List of people from Karachi
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This is a list of notable people from the city of Karachi in Pakistan, also known as Karachiites:
[edit] Art and literature
- Ahmed Ali- Co-founder Progressive Writer's Movement & Association, Founding Fellow Pakistan Academy of Letters, English novelist, Urdu short story writer, critic, poet, translator, editor, scholar, teacher, diplomat: established Pakistan's Embassy in Peking, 1951 and Pakistan's friendship with the People's Republic of China; and opened the Pakistan Embassy in Rabat, Morocco, 1958
- Abul Khair Kashfi - critic, linguist, author, scholar
- Abul Lais Siddiqui - critic, linguist, author, scholar
- Anwar Maqsood - drama writer, anchor, actor
- Anwar Ahmed Zai - drama writer, author, educationist, linguist
- Ashfaq Hussain - Urdu poet and television personality in Canada for Asian Television Network
- Aslam Farrukhi - writer, critic, linguist
- Dilawer Figar - humorous poet, scholar
- Farhat Ishtiaq - writer, author and screenwriter
- Farman Fatehpuri - researcher, poet, critic, linguist
- Fatima Surayya Bajia - drama writer
- Fehmida Riaz - writer, poet, activist
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan - writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar, educationist
- Habib Jalib - revolutionary poet, politician
- Hakeem Muhammad Said - pioneer of Eastern medicine, philanthropist
- Hameed Haroon - journalist, activist
- Hasan Abidi - scholar, poet, journalist
- Hasan Askari - philosopher, author, critic
- Haseena Moin - playwright, drama writer
- Ibn-e-Insha - poet, writer and humorist
- Ibn-e-Safi - novelist, story writer
- Iftikhar Arif - poet, critic, author
- Intizar Hussain - linguist, novelist, critic
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi - author, historian, educationist
- Jameel Jalibi - scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU
- Jamiluddin Aali - poet, columnist, critic
- Jon Elia - poet, philosopher
- Josh Malihabadi - poet, linguist, scholar
- Khalique Ibrahim Khalique - journalist, poet, critic
- Manzoor Ahmad - philosopher
- Maulvi Abdul Haq - father of modern Urdu
- Mohammad Abdul Ahed - architect, educator, painter (1919–2001)
- Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi - author, humorist
- Mustafa Zaidi - poet
- Nasim Amrohvi - Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer
- Obaidullah Aleem - journalist, poet
- Pirzada Qasim - poet, author, educationist
- Qaem Amrohvi - poet, philosopher
- Rais Amrohvi - journalist, poet, psychoanalyst
- Raees Warsi - journalist, author, poet, founder of Urdu Markaz New York
- Sadequain - painter, calligraphist
- Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah - writer, woman activist
- Shaukat Siddiqui - novelist, fiction writer
- Sibte Hassan - author, columnist, activist
- Syed Qasim Mahmood - author, researcher, editor, encyclopedist
- Tabish Dehlvi - poet
- Zahida Hina - columnist, author, poet
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah - first female columnist of Pakistan
- Zohra Nigah - poet
- Zamir Ali Badayuni - critic
[edit] Armed forces
- Muhammad Mahmood Alam
- Pervez Musharraf - former President and Army Chief of Pakistan
- Ft. Lt. Rashid Minhas Shaheed - only PAF recipient of Nishan-e-Haider
- Vice Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan (Governor)
[edit] Bankers
- Agha Hasan Abedi - banker and founder of the now-defunct Bank of Credit and Commerce International
- Ishrat Hussain - former Governor State Bank of Pakistan and incumbent Dean of Institute of Business Administration
- Shaukat Aziz - former Prime Minister of Pakistan
[edit] Businessmen
- Agha Hasan Abedi - banker, founder of BCCI
- Nasir Schon - Schon Group
- Rehan Allahwala - co-founder and CEO of Super Technologies; inventor of DIDXchange, Virtual Phone Line, and other IP communications and technologies products and services; founder of Mobile Monday Karachi
- Safi Qureshi - co-founder and CEO of AST Research; born and educated in Karachi; now based in the US
- Siddiq Memon - Chairman Traders Action Committee Pakistan
- Abdul Razzak Tabba - Late Chairman Lucky Cement Limited
- Sikandar Sultan, Managing Director of Shan Food Industries
- Muhammad Amin Chapal, Chairman of Chapal Group
[edit] Debaters and orators
- Javed Jabbar - orator, politician, Senator
- Hussain Haqqani - leading Urdu debater, National College, Karachi; Ambassador of Pakistan to U.S.A.
