
- Abida Parveen
- Amjad Sabri, Qawwal and Naat Khawan
- Aaroh
- Abrar-ul-Haq
- Atif Aslam
- Ali Azmat
- Alam Lohar and Arif Lohar
- Ahmed Rushdi, film song singer
- Ali Zafar
- Amanat Ali Khan, ghazal singer
- Amjad Bobby, film music composer
- Atif Aslam
- Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, ghazal singer
- Bohemia, rapper and music producer
- Hadiqa Kiyani
- Hamid Ali Khan, ghazal singer
- Imran Khan, Punjabi singer
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, film music composer
- Mehdi Hassan, film singer
- Masood Rana, film singer
- Mustafa Zahid
- Nadia Ali
- Naser Mestarihi, hard rock musician
- 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, qawwali musicians
- Sajjad Ali
- Shehzad Roy
- Salman Ahmad
- Sohail Rana, film music composer
- Sheraz Uppal
- Waqar Ali
- Zeb and Haniya
- Rajab Ali
- Alamgir, pop music singer
- Ali Haider
- Danish Rahi
- Fakhir
- Farida Khanum
- Hadiqa Kiani
- Jawad Ahmed
- Junaid Jamshed
- Jassi Lailpuria
- Malika Pukhraj
- Najam Sheraz
- Nazia Hasan, pop singer
- Zohaib Hasan
- Maaz Moeed
- Tina Sani
- S. B. John
- Jassi Lailpuria
- Ahmad Raza Khan
- Siddiq Ismail
- Khursheed Ahmad
References
- 1 2 Biography Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine. 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.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-07-23. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ↑ Pakistan’s King of Masalas spins his own magic April 27, 2008 The News
- ↑ "TED2013 Talent Search".
- ↑ "Untitled Document".
- ↑ "Blending Real With Virtual", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, May, 2009.
- ↑ "Police baton charge protesting doctors".
- ↑ Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards – NYTimes.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 11, 2013, from movies.nytimes.com
- ↑ "Total realism with computer graphics no distant dream", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, March, 2013, February 25, 2013
- ↑ "Sohail Tanvir".
- ↑ "Cricket: Pakistan Faces a Host of Problems – OhmyNews International".
External links
Media related to People of Pakistan at Wikimedia Commons
 Pakistan topics |
|---|
|
|
|---|
| Ancient | |
|---|
| Medieval | |
|---|
| Modern | | Pre-colonial | |
|---|
| Colonial | |
|---|
| Dominion | |
|---|
| Republic | |
|---|
|
|---|
|
|
|
|---|
| Features | |
|---|
| Areas | |
|---|
| Geology | |
|---|
| Environment | |
|---|
| Other topics | |
|---|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Infrastructure | |
|---|
| Industry | |
|---|
| Commerce | |
|---|
| Policy programmes | |
|---|
|
|
|
|
