List of Muhajirs in Pakistan

=Panahgir (Indian Refugees) celebrities after independence=

The term panahgir means shelter taker. The peoples referred here are refugees of India. The term is used for them or their parents or even their grandparents who actually migrated. The name Muhajir is also used Politically for them in Pakistan. In Sindh, they are mostly Urdu and Gujrati speaking while in rural Punjab, the term Muhajir is still used for those whose elders or themselves has migrated from East Punjab.

Politics

* Syed Abul Aala Moududi(Great islamic scholer & founder of Jamat e islami)
* General Pervez Musharraf
* Liaquat Ali Khan (First Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Former Care TakerPrime Minister of Pakistan
* Niamthullah Khan First City Nazim (Lord Mayor) Karachi
* Mustafa_Kamal City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi
* Muhammed Faisal (International Mediator and Diplomat (O.I.C)
* Shaukat Aziz (Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan)
* Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad_Khan (Governor Sindh)
* Professor N.D. Khan (Pakistan Peoples Party)
* Professor Taj Haider (Pakistan Peoples Party)
* Professor Ghfoor Ahmed (Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan)
* General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Ex. President of Pakistan was born in Jalandhar, India, in 1924)
* Mirza Aslam Baig (Ex. Chief of Army Staff.)

Bureaucrates

* Shahryar Khan (Ex. Foreign Secretary & Ex. Chairman Cricket Board In Pakistan)

Journalism

* Kamran Khan
* Asma Shirazi
* Maheen Rashdi
* Qurat ul ain Siddiqui
* Urooj Zia
* Mujahid Barelvi

Science and technology

* Dr. A. Q. Khan
* Dr. Ata-ur-Rehman
* Dr. Ahmed Mohiuddin
* Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
* Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui
* Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui

Education

* Abul Khair Kashfi
* Abul Lais Siddiqui
* Aslam Farrukhi
* Farman Fatehpuri
* Ghulam Mustafa Khan
* Jameel Jalibi
* Khalida Ghous
* M A Vakil
* Moonis Ahmar
* Naseem Amrohvi
* Syed Sikander Mehdi
* Talat A. Wizarat
* Yunus Hasni
* Late Dr. B.A.Hashmi (2nd VC of Karachi University)
* Shahid Aziz Siddiqi (Fmr Federal Scretary, and Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University)

Art and literature

* 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)
* Ahmed Hamdani (Poet)
* Ahsan Danish (Poet)
* Altaf Fatima (Novelist, author)
* Anwar Maqsood (Drama writer, anchor, actor)
* Aslam Farrukhi, Prof. Dr. (writer, critic, linguist)
* Dilawer Figar (Humorous poet)
* Farman Fatehpuri, Prof. Dr. (Researcher, poet, critic, linguist)
* Fatima Surayya Bajia (Drama Writer)
* Fehmida Riaz (Writer, poet, activist)
* 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)
* Haseena Moin (Playwright, drama writer)
* Ibn-e-Insha (Poet, writer and humorist)
* Ibn-e-Safi (Novelist, story writer)
* Iftikhar Arif (Poet, critic, author)
* Intizar Hussain (Linguist, novelist, critic)
* Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (Author, Historian, Educationist)
* Ismat Chughtai (Story writer, poet, critic)
* Prof. S. G. Abbas (Scholar, writer, critic, educationist)
* Jameel Jalibi (Scholar, critic, linguist, former VC KU)
* Jamiluddin Aali (Poet, columnist, critic)
* Jon Elia (Poet, philosopher)
* Josh Malihabadi (Poet, Linguist, Scholar)
* Khalique Ibrahim Khalique (Journalist, poet, critic)
* Khawaja Moinuddin (Dramatist)
* Manzoor Ahmad (Philosopher)
* Mubarak Ali (Historian, Activist, Colomnist)
* Muhammad Hasan Askari (Philosopher, Author, Critic)
* Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi (Author, Humorist)
* Mustafa Zaidi (Poet)
* Naseem Amrohvi (Poet, Author, Linguist, Scholar, Activist, Journalist, Educator, Philosopher)
* Naseem Hijazi (Novlist)
* Niaz Fatehpuri (Author, Critic, Poet)
* Prof. Pirzada Qasim (Poet, Author, Educationist)
* Qaem Amrohvi (Poet, Philosopher)
* Qamar Jalalvi (Poet)
* Rafi Uz Zaman Zuberi (Author, Storywriter)
* Raghib Muradabadi (Poet)
* Rais Amrohvi (Journalist, Poet, Psychoanalyst)
* Sibte Hassan (Author, Columnist, Activist)
* Sadequain (Painter, Calligraphist)
* Saqi Javed (Poet)
* Shahid Ahmed Dehlvi (Linguist, poet, author)
* Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (Writer, woman activist)
* Shakeb Jalali (Poet, journalist, story writer, columnist)
* Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Dr. (Researcher, Linguist, Poet, Author)
* Shaukat Siddiqui (Novelist, fiction writer)
* Shaukat Thanvi (Writer, humourist)
* Syed Waqar Ahmed Rizvi, Prof. Dr. (Writer, critic, linguist)
* Tabish Dehlvi (Poet)
* Zahida Hina (Colominst, author, poet)
* Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (first female columnist of Pakistan)
* Zohra Nigah
* Sehba Akhter (Poet) (Shair-E-Pakistan)
* Muzaffar Warsi (Poet)

Business and industry

* Agha Hasan Abedi (Banker, founder of BCCI)
* Mirza Ahmad Ispahani (PIA founder)
* Wasim I Khan (Projects Management)

Philanthropist and social activist

* Fahmida Riaz
* Ansar Burney
* Abdus Sattar Edhi
* Dr. Nafis Sadik (United Nations)

Economics

* Nawab Haider Naqvi (former Director PIDE)
* Zahid Hussain (first Governor of State Bank of Pakistan)
* Hafeez A. Pasha (Karachi University, AERC, United Nations)
* Akhtar Hameed Khan (pioneer of microcredit and microfinance in Pakistan, founder of Orangi Pilot Project)
* Kaiser Bengali (AERC, SPDC, SDPI)
* Syed Akbar Zaidi
* Shaghil Ahmed (Federal Reserve System, SPDC Karachi)
* Aly Ercelawn (PILER)
* Ehsan Rashid (founder of AERC, former VC Karachi University)
* Ishrat Husain (former Governor State Bank of Pakistan)
* Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad (former Governor State Bank of Pakistan & VC of Islamic University, Islamabad - Pakistan)

Law and judiciary

* Justice Hamoodur Rahman
* Justice Majida Rizvi
* Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid
* Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
* Justice Ajmal Mian
* Naimatullah Khan Advocate
* Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed
* Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Former Attorney General for Pakistan and Foreign Minister. Currently Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister.
* Justice Waheeduddin Ahmed
* Makhdoom Ali Khan , Former Attorney General for Pakistan
* Fahim Ahmed Siddqui, District and Session Judge, Curriculum Development Expert (Legal Expert) Sindh Judicial Academy, Writer of Suites and Defences, Environmental Laws in Pakistan, Recording of Evidence etc.
* Jusitce Saleem Akhtar, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Director General Sindh Judicial Academy, Former Federal Tax Ombudsman Pakistan, President Emeritus Pakistan, Environmental Law Associate etc.

Metaphysics, spirituality and religion

* Allama Irfan Haider Abidi
* Allama Rasheed Turabi
* Allama Talib Jauhri
* Israr Ahmed
* Maulana Ahtishamul Haq Thanvi
* Mufti Muhammad Shafi (late Grand Mufti of Pakistan)
* Mufti Taqi Uthmani (leading Islamic scholar)
* Naseem Amrohvi
* Rais Amrohvi
* Syed Suleman Nadvi
* Qalander Ba Ba Auliya
* Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
* Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi

Performing art and media

* Aziz Mian Qawwal
* Alamgir (Pop Singer)
* Anwer Maqsood (Drama Writer, Anchor, Actor)
* Bilal Maqsood (Pop Singer, Composer)
* Fatima Surayya Bajia (Drama Writer)
* Ghalib Kamal (TV & Film Actor)
* Habib Wali Mohammad (Ghazal singer & industrialist)
* Ishrat Hashmi TV, film and stage actoress)
* Izhar Qazi (Film & TV Actor)
* Jamshed Ansari (Comedian)
* Kamal Ahmed Rizi (Actor & Drama Writer)
* Lehri (Film Comedian)
* Mohammad Ali
* Mehdi Hassan (Ghazal Singer)
* Mehmood Ali (TV, film and stage actor)
* Moin Akhtar (TV, film and stage actor, comedian and host)
* Mehmood (Comedian)
* Muhammad Kamal (Film & TV Actor)
* Nazia Hassan (Singer)
* Nadeem (Film actor)
* Nazia Hasan (first female pop singer of Pakistan)
* Qasim Jalali (Drama director)
* Qazi Wajid (Comedian)
* Syed Kamal (Film Actor)
* Umer Sharif (Humorous Actor)
* Waheed Murad (Film actor, director, producer)
* Zohaib Hasan (Singer)

Sports

* Javed Miandad (Cricketer)
* Saeed Anwar (Cricketer)
* Asif Iqbal (Cricketer)
* Rashid Latif (Cricketer)
* Muhammad Sami (Cricketer)
* Mushtaq Mohammad (Cricketer)
* Hanif Mohammad (Cricketer)
* Shoaib Mohammad (Cricketer)
* Tauseef Ahmed (Cricketer)
* Basit Ali (Cricketer)
* Hassan Sardar (Hockey)
* Sadiq Mohammad (Cricketer)
* Iqbal Qasim (Cricketer)
* Mohsin Khan (Cricketer)
* Saleem Yousuf (Cricketer)
* Islahuddin (Hockey)
* Irfan Shaukat (Cricketer)
* Sikandar Bakht (Cricketer)

Medicine

* Hakim Mohammed Said (Founder of Hamdard Foundation, Noted Practitioner of Eastern Medicine)
* Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah (Orthopaedic Surgeon)
* Dr. Adeeb Rizvi (Founder of Sindh Institute of Urology)
* Professor Dr.S.M. Rab (Physician)