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[[Pakistan]] is the [[List of countries by population|fifth most populous nation in the world]]. Below is a list of some notable people who relate to the country. See [[:Category:Pakistani people|Pakistani people]] for a list of pages about notable Pakistanis by category.
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==Heads of state or government==
===Civil / democratically elected administrators===
*[[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], "Quaid-e-Azam"; first [[Governor General of Pakistan]], and the main founder of Pakistan.
*[[Liaquat Ali Khan]]
*[[Khawaja Nazimuddin]]
*[[Malik Ghulam Muhammad|Ghulam Muhammad]]
*[[Iskander Mirza]]
*[[Chaudhury Mohammad Ali]]
*[[Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry|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]]
*[[Yousaf Raza Gillani]]
*[[Raja Pervez Ashraf]]
*[[Nawaz Sharif]]
*[[Mamnoon Hussain]]
*[[Arif Alvi]] 
*[[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
*[[Asif Ali Zardari]]
*[[Imran Khan]]
*[[Shehbaz Sharif]]

=== Military / non-democratically elected administrators ===
*[[Field Marshal Ayub Khan]] 
*[[Yahya Khan|General Agha Muhammed Yahya Khan]]
*[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]
*[[General Pervez Musharraf]]
*[[Asim Munir]]

== Foreign ministers ==
*[[Muhammad Zafarullah Khan|Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan]] (27 December 1947—24 October 1954)
*[[Aziz Ahmed (civil servant)|Aziz Ahmed]] (30 March 1977—5 July 1977)
*[[Agha Shahi]] (14 January 1978—9 March 1982)
*[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]] (21 March 1982—1 November 1987)
*[[Abdul Sattar (diplomat)|Abdul Sattar]] (23 July 1993—19 October 1993)
*[[Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali]] (16 November 1993—4 November 1996)
*[[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]] (Caretaker: 11 November 1996—24 February 1997)
*[[Gohar Ayub]] (25 February 1997—7 August 1998)
*[[Sartaj Aziz]]
*[[Abdul Sattar (diplomat)|Abdul Sattar]] (23 July 1999—14 June 2002)
*[[Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri]] (23 November 2002—15 November 2007)
*[[Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat)|Inam-ul-Haq]] (Caretaker: 15 November 2007—24 March 2008)
*[[Shah Mehmood Qureshi]] (31 March 2008—February 2011)
*[[Hina Rabbani Khar]] (18 July 2011—11 May 2013)
*[[Shah Mehmood Qureshi]] (20 August 2018)
*[[Khawaja Muhammad Asif]]
*[[Nawaz Sharif]]
*[[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]]

== Bureaucrats ==
*[[Roedad Khan]]
*[[Sartaj Aziz]]
*[[Nargis Sethi]]
*[[Tariq Bajwa]]
*[[Fazalur Rehman (bureaucrat)|Fazalur Rehman]]
*[[Mohammed Ikramullah]]
*[[Rizwan Ahmed (bureaucrat)|Rizwan Ahmed]]
*[[Tasneem Noorani]]
*[[Usman Ali Isani]]
*[[Qudrat Ullah Shahab]]
*[[Syed Abu Ahmad Akif]]
*[[Jawad Rafique Malik]]
*[[Sikandar Sultan Raja]]
*[[Nasir Mahmood Khosa]]
*[[Rabiya Javeri Agha]]
*[[Fawad Hassan Fawad]]
*[[Kamran Lashari]]

==Diplomats==
*[[A. S. Bokhari]]
*[[Agha Shahi]]
*[[Jamsheed Marker]]
*[[Jauhar Saleem]]
*[[Javid Husain]]
*[[Maliha Lodhi]]
*[[Prince Ali Khan]]
*[[Khalid Amir Khan]], Ambassador to Hungary, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
*[[Riaz Khokhar]]
*[[Najmuddin Sheikh]]
*[[Tehmina Janjua]]
*[[Tariq Azim Khan]], High Commissioner to Canada (from 2015 to 2018)
*[[Abdus Salim Khan]]
*[[Shahryar Khan]]

==United Nations officials==
*[[A. S. Bokhari]]
*[[Nafis Sadik]]
*[[Iqbal Riza]]
* [[Patras Bokhari]]

==Attorney General of Pakistan==
* [[Yahya Bakhtiar]]
* [[Aziz A Munshi]]
* [[Makhdoom Ali Khan]]
* [[Malik Mohammad Qayyum]] 
* [[Latif Khosa]]
* [[Ashtar Ausaf Ali]]
* [[Salman Aslam Butt]]
* [[Khalid Jawed Khan]]
* [[Iqbal Haider]]
* [[Mansoor Usman Awan]]
* [[Shehzad Ata Elahi]]

== Law officers of Advocate General Punjab ==
* [[Ahmad Awais]] 
* [[Shahid Karim]]
* [[Muhammad Amjad Pervaiz]]

==Other major political figures==
===A – F===
*[[Abdul Ghani (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician)|Abdul Ghani]], provincial assembly member
*[[Abdul Majeed (Pakistani politician)|Abdul Majeed]], provincial assembly member
*[[Abul A'la Maududi]], writer of ''[[Tafhim-ul-Quran]]'', founder of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]
*[[Abdul Rehman Rana]], provincial assembly member 
*[[Abdul Qadir Patel]], Advisor to President of Pakistan and National Assembly Member 
*[[Adnan Wazir]], provincial assembly member
*[[Agha Shorish Kashmiri]]
*[[Akhtar Khan (Pakistani politician)|Akhtar Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Ali Madad Jattak]], provincial assembly member
*[[Ali Shah (Pakistani politician)|Ali Shah]], provincial assembly member
*[[Allama Mashriqi]]
*[[Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)|Altaf Hussain]], founding member of [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London]]
*[[Anwar Kamal Khan]], senior leader of political party PMLN
*[[Asif Khan (Waziristan politician)|Asif Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Aurangzeb Khan (politician)|Aurangzeb Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Bahadur Yar Jung]]
*[[Bakht Muhammad]], provincial assembly member
*[[Chaudhry Afzal Haq]]
*[[Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman]]
*[[Chaudhry Rehmat Ali]], coined the word "Pakistan"
*[[Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi]] 
*[[Faisal Khan (Pakistani politician)|Faisal Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Faisal Khan Jamali]], provincial assembly member
*[[Farhat Abbas (politician)|Farhat Abbas]], provincial senator
*[[Fatima Jinnah]], sister of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]
*[[Fazal Qadir Mandokhail]], provincial assembly member

