70 Notable alumni of
University of Karachi

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The University of Karachi is 602nd in the world, 118th in Asia, and 2nd in Pakistan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 70 notable alumni from the University of Karachi sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Abdul Qadeer Khan

    Abdul Qadeer Khan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1936-2021 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    theoretical physicistphysicistengineeracademicmetallurgist
    Biography

    Abdul Qadeer Khan,, known as A. Q. Khan, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer who is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".

  2. Tarek Fatah

    Tarek Fatah
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1949-2023 (aged 74)
    Enrolled in the University of Karachi
    Studied biochemistry
    Occupations
    non-fiction writerwritercolumnistpoliticianjournalist
    Biography

    Tarek Fatah was a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author. He was a Punjabi born into Islam and was a vocal critic of the Pakistani religious and political establishment, and the partition of India.

  3. Mamnoon Hussain

    Mamnoon Hussain
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1940-2021 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    politicianentrepreneur
    Biography

    Mamnoon Hussain was a Pakistani politician and industrialist who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He was first appointed Governor of Sindh in June 1999 by President Rafiq Tarar; but was removed from the post in October 1999 due to the 1999 military coup d'état. Hussain was then nominated for the presidency by the PMLN in July 2013 and was elected through an indirect presidential election. Hussain took over the presidency after an oath administered by the Chief Justice of Pakistan on 9 September 2013. Hussain maintained a low-key profile as president and his role was rarely seen in the nation's politics, although he was involved in a Polio eradication program.

  4. Imran Nazar Hosein

    Imran Nazar Hosein
    Born in
    Trinidad and Tobago Flag Trinidad and Tobago
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    writer'ālimschool teacherphilosopher
    Biography

    Imran Nazar Hosein is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian Islamic preacher, author and philosopher, who specializes in Islamic eschatology, world politics, economics, and modern socio-economic/political issues. He is the author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an and other books.

  5. Waheed Murad

    Waheed Murad
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1938-1983 (aged 45)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Waheed Murad, also known as Chocolate Hero, was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting, Waheed is considered one of the most famous and influential actors of South Asia and has influenced the film industry in the Indian subcontinent.

  6. Salman F Rahman

    Salman F Rahman
    Born in
    Bangladesh Flag Bangladesh
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Salman Fazlur Rahman is a Bangladeshi businessman, and a member of the Jatiya Sangsad. He is the Private Industry and Investment Adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the rank of a cabinet minister. Earlier, he served as the private sector development affairs adviser to her. He was ranked 1685th on the list of billionaires in the world published by Beijing-based Hurun Gobal in 2017. He is the vice chairman of BEXIMCO Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh. He was the president of several trade bodies including Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO).

  7. Sajjad Ali

    Sajjad Ali
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    film directorpoetmusicianactor
    Biography

    Sajjad Ali is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop and rock singer, poet, actor, film director as well as a film producer from Karachi, Pakistan.

  8. Sania Saeed

    Sania Saeed
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    film directoractor
    Biography

    Sania Saeed is a Pakistani actress and television host. Works mainly in television and theatre, Saeed is the recipient of numerous accolades including one PTV Awards, four Hum Awards and four Lux Style Awards.

  9. Husain Haqqani

    Husain Haqqani
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Husain Haqqani is a Pakistani journalist, academic, political activist, and former ambassador of Pakistan to Sri Lanka and the United States.

  10. Muhammad Taqi Usmani

    Muhammad Taqi Usmani
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    authormuftijudge
    Biography

    Muhammad Taqi Usmani SI, OI, is a Pakistani jurist and a leading scholar in the fields of Qur'an, Hadith, Islamic law, Islamic economics, and comparative religion. He was a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology from 1977 to 1981, a judge of the Federal Shariat Court from 1981 to 1982, and a judge in the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1982 to 2002. In 2020, he was selected as the most influential Muslim personality in the world. He has been conferred the title of Shaykh al-Islām for his knowledge in Islamic studies. He is considered a leading intellectual of the contemporary Deobandi movement, and his opinions and fatwas are widely accepted by Deobandi scholars and institutions worldwide, including the Darul Uloom Deoband in India. Since 2021, he has been serving as the Chairman of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia. His father, Shafi Usmani, was the Grand Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and migrated to Pakistan with his family after the partition of India in 1948.

