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100 Notable alumni of University of the Punjab

Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of the Punjab is ranked #1,022 in the world and #1 in Pakistan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of the Punjab 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 the Punjab won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Mian Saqib Nisar

1. Mian Saqib Nisar

1954-. (aged 72)
judge
Mian Saqib Nisar is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 31 December 2016 till 17 January 2019. He was previously the federal Law Secretary. He was also a visiting professor of law at the University of the Punjab, teaching constitutional law.
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Syed Hassan Raza

2. Syed Hassan Raza

1959-. (aged 67)
diplomat
Syed Hassan Raza is a Pakistani diplomat and a former senior career foreign service officer. He served as the Special Foreign Secretary at Pakistan's Foreign Office, overseeing the Middle East, OIC & Legal divisions. Prior to this appointment, he was the High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Malaysia, and previously the Ambassador to the State of Qatar....
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Amjad Parvez

3. Amjad Parvez

1945-2024 (aged 79)
writer engineer
Amjad Parvez was a Pakistani newspaper columnist, engineer, writer, and singer.
Idris Azad

4. Idris Azad

1969-. (aged 57)
linguist lyricist literary critic journalist poet
Idris Azad born on 7 August 1969, is an author, philosopher, novelist, poet, dramatist and columnist. He has written several books on fiction, journalism, critic, poetry, philosophy, mysticism and art. He teaches logic and philosophy at International Islamic University, Islamabad. Idrees Azad is also associated with Pakistan film industry. He is Head of the Department of VFX & CGI at...
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Chaudhry Amir Hussain

5. Chaudhry Amir Hussain

1942-. (aged 84)
politician
Chaudhry Amir Hussain is a Pakistani politician. He was the 17th Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan, serving from 2002 to 2008.
Azad Marshall

6. Azad Marshall

Anglican priest
Azad Marshall is a Pakistani bishop, currently serving, since May 2021, as the moderator bishop of the Church of Pakistan, a United Protestant denomination that is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, the Anglican Communion, and the World Methodist Council. In the past, he was the sixth Bishop of the Anglican Church in the Islamic Republic of...
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Ghulam Murtaza

7. Ghulam Murtaza

1939-. (aged 87)
physicist
Ghulam Murtaza, SI, FPAS, is a Pakistani theoretical physicist with a specialization in the physics of ionized plasmas, and is an Emeritus Professor of physics at the Government College University in Lahore. Murtaza's work is recognizable in plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion processes to provide a better understanding of energy propagated by the main-sequence star, the Sun.
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Amina Masood Janjua

8. Amina Masood Janjua

1964-. (aged 62)
human rights defender
Amina Masood Janjua, is a Pakistani human rights activist and artist. She is recognized for her advocacy against enforced disappearances in Pakistan, particularly following the disappearance of her husband, Masood Ahmed Janjua, on 30 July 2005.
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Irshad Hasan Khan

9. Irshad Hasan Khan

1937-. (aged 89)
judge
Justice Irshad Hasan Khan is a Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of Pakistan from January 2000 to January 2002. As the chief justice, he validated the 1999 military coup against a democratically elected government by invoking the doctrine of necessity.
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Syeda Ghulam Fatima

10. Syeda Ghulam Fatima

human rights defender
Syeda Ghulam Fatima is a Pakistani human and labour rights activist, known for her work in ending bonded labour in brick kilns, and is General Secretary of Lahore-based Bonded Labour Liberation Front Pakistan.
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Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari

11. Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari

1918-1998 (aged 80)
judge
Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari was a Pakistani Islamic scholar of Hanafi jurisprudence, Sufi, and Muslim leader. He is known for his work Tafsir Zia ul Quran fi Tafsir ul Quran, (Transl. The light of the Quran in the Exegesis of the Quran) commonly referred to as Zia ul Quran. He also wrote Zia un Nabi, a biography of Muhammad in...
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Muhammad Barjees Tahir

12. Muhammad Barjees Tahir

1949-. (aged 77)
lawyer politician
Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly between 1990 and May 2018.
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Gobind Behari Lal

13. Gobind Behari Lal

1889-1982 (aged 93)
writer
Gobind Behari Lal was an Indian-American journalist and independence activist. A relative and close associate of Lala Har Dayal, he joined the Ghadar Party and participated in the Indian independence movement. He arrived the United States on a scholarship to study at the University of California, Berkeley. Later, he worked as a science editor for the Hearst Newspapers. In 1937,...
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Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi

14. Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi

1930-2016 (aged 86)
economist financier banker politician
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi was a Pakistani American economist and civil servant who served as caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from July to October 1993. He also served as the senior vice president of World Bank.
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Zubayr Ali Za'i

15. Zubayr Ali Za'i

1957-2013 (aged 56)
writer muhaddith ulema Biographical evaluation scholar
Zubayr Ali Za'i was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and was considered a leading Ahl-i Hadith Salafi scholar of Pakistan.
RK Anand

16. RK Anand

1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer politician
Ram Kumar Anand is a lawyer and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, serving during the NDA government. He is Senior Vice-President of Indian Olympic Association from 14 December 2017. He also served as the chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi for two terms and was a member of the Bar Council of Delhi for 25 years. He held...
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Sarwanand (Sarvanand) Koul Premi

17. Sarwanand (Sarvanand) Koul Premi

1924-1990 (aged 66)
writer
Sarwanand Koul Premi, also spelled Sarvanand Kaul Premi, was a Kashmiri poet, journalist, research scholar, Gandhian, social reformer and independence activist living in Jammu & Kashmir, India. Along with his young married son, Verinder (27), he was kidnapped, tortured and killed by Islamic terrorists in 1990.
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Ishfaq Ahmad

18. Ishfaq Ahmad

1930-2018 (aged 88)
theoretical physicist engineer physicist nuclear physicist
Ishfaq Ahmad SI, HI, NI, FPAS, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist, emeritus professor of high-energy physics at the National Centre for Physics, and former science advisor to the Government of Pakistan.
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Nighat Dad

19. Nighat Dad

1981-. (aged 45)
lawyer social worker
Nighat Dad is a Pakistani lawyer and Internet activist who runs the not-for-profit organisation Digital Rights Foundation. Her work in the field of IT security has earned her many international awards.
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Muhammad Sibtain Khan

20. Muhammad Sibtain Khan

1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Muhammad Sibtain Khan is a Pakistani politician who is the former Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, he remained in office from 29 July 2022 till 24 February 2024. He had been the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, in office from 29 August 2018. In January 2019, he was arrested by the National Accountability...
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Khalid Masud

21. Khalid Masud

1935-2003 (aged 68)
engineer
Allama Khalid Masud was a Muslim scholar of Pakistan. He spent the major part of his life with Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi. He conveyed the ideas and thoughts of his teacher and Imam Farahi to the general public. He wrote a number of books and articles and delivered lectures on Islam, science, and other subjects.
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Ramesh Singh Arora

22. Ramesh Singh Arora

1974-. (aged 52)
social worker politician
Ramesh Singh Arora is a Pakistani politician and social worker. He is an advocate for Sikh rights in Pakistan. He was appointed as the Ambassador at large for the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. He is first Sikh to hold office of provincial minister of the Punjab, Pakistan. He is currently the president of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.
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Ram Nath Chopra

23. Ram Nath Chopra

1882-1973 (aged 91)
pharmacologist
Sir Ram Nath Chopra CIE, IMS was an Indian Medical Service officer and a doyen of science and medicine of India. He is considered the "Father of Indian Pharmacology" for his work on pharmaceuticals and his quest for self-sufficiency of India in drugs through the experimental evaluation of indigenous and traditional drugs. After service in the army, he established a...
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Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

24. Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

1905-1982 (aged 77)
academic economist financier politician
Chaudhri Muhammad Ali was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the fourth prime minister of Pakistan from 1955 until his resignation in 1956. His government oversaw the promulgation of the first Pakistani constitution, transitioning Pakistan from a dominion to a republic.
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Om Prakash Mehra

25. Om Prakash Mehra

1919-2015 (aged 96)
military personnel politician
Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM was a former air officer in the Indian Air Force. He served as the Chief of the Air Staff from 1973 to 1976. He received Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM), the highest military award for peace-time service, in 1968. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, in 1977. He later...
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Liaqat Baloch

26. Liaqat Baloch

1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Liaqat Baloch is a Pakistani political leader, who is currently serving as the Naib Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, a Pakistani Islamic religio-political party.
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Lokesh Chandra