- Orooj Ahmed Ali- Orator & leading English debator winning numerous prizes including first prize & Gold Medals in Karachi University's All-Pakistan Dr. Ziauddin Memorial Extempore English Debate, 1972 and NED University's All-Pakistan English Extempore Debate, 1973; Pakistan's Saltwater Angling Champion
- Raza Rabbani - English debater, politician, Senator
- Shah Jamshed Jami- debater, engineer
- Shahana Ahmed Ali- debater, corporate lawyer
[edit] Economists
- Akhtar Hameed Khan - pioneer of microcredit and microfinance in Pakistan, founder of Orangi Pilot Project
- Hammad Siddiqi - economist, banker
- Ishrat Hussain - former Governor State Bank of Pakistan
- Nawab Haider Naqvi - former Director PIDE
- M Faisal Panawala - economist, portfolio manager, analyst
[edit] Education
- Sir Amir Hussain Usmani Biology Teacher, Ph.D(Biological Sciences)
- Abul Khair Kashfi - author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Abul Lais Siddiqui - author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Anwar Ahmed Zai - drama writer, author, educationist, linguist
- Aslam Farrukhi - author, poet, critic, linguist, scholar
- Ata ur Rahman - Chairman HEC, scientist
- Bernadette Louise Dean, former Principal of Kinnaird College, Lahore
- Mary Emily, recipient of the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for services to education
- Farman Fatehpuri - real name: Syed Dildar Ali; author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Norma Fernandes, Former Head Mistress of Karachi Grammar School
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan - author, critic, linguist, scholar, Sufi
- Hakim Saeed - VC Hamdard University
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi - VC Karachi University, author, historian, scholar
- Jameel Jalibi - linguist, scholar
- Audrey Juma, Director of the Notre Dame Institute of Education, Karachi
- Khalida Ghous - human rights activist, scholar
- Oswin Mascarenhas - principal St. Patrick's College 1971–1975 and principal St Patrick's High School 1993–2000
- Moinuddin Aqeel - author, critic, linguist, scholar
- Moonis Ahmar
- Nasim Amrohvi
- Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui - Chancellor Karachi University
- Raziuddin Siddiqui - physicist, mathematician, scholar
- Shahid Aziz Siddiqi - former Federal Secretary and Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University
- Aileen Soares, teacher in St Joseph's Convent School (Karachi) for 50 years.[1]
- Talat A. Wizarat
- Syed Ahsan Rafi - Chancellor Preston Institute of Technology, Karachi
[edit] Journalists
- Ahmed Ali Khan - editor, Dawn
- Daniele Mastrogiacomo - Italian journalist born in Karachi
- Kamran Khan
- M A Zuberi - founder and editor Business Recorder, Karachi
- Mujahid Barelvi
- Jawaid Bokhari - economic journalist, Muslim & Dawn
[edit] Law and judiciary
- Justice Ajmal Mian - former Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Makhdoom Ali Khan - former Attorney General of Pakistan
- Mohammad Haleem - former Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Naimatullah Khan - advocate
- Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid - former Chief Juystice Sindh High Court & Justice Pakistan Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Nazim Hussain Siddiqui - former Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui - former Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Sarmad Usmani- Chief Justice Sindh High Court, Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed - Chief Justice Sind High Court and Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan
[edit] Medicine
- Dr. Sohail Ansari - Consultant Physician, Chairman Essex TB Network, Chairman South East Essex Respiratory strategic Group, Governor American College of Chest Physicians, President Pakistan Essex Doctors Society, Examiner Royal College of Physicians (UK)
- Colin Saldanha, Canadian Family Physician of Pakistani origin
- Dr Syed Altaf Naqvi, MBBS, MMedSc, Dip HSM, FRCS, FICS, Consultant General Surgeon, Leturer in University of Limerick, Lecturer in Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Founder of Overseas Medics of Ireland.