===G – L===
*[[Ghulam Ahmed Pervez|Allama Ghulam Ahmed Pervez]], Tahreek-e- Pakistan activist, associate of the Quaid-e-Azam and a scholar on the Quran
*[[Ghulam Faruque Khan]]
*[[Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri]]
*[[Iftikhar Ahmad Khan Jadoon]], provincial assembly member
*[[Ihtisham Ali]], provincial assembly member
*[[Imran Khan]], ex-cricket player, former prime minister in Pakistan
*[[Ishfaq Ahmed (politician)|Ishfaq Ahmed]], provincial assembly member
*[[Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]]
*[[Liaqat Ali (Balochistan politician)|Liaqat Ali]], provincial assembly member

===M – R===
*[[Mahmud Ali (statesman)|Mahmud Ali]], leader in the Pakistan Movement, statesman and journalist
*[[Makhdoom Zada Muhammad Aftab Haider]], provincial assembly member
*[[Maulana Mohammad Ali]]
*[[Mian Muhammad Umar]], provincial assembly member
*[[Mir Saeed Ahmed Langove]], provincial assembly member
*[[Mir Shoaib Nosherwani]], provincial assembly member
*[[Mufti Mahmud]], founding member of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]] and former [[Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
*[[Muhammad Azam Khan (Pakistani politician)|Muhammad Azam Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician)|Muhammad Iqbal Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Muhammad Riaz (Pakistani politician)|Muhammad Riaz]], provincial assembly member
*[[Mohammad Usman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician)|Mohammad Usman]], provincial assembly member
*[[Mohammad Usman (Balochistan politician)|Mohammad Usman]], former National assembly member
*[[Muhammad Waqas Khan]], Pakistani politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Punjab Assembly &#124; Members - Members' Directory |url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/80}}</ref>
*[[Muhammad Yamin (Pakistani politician)|Muhammad Yamin]], provincial assembly member
*[[Mukhtar Ahmed Malik]], provincial assembly member-elect
*[[Munir Hussain (Pakistani politician)|Munir Hussain]], provincial assembly member
*[[Murtaza Khan (Pakistani politician)|Murtaza Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani]]
*[[Naseer Khan Khoso]], provincial assembly member
*[[Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan]], Ahrari leader
*[[Nek Muhammad Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Qazi Hussain Ahmed]], ex-Chairman of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]

===S – Z===
*[[Amin ul-Hasanat|Sahib of Manki Sharif]]
*[[Saleem Ullah Khan Niazi Paikhel]], agriculturist and politician, former member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/1997-2001/dist7.htm|title=Legislators from MIANWALI (PP-36 to PP-39)|publisher=Provincial Assembly of the Punjab|accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref>
*[[Samad Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar]]
*[[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]], founder of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam.
*[[Shafi Ullah Jan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Shah Abu Tarab Khan Bangash]], provincial assembly member
*[[Shahzada Mohiuddin]] 
*[[Sanath Singh]]
*[[Sheikh Hissam-ud-Din]]
*[[Sikandar Hayat Khan (Punjabi politician)|Sikandar Hayat Khan]], Premier of the Province of Punjab and senior statesman
*[[Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari]], leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam
*[[Syed Kazim Hussain Shah]], Sindh parliament member
*[[Syed Zafar Ali Agha]], provincial assembly member
*[[Tariq Mehmood Aryani]], provincial assembly member
*[[Ubaid Ullah (politician)|Ubaid Ullah]], provincial assembly member
*[[Wali Muhammad]], provincial assembly member
*[[Zahir Khan (Pakistani politician)|Zahir Khan]], provincial assembly member
*[[Zar Alam Khan]], provincial assembly member

==Judges==
*Justice [[Shafi-ur-Rahman]]
*Justice [[A. R. Cornelius]]
*Justice [[Abdul Hameed Dogar]]
*Justice Sir [[Abdul Rashid (Chief Justice)|Abdur Rashid]]
*Justice [[S. Anwarul Haq]]
*Justice [[Dorab Patel]]
*Justice [[Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim]]
*Justice [[Hamoodur Rahman]]
*Justice [[Ajmal Mian]]
*Justice [[Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui]]
*Justice [[Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry]]
*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]]
*Justice [[Zafar Hussain Mirza]]
*Justice [[Saqib Nisar]]
*Justice [[Asif Saeed Khosa]]
*Justice [[Allama Khalid Mahmood]]
*Justice [[Gulzar Ahmed]]
*Justice [[Athar Minallah]]
*Justice [[Ali Baqar Najafi]]
*Justice [[Sayed Zahid Hussain|Zahid Hussain]]
*Justice [[Jawad Hassan]]

==Lawyers==

{{main list|List of Pakistani lawyers}}
*[[Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi]], founder of [[Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan]]
*[[S M Zafar]] 
*[[Hamid Khan (lawyer)|Hamid Khan]] 
*[[Asma Jahangir]], Senior ASC
*[[Aitzaz Ahsan]]
*[[Ashtar Ausaf Ali]] 
*[[Khalid Ranjha]] 
*[[Abdul Hafeez Pirzada]]
*[[Mahmud Ali Kasuri]]
*[[Ahmad Awais]]
*[[Wasim Sajjad]]
*[[Ghulam Farooq Awan]]
*[[Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada]]
*[[Sahibzada Ahmed Raza Khan Kasuri]]
*[[Akram Sheikh]]
*[[Syed Ali Zafar]]
*[[Naseer Ahmed Bhutta]]
*[[Babar Awan]]
*[[Makhdoom Ali Khan]]
*[[Khalid Anwer]]
*[[Jibran Nasir|Mohammed Jibran Nasir]]
*[[Abid Hassan Minto]]
*[[Shakeel ur Rahman]]
*[[Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri]]
*[[Farooq Naek]]
*[[Salman Aslam Butt]]
*[[Suman Kumari]], first Hindu woman judge in Pakistan
*[[Iqbal Haider]]
*[[Hina Jilani]]
*[[Azam Nazeer Tarar]]

==Human rights activists and philanthropists==
*[[Abdul Sattar Edhi]], founder of [[Edhi Foundation]]
*[[Ruth Pfau]], founder of [[Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre]]
*[[Ramzan Chhipa]], founder of [[Chhipa Welfare Association]]
*[[Hakim Saeed|Hakim Muhammad Saeed]], founder of [[Hamdard Pakistan]]
*[[Ansar Burney]], founder of Ansar Burney Trust International
*[[Amjad Saqib|Dr. Amjad Saqib]], founder of [[Akhuwat Foundation]]
*[[Naimatullah Khan]], advocate, former chairman of [[Al-khidmat Foundation|Al-Khidmat Foundation]]
*[[Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi]], founder of [[Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan]]
*[[Mushtaq Chhapra]], founder of [[The Citizens Foundation]]
*[[Sheema Kermani]], founder of [[Tehrik-e-Niswan]]
*[[Asma Jahangir]]
*[[Hina Jilani]] 
*[[Abid Qaiyum Suleri]]
*[[Shoaib Sultan Khan]]
*[[Masood Ul Mulk]]
*[[Fatima Lodhi]]
*[[Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan]], first woman minister in Pakistan and prominent social worker
*[[Veeru Kohli]]
* [[Dadi Leela]] (1916–2017), educationist, music teacher, philanthropist
*[[Gulalai Ismail]]
*[[Syeda Ghulam Fatima]]
*[[Fouzia Saeed]]
*[[Tabassum Adnan]]