27. Lokesh Chandra

1927-. (aged 99)
linguist university teacher writer compiler historian
Lokesh Chandra is a prominent scholar of the Vedic period, Buddhism and the Indian arts. Between 1942 and 2004, he published 576 books and 286 articles.
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Tehmina Daultana

28. Tehmina Daultana

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Tehmina Daultana is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024, and previously served in position five times between 1993 and 2018.
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Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry

29. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry

1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat politician
Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is a Pakistani diplomat and Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and was succeeded by Ali Jehangir Siddiqui. Previously, he served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, as the Pakistan's Ambassador to the Netherlands and the spokesperson of the Foreign Office.
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Naimatullah Khan

30. Naimatullah Khan

1930-2020 (aged 90)
politician
Naimatullah Khan was a Pakistani politician who served as the City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005.
Fauzia Ilyas

31. Fauzia Ilyas

1989-. (aged 37)
women's rights activist human rights defender
Fauzia Ilyas is a Dutch Pakistani speaker, political activist, and the president and co-founder of Atheist & Agnostic Alliance Pakistan. Ilyas, an open atheist and apostate of Islam, fled from Pakistan after receiving threats to her life and faced potential legal charges for blasphemy in Pakistan. Ilyas received asylum in the Netherlands, where she is now a critic of Islam...
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Tariq Fatemi

32. Tariq Fatemi

1944-. (aged 82)
diplomat
Syed Tariq Fatemi is a Pakistani diplomat who most recently served as Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif till the government completed its term. He previously served as Pakistan Ambassador to the United States and to the European Union.
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Jagan Nath Azad

33. Jagan Nath Azad

1918-2004 (aged 86)
poet writer
Jagan Nath Azad, was an Indian Urdu poet, writer and academician. He wrote over 70 books, including poetry collections, poems, biographies, and travelogues.
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Nayyar Hussain Bukhari

34. Nayyar Hussain Bukhari

1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer politician
Nayyar Hussain Bukhari is the senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) who served as the 6th Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, in office from 12 March 2012 to 12 March 2015.
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Riazuddin

35. Riazuddin

1930-2013 (aged 83)
academic theoretical physicist physicist philosopher
Riazuddin, also spelled as Riaz-Ud-Din, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist, specialising in high-energy physics and nuclear physics. Starting his scientific research in physics in 1958, Riazuddin was considered one of the early pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear weapons development and atomic deterrence development. He was the director of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from...
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Syed Mansoor Ali Shah

36. Syed Mansoor Ali Shah

1962-. (aged 64)
judge
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah is a Pakistani jurist. He served as the Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan until 2025. On 13 November 2025, Shah resigned from the Supreme Court in protest over the passage of the 27th constitutional amendment. On the next day, President Asif Ali Zardari accepted his resignation. He formerly served as the 45th...
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Mohinder Singh Randhawa

37. Mohinder Singh Randhawa

1909-1986 (aged 77)
botanist writer art historian scientist civil servant
Mohinder Singh Randhawa or M. S. Randhawa was an Indian historian, civil servant, botanist, and author. He played major roles in the establishment of agricultural research in India, the Green Revolution in India, resettling Punjabis uprooted by the partition of India as the Director-General of Rehabilitation, establishing the city of Chandigarh, and documenting the arts of Punjab and the history...
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Baba Kharak Singh

38. Baba Kharak Singh

1868-1963 (aged 95)
political activist
Baba Kharak Singh was a Sikh playwright born at Sialkot in British India. He was involved in the Indian independence movement and was president of the Central Sikh League. He was also one of the founders of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
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Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri

39. Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri

1941-. (aged 85)
diplomat lawyer politician
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri is a Pakistani politician and writer who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan between November 2002 until November 2007. He is the Senior Advisor on Political and International Affairs and Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Task Force on Kashmir and a member of the Core Committee of the Party. He is also the author...
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Kanwal Ameen

40. Kanwal Ameen

2024-2028 (aged 4)
Kanwal Ameen is Professor Emeritus and vice chancellor of Government College Women University Faisalabad (2024-2028) of Pakistan. She has served as the founding Vice-chancellor at the University of Home Economics (2019–2023). She is also Vice Chair, Board of Governors of the Punjab Library Foundation (2023–). Previously she served as Chairperson (2009–2018) of the Department of Information Management, Chairperson of Doctoral...
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Amjad Islam Amjad

