Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Below is a list of some people who in some way relate to the country. See Category:Pakistani people for an alphabetical list of Pakistanis with categories.
Human rights activists and philanthropists
Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, founder of Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan
Naimatullah Khan, advocate, former Chairman of Al-Khidmat Foundation, former Mayor of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005
Abdul Sattar Edhi
Hakim Saeed
Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Shoaib Sultan Khan
Masood Ul Mulk
Fatima Lodhi
Roland deSouza
Dr Ch Abrar Majid, Advocate, Executive Director of Sheikh Trust for Human Development, Inspirator at Actionaid International from 2012-2017
Scientists, researchers, engineers, doctors, economists and heads of institutes
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
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
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.’
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
Prof. Dr. Atta ur Rahman, PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the University of Cambridge in 1987
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
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 (February 28, 1913 – July 23, 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 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 and currently the 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
Leon Menezes, Professor of Practice, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
Mary Emily Gonsalves, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
Prof. Oswin Mascarenhas
Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry
Hermanegild Marcos Antonio Drago, Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
Inayat Husain Thaver
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
Oswald Bruno Nazareth
Zinia Pinto
Simon D’Lima
Norma Fernandes, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Yolande Henderson
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
Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema, leader of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
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, Islamabap
Zubair Ali Zai
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 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
Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi, President of the Pakistan Chamber of Commerce-USA
Rana Nasir Mehmood, Chairman of Faisal Sanitary Fitting and Former President of GCCI
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)
Aftab Ahmed Vohra, owner of Mughal Agencies and the Vice-President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry
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
Jahangir Siddiqui, owner of JS Group
Agha Hasan Abedi
Hammad Siddiqi
Ishrat Husain
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Muhammad Mian Soomro
Shahid Javed Burki
Shamshad Akhtar
Zahid Hussain
Writers and poets
Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
Patras Bokhari
Syed Irfan Ali Shah
Chaudhry Afzal Haq
Mohsin Naqvi
Agha Shorish Kashmiri
Janbaz Mirza
Abdullah Hussain
Ahmad Faraz
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Alamgir Hashmi
Asad Shabbir
Qalandar Momand
Siddiq Ismail
Anwer Maqsood
Ashfaq Ahmad
Bano Qudsia
Daud Kamal
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, from Sialkot
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Ghulam Abbas
Habib Jalib
Hakim Said
Ibn-e-Insha
Ibn-e-Safi
Idris Azad
Ishtiaq Ahmad
Iftikhar Arif
Ihsan Danish
Jon Elia
Kazi Zainul Abedin
Khawaja Reazuddin Atash
Khurshid Rizvi
Majeed Amjad
Mazhar Kaleem
Mohsin Hamid
Mohammed Hanif
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Noon Meem Danish
Noon Meem Rashid
Noor Muhammad
Omer Tarin
Obaidullah Aleem
Mirza Ather Baig
Parveen Shakir
Qateel Shafai
Raees Warsi
Saadat Hasan Manto
Syed Qasim Mahmood
Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
Tanwir Phool
Vazir Agha
Wasif Ali Wasif
Zahid Ahmed
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
Zamir Jafri