==Academia==
===Scientists, researchers and scholars===
*[[Abdus Salam]], [[Nobel Laureate|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]]
*[[Sitara Brooj Akbar|Akbar Sitara Brooj]] is a cancer researcher at [[NHS England]] & [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], she made multiple world records & is a child prodigy & motivation speaker.
*[[Ahmad Hasan Dani]], Distinguished National Professor and Professor Emeritus, [[Quaid-i-Azam University|Quaid-e-Azam University]]; historian and archaeologist
*[[Jamal Malik]], Professor and Chair of [[Islamic studies]] at the [[University of Erfurt]] in [[Germany]]
*[[Tariq Rahman]], linguistic historian, HEC Distinguished National Professor and Emeritus Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, [[Islamabad]], Pakistan
*[[Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi]], scholar, critic, Vice Chancellor, [[University of Karachi]], Karachi, Pakistan
*[[Pirzada Qasim]], scholar, Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Karachi
*[[Attash Durrani]], scholar, linguist, Director, Center of Excellence for Urdu Informatics, Islamabad, Pakistan
*[[Atta ur Rahman (scientist)|Atta ur Rahman]]
*[[Alamgir Hashmi]], literary scholar, historian, critic, translator
*[[Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq]], chief executive officer (CEO) of Roots Millennium Schools, executive director of [[Roots School System]], recipient of ‘[[Tamgha-e-Imtiaz]]’<ref>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-167464-Tamgha-i-Imtiaz-conferred-on-Faisal-Mushtaq "‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ awarded to Faisal Mushtaq"], ''[[The News International]]'', Islamabad, 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 13 July 2014.</ref>
*[[Abdul Qadeer Khan]], metallurgical engineer, former chairman KRL, 1976-2001
*[[Khalid Saeed Khan]], principal of College of Physiotherapy<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kemu.edu.pk/physiotherapy.html |title=King Edward Medical University |access-date=2011-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112125040/http://kemu.edu.pk/physiotherapy.html |archive-date=2015-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Munir Ahmad Khan]], nuclear engineer, former chairman of the [[Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission]] (PAEC), 1972–1991, chairman, [[IAEA]] Board of Governors, 1986–87
*[[Ishfaq Ahmad]], nuclear physicist and former chairman of the PAEC
*[[Abdullah Sadiq]], nuclear physicist and AS-ICTP laureate
*[[Samar Mubarakmand]], nuclear physicist, chairman of the [[National Engineering and Scientific Commission]] (NESCOM)
*[[Anwar Ali (scientist)|Anwar Ali]], former chairman of the PAEC
*[[Shahid Hussain Bokhari]], [[computer engineer|computer]] and [[aerospace]] engineer
*[[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]], PhD in organic chemistry
*[[Pervez Hoodbhoy]], nuclear physicist
*[[Javaid Laghari]], aerospace engineer, former Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan
*[[Rahman Syed|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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof47.htm |title=Prof. Anwar Nasim |access-date=2009-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819100455/http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof47.htm |archive-date=2009-08-19 }}</ref>
*[[Atta ur Rahman (scientist)|Atta ur Rahman]], PhD in organic chemistry, awarded a Doctorate of Science by the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1987<ref name="BC">[http://www.britishcouncil.org/goingglobal2-speakers-biographies-atta-ur-rahman.htm Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421080346/http://www.britishcouncil.org/goingglobal2-speakers-biographies-atta-ur-rahman.htm |date=2008-04-21 }} at the [[British Council]] website. Retrieved on 26 May 2008</ref>
* [[Ikram Chughtai]], researcher,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-14 |title=Column: Two Iqbals and Nöldeke |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/826558/column-two-iqbals-and-n-ldeke |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217173501/https://www.dawn.com/news/826558/column-two-iqbals-and-n-ldeke |archive-date=17 December 2016 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Waqas |first=Arif |date=7 February 2006 |title=The Need for New Urdu Grammar |url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2006/02/printable/060206_new_grammer_rza |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110070448/https://www.bbc.com/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2006/02/printable/060206_new_grammer_rza |archive-date=10 January 2025 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=[[BBC Urdu]] |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parekh |first=Rauf |date=2014-04-14 |title=Literary Notes: Fallon’s Urdu-English dictionary: a remarkable feat of lexicography |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1099696 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref> translator, historian, and biographer.
*[[Ismat Beg]], mathematician, PhD University of Bucharest, 1982
*[[Umar Saif]], computer engineer, PhD University of Cambridge, 2001
*[[Syed Waqar Jaffry]], [[Computer scientist|Computer Scientist]], [[Academician]], PhD in [[Artificial intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]], [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Vrije Universitiet]], [[Amsterdam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.pucit.edu.pk/swjaffry/|title=Dr. Waqar ul Qounain - Home Page|website=faculty.pucit.edu.pk|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref>
*[[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
*[[Abdul Jamil Khan]], Principal of [[Ayub Medical College]], Bolan Medical College, Frontier Medical College, Former Minister of Population
*[[Hasnat Khan]], heart surgeon, head of [[Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences]]; also worked in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[London]]
*[[Arif Alvi]], Chairman of Pakistan Dental Federation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.governorsindh.gov.pk/pressrelease/news.asp?id=1338 |title=Sindh Governor House |access-date=2008-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060723044944/http://www.governorsindh.gov.pk/pressrelease/news.asp?id=1338 |archive-date=2006-07-23 }}</ref>
*[[Roger Armour|Roger H. Armour]], inventor of the hand-held [[ophthalmoscope]]
*[[Sania Nishtar]], cardiologist, health policy expert and minister
*[[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy|Muhammed Suhail Zubairy]], professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the [[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M University, US]]l;holder of Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics
*[[A G N Kazi]]
*[[Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad]] (1913–2002), executive director of the [[World Bank]] for Pakistan and the Middle East
*[[Mohammad Zubair Khan]]
*[[Najeeba Arif]], First woman chairperson of [[Pakistan Academy of Letters]](PAL), academic, Urdu scholar, researcher, poet, author. 
*[[Abdul-Majid Bhurgri]], hero of Sindhi computing
*[[Ahmed Hussain A Kazi|Ahmed Hussain A. Kazi]], former Chairman of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation 
*[[Ghulam Faruque Khan]]
*[[Hafeez A. Pasha]]
*[[Mahbub ul Haq]], economist and co-creator of the [[Human Development Index]] (HDI)
*[[Ishrat Hussain]]
*[[Salman Shah (economist)|Salman Shah]]
*[[Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi]]
*[[Dr. Ziaul Haque]]
*[[Asad Umar]]
*[[Akhtar Hameed Khan]]
*[[Matin Ahmed Khan]], marketing expert and management educator
*[[Bernadette Louise Dean]], former Principal of [[Kinnaird College for Women]]
*[[Mary Emily Gonsalves]], Sitara-e-Imtiaz
*[[Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry]]
*[[Jacqueline Maria Dias]]
*[[Rubina Gillani]]
*[[Nergis Mavalvala|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 [[Gravitational wave observation|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)
*[[Professor|Prop]]. [[Ihsan Ali|Dr. Ihsan Ali]] [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]] Vice-Chancellor of [[Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan]]
*[[Sardar Mohammad Khan]], scholar of linguistics
*[[Zulfiqar Bhutta]]
*[[Anita Zaidi]]
*[[Asghar Zaidi]] 
*[[Eqbal Ahmad|Eqbal Ahmed]], political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to the study of Near East
*Dr.[[Khalid Manzoor Butt]], educationist and scholar, Dean of Political Science Department [[Government College University, Lahore|GCU]]
*[[Hakim Syed Ali Ahmad Nayyar Wasty]], scholar (history of medicine)
*[[Amer Iqbal]], Pakistani American theoretical physicist. He is primarily known for his work in string theory and mathematical physics
*[[Hamid Nawab|Syed Hamid Nawab]], Professor of Electrical and Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University;  &nbsp;co-author of widely used textbook Signals and Systems (1997), published by [[Prentice Hall]] ([[Pearson Education|Pearson]]); researcher in [[signal processing]] and [[machine perception]] with application to auditory, speech, and neuromuscular systems
*[[Khaleel Chishty]], virologist