41. Amjad Islam Amjad

1944-2023 (aged 79)
poet writer journalist
Amjad Islam Amjad was a Pakistani Urdu poet, screenwriter, playwright and lyricist.
Muzaffar Iqbal

42. Muzaffar Iqbal

1954-. (aged 72)
historian of science chemist
Muzaffar Iqbāl is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and author.
Sikandar Hayat Khan

43. Sikandar Hayat Khan

1892-1942 (aged 50)
politician
Khan Bahadur Major Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, KBE, also written Sikandar Hyat-Khan or Sikandar Hyat Khan, was an Indian politician and statesman from the Punjab who served as the Premier of the Punjab, among other positions.
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Javed Hashmi

44. Javed Hashmi

1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer geopolitical analyst politician
Javed Hashmi is a Pakistani politician, political realist, and a senior conservative thinker on the platform of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Muhammad Hussain Najafi

45. Muhammad Hussain Najafi

1932-2023 (aged 91)
ulema
Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi was a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja. Muhammad Hussain Najafi was running a Hawza in Sargodha. Najafi was included in all the editions of "The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential Muslims" since 2010. He is one of the nine marja's mentioned in the most recent edition.
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Saira Afzal Tarar

46. Saira Afzal Tarar

1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Saira Afzal Tarar is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. She served as the Minister of State for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination from 2013 to 2017. A leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), she had been a member of the...
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Khawaja Saad Rafique

47. Khawaja Saad Rafique

1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Khawaja Saad Rafique is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from October 2002 till August 2023 and the federal minister for Railways.
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Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar

48. Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar

1969-. (aged 57)
politician barrister
Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries & Production. Previously, he has served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research and Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms in the PTI Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He had been a...
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Bakht Singh

49. Bakht Singh

1903-2000 (aged 97)
preacher
Bakht Singh Chabra also known as Brother Bakht Singh was a Christian evangelist in India. He is often regarded as one of the most well-known Bible teachers and preachers and pioneers of the Indian Church movement and Gospel contextualization. According to Indian traditions, he is also known as 'Elijah of 21st Century' in Christendom. According to his autobiography, Bakht Singh...
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Khawaja Muhammad Asif

50. Khawaja Muhammad Asif

1949-. (aged 77)
politician banker
Khawaja Muhammad Asif is a Pakistani politician who has served as the Defence Minister of Pakistan since 2022, having previously served in the post from 2013 to 2017. He has been a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Sialkot since 1993, elected for the seventh time in 2024. He is among the senior-most members of the Pakistan Muslim League...
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Mian Amer Mahmood

51. Mian Amer Mahmood

1960-. (aged 66)
businessperson politician
Mian Amer Mahmood, HI is a Pakistani businessman and politician who is the founder of the Punjab Group of Colleges. He was the mayor of Lahore between 2001 and 2009.
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Sartaj Aziz

52. Sartaj Aziz

1929-2024 (aged 95)
economist peace activist diplomat politician
Sartaj Aziz was a Pakistani economist and strategist, who had previously served as the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, member of the federal cabinet as the de facto Minister for Foreign Affairs, a Federal Senator as well as the National Security Advisor.
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Dalip Singh Saund

53. Dalip Singh Saund

1899-1973 (aged 74)
businessperson farmer judge politician
Dalip Singh Saund was an Indian-born American farmer, lobbyist, judicial officer, academic, and Democratic Party politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1963. He was the first Sikh, Punjabi American, Indian American, and first Asian American elected to the United States Congress. As a resident of Westmoreland, California, Saund represented California's 29th congressional district,...
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Keki N. Daruwalla

54. Keki N. Daruwalla

1937-2024 (aged 87)
poet writer
Keki Nasserwanji Daruwalla was an Indian poet and short story writer in English. He was also an Indian Police Service officer.
Zarifa Ghafari

55. Zarifa Ghafari

1994-. (aged 32)
politician activist
Zarifa Ghafari is a former female mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of the Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Ghafari was one of the few Afghan female mayors, next to the first Afghanistan's mayor, Azra Jafari and Khadija Zahra Ahmadi, and was also the youngest to be appointed, at the age of 24. She is known for her efforts to advance women's...
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Ayaz Sadiq

