# 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.

## Political

* Aamir Liaquat Hussain (1971–2022), politician and television
* Abida Sultan (1913–2002), former crown princess of Bhopal
* Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979), founder of Jamaat-e-Islami
* Afaq Ahmed (born 1962), founder and leader of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan
* Afzal Haq Chaudhary Leader, Majlas-e Ahrar
* Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi (1926–2003), leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, founder of the World Islamic Mission
* Ali Rashid, politician
* Ali Zaidi (born 1952), politician
* Altaf Hussain (born 1953), 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
* Mamnoon Hussain, Former President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
* Barrister Muhammad Hanif Khan, Rana Former Federal Minister of Finance, PPP.
* 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.
* 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)
* Abdur Rahman Hye, architect, first Chief Architect of the Government of West Pakistan.
* Asifa Akhtar Biologist Gene therapist
* Mohammad Sajjad Alam
* Javed Jabbar

## Armed forces

* FS Hussain
* Gen. Bakhtiyar Rana (Ex.C-n-C)
* Masroor Hosain
* 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
* Mirza Aslam Baig
* Syed Shahid Hamid
* Syed Arifullah Hussaini (Commander Pakistan Fleet)
* Shahid Aziz

## Education

* Abu Bakr Ahmad Haleem (Vice Chancellor Karachi University)
* Abdul Wahab (educationist), Vice Chancellor Karachi University
* Abul Khair Kashfi (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
* Abul Lais Siddiqui (author, critic, linguist, scholar)
* 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 (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
* S. Akbar Zaidi, executive director of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
* Shakil Auj
* Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri
* Khurshid Ahmad

## Arts and literature

* 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)
* Jawayd Anwar (poet, writer)
* 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
* 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
* Allama Rasheed Turabi
* Naseer Turabi

## Performing art and media

* Imran Abbas, actor and model
* Adeel Hussain (actor)
* Ali Haider (singer)
* Alamgir Haq (singer)
* Amjad Sabri (Qawwal)
* Anwar Maqsood (drama writer, anchor, actor)
* Arij Fatyma (actress)
* Ahmed Ali Butt (singer, comedian)
* 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)
* Sana Javed, (actress)
* Talha Younus (singer)
* Aiman Khan (actor)
* Minal Khan (actor)
* Annie Ali Khan (model)
* Shehzad Roy (singer)

## Sports
### Cricketers

* Saeed Anwar (born 1968)
* Asif Iqbal (born 1943)
* Basit Ali (born 1970)
* Faisal Iqbal
* Hanif Mohammad
* Mushtaq Mohammad
* Sadiq Mohammad
* Wazir Mohammad
* Shoaib Mohammad
* Asif Mujtaba
* Iqbal Qasim
* Moin Khan
* Mohammad Sami
* Khalid Latif
* Javed Miandad
* Shahzaib Hassan
* Khurram Manzoor
* Rashid Latif
* Saadat Ali
* Ashraf Ali
* Sadiq Mohammad
* Saleem Yousuf
* Sarfraz Ahmed
* Sikandar Bakht
* Tauseef Ahmed
* Fawad Alam
* Asad Shafiq
* Saud Shakeel
* Sharjeel Khan
* Rumman Raees
* Danish Aziz
* Faisal Iqbal
* Azam Khan
* Nadeem Khan
* Tariq Haroon
* Hasan Raza

### 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