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This is a list of notable people from
Punjab, Pakistan.
Religious and spiritual figures
Bahauddin Zakariya mausoleum in
Multan,
Punjab
National figures
Muhammad Iqbal, one of the founding fathers and the national poet of
Pakistan. Iqbal was of mixed Kashmiri and Punjabi heritage.
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Pakistan Armed Forces
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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
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Lt Gen
Asim Saleem Bajwa
- Lt Gen
Abdul Ali Malik
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Maj Gen
Iftikhar Janjua
- Maj Gen
Akhtar Hussain Malik
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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
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Captain
Muhammad Sarwar, recipient of NH
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Naik
Saif Ali Janjua, recipient of NH
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Lace Naik
Muhammad Mahfuz, recipient of NH
- Sowar
Muhammad Hussain, recipient of NH
Politicians
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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, former Army Chief of Staff and former President of Pakistan (1977–1988)
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Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
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Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, politician
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Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (Pakistan Peoples Party)
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Qamar Zaman Kaira, former Minister (Pakistan Peoples Party)
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi, politician PTI
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Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan, longest serving parliamentarian of Pakistan from 1951 to 1999
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Malik Allahyar Khan (1927–2007), former member of parliament
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Amir Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Kalabagh, Governor of East Pakistan
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Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, former President of Pakistan (PPP)
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Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, current president of PML(Q)
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Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, first Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Chief Minister of Punjab (2002–2007)
Lawyers
Writers and Poets
Sportspersons
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Ajaz Akhtar, cricketer
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Amir Iqbal Khan, boxer
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Abdul Khaliq, sprinter
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Shoaib Akhtar, cricketer
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Abdul Razzaq, cricketer
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Wasim Akram, cricketer
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Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer
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Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer
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Waqar Younis, cricketer and sports presenter
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Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
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Shoaib Malik, cricketer
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Misbah-ul-Haq, cricketer
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Saeed Anwar, cricketer
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Muhammad Amir, cricketer
Scientists
Abdus Salam, the first Pakistani to win a
Nobel prize in Physics.
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Film and TV artists
Singers
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Abrar ul Haq, Punjabi folk + Pop singer
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Alam Lohar, Punjabi folk singer
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Arif Lohar, Punjabi folk singer
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Pathanay Khan, Punjabi folk singer
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Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Punjabi folk singer
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Musarrat Nazir, Punjabi folk singer
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Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
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Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
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Badar Miandad, qawwali singer
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Ghulam Farid Sabri, qawwali singer
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Maqbool Ahmad Sabri, qawwali singer
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Amjad Sabri, qawwali singer
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
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Noor Jehan, classical singer
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Atif Aslam, pop singer
Others
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