[edit] Performing arts
[edit] Actors and actresses
- Angela Thorne - English actress
- Anwar Maqsood - drama writer, anchor, actor
- Bushra Ansari - television host, actress and producer
- Iqbal Theba - Pakistani-American television actor
- Izhar Qazi - film and TV actor
- Jamshed Ansari - comedian
- Margaret Lockwood - film and stage actress (1916–1990)
- Moin Akhtar - TV, film and stage actor, comedian and host
- Nadeem - film actor
- Nirala - real name: Muzaffar Husain; comedian
- Omer Sharif - comedian, writer, director, stage artist
- Rahat Kazmi - actor
- Rauf Lala - comedian/actor
- Salim Nasir - comedian/actor
- Sultan Rahi - film actor
- Syed Kamal - film actor
- Umer Sharif - humorous actor
- Waheed Murad - film actor, director, producer
- Zainab Qayyum - model, actress, TV host
- Ghansham- classical dancer and pioneer dance teacher
- Sheema Kirmani- classical dancer, actor, founder Tehreke Niswan
[edit] Singers and musicians
- Adnan Sami
- Ahmed Jahanzeb
- Alamgir (pop singer)
- Ali Haider
- Bilal Maqsood - pop singer, composer
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Faisal Kapadia - singer
- Faraz Anwar - Guitarist, musician
- Iqbal Bano- Classical singer, ghazal, tuhmri
- Junaid Jamshed
- Junoon (band)
- Lenny Zakatek - English pop and rock star
- Mehdi Hassan - Ghazal singer
- Moin Akhter
- Munni Begum
- Nadeem
- Naser Mestarihi - Hard rock musician. Family originally from Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, however they live in Karachi.
- Nazia Hassan - first female pop singer of Pakistan
- Niazi Brothers
- Rahim Shah - Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi singer
- Runa Laila- Bengali, Urdu
- Sajjad Ali - pop singer of Pakistan; he also sings classical and semi-classical songs
- Salma Agha
- Salman Ahmad
- Shehzad Roy - singer
- Sohail Rana - composer
- Shanaz Begum- singer, Urdu, Bengali
- Talat
- Waqar Ali - singer and musician
- Zeba Bakhtiar
- Zohaib Hassan - part of the first singing duo of the country
[edit] Philanthropists and social workers
- Abdul Sattar Edhi - philanthropist and founder of the Edhi Foundation
- Abdus Sattar Edhi
- Ansar Burney - noted human rights activist and founder of the Ansar Burney Trust
- Bilquis Edhi - philanthropist, founder of the Bilquis Edhi Foundation, wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi
- Fahmida Riaz
- Hakim Said - scholar, philanthropist, former Governor of Sindh
- Nafis Sadik - United Nations
- Abdul Razzak Tabba - Founder of Tabba Heart Institute and Tabba Dialysis
- Syed Naeem-ul-Hassan - Founder and Chairman of Children Health and Education Foundation
[edit] Political leaders and politicians
- Abdul Sattar Afghani - ex-Mayor Karachi Metropolitan City
- Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi - leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, founder of the World Islamic Mission
- Altaf Hussain - founder and Chairman of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
- Azeem Ahmed Tariq - former chairman of MQM
- Benezir Bhutto - former Prime Minister
- Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim - Governor, Law Minister, Attorney General
- Farooq Sattar - parliamentary leader of the MQM
- Faisal Muhammed- Leader of Pakistan Muslim League.Karachi,
- Fatima Jinnah - sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Madar-i-Millet
- Imran Farooq - co-founder of MQM
- Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan - incumbent Governor of Sindh (2002 to present)