  11. Sadruddin Hashwani

    Sadruddin Hashwani
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Sadruddin Hashwani is a Pakistani entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Hashoo Group, a conglomerate best known for Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts.

  12. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

    Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1929-2021 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    politicianjudge
    Biography

    Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was a Pakistani jurist who was the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from 25 March to 5 June 2013. Khoso was a judge who previously served as the chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court and served as the caretaker prime minister ahead of the general elections scheduled in May 2013.

  13. Syed Qaim Ali Shah

    Syed Qaim Ali Shah
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1928-.. (age 96)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyercivil servant
    Biography

    Syed Qaim Daim Ali Shah is a Pakistani politician who served as the elected Chief Minister of Sindh for three terms. His last two terms combined, a total of eight years, makes him the longest serving Chief Minister of Sindh. He is Sindh President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was an elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from PS-220 (Khairpur-1).

  14. Abdul Rehman Malik

    Abdul Rehman Malik
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1951-2022 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Abdul Rehman Malik NI was a Pakistani politician and a Federal Investigation Agency officer, having served as the Interior Minister from being appointed on 25 March 2008 until 16 March 2013.

  15. Haseena Moin

    Haseena Moin
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1941-2021 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    screenwriter
    Biography

    Haseena Moin was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She wrote several plays for stage, radio, and television. She was the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan. She wrote Pakistan Television's first original script Kiran Kahani aired in the early-1970s. Before this, PTV relied on novel-based scripts for dramas. She was considered to be the best playwright and dramatist in Urdu Pakistan has ever witnessed.

  16. Atta ur Rahman

    Atta ur Rahman
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    Atta-ur-Rahman, h-index 75, with 36,000 citations NI, FRS, FPAS is a Pakistani organic chemist and is currently serving as Professor Emeritus at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences at the University of Karachi and as Chairman of PM Task Force on Science and Technology. He has twice served as the President of Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2003-2006, and 2011–2014). He was the Federal Minister of Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002) and Chairman Higher Education Commission with status of Federal Minister (2002-2008) He is also the President of the Network of Academies of Sciences in Countries of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (NASIC). After returning to Pakistan from Cambridge after completing his tenure as Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge University, he contributed to the development of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences at the University of Karachi, and transforming the landscape of higher education, science and technology of Pakistan. He is Fellow of Royal Society (London), Life Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge University, UK., and Professor Emeritus at University of Karachi

  17. Mian Raza Rabbani

    Mian Raza Rabbani
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Mian Raza Rabbani is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who served as the 7th Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2015 to March 2018. He has been affiliated with the Pakistan Peoples Party since 1968.

  18. Younus AlGohar

    Younus AlGohar
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Younus AlGohar is a British co-founder of Messiah Foundation International (also known as Kalki Avatar Foundation and Mehdi Foundation International), a spiritual organisation which advocates for Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi mystical teachings and claims he is the Messiah (Mahdi). He authored the books Mysterious Horizons – Beyond God (2007), and Nisāb-e-Mehdi نصا ب مہدی‎ (2010).

  19. Michael Nazir-Ali

    Michael Nazir-Ali
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politicianpriest
    Biography

    Michael James Nazir-Ali is a Pakistani-born British Roman Catholic priest and former Anglican bishop. He served as the 106th Bishop of Rochester from 1994 to 2009 and, before that, as Bishop of Raiwind in Pakistan. He is currently the director of the Oxford Centre for Training, Research, Advocacy and Dialogue. In 2021, he was received into the Catholic Church and was ordained as a priest for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham on 30 October 2021, one of several Anglican bishops who converted to Catholicism that year. In 2022, he was made a monsignor. He is a dual citizen of Pakistan and Britain.

  20. Ansar Burney

    Ansar Burney
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    human rights activistlawyer
    Biography

    Ansar Burney is a Pakistani human and civil rights activist and former Federal Minister for human rights in Pakistan’s cabinet from 2007 to 2008. He graduated with Masters in Law from Karachi University. He is widely credited as being one of the first people to introduce the concept of human rights in Pakistan since 1980.