===School teachers===
*[[Oswald Bruno Nazareth]]
*[[Zinia Pinto]]
*[[Norma Fernandes]], Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
*[[Yolande Henderson]]
*[[Salima Begum]]

==Religious scholars==
*[[Muhammad Shafi]], former grand mufti of Pakistan.
*[[Jawad Naqvi]], Shia Islamic scholar
*[[Khadim Hussain Rizvi|Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi]], Islamic Scholar, Founder of [[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan|TLP]]
*[[Tariq Jamil|Molana Tariq Jamil]], religious leader and member of [[Tablighi Jamaat]]
*[[Mufti Rafi Usmani]], President of [[Darul Uloom Karachi]]
*[[Syed Adnan Kakakhail]], Mufti, Muslim Scholar, Founder and CEO of Al-Burhan Institute
*[[Muhammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman]], Mufti, Chairman of [[Ruet-e-Hilal Committee]]
*[[Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai|Saqib Raza Mustafai]], founder of Idara-tul-Mustafa
*[[Muhammad Ilyas Qadri]], Ameer e Dawat-e-Islami, co-founder of Dawat-e-Islami
*[[Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai]], founder of Idara-tul-Mustafa
*[[Israr Ahmed]], religious leader and the founder of Tanzeem-e-Islami
*[[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]] 
*[[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
*[[Amin Ahsan Islahi]]
*[[Ayesha Jalal]], historian, author and scholar
*[[Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi]], historian
*[[Khurshid Ahmad (Islamic scholar)|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
*[[Taqi Usmani]], Islamic scholar, mufti, and writer
* [[Tariq Masood]], Islamic scholar, mufti, and preacher
*[[Khurram Zaki]], scholar and journalist
*[[Zafar Ishaq Ansari]], Director General, Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad 
*[[Zubair Ali Zai]]
*[[Moeen Nizami]]
*[[Muhammad Sherin]]

==Military personnel==
{{See also|Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)}}
*[[Tufail Mohammad|Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed]] (1914 – August 7, 1958), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Aziz Bhatti|Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed]], [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Muhammad Akram|Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed]] (1938–1971), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Rashid Minhas|Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed]] (1951 – August 20, 1971), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Major Shabbir Sharif|Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed]] (1943 – December 6, 1971), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed]] (1949 – December 10, 1971), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Muhammad Mahfuz|Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed]] (1944 – December 17, 1971), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Karnal Sher Khan|Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed]] (1970 – July 5, 1999), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Lalak Jan|Lalak Jan Shaheed]] (1967 – July 7, 1999), [[Nishan-E-Haider]]
*[[Malik Munawar Khan Awan|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|Muhammad Musa Khan Hazara]], [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|4th Army Commander-in-Chief]], [[Governor of West Pakistan|4th Governor of West Pakistan]] and [[Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan|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 (general)|Iqbal Khan]], former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) 1980–1984
*General [[Zafar H. Naqvi]], Army Air Defence Commander
*General [[Mirza Aslam Beg]], former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), [[think tank]] head
*General [[Asif Nawaz Janjua]], former Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
*General [[Abdul Waheed Kakar]], former Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
*General [[Jehangir Karamat]] former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ambassador to the [[United States]]
*General [[Rahimuddin Khan]], 7 year Martial Law Governor of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]] and provincial hero
*General [[Ashfaq Parvez Kayani]], former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) & Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC)
*General [[Raheel Sharif]], former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Commander-in-Chief of the [[Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition]]
*General [[Qamar Javed Bajwa]], Chief of Army Staff (COAS)
*General [[Nadeem Raza]], Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC)
*Admiral [[Shahid Karimullah]]
*[[Admiral]] [[Tariq Kamal Khan]]
*[[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
*Lieutenant General [[Ahmad Shuja Pasha]], former DG [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]]
*Lieutenant General [[Zaheer-ul-Islam]], former DG [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]]
*Lieutenant General [[Rizwan Akhtar]], former DG [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]]
*Lieutenant General [[Naveed Mukhtar]], former DG [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]]
*Lieutenant General [[Asim Saleem Bajwa]], former DG ISPR & Commander southern command, Chairman CPEC Authority
*Lieutenant General [[Asim Munir (general)|Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah]], former DG [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]], Commander [[XXX Corps (Pakistan)]]
*Lieutenant General [[Faiz Hameed]], DG [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]]
*Vice Admiral [[Syed Mohammad Ahsan]], former Governor of East Pakistan
*Air Vice Marshall [[Eric Gordon Hall]]
*Major General [[Athar Abbas]] former DG ISPR, Ambassador to [[Ukraine]]
*Major General [[Julian Peter]]
*Major General [[Noel Israel Khokhar]]
*Major General [[Asif Ghafoor]], former DG ISPR, GOC Okara 40th Infantry Division
*Major General [[Babar Iftikhar]], DG ISPR
*Rear Admiral [[Leslie Mungavin]]
*Brigadier [[Samson Simon Sharaf]]
*Brigadier [[Mervyn Cardoza]]
*Brigadier [[Daniel Austin]]
*Air Vice Marshall [[Retired|(R)]] [[Farooq Umar]]
*Air Commodore [[Nazir Latif]]
*Air Commodore (R) [[Muhammad Mehmood Alam]] (M M Alam)
*Group Captain [[Cecil Chaudhry]]
*Wing Commander [[Mervyn Middlecoat]]
*Squadron Leader [[Peter Christy]]
*Squadron Leader [[Sarfraz Rafiqui]]
*Captain [[Hercharn Singh]]
*[[Rahul Dev (pilot)|Rahul Dev]], first person from the Hindu community to recruited in the [[Pakistan Air Force]]<ref name="Express Tribune">{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2215299/1-unprecedented-paf-recruits-first-hindu-gdp?amp=1|title=In a first, minority Hindu young man selected to become GD pilot in PAF |date=6 May 2020|newspaper=Express Tribune|access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref>
* Lieutenant general [[Bahadur Sher]] (1922–1983)<ref name="f102">{{cite web | last=Hamid | first=Major General Syed Ali | title=One Spud Two Gravy | website=The Friday Times | date=3 Jul 2020 | url=https://thefridaytimes.com/03-Jul-2020/one-spud-two-gravy | access-date=7 Dec 2024}}</ref>

==Businesspeople and industrialists==
*[[Abdul Razak Dawood|Abdul Razaq Dawood]], founder of [[Descon]]
*[[Abdul Razzak Yaqoob]], Chairman of the [[ARY News|ARY Group]]
*[[Bashir Ali Mohammad]], [[Gul Ahmed Group]]
*[[Byram D. Avari|Byram Avari]], Chairman of the [[Avari Hotels|Avari]] Group
*[[Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed]], Chairman of the [[Servis Group]], former managing director in and Chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC)
*[[Fiza Farhan]], co-founder of Buksh Foundation
*[[Hussain Dawood]], investor, educationalist and philanthropist
*[[Iqbal Ali Lakhani]], Lakson Group
*[[Jahangir Khan Tareen]], owner of sugar mills
*[[Jahangir Siddiqui]], owner of [[JS Group]]
*[[Malik Riaz]], Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder of [[Bahria Town]]
*[[Mian Amer Mahmood|Mian Amir Mahmood]], Pakistani politician and founder of the [[Punjab Group of Colleges]]
*[[Mian Muhammad Latif]], [[Chenab Group]], [[ChenOne]]
*[[Mian Muhammad Mansha]], industrialist and businessman
*[[Mir Shakil ur Rehman]], [[Jang Group]]
*[[Sadruddin Hashwani]], founder and chairman of [[Hashoo Group]]
*[[Shiza Shahid]], co-founder of [[Malala Fund]]
*[[Shahid Khan]], owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp, in Urbana, Illinois; owner of the [[NFL]] team [[Jacksonville Jaguars]]
*[[Sikandar Sultan]], managing director of [[Shan Food Industries]]<ref>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=109179 Pakistan’s King of Masalas spins his own magic] {{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} April 27, 2008 The News</ref>
*[[Syed Babar Ali]], former caretaker [[Finance Minister of Pakistan]], founder of [[Packages Limited]], Milkpak Limited–now [[Nestlé Pakistan]] and [[Lahore University of Management Sciences]]

==Bankers==
*[[Agha Hasan Abedi]]
*[[Ishrat Husain]]
*[[Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi]]
*[[Muhammad Mian Soomro]]
*[[Shahid Javed Burki]]
*[[Shamshad Akhtar]]
*[[Zahid Hussain (banker)|Zahid Hussain]]
*[[Shaukat Aziz]], banker and former Prime Minister
*[[Mian Muhammad Mansha]]
*[[Mir Mohammad Ali Khan]], Pakistani investment banker

== Arts, literature and other media personalities ==
=== Actors and actresses ===
: ''For a categorical listing of actors in film, see [[:Category:Pakistani film actors]]''
*[[Adeeb]], actor
*[[Adil Murad]], actor
*[[Afzal Khan (actor)|Afzal Khan]], actor
*[[Ajab Gul]], actor
*[[Anjuman (actor)|Anjuman]], actress
*[[Ayesha Sana]], actress
*[[Aamina Sheikh]], actress 
*[[Babar Ali]], actor
*[[Babra Sharif]], actress
*[[Badar Munir]], actor
*[[Syed Ishrat Abbas|Darpan]], actor
*[[Deeba]], actor
*[[Faysal Qureshi (actor)|Faysal Qureshi]], actor
*[[Fawad Khan]], actor
*[[Hamza Ali Abbasi]], actor
*[[Hareem Farooq]], actress 
*[[Humayun Saeed]], actor
*[[Husna]], actress
*[[Imran Abbas (actor)|Imran Abbas]], actor
*[[Inayat Hussain Bhatti]], actor
*[[Ismat Zaidi]], actress
*[[Ismael Shah]], actor
*[[Javed Sheikh]], actor
*[[Kamal Irani]], actor
*[[Mahira Khan]], actress
*[[Marina Khan]], actress
*[[Maya Ali (actress)|Maya Ali]]
*[[Mohib Mirza]], actor
*[[Meera (Irtiza Rubab)|Meera]], actress
*[[Mehmood Aslam]], actor
*[[Mohammad Ali (actor)|Mohammad Ali]], actor
*[[Moin Akhter]], actor
*[[Munawar Zarif]], actor
*[[Mustafa Qureshi]], actor
*[[Nadeem Baig (actor)|Nadeem Baig]], actor
*[[Nadia Khan]], actress
*[[Naeem Hashmi]], actor
*[[Kamal Irani]], actor
*[[Nasira Zuberi]], actress
*[[Neelo]], actress
*[[Rahat Kazmi]], actor
*[[Saba Qamar]], actress
*[[Sabiha Khanum]], actress
*[[Saeed Khan Rangeela]], actor
*[[Saima Noor|Saima]], actress
*[[Sami Khan (actor)|Sami Khan]], actor
*[[Samina Pirzada]], actress
*[[Sana Nawaz]], actress
*[[Sangeeta (Pakistani actress)|Sangeeta]], actor
*[[Shaan Shahid]], actor
*[[Shafi Muhammad Shah]], actor
*[[Shahid (actor)|Shahid]], actor
*[[Shamim Ara]], actress
*[[Sohail Ahmad]], actor
*[[Somy Ali]], actress
*[[Sultan Rahi]], actor
*[[Talat Hussain (actor)|Talat Husain]], actor
*[[Agha Talish|Talish]], actor
*[[Tariq Aziz (TV personality)|Tariq Aziz]], actor
*[[Waheed Murad]], actor
*[[Yousuf Khan (actor)|Yousaf Khan]], actor
*[[Zahid Ahmed (actor)]]
*[[Zeba]], actress
*[[Amanullah Khan (actor)]]

