Waqar
Waqar (وقار waqār) is a name used by Muslim men in South Asia. Derived from Arabic, it means "dignity" or "honor".[1] People named Waqar include:
Given name
- Waqar Ahmed (cricketer, born 1947) (1947-2016), Pakistani cricketer
- Waqar Ahmed (cricketer, born 1980), Pakistani cricketer
- Waqar Ali, Pakistani musician
- Waqar Anwar (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
- Waqar Azmi, British civil servant
- Waqar Hasan (1932–2020), Pakistani cricketer
- Waqar Hussain (born 1993), Pakistani cricketer
- Waqar Khan, journalist and Pashto poet
- Waqar Masood Khan, Pakistani civil servant
- Waqar Malik (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
- Waqar Mehboob (born 1991), Pakistani squash player
- Waqar Mohammad (born 1968), Pakistani and English cricketer
- Waqar Salamkheil (born 2001), Afghan cricketer
- Waqar Ahmed Seth (born 1961), Pakistani jurist and Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court
- Waqar Ahmad Shah (1943-2018), Indian politician
- Waqar Younis (born 1971), Pakistan cricketer
- Waqar Zaka, Pakistani musician
Middle name
- Chaudhry Waqar Ahmad Cheema, Pakistani politician
- Syed Waqar Jaffry (born 1980), Pakistani academic and researcher in the field of Computer Science
Surname
- Faraz Waqar (born 1976), Pakistani filmmaker, writer and director
- Khurram Waqar Pakistani guitarist and producer
- Mahvash Waqar, Pakistani artist and a backup vocalist for the band Laal
- Naveen Waqar, Pakistani television actress and former video and radio jockey
See also
- Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh, real name Mushtaq Hussain Zuberi (1841–1917), Indian Muslim politician and one of the founders of All India Muslim League
- Waqarullah Ishaq (born 1999), Afghan cricketer
- Saudi Elderly Support Organization (WAQAR)
References
- Platts, John T. (John Thompson) (1884). "A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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