Shakir ul Qadri
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Shakir ul Qadri
Amjad Islam Amjad
Anwar Masood
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
Swara Bhaskar, actress
Waheed Murad, actor
Yousaf Khan, actor
Zeba, actress
Artists and painters
Abdur Rahman Chughtai
Ahmed Saeed Nagi
Ajaz Anwar
Anna Molka Ahmed
A. R. Nagori
Asim Butt
Bashir Mirza
Huma Mulji
Ijaz ul Hassan
Eqbal Mehdi
Ismail Gulgee
Jamil Naqsh
Laraib Atta
Lubna Agha
Moeen Faruqi
Rashid Rana
Sadequain
Saira Wasim
Shahid Mahmood
Shakir Ali
Saeed Akhtar
Hanif Ramay
Shazia Sikander
Suhail Ahmad
Zahoor ul Akhlaq
Zubeida Agha
Iqbal Hussain
Farah Mahbub
Huma Mulji
Zaigham Zaidi
Tapu Javeri
Sarfaraz K. Niazi
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Sabiha Sumar
Muqeem Khan
Abdul Samad
Amir Adnan
Deepak Perwani
Hassan Sheheryar Yasin
Junaid Jamshed
Kamiar Rokni
Omar Mansoor
Shayan Farooqi
Aminah Haq
Humaima Malick
Iffat Rahim
Iman Ali
Imran Abbas
Jia Ali
Mehreen Raheel
Mehreen Syed
Reema Khan
Shanzay Hayat
Tooba Siddiqui
Vaneeza Ahmad
Zara Sheikh
Natasha Paracha
Ayaan Ali
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, syndicated columnist for Geo TV
Hameed Nizami
Idress Bakhtiar
Imran Aslam
Irfan Husain, columnist
Morris Jalal
Javed Malik, journalist, working for ARY
Kamal Siddiqi
Kamran Khan, Geo TV
Khaled Ahmed
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 Asim Mahmood
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
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
Amanat Ali, 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 compose
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Rahim Shah
Rohail Hyatt
Sabri Brothers, qawwali musicians
Sajjad Ali
Shehzad Roy
Salman Ahmad
Sohail Rana, film music compose
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
Anoushey Ashraf
Ayesha Omar
Mahira Khan
John Permal, sprinter
Muhammad Waseem, WBC Sliver Flyweight Champion
Imran Khan
Anil Dalpat
Nasir Jamshed
Javed Miandad
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Mohammad Hafeez
Abdul Qadir
Abdul Razzaq
Aamer Sohail
Danish Kaneria
Fazal Mahmood
Faisal Iqbal
Fawad Alam
Hanif Mohammad
Imran Abbas
Imran Nazir
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Javed Burki
Junaid Khan
Kamran Akmal
Khan Mohammad
Majid Khan
Misbah-ul-Haq
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Asif
Mohammad Umar Taj
Mohammad Yousuf
Moin Khan
Mushtaq Ahmed
Rashid Latif
Saeed Ajmal
Saeed Anwar
Saqlain Mushtaq
Sarfraz Ahmed
Sarfraz Nawaz
Sajjida Shah
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanvir
Shahid Khan Afridi
Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Umar Gul
Waqar Younis
Wasim Akram
Yasir Hameed
Yasir Shah
Younis Khan
Zaheer Abbas
Zahid Fazal
Syed Sumail Hassan
Hassan Sardar
Samiullah
Shahbaz Ahmad
Shahid Ali Khan
Sohail Abbas
Tahir Zaman
Samiullah Khan
Basit Ali
Mohammad Zahid
Shahnaz Sheikh
Islahuddin
Jack Britto
Taimur Hussain
Munir Sadiq
Shazli Tahir
Khurram Hussain Agha
Mohammed Yousuf
Naveen Perwani
Saleh Mohammed
Muhammad Asif
Aamir Atlas Khan
Carla Khan
Hashim Khan, 8 time British champion
Jahangir Khan, 6 time world champion, 10 time British champion
Jansher Khan, 8 time world champion, 6 time British champion
Mansoor Zaman
Qamar Zaman, British champion
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Haroon Rahim
Lt Col. (R) Younus Changezi, former member of national football team
Muhammad Essa, striker of the national football team
Kaleemullah Khan, striker of the national football team; currently playing Sacramento Republic FC
Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, tent pegger and horse man, 1982 World Champion; first elected President of the Equestrian and Tent Pegging Federation of Pakistan
Ashraf Aman
Nazir Sabir
Hassan Sadpara
Samina Baig
Amir Mehdi
Amina Wali
Bashir Ahmad
Baadshah Pehalwan Khan
Chaudhry Aslam Khan
Malik Saad
Aitzaz Hasan, schoolboy who died blocking a suicide bomber
Arfa Karim, computer prodigy
Burhan-Rasool, E-Governance expert
Malala Yousafzai, education activist
Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola, women rights activist
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