66 Notable alumni of University of Karachi

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.

Abdul Rasheed Hussain, NIIV is a Maldivian historian, linguist and poet, who served many ministerial positions during the Gayoom administration.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Nazir Leghari is a Pakistani writer. Previously, he edited Daily Awam.

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.

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

Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023 and between 1990 and May 2018.

Deena M. Mistri was an educator from Pakistan.

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.

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's and some other notable contemporary poetry have expanded Urdu poetry to the demands of modern realism while...

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,...

Gholam Mujtaba is a Pakistani-American 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...

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

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.

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

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.

Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi is a Pakistani-Canadian former politician and 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.

Fazal Ahmad Khalid is a Pakistani 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...

Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, is a Pakistani Urdu poet and 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 the Progressive Writers Movement.

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...

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.

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

Sarfaraz Khan Niazi is a Pakistani-American academic with an expertise in pharmaceutical sciences. 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.

Sada Cumber or Sada Kunbhar 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...

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.

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 (Pakistan) in the Government of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani.

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...

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.

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...

Afaq Ahmed is a Pakistani politician who is the 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).

Sohail Aman NI  HI(M)  SI(M)  TI(M) (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.

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.

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

Michael James Nazir-Ali is a Pakistani-born British 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.

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 a master's 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.

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.

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. PTV had previously relied upon novel-based scripts for its...

Atta-ur-Rahman, 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...

Munir Akram is a former Pakistani diplomat who served twice as Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. First, he held the post from 2002 to 2008, during which time he also served two terms as President of the United Nations Security Council. The he served on this post from 2019 to 2025. On 23 July 2020 Akram was...

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.

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

Sadruddin Hashwani is a Pakistani hotelier and businessperson who is the chairman of Hashoo Group.

Syed Qaim 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 currently serving as an elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA)...

Rehman Malik NI was a Pakistani politician, and a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officer, who later served as the federal Interior Minister from 25 March 2008 until 16 March 2013.

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).

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

Salman Fazlur Rahman, commonly known as Salman F Rahman, is a Bangladeshi business magnate and a former politician who is currently incarcerated. He is the vice chairman of BEXIMCO Group, one of Bangladesh's largest industrial conglomerates. He previously served as a Member of Parliament for the Dhaka-1 constituency and was the private industry and investment adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh...

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

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.

Mamnoon Hussain was a Pakistani politician, industrialist and statesman who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He also served as the governor of Sindh from June 1999 until being deposed in a coup d'état in October 1999, when the federal and all provincial governments were overthrown by Pervez Musharraf.

Abu Yahya a.k.a. Rehan Ahmed Yousufi is a 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 Abul Hassan Ali Nadvi, Amin Ahsan Islahi, Dr. Israr Ahmed,...

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

Muhammad Taqi Usmani SI, OI, is a Pakistani Islamic jurist and 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...

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.

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".

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

Abdul Qadeer Khan NI & BAR, HI, FPAS was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer. He is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".

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.