19 Notable alumni of
National College of Arts
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The National College of Arts is 1554th in the world, 345th in Asia, and 5th in Pakistan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from the National College of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ali Zafar
- Occupations
- recording artistsingerpaintercomposermodel
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Ali Zafar PP is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, model, producer, screenwriter and painter. He started out on Pakistani television before becoming a popular musician, later also established a career in Bollywood and his success led many Pakistani actors to venture into Hindi films. He has received five Lux Style Awards and a Filmfare Award nomination.
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Imran Abbas Naqvi
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- modelactortelevision actor
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Syed Imran Abbas Naqvi professionally known by his stage name Imran Abbas, is a Pakistani actor and model who works predominantly in Urdu television and films.
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Sukhdev Thapar
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- freedom fighterpoliticianrevolutionary
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Sukhdev Thapar was an Indian freedom fighter who fought against the British government for the freedom of India. He was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He was executed along with Shivaram Rajguru and Bhagat Singh on 23 March 1931.
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Ayesha Omar
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- television producermodelactorsinger
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Ayesha Omar is a Pakistani actress. Considered a style icon in her home country, Omar is one of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in Pakistan.
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Zartaj Gul
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- politician
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Zartaj Gul Wazir is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Climate Change, in Imran Khan ministry from 5 October 2018 until 10 April 2022 when Imran Khan was ousted by a no-confidence motion. She remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between August 2018 and April 2022, and again from 29 February 2024 from Constituency NA-185 Dera Ghazi Khan-II she was elected from Constituency in 2024 Pakistani General Elections held on 8 February 2024.
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Mustafa Zahid
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 41)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Mustafa Zahid is a Pakistani music composer and singer who gained success with his 2007 singles "Toh Phir Aao" and "Tera Mera Rishta." He has sung several hit songs for Bollywood films and is also the band leader and lead vocalist of Roxen, a rock band formed in 2004.
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Satish Gujral
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- graphic artistpaintergraphic designersculptorarchitect
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Satish Gujral was an Indian painter, sculptor, muralist and writer of the post-independent era. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, in 1999. His elder brother, Inder Kumar Gujral, was the Prime Minister of India between 1997 and 1998.
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Asim Raza
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- film directormusic video director
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Asim Raza is a Pakistani film and television commercial director and producer. In 2004, Raza won the Lux Style Award for Best Music Video Director for "Mahi Ve". In 2013, Raza directed a television film, Behadd which won the Hum Award for Best Television Film. Raza marked his feature film debut with a coming-of-age drama Ho Mann Jahaan, Raza owns a production company called The Vision Factory.
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Salima Hashmi
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- writeranti-nuclear activistpainter
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Salima Hashmi is a Pakistani painter, artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry. She has served for four years as a professor and the dean of National College of Arts. She is the eldest daughter of the renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and his British-born wife Alys Faiz.
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C. R. Simha
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- film screenwriteractorfilm actorfilm directortelevision actor
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Channapatna Ramaswami Simha, better known as C. R. Simha, was an Indian actor, director, dramatist and playwright. He was best known for his work in Kannada films and for his work in stage shows. Starting his career in Prabhat Kalavidaru, a theatre group based in Bengaluru he acted in numerous Kannada plays which reached the cult status. He started his own theatre group called "Nataranga" in 1972 and directed many successful plays such as Kakana Kote, Thughlaq and Sankranthi.
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Farooq Qaiser
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- graphic designertelevision actorjournalistpuppeteer
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Farooq Qaiser was a Pakistani artist, newspaper columnist, TV show director, puppeteer, script writer, and voice actor.
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Bhai Ram Singh
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- architect
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Bhai Ram Singh MVO was one of pre-partition Punjab's foremost architects, dominating the scene for nearly two decades from the 1890s. Amongst his works is the Durbar Room, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight, England; Lahore Museum and Governor's House in Simla.
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Bashirul Haq
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- architect
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Bashirul Haq was a Bangladeshi architect, town planner and visiting professor of MIT. He was regarded as one of the most influential architects in South Asia in terms of environmentally and socially responsive design.
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Bashir Mirza
- Occupations
- painterpostage stamp designer
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Bashir Mirza, also known as BM, was a Pakistani painter artist.
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Anila Quayyum Agha
- Enrolled in the National College of Arts
- 1986-1989 graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- artistuniversity teacher
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Anila Quayyum Agha is a Pakistani–American cross-disciplinary artist. Agha explores social and gender roles, global politics, cultural multiplicity, and mass media within drawing, painting, and large-scale installations. In 2014, Agha's piece Intersections won the international art competition, Artprize, twice over with the Public Vote Grand Prize and the Juried Grand Prize in a tie with Sonya Clark, the first time in Artprize's history.
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Muqeem Khan
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- animatorpaintergraphic designer
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Muqeem Khan is a Pakistani who started working in the Hollywood visual effects industry in 1996.
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Ammar Aziz
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Pakistan - Occupations
- film director
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Ammar Aziz is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker and poet. He's a recipient of the International Federation of Film Critics Award. His debut feature-length film A Walnut Tree had its world premiere at IDFA and North American premiere at Hot Docs. The film won awards for the best film from Film SouthAsia, Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Sole Luna Doc-Film Festival and others. His Second feature film, Discount Workers, had world premiere at One World Film Festival and opened a film festival in Kolkata
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Mahmood Hayat
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- artist
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Mahmood Hayat is a Pakistani artist and teacher. Raised in Lahore and descended from the warrior tribe Punjabi Pathan, Hayat began learning his craft from a young age, seeking inspiration from his brother's library collection and his father's workshop. He trained under Pakistani portrait painter Saeed Akhtar, and became influenced by his style. He graduated from the National College of Arts (NCA), and became a lecturer of Furniture Design at the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design (PIFD).
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Hasnat Mehmood
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- painter
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Hasnat Mehmood is a Pakistani visual artist who lives and works in New Jersey. He was born on 3 March 1978 in Jhelum.