===YouTubers===
{{main|List of Pakistani YouTubers}}
*[[Amna Riaz]]
*[[Mooroo]]
*[[Muhammad Ali Mirza]]

===Video jockeys===
*[[Anoushey Ashraf]]
*[[Ayesha Omar]]
*[[Mahira Khan]]

==Architects==
*[[Kausar Bashir Ahmed]]
*[[Nayyar Ali Dada]]
*[[Habib Fida Ali]]
*[[Abdur Rahman Hye]]
*[[Yasmeen Lari]]
*[[Umar Farooq]]
*[[Nasreddin Murat-Khan]]

==Artists and painters==
{{main list|List of Pakistani artists}}
*[[Abdur Rahman Chughtai]]
*[[Ahmed Saeed Nagi]]
*[[Ajaz Anwar]]
*[[Anna Molka Ahmed]]
*[[A. R. Nagori]]
*[[Asim Butt (artist)|Asim Butt]]
*[[Allah Bakhsh (painter)]]
*[[Bashir Mirza]]
*[[Huma Mulji]]
*[[Ijaz ul Hassan]]
*[[Eqbal Mehdi]]
*[[Ismail Gulgee]]
*[[Jamil Naqsh]]
*[[Laraib Atta]]
*[[Lubna Agha]]
*[[Moeen Faruqi]]
*[[Rashid Rana]]
*[[Sadequain]]
*[[Saira Wasim]]
*[[Sara Shakeel]]
*[[Shahid Mahmood]]
*[[Shakir Ali (artist)|Shakir Ali]]
*[[Saeed Akhtar]]
*[[Hanif Ramay]]
*[[Shazia Sikander]]
*[[Suhail Ahmad]]
*[[Zahoor ul Akhlaq]]
*[[Zubeida Agha]]
*[[Iqbal Hussain]]
*[[Khalid Iqbal]]

==Film and TV directors and documentary filmmakers==
*[[Aehsun Talish]]
*[[Anwar Kamal Pasha]] 
*[[Farooq Rind]]
*[[Kashif Nisar]]
*[[Khwaja Khurshid Anwar]]
*[[Nazar-ul-Islam]]
*[[Riaz Shahid]]
*[[Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy]]
*[[Sabiha Sumar]]
*[[Sarmad Sultan Khoosat]]
*[[Shoaib Mansoor]]
*[[Usman Peerzada]]
*[[Yawar Hayat Khan]]
*[https://ur.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B4%DB%81_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C&oldid=3270054 Aisha Ghazi]

==Fashion designers==
*[[Amir Adnan]]
*[[Deepak Perwani]]
*[[Hassan Sheheryar Yasin]]
*[[Junaid Jamshed]]
*[[Kamiar Rokni]]
*[[Omar Mansoor]]

===Models===
{{Main|List of Pakistani models}}

*[[Aminah Haq]]
*[[Humaima Malick]]
*[[Iffat Rahim]]
*[[Iman Ali]]
*[[Imran Abbas (actor)|Imran Abbas]]
*[[Mehreen Raheel]]
*[[Reema Khan]]
*[[Tooba Siddiqui]]
*[[Vaneeza Ahmad]]
*[[Zara Sheikh]]
*[[Ayaan Ali]]

=== Visual effects ===
*[[Muqeem Khan]]<ref name="TEDTalk">{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/about/conferences/past-teds/ted2013-talent-search|title=TED2013 Talent Search}}</ref><ref name="BrightFuture">{{cite web|url=http://www.muqeemkhan.com/BrightFuture.html|title=Untitled Document}}</ref>
*[[Laraib Atta]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/348312-laraib-atta-on-being-the-vfx-artist-for-mission-impossible-fallout | title=Laraib Atta on being the VFX artist for Mission: Impossible – Fallout }}</ref>

==Journalists==
{{Main|List of Pakistani journalists}}

*[[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]]
*[[Hameed Nizami]]
*[[Imran Aslam (journalist)|Imran Aslam]]
*[[Irfan Husain]], columnist
*[[Javed Malik]], journalist, working for [[ARY News|ARY]]
*[[Kamal Siddiqi]]
*[[Kamran Khan (journalist)|Kamran Khan]], [[Geo TV]]
*[[Khalid Hasan]]
*[[Maliha Lodhi]]
*[[Mazhar Ali Khan (journalist)|Mazhar Ali Khan]], journalist, editor and publisher
*[[Mehmood Sham]], columnist
*[[Mishal Husain]]
*[[Murtaza Razvi]]
*[[Nadeem Malik (Pakistani journalist)|Nadeem Malik]]
*[[PJ Mir]], journalist working for [[ARY News|ARY]]
*[[Rauf Klasra]]
*[[Shahid Javed Burki]]
*[[Shahid Mahmood]], journalist working for [[ARY News|ARY]]
*Dr.[[Shahid Masood]], journalist, ex-Chairman of [[Pakistan Television Corporation|Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)]]
*[[Sohail Warraich]], anchor on [[Geo TV]]
*[[Surendar Valasai]] 
*[[Syed Saleem Shahzad]]
*[[Syed Sardar Ahmed Pirzada]], journalist, radio anchor, and socio-political analyst
*[[Tahir Mirza]]
*[[Talat Hussain (news executive)|Talat Hussain]], journalist working for [[AAJ TV]]
*[[Zamir Niazi]]
*[[Ian Fyfe (Pakistani journalist)|Ian Fyfe]], DAWN sports reporter
*[[Khurram Zaki]], journalist and TV host
*[[Abdullah Malik]] (1920–2003), journalist, writer
*[[Imran Riaz Khan]] Pakistani journalist
*[[Wajahat Saeed Khan]] Pakistani journalist