  21. Suhail Aman

    Suhail Aman
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    air force officerdiplomat
    Biography

    Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman NI  HI(M)  SI(M)  TI(M)  LoM (Urdu: سہیل امان; born 10 June 1959) is a retired four star air officer who served as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force. He took charge from Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt on 19 March 2015. He retired on 18 March 2018, on completion of the three-year term as Air Chief.

  22. Raheel Raza

    Raheel Raza
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    human rights activistjournalist
    Biography

    Raheel Raza is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist, author, public speaker, media consultant, anti-racism activist, and interfaith discussion leader. She is among the most prominent Muslim supporters of Israel. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  23. Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah

    Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was member of the National Assembly between 1990 and May 2018.

  24. Faisal Sabzwari

    Faisal Sabzwari
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Syed Faisal Ali Subzwari is a Pakistani politician and senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (Khalid Maqbool Group). He was elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on the ticket of MQM-P in 2013 Pakistani general election and has served as the opposition leader in Sindh Assembly.

  25. Sohail Rana

    Sohail Rana
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Sohail Rana is a Pakistani music composer for films and television. He was introduced by actor Waheed Murad in Pakistan film industry and gained popularity when singer Ahmed Rushdi sang his compositions in such films as Armaan and Doraha. He is now based in Canada.

  26. Saifullah Paracha

    Saifullah Paracha
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Biography

    Saifullah Abdullah Paracha is a citizen of Pakistan who was held, without any charge, in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba for over 18 years. He was released on October 29, 2022. As of 18 May 2021, Saifullah Paracha was approved for release by American authorities after his son Uzair Paracha's conviction was overturned in 2018 and the younger Paracha was repatriated to Pakistan in March 2020.

  27. Syed Sajjad Ali Shah

    Syed Sajjad Ali Shah
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1933-2017 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Syed Sajjad Ali Shah was a Pakistani judge who served as the 13th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 4 June 1994 to 2 December 1997. He had been appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Benazir Bhutto. Prior to that, he served as the 6th Chief Justice of Sindh High Court from 13 December 1989 to 4 November 1990.

  28. Mohammad Habash

    Mohammad Habash
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    writerscholar
    Biography

    Mohammad Al-Habash or Mohamed Habash is a Syrian Islamic scholar, and writer. He is the principal figure of the Islamic revivalist movement in Syria, and the founder of the Studies Center for Civilization and Enlightenment Research.

  29. Naimatullah Khan

    Naimatullah Khan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1930-2020 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Naimatullah Khan was a Pakistani politician who served as the City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005.

  30. Afaq Ahmed

    Afaq Ahmed
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Afaq Ahmed is a Pakistani politician who is the founder and leader of Muhajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) (MQM-H), a break-away faction of the much larger than Muhajir Qaumi Movement which later became Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).

  31. Safi Qureshey

    Safi Qureshey
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    business executive
    Biography

    Safi Urrehman Qureshey is a Pakistani-American entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and CEO of AST Research, Inc., a personal computer manufacturer acquired by Samsung Electronics in 1997. Qureshey is involved with several start-up technology companies as an advisor, board member and seed investor. Qureshey currently serves as regent's professor at the University of California, Irvine's Graduate School of Management, and also actively supports U.C. Irvine's Bonney Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Qureshey graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington in 1975 as a Computer Science Major. In 2000, he created the eponymous "Safi Qureshey Foundation" to provide "a conduit of support for socially and economically underserved children and adults to build better and more secure futures".

  32. Ustad Sibte Jaffar Zaidi

    Ustad Sibte Jaffar Zaidi
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1957-2013 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    head teacherwriter
    Biography

    Sayyid Sibte Jaffar Zaidi or commonly known as Ustad Sibte Jaffar (Urdu: اُستاد سبطِ جعفر) (born 1957) was a Pakistani professor, poet, advocate, principal, religious reciter, writer and social worker.

  33. Wajihuddin Ahmed

    Wajihuddin Ahmed
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1938-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    politicianjudgelawyer
    Biography

    Wajihuddin Ahmed is a retired senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, human rights activist, and former professor of law at the Sindh Muslim Law College.

