17 Notable alumni of University of Sindh
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Sindh is ranked #3,674 in the world and #23 in Pakistan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from University of Sindh 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 Sindh won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Guillermo de Vega
1931-1975 (aged 44)
politician
Guillermo Vinluan de Vega, nicknamed Gimo, was a presidential assistant of Philippine president Ferdinand E. Marcos with the rank of cabinet secretary. As chair of the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures from the late 1960s to 1975, de Vega served as Marcos' chief censor, instituting censorship policies as a means of social change. He was assassinated on October 27,...
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2. Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan
1949-. (aged 77)
judge
Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan a Pakistani jurist belongs to Garhi Yasin in Shikarpur District of Sindh, Pakistan. He is the son-in-law of Justice Mushtak Ali Kazi, who was a Judge of High Court of Sindh and Balochistan. Justice Agha is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as the 12th Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat...
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3. Haleem Brohi
1935-2010 (aged 75)
journalist
Haleem Brohi was a Pakistani author and journalist, active in the Sindhi language. He is considered the second greatest satirist is Sindhi literature after Ali Mohammad Brohi.
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4. Ishaq Samejo
1975-. (aged 51)
poet
literary critic
professor
Ishaq Samejo is a Pakistani poet, writer and literary critic of Sindhi Language.
5. Muzafar Bhutto
1970-2012 (aged 42)
politician
Muzafar Bhutto was a Sindhi nationalist politician, who served as the Secretary General of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM). His body was found at a roadside near Hatri bypass, in Hyderabad, Pakistan after he went missing on 25 February 2011. Following his death, JSMM members resorted to heavy aerial firing in different areas of Sindh. The heavy aerial firing...
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6. Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
economist
Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for Industries and Production, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. A former leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Jatoi served as the Minister for Industries and Production in the third Sharif ministry. and previously held the cabinet portfolios of Minister for Communications during the...
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7. Saif Samejo
1984-. (aged 42)
singer
Saif Samejo is a musician and founder, lead vocalist and songwriter of the Pakistani Sufi folk band The Sketches. In May 2014 he opened the first music Aashram (School) in Hyderabad, Sindh named as "Lahooti Music Aashram". He composed music for Dastan-e Momal Rano on the show Coke Studio.
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8. Nazeer Abbasi
1940-1980 (aged 40)
politician
Nazeer Abbasi was the youngest member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Pakistan. He was tortured to death on 9 August 1980 during the government of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq while in the custody of the Field Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Pakistan Army. His family has accused former ISI operative Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed Billa of torturing and killing...
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9. Abdul-Majid Bhurgri
1948-. (aged 78)
computer scientist
Abdul-Majid Bhurgri is the founder of computing in the Sindhi language. He hails from Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, and now lives in Seattle, USA. His work from 1987 to 1988 enabled the use of Sindhi on personal computers and revolutionized the Sindhi printing and publishing industry and largely with his work the later upcoming Sindhi generation helped further digitize it.
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10. Ameen Faheem
1939-2015 (aged 76)
politician
Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem was a Pakistani populist left-wing political figure and poet. He was the senior vice-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, chairman of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and former chairman of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy.
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11. Anwar Zaheer Jamali
1951-. (aged 75)
judge
Anwar Zaheer Jamali is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 24th Chief Justice of Pakistan. He remained in the Supreme Court from 3 August 2009 to 30 December 2016. He has also served as the Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, and Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court. In 1995, he was elected as Chairman Executive Committee (CEC)...
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12. Shafi Muhammad Shah
1949-2007 (aged 58)
actor
television actor
Shafi Muhammad Shah PP (7 September 1949–17 November 2007), commonly known as Shafi Mohammad, was a Pakistani film and television actor.
13. Krishna Kumari Kolhi
1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Krishna Kumari Kohli, also known by the nickname Kishoo Bai, is a Pakistani politician who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2018. She is the second Hindu woman to hold this position. She is known for her campaigns for women's rights and against bonded labour; and was named as one of the BBC's 100 most...
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14. Ayaz Latif Palijo
1968-. (aged 58)
human rights defender
lawyer
writer
politician
social worker
Ayaz Latif Palijo is a politician, lawyer, activist, writer and teacher from Sindh, Pakistan. Palijo is the current president of Qomi Awami Tahreek (Peoples National Movement), central convener and founder of the Sindh Progressive Nationalist Alliance (SPNA), one of the founders and central Secretary General of Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA). Since 2007, he has represented the left, objecting to the...
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15. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
1948-. (aged 78)
judge
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 20th Chief Justice of Pakistan over three non-consecutive terms from 29 June 2005 to 11 December 2013.
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16. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
1950-. (aged 76)
entrepreneur
politician
Raja Pervez Ashraf is a Pakistani politician, businessman and agriculturist who served as the 17th prime minister of Pakistan from June 2012 to March 2013 and as the Speaker of the National Assembly from April 2022 to March 2024. Ashraf was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II). He has also served as the Senior Vice...
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17. Jameel Jalibi
1929-2019 (aged 90)
researcher
literary critic
teacher
linguist
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.
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