56. Ayaz Sadiq

1954-. (aged 72)
businessperson politician
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is a Pakistani politician and businessman serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the federal parliament, since March 2024. He is one of the senior members of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) on the politics of Pakistan.
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Shaukat Tarin

57. Shaukat Tarin

1953-. (aged 73)
banker economist
Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin is a former Pakistani Senator and banker who served as Finance Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2010 in the Gillani cabinet also and worked with the help of the Pakistan People's Party's cabinet members.
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Muhammad Taqi Usmani

58. Muhammad Taqi Usmani

1943-. (aged 83)
mufti Islamic jurist poet qadi
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...
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Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed

59. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed

1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad is a Pakistani politician who served as the 38th Interior Minister of Pakistan in the Imran Khan government from 2020 to 2022. He is the founder and leader of Awami Muslim League, and also maintains close relations with the political party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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Zia Mohyeddin

60. Zia Mohyeddin

1931-2023 (aged 92)
stage actor television actor television producer actor film actor
Zia Mohyeddin was a Pakistani and British actor, producer and television broadcaster who appeared in both Pakistani and British cinema throughout his career.
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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

61. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

1980-. (aged 46)
tennis player
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a Pakistani professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is the only Pakistani player ever to reach a Grand Slam final, having done so in both men's and mixed doubles at the 2010 US Open, alongside Rohan Bopanna and Květa Peschke respectively. Qureshi has also reached seven further major semifinals across the two disciplines. He reached...
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Ishaq Dar

62. Ishaq Dar

1950-. (aged 76)
financier economist politician
Muhammad Ishaq Dar is a Pakistani accountant and politician who currently serves as the 6th deputy prime minister and 38th foreign minister of Pakistan since 2024.
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Chuhdary Rahmat Ali

63. Chuhdary Rahmat Ali

1897-1951 (aged 54)
jurist politician political theorist
Choudhry Rahmat Ali was a Muslim nationalist activist who is credited with coining the name "Pakistan" for a separate Muslim homeland in British India and is sometimes regarded as the originator of the Pakistan Movement.
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Hamid Mir

64. Hamid Mir

1966-. (aged 60)
journalist cricketer
Hamid Mir is a Pakistani journalist, columnist, political writer, and a national security expert. Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show Capital Talk on Geo News intermittently since 2002. He writes columns for Urdu as well as English newspapers, both national and international. He has been a contributor to the Global...
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Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

65. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

1929-2022 (aged 93)
lawyer judge politician
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was a Pakistani politician and jurist who served as the ninth president of Pakistan from 1998 until his resignation in 2001 following the military coup by Pervez Musharraf. He also served as a senator from Punjab in 1997; and, before entering politics, as a senior justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 1992 to 1994 and...
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Tariq Ali

66. Tariq Ali

1943-. (aged 83)
historian writer peace activist producer screenwriter
Tariq Ali is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books. He read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.
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Satish Dhawan

67. Satish Dhawan

1920-2002 (aged 82)
military flight engineer
Satish Dhawan was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer. He served as the chairman of ISRO from 1972 to 1984 and is often regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India.
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Baldev Raj Chopra

68. Baldev Raj Chopra

1914-2008 (aged 94)
screenwriter film director film producer actor
Baldev Raj Chopra was a prolific Indian director and producer noted for pioneering the Hindi film industry and television series. He's known for directing notable films, such as Afsana, Ek Hi Raasta, Naya Daur, Sadhna, Kanoon, Gumrah, Hamraaz, Dhund, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Insaf Ka Tarazu and Nikaah. He also produced hit films, including Dhool Ka Phool, Waqt, Ittefaq, Aadmi...
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Syed Ali Shah Geelani

69. Syed Ali Shah Geelani

1929-2021 (aged 92)
politician
Syed Ali Shah Geelani was a separatist leader active in separatist insurgency of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A pro-Pakistan separatist, he is regarded as the father of the Kashmir resistance movement.
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Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

70. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

1951-. (aged 75)
translator politician ulema writer
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri is a Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar and former politician. He is the founder and chief patron of Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) since 1980. He also founded the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and served as its leader from 1989 to 2019.
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Prem Chopra

71. Prem Chopra

1935-. (aged 91)
actor
Prem Chopra is a Hindi film actor who has appeared in over 380 films in a career spanning more than six decades. He is best known for portraying villainous characters in Hindi cinema during the 1960s through the 1990s, becoming one of Bollywood’s most recognizable antagonists. Although primarily cast as a villain, Chopra also played positive and character roles throughout...
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Maryam Nawaz

