File:Iqbal.jpg|thumb|right|Muhammad Iqbal, one of the founding fathers and the national poet of (Pakistan]]. Iqbal was of mixed Kashmiri and Punjabi heritage.BOOK, Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir,weblink Stray reflections: a note-book of Allama Iqbal, 978-969-35-2734-6, 894183786, )

Pakistan Armed Forces

General Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
General Asif Nawaz Janjua, former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa
Lt Gen Abdul Ali Malik
Maj Gen Iftikhar Janjua
Maj Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik
Major Tufail Muhammad, recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider (NH)
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, recipient of NH
Major Muhammad Akram, recipient of NH
Major Shabbir Sharif, recipient of NH
Captain Muhammad Sarwar, recipient of NH
Naik Saif Ali Janjua, recipient of NH
Lace Naik Muhammad Mahfuz, recipient of NH
Sowar Muhammad Hussain, recipient of NH

Politicians

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977â€“1988)
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, politician
Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Pakistan Peoples Party)
Qamar Zaman Kaira, former Minister (Pakistan Peoples Party)
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, politician PTI
Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving parliamentarian of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999
Malik Allahyar Khan (1927â€“2007), former member of parliament
Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor of East Pakistan
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan (PPP)
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current president of PML(Q)
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002â€“2007)

Lawyers

Writers and Poets

Sportspersons

Masood Fakhri, footballer

Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer
Amir Iqbal Khan, boxer
Abdul Khaliq, sprinter
Shoaib Akhtar, cricketer
Abdul Razzaq, cricketer
Wasim Akram, cricketer
Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer
Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer
Waqar Younis, cricketer and sports presenter
Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
Shoaib Malik, cricketer
Misbah-ul-Haq, cricketer
Saeed Anwar, cricketer
Muhammad Amir, cricketer

Scientists

File:Abdus Salam 1987.jpg|thumb|right|Abdus Salam, the first Pakistani to win a Nobel prize in Physics.WEB, The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979,weblink 2021-03-01, NobelPrize.org, en-US, ]]

Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics for his contributions to the Electroweak force
Riazuddin, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
Masud Ahmad, theoretical physicist and one of the key developers of the theoretical designs of Pakistan's nuclear weapons
Ayyub Ommaya, neurosurgeon and inventor of the Ommaya reservoir
Mahbub ul Haq, economist and inventor of the Human Development Index (HDI)

Film and TV artists

Sultan Rahi, actor
Shaan Shahid, actor
Bilal Ashraf, actor
Humayun Saeed, actor
Ali Zafar, actor

Singers

Abrar ul Haq, Punjabi folk + Pop singer
Alam Lohar, Punjabi folk singer
Arif Lohar, Punjabi folk singer
Pathanay Khan, Punjabi folk singer
Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Punjabi folk singer
Musarrat Nazir, Punjabi folk singer
Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
Badar Miandad, qawwali singer
Ghulam Farid Sabri, qawwali singer
Maqbool Ahmad Sabri, qawwali singer
Amjad Sabri, qawwali singer
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
Noor Jehan, classical singer
Atif Aslam, pop singer

Others

Chaudhary Niaz Ali Khan (civil engineer)

References

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