List of Muhajir people

This is a list of notable Muhajir people. Muslims that migrated mainly from North India and Hyderabad after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

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Political

Fatima Jinnah was a popular leader of Muhajirs during the military dictatorship of Ayub Khan.

• Aamir Liaquat Hussain (former MNA N.A 245 PTI)
• Abida Sultan, former crown princess, Bhopal
• Abul A'la Maududi, founder of Jamaat-e-Islami
• Afaq Ahmed, founder and leader of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan
• Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, founder of the World Islamic Mission
• Ali Rashid, MQM
• Ali Zaidi, PTI Karachi president
• Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of MQM
• Amir Khan, senior deputy convener of MQM
• Azeem Ahmed Tariq, former chairman of (MQM)
• Babar Khan Ghauri, (MQM)
• Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
• Faisal Sabzwari, (MQM)
• Farooq Sattar, former mayor of Karachi, MNA, convener of MQM
• Moinuddin Haider, ex army general, governor, interior minister
• Fatima Jinnah, co-founder of Pakistan
• Fauzia Wahab, secretary-general of the Central Executive Committee of PPP
• Gholam Mujtaba
• Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, ambassador, governor, minister
• Haider Abbas Rizvi (MQM)
• Hammad Siddiqui (former MQM)
• Imran Farooq co-founder of MQM
• Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar, former prime minister of Pakistan
• Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan, former governor of Sindh province
• Josh Malihabadi
• Mubashir Hassan, co-founder of PPP
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
• Mamnoon Hussain, Former President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Naimatullah Khan, former mayor of Karachi City
• Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
• Princess Sarvath El Hassan, Princess of Jordan
• Qadeeruddin Ahmed (governor, judge)
• Rahimuddin Khan, general (retd.) former military governor of Sindh, Balochistan province
• Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan
• Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister and finance minister of Pakistan
• Sheikh Liaquat Hussain
• Syed Aminul Haque
• Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii
• Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri
• Sheikh Salahuddin
• Faisal Raza Abidi (ex-senator, ex-PPP)
• Syeda Shehla Raza, PPP, current Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly
• Taj Haider
• Liaquat Ali Khan
• Nasreen Jalil, Governor of Sindh
• Syed Munawar Hasan, EX Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
• Farahnaz Ispahani
• Sadiq Khan, mayor of london
• Muhammad Hashim Gazdar

Bureaucrats

• Ikramullah- Pakistan's first foreign secretary considered to be founder of foreign office.
• Rizwan Ahmed- secretary to Government of Pakistan (Federal Secretary)
• Agha Shahi
• Sahabzada Yaqub Khan- prince of former Rampur State. Ex-foreign minister of Pakistan.
• Shahryar Khan- former foreign secretary and present chairman Cricket Board in Pakistan. Prince of former Bhopal State and Kurwai State.
• Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
• Agha Hilaly
• Zafar Hilaly
• Abul Hassan Isphani
• Zafrul Ahsan Lari
• Abul Hasan Quraishi

Journalists

• Ahfaz-ur-Rahman
• Arman Sabir
• Atif Tauqeer
• Azhar Abbas
• Kamran Khan
• Mujahid Barelvi
• Shahzeb Khanzada
• Syed Saleem Shahzad
• Waseem Badami

Science and technology

• Abdul Qadeer Khan (metallurgist and founder of Pakistan's Nuclear Programme)
• Ahmed Mohiuddin (zoologist)
• Abdul Hameed Nayyar (nuclear physicist)
• Atta-ur-Rahman (chemist)
• Faheem Hussain (theoretical physicist)
• Hafeez Hoorani (particle physicist)
• Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (nuclear physicist)
• Pervez Hoodbhoy (nuclear physicist)
• Raziuddin Siddiqui (astrophysicist and mathematician)
• Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (HI, MBE, SI, D.Phil.)), (scientist in natural products chemistry, founder of H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
• M. Shahid Qureshi (astrophysicist and mathematician)
• Ishrat Hussain Usmani (founder of Atomic Energy Commission of Pakistan)
• Ishfaq Ahmad (Pakistan Atomic Energy, Nishan_e_imtiaz)
• A R Hye, architect, first Chief Architect of the Government of West Pakistan.
• Asifa Akhtar Biologist Gene therapist
• Mohammad Sajjad Alam
• Javed Jabbar

