List of people from Karachi

This is alist of notable people from the city ofKarachiinPakistan,also known as Karachiites:

Karachi

This is adynamic listand may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help byadding missing itemswithreliable sources.

Armed forces

• Vice AdmiralSyed Mohammad Ahsan- governor
• Muhammad Mahmood Alam
• Mirza Aslam Beg- four-star general
• Moinuddin Haider- lieutenant general, governor
• Pervez Musharraf- former president and Army Chief of Pakistan
• Ft. Lt.Rashid MinhasShaheed - only PAF recipient ofNishan-e-Haider
• Marium MukhtiarPakistan's first female martyred fighter pilot in the line of duty.

Art and literature

• Minocher K. SpencerParsi author and spiritual healer from Karachi (born October 4, 1888 Pune, India)
• Jamiluddin Aali- poet, columnist, critic (born 1926 in Delhi)
• Mohammad Abdul Ahed- architect, educator, painter (1919-2001)
• Manzoor Ahmad- philosopher (born 1934)
• Obaidullah Aleem- journalist, poet (1939-1998)
• Ahmed Ali- novelist, poet, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar (1910 in New Delhi - 1994 in Karachi)
• Nasim Amrohvi- Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer (1908-1987)
• Rais Amrohvi- journalist, poet, psychoanalyst (1914-1988)
• Iftikhar Arif- poet, critic, author (born 1943)
• Hasan Askari- philosopher, author, critic (1919-1978)
• Zamir Ali Badayuni- critic (1941-2003)
• Fatima Surayya Bajia- drama writer (born 1930)
• Tabish Dehlvi- poet (1911-2004)
• Jon Elia- Arsalan Kachaliya's favorite poet, philosopher (1931-2002)
• Aslam Farrukhi- writer, critic, linguist (born 1923)
• Farman Fatehpuri- researcher, poet, critic, linguist (1926-2013)
• Dilawar Figar- humorous poet, scholar (1929 Badaun, UP - 1998 Karachi)
• Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah- first female columnist of Pakistan (1921-2000)
• Maulvi Abdul Haq- father of modernUrdu(1872-1961)
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee- Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer
• Hameed Haroon- journalist, activist
• Sibte Hassan- author, columnist, activist (1916-1986)
• Zahida Hina- columnist, author, poet (born 1946)
• Ashfaq Hussain-Urdu poetand television personality in Canada forAsian Television Network(born 1951)
• Intizar Hussain- linguist, novelist, critic (born 1923)
• Ibn-e-Insha- poet, writer and humorist (1927 Phillaur, Punjab, British India - 1978 London, England)
• Ibn-e-Safi- novelist, story writer (1928 Nara, district of Allahabad, UP, British India - 1980 Karachi)
• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah- writer, activist (1915-2000)
• Farhat Ishtiaq- writer, author and screenwriter (born June 23, 1980)
• Siddiq Ismail- religious Hamd and Naat reciter (born 1954)
• Qamar Jalalvi- poet (1887 Jalali, Aligarh, India - 1968 Karachi)
• Jameel Jalibi- scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU (born 1929)
• Abul Khair Kashfi- critic, linguist, author, scholar (1932 Kanpur, British India - 2008 Karachi)
• Khalique Ibrahim Khalique- journalist, poet, critic (1926-2006)
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan- writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar, educationist (1912-2005)
• Josh Malihabadi- poet, linguist, scholar (1894-1982)
• Anwar Maqsood- drama writer, anchor, actor (born 1935 Hyderabad State)
• Haseena Moin- playwright, drama writer
• Zehra Nigah- poet
• Pirzada Qasim- poet, author, educationist (born 1943)
• Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi- author, historian, educationist (1903-1981)
• Fahmida Riaz- writer, poet, activist (born 1946 Meerut, UP, British India)
• Sadequain- painter, calligraphist (1930 Amroha, British India - 1987 Karachi)
• Hakeem Muhammad Said- pioneer of Eastern medicine, philanthropist (1993-1994)
• Abul Lais Siddiqui- critic, linguist, author, scholar
• Shaukat Siddiqui- novelist, fiction writer (1923-2006)
• Raees Warsi- journalist, author, poet, founder of Urdu Markaz New York (born 1963)
• Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi- author, humorist (born 1923)
• Mustafa Zaidi- poet (1930-1970)

Bankers

• Agha Hasan Abedi- banker and founder of the now-defunctBank of Credit and Commerce International
• Shaukat Aziz- former prime minister of Pakistan
• Ishrat Hussain- former Governor State Bank of Pakistan and incumbent Dean ofInstitute of Business Administration

Businessmen

• Abdul Razzak Yaqoob,Chairman of theARY Group
• Ahmed Dawood,industrialist, philanthropist and founder ofDawood Group
• Agha Hasan Abedi- banker, founder ofBCCI
• Bashir Ali Mohammad,Gul Ahmed Group
• Hussain Haqqani- leading Urdu debater, National College, Karachi; Ambassador of Pakistan to U.S.A.
• Jahangir Siddiqui,owner ofJS Group
• Javed Jabbar-orator,politician,Senator
• Malik Riaz- Pakistani business tycoon who is the founder ofBahria Town.
• Monis Rahman- Founder & CEO of Naseeb Networks
• Rafiq M. Habib - Group chairman of the renowned ‘House of Habib’, chairman of Habib Insurance Company Ltd.
• Raza Rabbani- English debater, politician, Senator
• Sadruddin Hashwani- Founder and chairman ofHashoo Group.
• Safi Qureshi- co-founder and CEO ofAST Research;born and educated inKarachi;now based in the US
• Sikandar Sultan- Managing Director ofShan Food Industries

Debaters and orators

• Hussain Haqqani- leading Urdu debater, National College, Karachi; Ambassador of Pakistan to U.S.A.
• Javed Jabbar-orator,politician,Senator
• Raza Rabbani- English debater, politician, Senator

Economists

• Ishrat Hussain- former GovernorState Bank of Pakistan
• Akhtar Hameed Khan- pioneer ofmicrocreditandmicrofinancein Pakistan, founder ofOrangi Pilot Project
• Nawab Haider Naqvi- former Director PIDE
• Anwar Shaikh-Marxisteconomist, and professor
• Muhammad Shoaib- Finance Minister; Executive Director World Bank; father of Nafisa Sadik

Education

• Anita Ghulam Ali- educationist
• Nasim Amrohvi
• Moinuddin Aqeel- author, critic, linguist, scholar
• Bernadette Louise Dean- former Principal of Kinnaird College, Lahore
• Mary Emily- recipient of theSitara-e-Imtiazfor services to education
• Aslam Farrukhi- author, poet, critic, linguist, scholar
• Farman Fatehpuri- real name Syed Dildar Ali; author, critic, linguist, scholar
• Khalida Ghous- human rights activist, scholar
• Yolande Henderson- high school teacher
• Jameel Jalibi- linguist, scholar
• Abul Khair Kashfi- author, critic, linguist, scholar
• Matin Ahmed Khan- academic, marketing expert and management educator, Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan- author, critic, linguist, scholar, Sufi
• Anthony Theodore Lobo- founder of many schools
• Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi- VC Karachi University, author, historian, scholar
• Ata ur Rahman- Chairman HEC, scientist
• Hakim Saeed- VC Hamdard University
• Abul Lais Siddiqui- author, critic, linguist, scholar
• Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui- Chancellor, Karachi University
• Raziuddin Siddiqui- physicist, mathematician, scholar
• Shahid Aziz Siddiqi- former Federal Secretary and Vice Chancellor, Ziauddin University
• Norma Fernandes- former Headmistress (Kindergarten/Junior Section) of theKarachi Grammar School

Journalists

• Cyril Almeida
• Mujahid Barelvi
• Ardeshir Cowasjee
• Ian Fyfe,sports journalist
• Kamran Khan
• Daniele Mastrogiacomo-Italianjournalist born in Karachi
• Arshad Sharif
• Waseem Badami
• Maria Memon
• Shahid Masood