==Musicians==
{{Main|List of Pakistani musicians}}

*[[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
*[[Amjad Bobby]], film music composer
*[[Atif Aslam]]
*[[Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi]]
*[[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], ghazal singer
*[[Bohemia (musician)|Bohemia]], rapper and music producer
*[[Hadiqa Kiyani]]
*[[Hamid Ali Khan]], ghazal singer
*[[Imran Khan (singer)|Imran Khan]], Punjabi singer
*[[Khawaja Khurshid Anwar]], film music composer
*[[Mehdi Hassan]], film singer
*[[Masood Rana]], film singer
*[[Mustafa Zahid]]
*[[Nadia Ali (singer)|Nadia Ali]], singer
*[[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
*[[Sahir Ali Bagga]]
*[[Sajjad Ali]]
*[[Shamim Nazli]]
*[[Shehzad Roy]]
*[[Salman Ahmad]]
*[[Sohail Rana]], film music composer
*[[Sheraz Uppal]]
*[[Waqar Ali]]
*[[Zeb and Haniya]]
*[[Alamgir (pop singer)|Alamgir]], pop music singer
*[[Ali Haider (singer)]]
*[[Fakhir]]
*[[Farida Khanum]]
*[[Hadiqa Kiani]]
*[[Jawad Ahmed]]
*[[Junaid Jamshed]]
*[[Jassi Lailpuria]]
*[[Malika Pukhraj]]
*[[Najam Sheraz]]
*[[Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan|Nazia Hasan]], pop singer
*[[Nazia Hasan and Zohaib Hasan|Zohaib Hasan]]
*[[Tina Sani]]
*[[S. B. John]]
*[[Jassi Lailpuria]]
*[[Ahmad Raza Khan]]
*[[Siddiq Ismail]]
*[[Khursheed Ahmad]]

==Photographers==
*[[Farah Mahbub (photographer)|Farah Mahbub]]
*[[Huma Mulji]]
*[[Zaigham Zaidi]]
*[[Tapu Javeri]]
*[[Sarfaraz K. Niazi]]

==Writers and poets==
{{main|List of Pakistani writers|List of Urdu poets}}
*[[Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj]]
*[[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]]
*[[Rasul Bux Palejo]]
*Syed [[Sibte Hassan]]
*[[Saadat Hassan Manto]]
*[[Khawar Rizvi]]
*[[Patras Bokhari]]
*[[Ibn-e-Insha]]
*[[Syed Irfan Ali Shah]]
*[[Chaudhry Afzal Haq]]
*[[Mohsin Naqvi]]
*[[Agha Shorish Kashmiri]]
*[[Janbaz Mirza]]
*[[Abdullah Hussain]]
*[[Ahmad Faraz]]
*[[Shaikh Ayaz]]
*[[Amar Jaleel]]
*[[Sohail Sangi]]
*[[Anwar Pirzada]]
*[[Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi]]
*[[Afrasiab Khattak]]
*[[Alamgir Hashmi]]
*[[Qalandar Momand]]
*[[Siddiq Ismail]]
*[[Anwer Maqsood]]
*[[Ashfaq Ahmad]]
*[[Bano Qudsia]]
*[[Daud Kamal]]
*[[Fatima Surayya Bajia]]
*[[Ghulam Abbas (writer)|Ghulam Abbas]]
*[[Habib Jalib]]
*[[Hakim Ahmad Shuja]]
*[[Hakim Said]]
*[[Ibn-e-Insha]]
*[[Ibn-e-Safi]]
*[[Idris Azad]]
*[[Ishtiaq Ahmad (fiction writer)|Ishtiaq Ahmad]]
*[[Iftikhar Arif]]
*[[Ihsan Danish]]
*[[Jon Elia]]
*[[Kazi Zainul Abedin]]
*[[Khurshid Rizvi]]
*[[Majeed Amjad]]
*[[Mazhar Kaleem]]
*[[Mohsin Hamid]]
*[[Mohammed Hanif]]
*[[Mustansar Hussain Tarar]]
*[[Najeeba Arif]]
*[[Noon Meem Danish]]
*[[Noon Meem Rashid]]
*[[Obaidullah Aleem]]
*[[Mirza Ather Baig]]
*[[Parveen Shakir]]
*[[Qateel Shafai]]
*[[Raees Warsi]]
*[[Saadat Hasan Manto]]
*[[Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum]]
*[[Vazir Agha]]
*[[Wasif Ali Wasif]]
*[[Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah]]
*[[Zamir Jafri]]
*[[Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi]]
*[[Amjad Islam Amjad]]
*[[Anwar Masood]]
*[[Moeen Nizami]]
*[[Fatima Bhutto]]
*[[Abdur Rauf Urooj]] (c. 1932–1990)
*[[Mohiuddin Nawab]]

==Sports==
===Athletics===
*[[John Permal]], sprinter
*[[Kamal Salman Masud]], swimmer
*[[Lianna Swan]], swimmer
*[[Kiran Khan (swimmer)|Kiran Khan]], swimmer

===Boxing===
*[[Muhammad Waseem]], WBC Silver Flyweight Champion
*[[Amir Khan (boxer)|Amir Khan]], [[Undisputed championship (boxing)|undisputed]] [[light-welterweight]] world champion
*[[Hussain Shah]]
*[[Jan Mohammad Baloch]] (1950-2012), Pakistani former olympian boxer, coach
*[[Sydney Greve|Sydney Phillip Greve]], Olympic Boxer

===Cricket===
{{main|Lists of Pakistani cricketers}}
*[[Imran Khan]]
*[[Anil Dalpat]]
*[[Imam-ul-Haq]]
*[[Salman Butt]]
*[[Asif Ali (cricketer, born 1989)]]
*[[Asif Ali (cricketer, born 1991)]]
*[[Shaheen Shah Afridi|Shaheen Afridi]]
*[[Nasir Jamshed]]
*[[Javed Miandad]]
*[[Abdul Hafeez Kardar]]
*[[Mohammad Hafeez]]
*[[Abdul Qadir (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]]
*[[Abdul Razzaq (cricketer)|Abdul Razzaq]]
*[[Aamer Sohail]]
*[[Danish Kaneria]]
*[[Fazal Mahmood]]
*[[Faisal Iqbal (cricketer)|Faisal Iqbal]]
*[[Fawad Alam]]
*[[Hanif Mohammad]]
*[[Imran Abbas (cricketer)|Imran Abbas]]
*[[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]]
*[[Inzamam-ul-Haq]]
*[[Javed Burki]]
*[[Junaid Khan (cricketer)|Junaid Khan]]
*[[Kamran Akmal]]
*[[Khan Mohammad]]
*[[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]]
*[[Misbah-ul-Haq]]
*[[Mohammad Amir]]
*[[Mohammad Asif (cricketer)|Mohammad Asif]]
*[[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]] 
*[[Moin Khan]]
*[[Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer)|Mushtaq Ahmed]]
*[[Rashid Latif]]
*[[Saeed Ajmal]]
*[[Saeed Anwar]]
*[[Saqlain Mushtaq]]
*[[Sarfraz Ahmed]]
*[[Sarfraz Nawaz]]
*[[Sajjida Shah]] 
*[[Shahid Afridi]]
*[[Sohail Tanvir]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43265.html|title=Sohail Tanvir}}</ref>
*[[Shahid Khan Afridi]]
*[[Shoaib Akhtar]]
*[[Shoaib Malik]]
*[[Umar Akmal]]
*[[Umar Gul]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=392527&no=345551&rel_no=1|title=Cricket: Pakistan Faces a Host of Problems – OhmyNews International}}</ref>
*[[Waqar Younis]]
*[[Wasim Akram]]
*[[Yasir Hameed]]
*[[Yasir Shah]]
*[[Younis Khan]]
*[[Zaheer Abbas]]
*[[Zahid Ahmed (Pakistani cricketer)|Zahid Ahmed (cricketer)]]
*[[Zahid Fazal]]
*[[Babar Azam]]
*[[Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)|Fakhar Zaman]]