72. Maryam Nawaz

1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Maryam Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician who has served as the 19th chief minister of Punjab since 26 February 2024. She is the first woman to hold the position of chief minister in Pakistan.
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Yahya Khan

73. Yahya Khan

1917-1980 (aged 63)
diplomat military personnel politician
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was a Pakistani general who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, under martial law. His presidency oversaw a civil war and genocide in East Pakistan, resulting in the Bangladesh's secession. He also served as the fifth commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army from 1966 to 1971.
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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

74. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

1905-1977 (aged 72)
lawyer politician
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1974 to 1977.
Faiz Ahmad Faiz

75. Faiz Ahmad Faiz

1911-1984 (aged 73)
songwriter writer journalist lyricist poet
Chaudhry Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani poet and author of Punjabi and Urdu literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated, popular, and influential Urdu writers of his time, and his works and ideas remain widely influential in Pakistan, India and beyond. Outside of literature, he has been described as "a man of wide experience", having worked as a...
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Zulfikar Ali Magsi

76. Zulfikar Ali Magsi

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi was the 19th Governor of Balochistan since 28 February 2008 to 9 June 2013 as well as the Chief Executive of Balochistan since 14 January 2013. Magsi also served as Chief Minister of Balochistan in the Benazir Bhutto government of 1993–1996. He is the current Nawab and Tumandar of the Magsi Tribe.
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Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi

77. Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi

1888-1963 (aged 75)
mathematician philosopher revolutionary politician
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, also known by the honorary title Allama Mashriqi (علامہ مشرقی 'Allāmah Maśriqī), was a British Indian, and later, Pakistani mathematician, logician, political theorist, Islamic scholar and the founder of the Khaksar movement.
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Ishtiaq Ahmed

78. Ishtiaq Ahmed

1947-. (aged 79)
university teacher political scientist writer
Ishtiaq Ahmed is a Pakistani-Swedish political scientist, academic, and author. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden. Ahmed is known for his research on the political history of South Asia, particularly the partition of India in 1947. His scholarly work examines the ideological foundations and consequences of the partition, with a focus on the role of...
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Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

79. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

1894-1955 (aged 61)
chemist academic administrator
Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhatnagar is revered as the Father of Research Laboratories in India. He was also the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
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Qamar Zaman Kaira

80. Qamar Zaman Kaira

1960-. (aged 66)
philosopher
Qamar Zaman Kaira is a former Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting in the Government of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He also remained an advisor on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from 18 April 2022 to 10 August 2023.
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Yusuf Raza Gilani

81. Yusuf Raza Gilani

1952-. (aged 74)
journalist politician
Yusuf Raza Gilani is a Pakistani politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012. He is currently serving as chairman of the senate of Pakistan since 2024. A member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Gilani remains the country's first and only ethnic Saraiki prime minister.
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Kulsoom Nawaz

82. Kulsoom Nawaz

1948-2018 (aged 70)
politician
Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif was a Pakistani politician and the wife of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. She served as First Lady of Pakistan during each of his three tenures and was President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from 1999 to 2002.
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Muhammad Mian Soomro

83. Muhammad Mian Soomro

1950-. (aged 76)
politician banker
Muhammad Mian Soomro is a Pakistani politician, banker and senator who has served as Chairman of the Senate, Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan and Acting President of Pakistan. He also served as the 26th Governor of Sindh and as Federal Minister for Privatization.
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Zaib Rehman

84. Zaib Rehman

1959-. (aged 67)
actor
Zaib Rehman is a Pakistani lawyer and actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. She started acting in television dramas in her early teens and made her movie debut in the 2011 Shoaib Mansoor blockbuster Bol.
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Asma Jahangir

85. Asma Jahangir

1952-2018 (aged 66)
lawyer human rights defender
Asma Jilani Jahangir was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and AGHS Legal Aid Cell. Jahangir was known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers' Movement and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and as a trustee at the International...
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Nasir Abbas Nayyar

86. Nasir Abbas Nayyar

1965-. (aged 61)
professor literary critic short story writer
Nasir Abbas Nayyar is a Pakistani Urdu language writer, critic, columnist, and essayist. He has written books on poetry, literary theory and post colonial study of Urdu literature. He has produced some important books on structuralism and postmodernism and their influence on Urdu literature. A book on life and poetics of Majid Amjid is another his significant contribution. His most...
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Sirajul Haq

87. 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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Yusril Ihza Mahendra

88. Yusril Ihza Mahendra

1956-. (aged 70)
academic politician
Yusril Ihza Mahendra is an Indonesian lawyer, politician and academic, who served as the leader of the Crescent Star Party (PBB) from 2015 to 2024. He is the current Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correction in President Prabowo Subianto's Red and White Cabinet. Previously, he served as the leader of the PBB from 1998 until 2005, Minister...
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Khem Singh Gill

89. Khem Singh Gill

1930-2019 (aged 89)
biologist
Khem Singh Gill was an Indian academic, geneticist, plant breeder and Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University. He was known for his contributions to the Green Revolution in India. Instrumental for breeding new strains of wheat, linseed, and sesame, he was the author of the book Research on wheat and triticale in the Punjab along with several additional articles on...
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Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

90. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

1904-1982 (aged 78)
minister lawyer politician
Fazal Elahi Chaudhry was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until his resignation in 1978, due to Zia-ul-Haq's martial law following the 1977 coup d'état which overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government. He was the first legislatively-elected president in the country's history, serving as a constitutional figurehead.
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Abdur Rab Nishtar

91. Abdur Rab Nishtar

1899-1958 (aged 59)
politician
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). He served as the first Minister of Communications of Pakistan from August 1947 to August 1949 and then as the second Governor of West Punjab from August 1949 to November 1951.
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Ruqaiya Hasan

92. Ruqaiya Hasan

1931-2015 (aged 84)
linguist
Ruqaiya Hasan was an Indian linguist and professor who held visiting positions and taught at various universities in England and Australia. Her last appointment was at Macquarie University in Sydney, from which she retired as emeritus professor in 1994. Throughout her career she researched and published widely in the areas of verbal art, culture, context and text, text and texture,...
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Muhammad Khan Achakzai

93. Muhammad Khan Achakzai

1930-2023 (aged 93)
politician
Muhammad Khan Achakzai is a Pakistani politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Balochistan.
Abdus Salam

94. Abdus Salam

1926-1996 (aged 70)
university teacher theoretical physicist physicist
Mohammad Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current". He was the first Pakistani, first Muslim scientist, and second person from...
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Har Gobind Khorana

95. Har Gobind Khorana

1922-2011 (aged 89)
university teacher geneticist biologist
Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist. While on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell and control the cell's synthesis of proteins....
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Shamshad Akhtar

96. Shamshad Akhtar

1954-2025 (aged 71)
banker economist
Shamshad Akhtar was a Pakistani development economist, United Nations diplomat, banker and politician who served as the caretaker finance minister of Pakistan from 2023 to 2024 as well as from 5 June 2018 to 18 August 2018.
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Wasim Sajjad

97. Wasim Sajjad

1941-. (aged 85)
lawyer politician
Wasim Sajjad Jan is a Pakistani conservative politician and lawyer who served as the acting president of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms and as the Chairman of the Senate between 1988 and 1999.
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Mian Muhammad Mansha

98. Mian Muhammad Mansha

1947-. (aged 79)
businessperson
Mian Mohammad Mansha Yahya is a Pakistani business magnate who is the current chairman of MCB Bank and one of the wealthiest individuals in Pakistan. His family owns Nishat Group. Mansha and some of his immediate family members are among the highest tax-paying individuals in Pakistan.
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Mirza Tahir Ahmad

99. Mirza Tahir Ahmad

1928-2003 (aged 75)
writer Khalifa
Mirza Tahir Ahmad was the fourth caliph (Arabic: خليفة المسيح الرابع, khalīfatul masīh al-rābi) and the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the fourth successor of the founder of the community, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. He was elected on 10 June 1982, the day after the death of his predecessor, Mirza Nasir Ahmad.
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Tan Yee Kew

100. Tan Yee Kew

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Tan Yee Kew is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wangsa Maju from May 2018 to November 2022, for Klang from April 1995 to March 2008 and Parliamentary Secretary of International Trade and Industry from March 2004 to March 2008. She is a member and Chairperson of the Disciplinary Board of the People's Justice...
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