Law and judiciary

• JusticeSyed Sajjad Ali Shah- CJS, Chief Justice of Sindh High Court from Karachi.
• JusticeWajihuddin Ahmed- Chief Justice Sind High Court and Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan
• JusticeAlvin Robert Cornelius
• Mohammad Haleem- former chief justice of Pakistan
• Makhdoom Ali Khan- former attorney general of Pakistan
• Naimatullah Khan- advocate
• JusticeAjmal Mian- former chief justice of Pakistan
• JusticeDorab Patel
• Nazim Hussain Siddiqui- former chief justice of Pakistan
• JusticeHaziqul Khairi- former Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan
• JusticeSaeeduzzaman Siddiqui- former chief justice of Pakistan
• JusticeRana Bhagwandas- former acting chief justice of Pakistan
• JusticeNasir Aslam Zahid- former Chief Justice Sindh High Court and Justice Pakistan Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Khalid Jawed KhanAttorney General for Pakistan

Performing arts

Actors and comedians

• Aamina Sheikh- model, actress
• Adeel Hussain- model, actress
• Adnan Jaffar- television, film actor
• Ahad Raza Mir- actor
• Aijaz Aslam- actor
• Aiman Khan- actress
• Aiza Khan- actress, model
• Alizeh Shah- model, actress
• Angela Thorne- English actress
• Anwar Maqsood- drama writer, anchor, actor
• Ather Shah Khan JaidiWriter comedian
• Ayaz Samoo- comedian, actor
• Azfar Rehman- actor
• Babar Ali- actor
• Behroze Sabzwari- film actor
• Bilal Abbas Khan- actor
• Bushra Ansari- actress, comedian
• Danish Nawaz- actor
• Danish Taimoor- actor
• Fahad Mustafa- actor
• Fawad Khan- actor
• Fatima Effendi- model, actress
• Hina Altaf- actress
• Hina Dilpazeer- actress, TV host, model
• Humayun Saeed- actor, model and producer
• Iman Vellani- Pakistani-Canadian television actor
• Iqbal Theba- Pakistani-American television actor
• Iqra Aziz- model, actress
• Izhar Qazi- film and TV actor
• Jamshed Ansari- comedian
• Kaveeta- actress
• Kumail Nan gian i- comedian
• Mashal Khan- actress
• Madiha Imam- model, actress
• Mahira Khan- television, film actor
• Margaret Lockwood- film and stage actress (1916-1990)
• Mawra Hocane- model, actress
• Mehwish Hayat- actress, model
• Minal Khan- actress
• Mohib Mirza- actor
• Moin Akhter- TV, film and stage actor, comedian and host
• Momal Sheikh- actress
• Muneeb Butt- actor
• Nadeem- film actor
• Nadia Hussain- model, actress
• Nirala(real name Muzaffar Hussain) - comedian
• Ramsha Khan- model, actress
• Rauf Lala- comedian, actor
• Sajid Hasan- actor
• Salim Nasir- comedian, actor
• Sami Shah- comedian, writer
• Sana Javed- model, actress
• Sangeeta- actress, filmmaker, director
• Saud Qasmi- actor
• Shehroz Sabzwari- actor
• Somy Ali,actress and activist
• Syed Kamal- film actor
• Syra Yousuf- model, actress
• Talat Hussain- television actor, director
• Umer Sharif- comic actor
• Urwa Hocane- actress
• Yasir Nawaz- actor
• Yumna Zaidi- actress
• Zafar Karachiwala,Indian actor, ancestors from Karachi
• Zainab Qayyum- model, actress, TV host
• Zhalay Sarhadi- model, actress

Singers, musicians and music & directors

• Salma Agha- singer
• Alamgir- pop singer
• Sajjad Ali- singer
• Waqar Ali- singer and musician
• Faraz Anwar- guitarist
• Iqbal Bano- ghazal singer
• Nisar Bazmi- composer
• Munni Begum- singer
• Ali Haider- singer
• Mehdi Hassan- ghazal singer
• Nazia Hassan- first female pop singer of Pakistan
• Zohaib Hassan- singer
• Mehreen Jabbar- Pakistani film director
• Ahmed Jahanzeb- singer
• S. B. John- singer
• Faisal Kapadia- singer
• Bilal Maqsood- composer
• Habib Wali Mohammad- singer
• Sohail Rana- composer
• Shehzad Roy- singer
• Ahmed Rushdi- singer
• Ramesh SippyIndian film director and producer from Karachi.
• Syed Ali Raza Usama- Pakistani film and drama director
• Lenny Zakatek- English pop and rock star

Dancers

• Sheema Kermanisocial activist, theater director and exponent of Bharatnatyam dance.

Philanthropists and social workers

• Somy Ali- activist, filmmaker, and former actress and model
• Ansar Burney- human rights activist and founder of the Ansar Burney Trust
• Abdul Sattar Edhi- philanthropist and founder of theEdhi Foundation
• Bilquis Edhi- philanthropist, founder of the Bilquis Edhi Foundation, wife ofAbdul Sattar Edhi
• Ruth Lewis- awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz for managingDarul Sukun,a home for the disabled
• Fatima Lodhi- social worker, founder of Dark is Divine, first anti-colorism campaign from Pakistan
• Fahmida Riaz
• Hakim Said- scholar, philanthropist, former governor of Sindh
• Nafis Sadik- United Nations
• Ramzan Chhipa- philanthropist and founder of theChhipa Welfare Association

Politicians and bureaucrats

• Lal Krishna Advani- FormerDeputy Prime Minister of Indiaand co-founder of theBharatiya Janata PartyinIndia
• Abdul Sattar Afghani- ex-Mayor Karachi Metropolitan City
• Shaukat Aziz- former prime minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan
• Benazir Bhutto- former Prime Minister
• Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim- Governor, Law Minister, Attorney General
• Imran Farooq- co-founder of MQM
• Syed Munawar Hasan- former Ameer ofJamaat-e-Islami
• Altaf Hussain- founder and chairman of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
• Fatima Jinnah- sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Madar-i-Millet
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah- founder of Pakistan
• Syed Mustafa Kamal- former Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi
• Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan- former governor of Sindh
• Naimatullah Khan- formermayorofKarachicity
• Shahryar Khan- former Foreign Secretary and former chairman of the Cricket Board in Pakistan
• Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta- Mayor of Karachi
• Pervez Musharraf- General (Retd.), former Army Chief, military dictator andPresident of Pakistan
• Farooq Sattar- parliamentary leader of the MQM
• Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi- leader of theJamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan;founder of theWorld Islamic Mission
• Azeem Ahmed Tariq- former chairman of MQM
• Harchandrai Vishandas- former mayor of Karachi (during 1900s)
• Ali Zaidi- Pakistan Tahreek e insaaf
• Asif Ali Zardari- former president of Pakistan
• Bilawal Bhutto Zardari- Chairman ofPakistan People's Party
• Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigarsixth Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Pakistani ambassador to Turkey
• Hussain HaroonPermanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
• Ghulam Akbar Lasi- Pakistani politician
• Faisal Vawda- Pakistani politician
• Muhammad Zubair Umar- former governor of Sindh
• Imran Ismail- former governor of Sindh
• Murad Ali Shah- Chief Minister of Sindh
• Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman- Pakistani politician
• Saeed Ghani- Pakistani politician
• Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui- Pakistani politician
• Khurrum Sher Zaman- Pakistani politician
• Firdous Shamim Naqvi- Pakistani politician
• Khawaja Izharul Hassan- Pakistani politician
• Faisal Subzwari- Pakistani politician
• Syed Aminul Haque- Pakistani politician

Religious leaders and scholars

• Talib Jauhari- religious scholar
• Aga Khan III- Imam Sultan Mohammed Shah - 48th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, PresidentLeague of Nations,President All India Muslim League andGCSI,GCMG
• Muhammad Ilyas Qadri- founder ofDawat-e-Islami
• Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui
• Godrej SidhwaA Parsi Zoroastrian priest
• Taqi Usmani- religious scholar
• Rafi Usmani- religious scholar
• Mufti Muhammad Naeem- religious scholar
• Abdullah Shah Ghaziwas an eighth-century (c. 720) mystic Sufi, whose shrine is located in the Clifton, Karachi.

Scientists

• Salimuzzaman Siddiqui- chemist
• Abdul Qadeer Khan- metallurgist and founder ofPakistan's nuclear programme
• Atta ur Rahman- chemist
• Raziuddin Siddiqui- astrophysicist and mathematician
• Ziauddin Ahmed
• Muhammad Ali Shah- orthopaedic surgeon
• M. Shahid Qureshi- astrophysicist and mathematician
• Pervez Hoodbhoy- nuclear physicist
• Ahmed Mohiuddin- zoologist
• Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda

Sportspersons

Badminton players

• Palwasha Bashir
• Mahoor Shahzad

Cricketers

• Nain Abidi
• Shahid Afridi- world record holder for the fastest ODI century
• Afzaal Ahmed
• Sarfaraz Ahmed
• Tanvir Ahmed
• Tauseef Ahmed
• Mansoor Akhtar
• Manzoor Akhtar
• Fawad Alam
• Anwar Ali
• Basit Ali
• Liaqat Ali
• Saad Ali
• Saeed Anwar
• Atiq-uz-Zaman
• Sikandar Bakht
• Wasim Bari
• Philip Bonham-Carter
• Anil Dalpat- firstHinduto play for the country
• Rusi Dinshaw
• Antao D'Souza
• Mir Hamza
• Shahzaib Hasan
• Afaq Hussain
• Asif Iqbal
• Faisal Iqbal
• Saleem Jaffar
• Jalal-ud-Din- in 1982, took the first hat-trick in an ODI
• Abdul Kadir
• Asim Kamal
• Danish Kaneria- secondHinduto play for the country
• Saleem Karim
• Javeria Khan
• Mohsin Khan
• Moin Khan
• Rashid Khan
• Tabish Khan
• Khalid Latif
• Rashid Latif
• Shahid Mahmood
• Khurram Manzoor
• Wallis Mathias
• Anwar Miandad
• Javed Miandad
• Hanif Mohammad- first Pakistani batsman to score a triple century
• Mushtaq Mohammad
• Shoaib Mohammad
• Asif Mujtaba
• Urooj Mumtaz- former cricketer, commentator, dentist
• Nasim-ul-Ghani
• Naumanullah
• Iqbal Qasim
• Rumman Raees
• Haroon Rasheed
• Hasan Raza
• Rameez Raja Jnr
• Mohammad Sami
• Asad Shafiq
• Owais Shah(born 1978) -Englishcricketer
• Saud Shakeel
• Saleem Yousuf

Footballer

• Saddam Hussain
• Hajra Khan- captain of thePakistan women's national football team

Hockey players

• Sohail Abbas
• Mansoor Ahmed
• Jack Britto(Olympian)
• Hanif Khan
• Shahid Ali Khan
• Hassan Sardar
• Islahuddin Siddique

Sprinters

• John Permal,He was the fastest man in Pakistan
• Naseem Hameed

Swimmer

• Mumtaz Ahmed- olympian

Historical personalities

• Mai Kolachiincumbent name of Karachi is derived from this fisher woman.

Miscellaneous

• Bashir Ahmad
• Tazeen Ahmad
• Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
• Jacqueline Maria Dias,professor of nursing
• Jacob Harris,first-class cricketer and sports coach
• Lady Abdullah Haroon
• Agha Hilaly
• Aamir Liaquat Hussain
• Junaid Jamshed
• Siddiq Ismail
• Farahnaz Ispahani
• Shadab Kabir
• Jahangir Khan
• Yousuf Ludhianvi
• Iskander Mirza
• Abdur Rab Nishtar
• Arman Sabir
• Benny Mario Travas
• Kamal Warsi
• Irfan Yusuf

See also

• List of Muhajir people
• List of Pakistanis