  34. Rasheed Araeen

    Rasheed Araeen
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1935-.. (age 89)
    Occupations
    paintersculptorart critic
    Biography

    Rasheed Araeen is a Karachi-born, London-based conceptual artist, sculptor, painter, writer, and curator. He graduated in civil engineering from the NED University of Engineering and Technology in 1962, and has been working as a visual artist bridging life, art and activism since his arrival in London from Pakistan in 1964.

  35. Farooq Hamid Naek

    Farooq Hamid Naek
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Farooq Hamid Naek also spelled Farooq H. Naik, is a Pakistani politician and lawyer, who served as the Chairman Senate, Minister of Law as well as headed the Ministry of Justice in the government led by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.

  36. Ravindra Wijegunaratne

    Ravindra Wijegunaratne
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    competitive diver
    Biography

    Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne, WV, RWP and Bar, RSP, VSV, USP, NI, ndc, psn, is a retired Sri Lankan admiral, and former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. He has also served as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, the Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and held, at various times, four of the seven Naval Commands of the SLN. Wijegunaratne has also served as Director Naval Operations, and is a recipient of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya.

  37. Hussain Haroon

    Hussain Haroon
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Abdullah Hussain Haroon is a Pakistani politician, and businessman who served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the Mulk caretaker ministry. He previously served as the Speaker of Sindh Assembly and Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from September 2008 to October 2012.

  38. Sarfaraz Khan Niazi

    Sarfaraz Khan Niazi
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    linguistphotographerwriter
    Biography

    Sarfaraz Khan Niazi he migrated to Karachi, Pakistan in 1962, and to the United States in 1970. He is an expert in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and has worked in academia, industry, and as an entrepreneur. He has written books in pharmaceutical sciences, biotechnology, consumer healthcare, and poetry. He has translated ghazals (love poems) of the Urdu poet Ghalib.

  39. Sada Cumber

    Sada Cumber
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Sada Cumber is a Pakistani–American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and diplomat. He is an expert on US foreign policy and national security issues. In 2008, President George W. Bush named him the first U.S. special Envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, which promotes Muslim solidarity in social and political affairs. In that capacity, Cumber advanced United States interests among the OIC's 57 members nations, including promoting mutual understanding and dialogue while combating intolerance, extremism and the conditions which create it.

  40. Syed Adnan Kakakhail

    Syed Adnan Kakakhail
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Enrolled in the University of Karachi
    Graduated with political science
    Occupations
    muftiwritercolumnist
    Biography

    Syed Adnan Kakakhail is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, columnist and author. He is the founder and CEO of Al-Burhan Institute. He is a recipient presidential award for the "Best Debator of Pakistan".

  41. Khalida Brohi

    Khalida Brohi
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    women's rights activistwriteractivist
    Biography

    Khalida Brohi is a Pakistani activist for women's rights and a social entrepreneur. She is a member of the Brahui people, an indigenous tribe of Balochistan, and now has been settled in United States after her marriage.

  42. Jameel Jalibi

    Jameel Jalibi
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1929-2019 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    literary criticresearcherlinguistteacher
    Biography

    Jameel Jalibi was a noted linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He also was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Karachi.

  43. Fazal Ahmad Khalid

    Fazal Ahmad Khalid
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Fazal Ahmad Khalid is a seasoned academician and administrator. Presently, he serves as the Rector of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi. Prof Dr. Fazal Ahmad Khalid, SI, has extensive experience as a university administrator and has served in various positions at the national level. He has previously served as the Chairman of the Punjab Higher Education Commission, Vice Chancellor of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Acting VC of Punjab Tianjin University of Technology (PTUT), Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Engineering Council, and head of PEC Accreditation Board and Curriculum Committee. He also worked at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology for 21 years as Pro-Rector Academics, Dean, and Professor of Materials and Nanotechnology from 1994 to 2014. He is also the recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan and the PEC Engineers’ Excellence Award.

  44. Anthony Theodore Lobo

    Anthony Theodore Lobo
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1937-2013 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Anthony Theodore Felix Lobo was a Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop. On 8 June 1982 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Karachi by Pope John Paul II. On 28 May 1993 he became Bishop of Islamabad–Rawalpindi.

