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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.

Heads of State or Government

Civil / Democratically Elected Administrators

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, "Quaid-e-Azam" or "Great Leader." First Governor General of Pakistan, and the main founder of Pakistan.
Liaquat Ali Khan
Khawaja Nazimuddin
Ghulam Muhammad
Iskander Mirza
Chaudhury Mohammad Ali
Chaudhry Fazal Ellahi
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy
Muhammad Ali Bogra
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Feroz Khan Noon
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Muhammad Khan Junejo
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Benazir Bhutto
Farooq Leghari
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Balakh Sher Mazari
Moeen Qureshi
Malik Meraj Khalid
Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
Shaukat Aziz
Wasim Sajjad
Mohammad Mian Soomro
Asif Ali Zardari
Yousaf Raza Gillani
Raja Pervez Ashraf
Nawaz Sharif
Mamnoon Hussain

Military / Non-Democratically Elected Administrators

Foreign Ministers

Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (−10-1947__24-10-1954)
Aziz Ahmed (30-03-1977__05-07-1977)
Agha Shahi (14-01-1978__09-03-1982)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (21-03-1982__01-11-1987)
Abdul Sattar (23-07-1993__19-10-1993)
Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali (16-11-1993__04-11-1996)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Caretaker: 11-11-1996__24-02-1997)
Gohar Ayub (25-02-1997__07-08-1998)
Sartaj Aziz
Abdul Sattar (23-07-1999__14-06-2002)
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (23-11-2002__15-11-2007)
Inam-ul-Haq (Caretaker: 15-11-2007__24-03-2008)
Shah Mehmood Qureshi (March 31, 2008__February 2011)
Hina Rabbani Khar (18 July 2011 __11 May 2013)

Other Major Political Figures

Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, the one who came up with the word "Pakistan."
Allama Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, Tahreek-e- Pakistan Activist, assosiciate 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.
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
Ghulam Faruque Khan
Syed Muhammad Kaswar Gardezi
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, ex-Chairman of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
Imran Khan, ex-cricket player, current politician in Pakistan.

Judges

Justice A. R. Cornelius
Justice Munir
Justice A.R. Changiz
Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar
Justice Sir Abdur Rashid
Justice S. Anwarul Haq
Justice Dorab Patel
Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
Justice Hamoodur Rahman
Justice Ajmal Mian
Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui. the first Chief Justice to refuse the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) oath.
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the second Chief Justice to refuse the PCO oath, but took the oath after General Pervez Musharraf's coup in 1999.
Justice Mohammad Haleem
Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah
Justice Muhammad Munir
Justice Muhammad Rustum Kiani
Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin
Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali
Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah
Justice Qadeeruddin Ahmed
Justice Rana Bhagwandas
Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
Justice Mukhtiar Ahmad Junejo
Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Sharif
Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed
Justice Haziqul Khairi

Lawyers

Human Rights Activists and Philanthropists

Naimatullah Khan, advocate, Ex-Chaiman of Al-Khidmat Foundation, Ex-Mayor of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005.
Abdul Sattar Edhi
Hakim Saeed
Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Shoaib Sultan Khan
Masood Ul Mulk
Malala Yousafzai, co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
Fatima Lodhi,
Roland deSouza

Academia

Professor Dr. Abdus Salam, Nobel laureate in physics 1979, science advisor to 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.^[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 engineering, 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 and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir. The reservoir is used to provide chemotherapy directly to the tumor site for brain tumors. Ommaya was also an expert in traumatic brain injuries.
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, US. 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
Ahmed Hussain A Kazi
Ghulam Faruque Khan
Hafeez A. Pasha
Mahbub ul Haq, economist and co-creator of the Human Development Index (HDI)).
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
Hermanegild Marcos Antonio Drago, Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Imtiaz
Inayat Husain Thaver
Jacqueline Maria Dias
Rubina Gillani

Scientists

School Teachers

Religious Scholars

Bashir al-Najafi, religious leader.
Muhammad Hussain Najafi, religious leader.
Allama Hussain Bakhsh Jarra, religious leader.
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.
Samiha Raheel Qazi, senior member of Jamaat-e-Pakistan women wing.
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, Islamabad.
Zubair Ali Zai

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 22 August 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.
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

Businessmen and Industrialists

Shahid Khan, owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp, in Urbana, Illinois and 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 Commerence & Industry.
Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, Chairman of the ARY Group.
Malik Muhammad Asif, CEO of the White Pearl Group of Companies and President Director of Royal Group Indonesia.
Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui
Farhan Masood CEO of SoloTech Corp.
Sikandar Sultan, Managing Director of Shan Food Industries.^[5]
Ashar Aziz, professional in computer and information security and founder of the electronic security firm FireEye Inc.

Bankers

Arts, Literature and Other Media Personalities

Writers and Poets

Main article(s): List of Pakistani writers, List of Urdu poets.

Actors and Actresses

For a categoric listing of actors in film, see Category:Pakistani film actors

Adeeb, actor.
Adil Murad, actor.
Afzal Khan, actor.
Ajab Gul, actor.
Anjuman, actress.
Ayesha Sana, actress.
Babar Ali, actor.
Babra Sharif, actress.
Badar Munir, actor.
Darpan, actor.
Deeba, actor.
Faysal Qureshi, actor.
Hamza Ali Abbasi, actor.
Humayun Saeed. actor.
Husna, actress.
Imran Abbas, actor.
Inayat Hussain Bhatti, actor.
Javed Sheikh, actor.
Kamal Irani, actor.
Mahira Khan, actress.
Marina Khan, actress.
Masood Akhtar
Meera, actress.
Mohammad Ali, actor.
Moin Akhter, actor.
Mustafa Qureshi, actor.
Nadeem Baig, actor.
Nadia Khan, actress.
Naeem Hashmi, actor.
Kamal Irani, actor.
Najma
Nasira Zuberi, actress.
Neelo, actress.
Rahat Kazmi, actor.
Sabiha Khanum, actress.
Saeed Khan Rangeela, actor.
Saima, actress.
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.
Veena Malik, actress.
Waheed Murad, actor.
Yousaf Khan, actor.
Zeba, actress.

Artists and Painters

Photographers

Documentary Filmmakers

Sabiha Sumar
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Oscar winner for her film "Saving Face."

Visual Effects

Muqeem Khan^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Fashion Designers

Models

Journalists

Agha Shorish Kashmiri
Janbaz Mirza
Ansar Abbasi
Adil Najam
Waseem Tarar
Ahmad Faruqui
Ahmed Rashid
Ardeshir Cowasjee, columnist and businessman.
Arman Sabir, journalist working for BBC and earlier he remained associated with DAWN for several years.
Asghar Ali Engineer
Faeza Dawood journalist, working for ARY.
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
Nadeem F. Paracha, liberal journalist, cultural critic, satirist and short story writer.
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
Tahir Mirza
Talat Hussain, journalist working for AAJ TV.
Zamir Niazi
Zafar Mahmood Sheikh
Ian Fyfe, DAWN sports reporter.
Khurram Zaki, journalist and TV host.

Musicians

Abida Parveen
Aaroh
Abrar-ul-Haq
Atif Aslam
Ali Azmat
Adnan Sami Khan
Alam Lohar & 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 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

Video Jockeys

Sports

Athletics

John Permal, sprinter.

Cricket

Field Hockey

Golf

Taimur Hussain

Sailing

Snooker

Squash

Aamir Atlas Khan
Carla Khan
Hashim Khan, 8 times British Champion.
Jahangir Khan, 6 times World Champion, 10 times British Champion.
Jansher Khan, 8 times World Champion, 6 times British Champion.
Mansoor Zaman
Qamar Zaman, British Champion.

Tennis

Football

Lt.Col.(R) Younus Changezi, former member of national football team.
Muhammad Essa, striker of the national football team.

Tent Pegging

Malik Ata Muhammad Khan, a tent pegger and horse man, 1982 World Champion. First elected President of th Equestrian and Tent Pegging Federation of Pakistan.

Mountaineers

Skiing

Amina Wali

Wrestling

Baadshah Pehalwan Khan

Police Officers

Diplomats

Other

References

[BC-1] Biography at the British Council website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008

[2] "‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ awarded to Faisal Mushtaq", The News International, Islamabad, 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.

[3] IAS-worldwide.org

[4] Governorsindh.gov.pl

[5] Pakistan’s King of Masalas spins his own magic April 27, 2008 The News

[TEDTalk-6] • Presentation, "Preserving our Past with Toys of the Futurea", TED@Doha Summit, Doha, Qatar, April, 2012., February 25, 2013

[BrightFuture-7] • "Bright future for gaming industry", Gulf Times, Qatar, April 2012.

[Blending-8] • "Blending Real With Virtual", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, May, 2009.

[Digital-9] • "Digital age in Pakistan not a distant dream", The News, Karachi, Pakistan, January, 2011.

[Final-Fantasy-10] • Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 11, 2013, from http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/246683/Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within/credits

[Total-11] • "Total realism with computer graphics no distant dream", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, March, 2013., February 25, 2013

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[13] English.ohmynews.com

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