List of people from Punjab, Pakistan
This is a list of notable Pakistanis from Punjab.
Religious and spiritual figures
- Hazrat Ali Bin Usman Almaroof Dataa Sahib داتا گنج بخش Lahore
- Shah Hussain, Sufi saint (1538–1599)
- Waris Shah, Sufi poet, mystic philosopher
- Mian Mir, saint revered by Sikhs and Muslims
- Bulleh Shah
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar
- Sultan Bahu
National figures
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal, national poet
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893–1985), politician, diplomat, international jurist
Pakistan Armed Forces
- Muhammad Sarwar, recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider (NH)
- Raja Aziz Bhatti, recipient of NH
- Muhammad Akram, recipient of NH
- Shabbir Sharif, recipient of NH
- Sawar Muhammad Hussain, recipient of NH
- Muhammad Mahfuz, recipient of NH
- Nur Khan, Air Chief Marshal who participated in the military government of Pakistan from 1965 to 1969
- Muhammad Khan, army colonel, writer, columnist
Politicians
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- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977–1988)
- Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan 2018-Present
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, politician
- Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Pakistan Peoples Party)
- Shahbaz Sharif, current Chief Minister of Punjab province
- Qamar Zaman Kaira, former Minister (Pakistan Peoples Party)
- Aitzaz Ahsan, advocate (Pakistan Peoples Party)
- Javed Hashmi, politician
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi, politician PTI
- Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving parliamentarian of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999
- Malik Allahyar Khan (1927–2007), former member of parliament
- Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor of East Pakistan
- Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, feudal lord
- Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan (PPP)
- Jamshed Dasti, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current president of PML(Q)
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002–2007)
- Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, politician, former Governor of Punjab
- Ishaq Khan Khakwani, politician
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, scholar, politician, orator
- Rana Sanaullah Khan, politician
Writers and authors
- Ibn-e-Insha, poet, writer (travelogues, humor)
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq, writer, politician
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri, writer, leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz, poet
- Muhammad Ibraheem, writer
- Afzal Tauseef (May 18 1936 – December 30 2014), writer, columnist, journalist
Sportspersons
- Imran Khan, Current Prime Minister of Pakistan, chairman PTI, cricketer, politician and philanthropist
- Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer
- Abdul Khaliq, Asian Fastest Man, recipient of Pride of Performance (Presidential Award)
- Shoaib Akhtar, cricketer
- Abdul Razzaq, cricketer
- Wasim Akram, cricketer and sports presenter
- Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer
- Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer
- Waqar Younis, cricketer and sports presenter
- Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
- Shoaib Malik, cricketer
- Ramiz Raja, cricketer
- Misbah-ul-Haq, cricketer
- Saeed Anwar, cricketer
Intellectuals
- Abdus Salam, physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan, landowner, agriculturalist, philanthropist, civil engineer
- Muhammad Sharif, scientist
- Humayon Dar, academic, journalist, writer
Film and TV artists
- Sultan Rahi, actor
- Saeed Khan Rangeela, actor, comedian
- Veena Malik, actress, model
- Imran Ashraf, actor writer
- Fawad Khan, actor
- Humayun Saeed, actor producer
Singers
- Noor Jehan, singer and actress
- Alam Lohar, folk singer
- Arif Lohar, folk singer (son of Alam Lohar)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali singer
- Atif Aslam, pop singer and film
- Sain khawar hussain folk singer
Others
- Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig, lawyer, former Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council
- Bhagat Singh, revolutionary (1907–1931)
References
- "Pakistani actress Veena Malik vows to return home despite death threats over FHM nude photo". Telegraph.co.uk. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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