  45. Raees Warsi

    Raees Warsi
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Raees Warsi is a Pakistani American Urdu poet, journalist, lyricist, TV anchor and social worker. He has blended contemporary issues into classic rhyme. Where Urdu poetry was confined to the issues of love, romance and its tragedies till the early 20th century, Warsi and some other notable contemporary poetry have expanded Urdu poetry to the demands of modern realism while still maintaining the classic rhyme. He currently resides in the United States.

  46. Ashfaq Hussain

    Ashfaq Hussain
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, is an Urdu Pakistani poet and an author of more than 10 books of poetry and literary criticism. He is considered at least by one commentator to be an expert on the life and works of Urdu poets Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmad Faraz and also on Progressive Writers Movement.

  47. Farman Fatehpuri

    Farman Fatehpuri
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1926-2013 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    linguisteditorliterary critic
    Biography

    Farman Fatehpuri was an Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan.

  48. M. Shahid Qureshi

    M. Shahid Qureshi
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Occupations
    astronomerphysicist
    Biography

    Muhammad Shahid Qureshi or Shahid Qureshi, styled as M. Shahid Qureshi, is a Pakistani mathematician, astrophysicist and a renowned astronomer. He is an academic and an eminent educationist from Pakistan who has published articles in the fields of astrophysics and astronomy. He is the retired professor of astrophysics and astronomy at Karachi University and Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics, and former director of ISPA, the country's prominent institution in the field of planetary astrophysics and planetary astronomy. He previously served as an assistant professor of mathematics and computer science. He also the founding director of the Department of Mathematics at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

  49. Gholam Mujtaba

    Gholam Mujtaba
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politicianpharmacologist
    Biography

    Golam Mujtaba is a Pakistani-American Muhajir politician. He served as the provincial advisor in Sindh from 1992 to 1994. He was the leader of the coalition party to the Sindh Government from 1992 to 1994. Previously, he had been a student activist; he was elected General Secretary of the Karachi University Students Union in 1976, and served as a member of the University Senate and Syndicate in 1976–78.

  50. Muhammad Arshad Khan

    Muhammad Arshad Khan
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    paintersocial worker
    Biography

    Muhammad Arshad Khan known as MAK, is a Pakistani artist, painter, sculptor, social worker and the president of the Pakistan national committee for the World Art Games. He has painted several paintings, did not go to any art college, and learned painting from Bashir Mirza. His style of painting is identified by some as Mak Art.

  51. Haidar Abbas Rizvi

    Haidar Abbas Rizvi
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politicianengineer
    Biography

    Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi, (born, January 1, 1968, in Karachi) is the former deputy parliamentary leader of MQM who had been the member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he served as member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2008.

  52. Abu Yahya

    Abu Yahya
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Abu Yahya (Urdu: ابو یحییٰ; a.k.a. Rehan Ahmed Yousufi (born 22 September 1969) is Pakistani scholar, writer and novelist. His work mainly focus on faith and morality, Islamic philosophy and Quran exegesis. He is presenting the Quranic teachings in novel form. He is influenced by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Abul A'la Maududi, Syed Abuul Hassan Ali Nadvi, Amin Ahsan Islahi, Dr. Israr Ahmed, Wahiduddin Khan and Javed Ahmad Ghamidi.

  53. Nazir Leghari

    Nazir Leghari
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Nazir Leghari is a Pakistani journalist and author. He received his LLB degree from Federal Urdu University of Arts and Sciences, Karachi and then began working for the daily, Nawa-e-Waqt, in 1981 where he was in charge of its political desk. He joined the Daily Jang in 1985 and became the newspaper’s magazine editor in 1989. He become an editor of Daily Awam in 1994. In 2006, he returned to Jang again, where he was appointed as editor. He has authored multiple books.

  54. Aqeel Abbas Jafri

    Aqeel Abbas Jafri
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    journalistpoethistorianarchitect
    Biography

    Aqeel Abbas Jafri, is a Pakistani writer, poet and architect and chief editor of Urdu Dictionary Board in Pakistan.

  55. Haziqul Khairi

    Haziqul Khairi
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1931-2023 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    judgewriter
    Biography

    Haziqul Khairi was a Pakistani jurist and author who served as Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, Judge of the Sindh High Court, Ombudsman of Sindh and Principal of Sindh Muslim Law College. He was the grandson of eminent British India social reformer, Allama Rashid ul Khairi.