=== Cycling ===
* [[Sabia Abbat]]

=== E-sports ===
*[[Suma1L|Syed Sumail Hassan]]
*[[Arslan Ash]]

===Field hockey===
{{main|List of Pakistani field hockey players}}
*[[Hassan Sardar]]
*[[Samiullah Khan (field hockey)|Samiullah]]
*[[Shahbaz Ahmad]]
*[[Shahid Ali Khan (field hockey)|Shahid Ali Khan]]
*[[Sohail Abbas]]
*[[Tahir Zaman]]
*[[Samiullah Khan (field hockey)|Samiullah Khan]]
*[[Basit Ali]]
*[[Mohammad Zahid (cricketer, born 1976)|Mohammad Zahid]]
*[[Shahnaz Sheikh]]
*[[Islahuddin]]
*[[Jack Britto]]
*[[Imran Mayo]]
*[[Mahmood-ul Hassan]]

===Football===
{{main|List of Pakistan international footballers}}
*[[Muhammad Umer]]
*[[Masood Fakhri]]
*[[Abdul Ghafoor (footballer)|Abdul Ghafoor]]
*[[Moosa Ghazi]]
*[[Qayyum Changezi]]
*[[Ali Nawaz Baloch]]
*[[Muhammad Essa]]
*[[Sharafat Ali (footballer)|Sharafat Ali]]
*[[Haroon Yousaf]]
*[[Qazi Ashfaq]]
*[[Zesh Rehman]]
*[[Moideen Kutty]]
*[[Etzaz Hussain]]
*[[Harun Hamid]]
*[[Kaleemullah Khan (footballer)|Kaleemullah Khan]]
*[[Jaffar Khan]]
*[[Easah Suliman]]
*[[Abdullah Iqbal]]
*[[Alamgir Ghazi]]
*[[Hassan Bashir]]

===Golf===
*[[Taimur Hussain]]

===Mixed martial arts===
*[[Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist)|Bashir Ahmad]]

===Mountaineers===
*[[Ashraf Aman]]
*[[Nazir Sabir]]
*[[Hassan Sadpara]]
*[[Meherban Karim]]
*[[Samina Baig]]
*[[Amir Mehdi]]
*[[Abdul Jabbar Bhatti]]
*[[Ali Sadpara]]

===Sailing===
*[[Munir Sadiq]]

===Skiing===
*[[Amina Wali]]

===Snooker===
*[[Khurram Hussain Agha]]
*[[Mohammed Yousuf (snooker player)|Mohammed Yousuf]]
*[[Saleh Mohammad (snooker player)|Saleh Mohammed]]
*[[Muhammad Asif (snooker player)|Muhammad Asif]]

===Squash===
*[[Jansher Khan]], 8 time world open champion, 4 time super series champion, 6 time British champion
*[[Aamir Atlas Khan]]
*[[Farhan Mehboob]]
*[[Hashim Khan]], 8 time British champion
*[[Jahangir Khan]], 6 time world champion, 10 time British champion
*[[Carla Khan]]
*[[Mansoor Zaman]]
*[[Qamar Zaman]], British champion
*[[Zaheer Abbas]], legendary cricketeer

===Tennis===
*[[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]]
*[[Haroon Rahim]]

==Police officers==
*[[Chaudhry Aslam Khan]]
*[[Safwat Ghayur]]
*[[Malik Saad]]
*[[Allah Dino Khawaja]]
*[[Nasir Durrani]]
*[[Moazzam Jah Ansari]]
*[[Pushpa Kumari Kohli]], first Hindu woman police officer in Pakistan

==Militants==
*[[Abdul Rauf Azhar]]
*[[Ajmal Kasab]], 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack
*[[Fazlullah (militant leader)|Fazlullah]]
*[[Ghazi Baba]], mastermind of 2001 Delhi parliament attack
*[[Hafiz Saeed]]
*[[Hakimullah Mehsud]]
*[[Ilyas Kashmiri]], Al Qaeda operative
*[[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]], architect of 9/11 
*[[Malik Ishaq]]
*[[Masood Azhar]]
*[[Qari Hussain]]
*[[Ramzi Yousef]], convict in world trade centre bombing
*[[Rashid Rauf]]
*[[Riaz Basra]]
*[[Sufi Muhammad]]
*[[Wali-ur-Rehman]]
*[[Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi]]

==Other dignitaries==
*[[Abdul Sattar Edhi]], social worker
*[[Abdus Salam]], Nobel Laureate
*[[Aitzaz Hasan]], schoolboy who died blocking a suicide bomber
*[[Sitara Brooj Akbar|Akbar Sitara Brooj]], child prodigy & cancer researcher at Oxford University
*[[Arfa Karim]], computer prodigy
*[[Asif Bashir]], Pakistani rescue worker
*[[Malala Yousafzai]], education activist
*[[Syed Ali Akhtar]], military officer
*[[Tooba Syed]], feminist, political worker
*[[Umar Farooq Zahoor]], businessman and a fugitive sought for financial crimes
*[[Zahida Kazmi]], Pakistan's first female taxi driver
*[[Zubeida Habib Rahimtoola]], women's rights activist
*[[Abul Rauf Seemab|Abdul Rauf Seemab]], Potter
*[[Laeeq Ahmed]]

==See also==
*[[List of Kashmiris]]
*[[List of Muhajirs]]
*[[List of Pakistani qaris]]
*[[List of Pashtuns]]
*[[List of Punjabi Muslims]]
*[[List of Sindhis]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|People of Pakistan}}

{{Lists of people by city in Pakistan}}
{{Pakistan topics}}

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