- Lal Krishna Advani - leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India
- Muhammed Ali Jinnah - founder of Pakistan
- Naimatullah Khan - former Mayor of Karachi city
- Pervez Musharraf - General (Retd.) former Army Chief, military dictator and President of Pakistan
- Shahryar Khan - former Foreign Secretary and former Chairman Cricket Board in Pakistan
- Shaukat Aziz - former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Syed Munawar Hasan - current Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami
- Syed Mustafa Kamal - former Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi
[edit] Religious leaders
- Aga Khan III - Imam Sultan Mohammed Shah - 48th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, President League of Nations, President All India Muslim League and GCSI, GCMG
- Joseph Cordeiro - former Archbishop of Karachi
- Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri - founder of DawateIslami
- Nasim Amrohvi
- Qazi Hussain Ahmed
- Moulana Fazal-ur- Rehman
- Moulana Yousuf Ludhyanvi Shaheed (R.A)(Founder of Aalimi Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatma-e-Nabbuwat
- Moulana Tahir Ul Qadri(Chairman Tehreek Minhaj Ul Quran)
[edit] Scientists
- Abdul Qadeer Khan - metallurgist and founder of) Pakistan's nuclear programme
- Ahmed Mohiuddin - zoologist
- Atta ur Rahman - chemist
- Muhammad Ali Shah - orthopaedic surgeon
- Pervez Hoodbhoy - nuclear physicist
- Raziuddin Siddiqui - astrophysicist and mathematician
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui - chemist
- M. Shahid Qureshi - astrophysicist and mathematician
- Ziauddin Ahmed
[edit] Sports
[edit] Cricketers
- Abdul Kadir
- Anil Dalpat - first Hindu to play for the country
- Asad Shafiq
- Asif Iqbal
- Basit Ali
- Danish Kaneria - second Hindu to play for the country
- Faisal Iqbal
- Fawad Alam
- Hanif Mohammad - first Pakistani batsman to score a triple century
- Iqbal Qasim
- Jalal-ud-Din - in 1982 he took the first hat-trick in an ODI
- Javed Miandad
- Kafeel Jahangir (1971-) - Hertfordshire and Minor Counties cricketer
- Khalid Latif
- Khurram Manzoor
- Mohsin Khan
- Mohammad Sami - right arm fast bowler
- Mushtaq Mohammad
- Rashid Khan
- Rashid Latif
- Saeed Anwar
- Saleem Yousuf
- Sarfraz Ahmed
- Shahid Afridi - world record holder for the fastest ODI century
- Shoaib Mohammad
- Sikandar Bakht
- Tauseef Ahmed
[edit] Hockey
- Hassan Sardar
- Islahuddin Siddique
- Hanif Khan
- Saleem Shervani
- Shahid Ali Khan
- Sohail Abbas
- Waseem Ferouz
- Safdar Abbas
[edit] Saltwater big game fishing
- Orooj Ahmed Ali Pioneer Offshore and Deep Sea angler and reigning Pakistan Saltwater Angling Champion having caught a 396 lbs Black Marlin in All-Pakistan Bill Fish Tournament, 5 December 1999, the heaviest fish caught on rod & reel in the Arabian Sea and Asian Waters.
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Arshad Ahmed Khan
- Aamir Liaquat Hussain
- Agha Hilaly
- Arman Sabir
- Asif Mujtaba
- Asim Kamal
- Atiq-uz-Zaman
- Bashir Ahmad[disambiguation needed
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- Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
- Farahnaz Ispahani
- Haroon Rasheed
- Hasan Raza
- Humayun Saeed
- Irfan Yusuf
- Iskander Mirza
- Jahangir Khan
- Kamal Warsi
- Lady Abdullah Haroon
- Muhammad Owais Raza Qadri
- Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
- Saud (actor)
- Shadab Kabir
- Sohail Abbas
- Tazeen Ahmad
- Wasim Bari
- Yousuf Ludhianvi