Armed forces

• Shamim Alam Khan
• Pervez Musharraf (ex-President)
• Rahimuddin Khan
• Athar Abbas
• Shahid Karimullah (Ambassador)
• Akhtar Abdur Rahman
• Moinuddin Haider (ex-Governor of Sindh and Federal Interior Minister)
• Syed Mohammad Ahsan (Governor)
• Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui
• Muhammad Mahmood Alam (War hero of Pakistan Air Force)
• Moinuddin Haider
• Mirza Aslam Baig
• Syed Shahid Hamid
• Syed Arifullah Hussaini (Commander Pakistan Fleet)
• Shahid Aziz
• Asim Munir (general)

Education

• Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (Vice Chancellor Karachi University)
• Dr.Abdul Wahab, Vice Chancellor Karachi University
• Abul Khair Kashfi (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Abul Lais Siddiqui (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Ata ur Rahman (Chairman HEC, scientist)
• Farman Fatehpuri (real name: Syed Dildar Ali; author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan (author, critic, linguist, scholar, Sufi)
• Hakim Saeed (Vice Chancellor Hamdard University)
• Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (Vice Chancellor Karachi University, author, historian, scholar)
• Jameel Jalibi (linguist, scholar)
• Aslam Farrukhi (author, poet, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Rehmat Farrukhabadi (historian, critic, author)
• Khalida Ghous (human rights activist, scholar)
• Mahmud Hussain (Vice Chancellor)
• Dr. Mohammad Ajmal Khan
• Moinuddin Aqeel (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
• Nomanul Haq (International scholar, Intellectual historian)
• Nasim Amrohvi
• Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui (Vice Chancellor Karachi University, scientist, author, poet, scholar)
• Raziuddin Siddiqui (physicist, mathematician, scholar)
• Shahid Aziz Siddiqi (former Federal Secretary, Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University)
• Sulaiman Shahabuddin, President of Aga Khan university
• Syed Akbar Zaidi, executive director of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA)
• Shakil Auj
• Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri
• Khurshid Ahmad

Arts and literature

Anwar Maqsood is considered the national writer of Pakistan.

• Ahmed Ali, Pioneer of Urdu short stories
• Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (soazkhuwan)
• Abdul Haq, Moulvi (father of modern Urdu)
• Abul Khair Kashfi, Prof. Dr. (critic, linguist, author, scholar)
• Abul Lais Siddiqui, Prof. Dr. (critic, linguist, author, scholar)
• Altaf Fatima (novelist, author)
• Anwar Maqsood (drama writer, anchor, actor)
• Aslam Farrukhi, Prof. Dr. (writer, critic, linguist)
• Rehmat Farrukhabadi (historian, critic, author)
• Bushra Rahman, writer
• Dilawer Figar (humorous poet, scholar)
• Farman Fatehpuri, Prof. Dr. (researcher, poet, critic, linguist)
• Fatima Surayya Bajia (drama writer)
• Fehmida Riaz (writer, poet, activist)
• Ghazi Salahuddin (writer, literary figure, and the scholar of political science)
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Prof. Dr. (writer, critic, linguist, researcher, scholar, educationist)
• Hakeem Muhammad Saeed (pioneer of Eastern medicine, philanthropist)
• Hameed Haroon (journalist, activist)
• Hasan Abidi (scholar, poet, journalist)
• Muhammad Hasan Askari (philosopher, author, critic)
• Haseena Moin (playwright, drama writer)
• Ibn-e-Safi (novelist, story writer)
• Iftikhar Arif (poet, critic, author)
• Intizar Hussain (linguist, novelist, critic)
• Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (author, historian, educationist)
• Jamil Jalibi (scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU)
• Jamiluddin Aali (poet, columnist, critic)
• Jaun Elia (poet, philosopher)
• Josh Malihabadi (poet, linguist, scholar)
• Kamila Shamsie (novelist, story writer)
• Khalique Ibrahim Khalique (journalist, poet, critic)
• Manzoor Ahmad (philosopher)
• Mubarak Ali (historian, activist, columnist)
• Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi (author, humorist)
• Mustafa Zaidi (poet)
• Muzaffar Warsi (poet)
• Nasim Amrohvi (poet, author, linguist, scholar, activist, journalist, educator, philosopher)
• Obaidullah Aleem (journalist, poet)
• Obaidullah Baig ( scholar, Urdu writer/novelist, columnist, media expert & documentary filmmaker)
• Parveen Shakir (poet, author, scholar)
• Pirzada Qasim (poet, author, educationist)
• Rais Amrohvi (journalist, poet, psychoanalyst)
• Raees Warsi (journalist, author, poet, founder of Urdu Markaz New York)
• Sadequain (painter, calligraphist)
• Shafiq-ur-Rahman (humorist)
• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (writer, woman activist)
• Shakeb Jalali (poet, journalist, story writer, columnist)
• Shakeel Badayuni (news reader)
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Dr. (researcher, linguist, poet, author)
• Shaukat Siddiqui (novelist, fiction writer)
• Shaukat Thanvi (writer, humourist)
• Sibte Hassan (author, columnist, activist)
• Tabish Dehlvi (poet)
• Zahida Hina (columnist, author, poet)
• Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (first female columnist of Pakistan)
• Zehra Nigah (poet)
• Zamir Ali Badayuni (critic)
• Junaid Jamshed (Religious figure, former pop star)

Philanthropists

• Abdul Sattar Edhi
• Hakim Said, medical researcher
• Irfan Pardesi, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Agha Hasan Abedi, banker and philanthropist
• Ramzan Chippa

Social activists

• Abdul Sattar Edhi
• Ansar Burney
• Fahmida Riaz
• Nafis Sadik (United Nations)
• Akhtar Hameed Khan
• Sabeen Mahmud
• Muhammad Jibran Nasir

Economics

• Agha Hasan Abedi (banker)
• Akhtar Hameed Khan (pioneer of microcredit and microfinance in Pakistan, founder of Orangi Pilot Project)
• Imtiaz Alam Hanfi (former governor State Bank of Pakistan)
• Ishrat Husain (former governor State Bank of Pakistan)
• Nawab Haider Naqvi (former director PIDE)
• Shaukat Aziz (economist, ex prime minister)
• Syed Salim Raza (former governor State Bank of Pakistan)
• Zahid Hussain (first governor State Bank of Pakistan)
• M. Shahid Alam

Business

• Agha Hasan Abedi (UBL; BCCI; FAST; GIK)
• Ameena Saiyid (Oxford University Press)
• Hakim Said (Hamdard Pakistan)
• Sikandar Sultan (Shan Foods Industries)
• Syed Ali Raza
• Mirza Mehdy Ispahani
• Mohammad Zahoor

Law and judiciary

• Ajmal Mian (former Chief Justice of Pakistan)
• Alvin Robert Cornelius (first chief justice of Pakistan)
• Haziqul Khairi (former chief justice of Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan)
• Hamoodur Rahman (former chief justice of Pakistan)
• Majida Rizvi (first woman judge in Pakistani superior judiciary)
• Makhdoom Ali Khan (former attorney general for Pakistan)
• Mohammad Haleem (former chief justice of Pakistan)
• Naimatullah Khan (advocate)
• Nasir Aslam Zahid (former Pakistan Supreme Court judge)
• Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (former chief justice of Pakistan)
• Qadeeruddin Ahmed (former justice of Pakistan)
• Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui (former chief justice and governor of Pakistan)
• Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (former attorney general for Pakistan and foreign minister; former advisor to prime minister)
• Wajihuddin Ahmed (Chief Justice Sind High Court and Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan)
• Zahirul Hasnain Lari

Metaphysics, spirituality and religion

• Amin Ahsan Islahi
• Israr Ahmed
• Junaid Jamshed
• Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui
• Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, Ameer Tableegi Jamaat Pakistan
• Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Darul Uloom Korangi Karachi
• Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Darul Uloom Korangi Karachi
• Nasim Amrohvi* Muntakhib al-Haqq, Dean of Islamic Studies, University of Karachi, and Jurisconsult to the Federal Shariat Court
• Sulaiman Nadvi
• Maulana Maududi
• Muhammad Hamidullah

Performing art and media

Amjad Sabri

Nazia Hassan

• Abdul Razzak Yaqoob
• Salman Iqbal
• Adeel Hussain (actor)
• Ali Haider (singer)
• Alamgir Haq (singer)
• Amjad Sabri (Qawwal)
• Anwar Maqsood (drama writer, anchor, actor)
• Arij Fatyma (actress)
• Asim Raza (film producer and director)
• Aziz Mian (Qawwal)
• Behroze Sabzwari (comedian, actor)
• Bilal Maqsood (pop singer, composer)
• Faisal Kapadia (pop singer, composer)
• Fawad Khan (actor, pop singer)
• Fatima Surayya Bajia (drama writer)
• Habib Wali Mohammad (Ghazal singer and industrialist)
• Izhar Qazi (film and TV actor)
• Jamshed Ansari (comedian)
• Khalida Riyasat (actress)
• Komal Rizvi (singer, actress)
• Lehri (film comedian)
• Mahira Khan (actress)
• Ayeza Khan (actress)
• Maheen Rizvi (actress, model)
• Mehdi Hassan (Ghazal Singer)
• Mehnaz Begum (singer)
• Mir Zafar Ali (two-time Oscar Award winner, visual effects specialist)
• Moin Akhtar (actor)
• Nadeem (actor)
• Nadia Ali (singer)
• Naveen Naqvi (anchor)
• Naveen Waqar (actress)
• Nazia Hassan (first female pop singer of Pakistan)
• Nirala (real name: Muzaffar Husain; comedian)
• Nisar Bazmi music director
• Qazi Wajid (comedian)
• Riz Ahmed (actor, rapper and Emmy award winner)
• Salim Nasir (comedian/actor)
• Shaukat Hussain Rizvi (film director, producer, editor, and a supporting actor)
• Shakeel Siddiqui (TV, film and stage actor, comedian)
• Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (filmmaker) (two-time Oscar & Emmy awards winner)
• Shehroz Sabzwari (actor)
• Shoaib Mansoor (television producer, television director, writer, musician, lyricist, film director, record producer)
• Syed Kamal (actor)
• Talat Hussain (actor)
• Umer Sharif (comedian)
• Zoheb Hassan (singer)
• Zubaida Tariq (chef, herbalist, cooking expert)

Sports

Cricketers

• Saeed Anwar (cricketer)
• Asif Iqbal (cricketer)
• Basit Ali (cricketer)
• Faisal Iqbal (cricketer)
• Hanif Mohammad (cricketer)
• Mushtaq Mohammad (cricketer)
• Sadiq Mohammad (cricketer)
• Wazir Mohammad (cricketer)
• Shoaib Mohammad (cricketer)
• Asif Mujtaba (cricketer)
• Iqbal Qasim (cricketer)
• Moin Khan (cricketer)
• Mohammad Sami (cricketer)
• Khalid Latif (Cricketer)
• Javed Miandad (cricketer)
• Shahzaib Hassan (cricketer)
• Khurram Manzoor (cricketer)
• Rashid Latif (cricketer)
• Saadat Ali (cricketer)
• Ashraf Ali (Cricketer)
• Sadiq Mohammad (cricketer)
• Saleem Yousuf (cricketer)
• Sarfraz Ahmed (Cricketer)
• Sikandar Bakht (Cricketer)
• Tauseef Ahmed (cricketer)
• Fawad Alam (cricketer)
• Asad Shafiq (cricketer)
• Saud Shakeel (cricketer)
• Sharjeel Khan (cricketer)
• Rumman Raees (cricketer)
• Danish Aziz (cricketer)
• Faisal Iqbal (cricketer)
• Azam Khan (cricketer)
• Nadeem Khan (cricketer)
• Tariq Haroon (cricketer)
• Hasan Raza (cricketer)

Hockey players

• Hanif Khan (Hockey Player)
• Kashif Jawad (hockey)
• Islahuddin (hockey)
• Sohail Abbas (hockey)

Medicine

• Dr. Adeebul Hasan Rizvi (Head of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation)
• Hakim Said, medical researcher
• Muhammad Ali Shah (orthopaedic surgeon)
• Ziauddin Ahmed (Ziauddin Chain of Hospitals, Ziauddin Medical University

Fictional characters

• Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel