List of people from Jhelum
This is the list of notable people from Jhelum city and Jhelum District.
A
- Aftab Iqbal Shamim, Urdu language Poet
- Anjum Sultan Shahbaz, Writer
- General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan
- Azeem Hafeez, former Pakistani cricket team
B
- Bhai Mati Das, Indian Sikh martyrs
C
- Chaudhry Altaf Hussain, politician and former Governor of Punjab
- Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf politician and son of Chaudhry Altaf Hussain
- Ch Muhammad Saqlain, politician and former MPA.
- Chaudhry Khadim Hussain, politician
G
- Ghafer Shahzad, writer and architect
- Ghulam Hussain, politician and doctor
- Gulzar, Indian poet and film director
Haris RoMeo
Model And Photographer
- Hasnat Ahmad Khan, a heart surgeon in Britain, also known as an ex-lover of Lady Diana
I
- Inder Kumar Gujral, former prime minister of India
J
- Jagjit Singh Aurora, Indian army officer
- Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian scholar and poet
K
- Khalid Masud, Muslim scholar
M
- M. Afzal Khan, British politician
- Masood Aslam, Pak army officer
- Major Muhammad Akram, Pak army officer, Nishan-e-Haider awarded
- Manmohan Singh, former prime minister of India was born in village of Gah, District Chakwal, then part of Jhelum District
- Mahwish Ejaz,Scientist, MPIPZ Germany
- Muhammad Azram, Pak Navy Officer.
N
- Nawabzada Iqbal Mehdi Khan, former federal minister and member of National Assembly[1]
- Nanak Singh, Indian writer and poet
- Nasser Azam, British artist
R
- Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan, politician and a leader of Pakistan Movement
- Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan, former member of National Assembly and former senator[2]
- Raja Muhammad Asad Khan, former member national assembly and son of Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan[2]
- Raja Muhammad Safdar Khan, former member national assembly and son of Raja Muhammad Afzal Khan[2]
S
- Sunil Dutt, Bollywood actor
T
- Tanveer Sipra, Urdu language poet
- Tariq Kamal Khan, Pak navy officer
- Tanveer Jamshed a.k.a Teejay, fashion designer[3]
U
- Usama Jawad Jami, Urdu Poet and Writer
Z
- Zafar Chaudhry, first Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force
- Zamir Jafri, writer and poet.
References
- ^ "Election 2013 – Nawabzada Iqbal Mehdi Won the Seat from NA – 63 Jhelum II". The Pak Media. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ a b c "Changing loyalties: Raja family of Jhelum joins PPP". The Express Tribune. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Fashion revolutionaries, master and protégé, father and daughter, Teejay and Feejay". The News. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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