  56. Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan

    Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan is an Azad Kashmiri businessman and politician. He served as the President of Azad Kashmir from 25 August 2011 to 25 August 2016. He also served as the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir from 7 January 2009 to 22 October 2009. Beside politics, Khan is also serving as the Chairman of YK Group of Companies.

  57. Deena M. Mistri

    Deena M. Mistri
    Years
    1924-2011 (aged 87)
    Biography

    Deena M. Mistri was an educator from Pakistan.

  58. Zia Ur Rehman

    Zia Ur Rehman
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Zia Ur Rehman is a Pakistani journalist, researcher, and author, specialising in security issues, human rights, minorities, and politics.

  59. Abrar Hasan

    Abrar Hasan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1935-.. (age 89)
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    Abrar Hasan is a lawyer and constitutional expert based in Karachi, Pakistan. He is known for his arrest following a state of Emergency imposed by Pervez Musharraf, which arrested 1,500 opposition leaders including lawyers and journalists.

  60. Rana Muhammad Akram Khan

    Rana Muhammad Akram Khan
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    advocate
    Biography

    Rana Muhammad Akram Khan is a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He is former chairman executive of the Punjab Bar Council (PBC).

  61. Hifazat Ullah Khan

    Hifazat Ullah Khan
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    Air Marshal Hifazat Ullah Khan HI SI(M) TI(M) (Urdu: حفاظت اللہ خان) is former three-star general air officer who served as Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of Pakistan Air Force from 29 March 2009 till 4 October 2010.

  62. Nazir Ahmad Bulbul

    Nazir Ahmad Bulbul
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Nazir Ahmad Bulbul is a Wakhi language poet and an educator. He was born in Gulmit, a village located in the Gojal Tehsil of District Hunza, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan.

  63. Asif Noorani

    Asif Noorani
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Asif Noorani is a Pakistani newspaper and television journalist and writer.

  64. Shahida Hassan

    Shahida Hassan
    Born in
    Bangladesh Flag Bangladesh
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Shahida Hassan is a contemporary Urdu poet. Based in Pakistan, she is known for her poems and ghazals. Hassan has written a lot of Urdu poetry, which has been published in two authorized collections, Yahan Kuch Phool Rakhey hain and Ek Taara hai sarhaaney mere. She received her Master's in English from the University of Karachi.

  65. Abdul Rauf Khan

    Abdul Rauf Khan
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Abdul Raouf Khan is the Haqparsat Taluka City Nazim of Nawabshah. Raouf Khan is a member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) of Pakistan.

  66. Mian Muhibullah Kakakhel

    Mian Muhibullah Kakakhel
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Mian Muhibullah Kakakhel is a Pakistani lawyer and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the former presidential candidate for Pakistan.

  67. Abdul Rasheed Hussain

    Abdul Rasheed Hussain
    Born in
    Maldives Flag Maldives
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    poet
    Biography

    Abdul Rasheed Hussain is a historian, linguist and poet, and a former Minister of Cabinet of the Maldives during the Maumoon Abdul Gayoom administration. His first cabinet portfolio was as the Minister of Atolls Administration in 1993. In addition, he has filled other cabinet positions such as Minister of Employment and Labour, Minister of Planning, Human Resources and Environment, Minister of Fisheries, Agriculture and Marine Resources, and Minister for Higher Education, Employment and Social Security. He also served in the People's Majlis for over 20 years and served as the Deputy Speaker from 2000 to 2005. He holds a BA (Honours) in Economics from the University of Karachi in Pakistan and is the first Maldivian to hold a graduate degree in economics.

  68. Muhammad Ajmal Khan

    Muhammad Ajmal Khan
    Years
    Died in 2019
    Occupations
    botanist
    Biography

    Muhammad Ajmal Khan was a Pakistani botanist and the 17th Vice-Chancellor of University of Karachi.

  69. Fazal Ur Rehman

    Fazal Ur Rehman
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Fazal Ur Rehman; born 13 April 1943, is a Pakistani judge.

  70. Muhmmad Ali Shaikh

    Muhmmad Ali Shaikh
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Biography

    Mohammad Ali Shaikh is the vice-chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan.