29 Notable alumni of University of Peshawar
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Peshawar is ranked #2,791 in the world and #11 in Pakistan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from University of Peshawar sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Peshawar won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. M. Qasim Jan
1944-. (aged 82)
mineralogist
M. Qasim Jan is a geologist and research scientist from Pakistan. He has been the vice-chancellor of three Pakistani universities. His research has been in geology, mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, and tectonics. He has authored or edited a dozen books, and has published numerous papers on geology and tectonics of the North-West Himalayas. Presently, he is Professor Emeritus at the National...
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2. Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Sarwar Ahmedzai is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a presidential candidate in 2009 and 2014. He served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Ashraf Ghani until the overthrow of his government by Taliban.
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3. Mohammed Sadiq
diplomat
Mohammed Sadiq is a retired Pakistani diplomat.
4. Ihsan Ali
1955-. (aged 71)
archaeologist
Ihasan Ali is a Pakistani archaeologist. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Hazara University from 2006 to 2009 and Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan from 2009 to 2017. He has also served as Additional Vice-Chancellor of Islamia College University Peshawar. Dr. Ihsan Ali is a researcher, academic and administrator who has served in various fields.
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5. Junaid Akbar
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Junaid Akbar is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 from NA-9 Malakand, and previously served in this position from August 2018 till January 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018. He has also been serving as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee since January 2025.
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6. Fasi Zaka
1976-. (aged 50)
journalist
music critic
Fasi Zaka is a Pakistani political commentator, columnist, radio talk show host, and television anchor.
7. Jamila Afghani
1976-. (aged 50)
activist
Jamila Afghani is a feminist and an activist for women's rights and education in Afghanistan. She is the founder and executive director of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO). She is also an executive member of the umbrella organization Afghan Women's Network (AWN). In 2022, Jamila Afghani was awarded the seventh annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity.
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8. Sheharyar Afridi
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Shehryar Khan Afridi is a Pakistani politician who served as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir, in office from 13 May 2020 to April 2022. He served as the Minister of State for Interior from 31 August 2018 to 18 April 2019. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously...
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9. Mary Akrami
women's rights activist
Mary Akrami is the director of the Afghan Women Skills Development Center. She represented Afghan civil society at the 2001 Bonn Conference. In 2003 the Afghan Women Skills Development Center opened the first women's shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan. The shelter provides legal advice, literacy classes, psychological counseling, and basic skills training to women who need them. Akrami is on call...
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10. Shujaat Azeem
1951-. (aged 75)
businessperson
Shujaat Azeem was Special Assistant/Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Aviation (2013–2016).
11. Mohammad Asghar
1945-2020 (aged 75)
accountant
politician
Mohammad Asghar, known as Oscar, was a Welsh politician who was a Member of the Senedd for South Wales East. He was a member of the Welsh Conservatives, and previously of Welsh Labour, and Plaid Cymru.
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12. Rahmatullah Nabil
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
civil engineer
Rahmatullah Nabil is an Afghan politician. He served as head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) from 2010 to 2012. On September 1, 2013, he was reappointed as acting Director due to the health problems suffered by Asadullah Khalid following an attempted assassination. Nabil was officially reappointed as the full-time Director of the NDS on 28 January 2015.
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13. Syed Adnan Kakakhail
1975-. (aged 51)
columnist
writer
mufti
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".
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14. Fouzia Saeed
1959-. (aged 67)
human rights defender
Fouzia Saeed is a Pakistani social activist, gender expert, trainer/facilitator, development manager, folk culture promoter, television commentator, and author.
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15. Haroon Bacha
1972-. (aged 54)
social worker
musician
Haroon Bacha is a Pashtun singer and composer who, since beginning his musical career in 1992, has released upwards of 50 albums and numerous singles. Bacha is renowned for songs such as "Awal Ba Kala Kala Gham Wo", "Stergey Ghazal", and "Yaar Zhaghaida".
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16. Dale Kildee
1929-2021 (aged 92)
teacher
politician
Dale Edward Kildee was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative of Michigan from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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17. Shandana Gulzar Khan
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Shandana Gulzar Khan شاندانہ گلزار خان is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. She previously served as a member from August 2018 till July 2022.
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18. Ajmal Khattak
1925-2010 (aged 85)
writer
Khudai Khidmatgar
poet
politician
Ajmal Khan Khattak was a Pakistani politician, writer and Pashto language poet from North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), who served as the President of Awami National Party. He was a close friend of Khan Abdul Wali Khan.
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19. Asad Qaiser
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Asad Qaiser is a Pakistani politician from Swabi. He is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, served from August 2018 to April 2022. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024, and previously served in this position from August 2018 to January 2023. Previously, he was the member of the Provincial...
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20. Sirajul Haq
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Siraj-ul-Haq is a Pakistani politician who was elected as the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, a religious political party in Pakistan which seeks to establish an Islamic legal system. He also served as the Finance minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa twice; first in the cabinet of Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani, from 2002-2007, and again minister during Pervez Khattak's tenure as Chief Minister.
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21. Ghulam Ishaq Khan
1915-2006 (aged 91)
financier
botanist
politician
Ghulam Ishaq Khan, commonly known by his initials GIK, was a Pakistani bureaucrat, politician and statesman who served as the seventh president of Pakistan from 1988 to 1993. He previously served as chairman of the Senate from 1985 to 1988 under president Zia-ul-Haq, and assumed the presidency in accordance with the constitutional line of succession following Zia's death.
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22. Maqbool Bhat
1938-1984 (aged 46)
Maqbool Bhat was a Kashmiri separatist, who founded the National Liberation Front (NLF), which was a precursor to the present day Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). He is called the “Father of the Nation of Kashmir (Baba-e-Qaum)” by the locals. He was arrested and sentenced to a double death sentence. He was executed by hanging on 11 February, 1984 in...
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23. Ahmad Faraz
1931-2008 (aged 77)
poet
writer
Syed Ahmad Shah, better known by his pen name Ahmad Faraz, (Urdu: احمد فراز) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general (later chairman) of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under the pseudonym Faraz. He criticised military rule and coup d'état in the country and was displaced by the military dictators.
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24. Murad Saeed
1986-. (aged 40)
politician
Murad Saeed is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for Communications and Federal Minister for Postal Services from December 2018 to April 2022.
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25. Pervez Khattak
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Pervez Khan Khattak is a Pakistani politician who served as the minister of defence from 2018 to 2022. He also served as the 22nd chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2013 tto 2018. Khattak had been a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from 2018 to 2023; and prior, a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Nowshera...
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26. Sardar Hussain
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Sardar Hussain Babak is a Pakistani politician from the village Totalai, Buner District who had been a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly belonging to the Awami National Party (ANP) from August 2018 till January 2023. He also served as a member of the different committees.
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27. Shoaib Sultan Khan
1933-. (aged 93)
social worker
Shoaib Sultan Khan NI is one of the pioneers of rural development programmes in Pakistan. As a CSP Officer, he worked with the Government of Pakistan for 25 years, later on he served Geneva based Aga Khan Foundation for 12 years, then UNICEF and UNDP for 14 years. Since his retirement, he has been involved with the Rural Support Programmes...
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28. Mohammad Tahir Shah
1956-. (aged 70)
geologist
Mohammad Tahir Shah is a Pakistani professor at the National Centre of Excellence in Geology (NCEG) at the University of Peshawar. He has served at the NCEG since 2013. He was previously selected as the vice-chancellor of the Fata University by Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan.
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29. Fazal-ur-Rehman
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Faazl-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician, who serves as the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). He is also a member of the National Assembly since February 2024 and had previously served in that position between 1988 and 2018. He was also the Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2007. In the 1980s, he was part of the...
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