List of Muhajir people

Last updated August 16, 2025

This is a list of notable Muhajir people.^[1]^[2]^[3] Muslims that migrated mainly from North India and Hyderabad after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.^[4]

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 ^[5]
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

Science and technology

Abdul Qadeer Khan (metallurgist and founder of Pakistan's Nuclear Programme)^[6]^[7]^[8]
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
Abrar Hussain (general)
Masroor Hosain
Shamim Alam Khan
Pervez Musharraf (ex-President)
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

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
Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui
Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, Ameer Tableegi Jamaat Pakistan
Rafi Usmani, Darul Uloom Korangi Karachi
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

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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

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

References

↑ "The crisis of Mohajir identity". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
↑ Sareen, Kriti M. Shah and Sushant. "The Mohajir: Identity and politics in multiethnic Pakistan". ORF. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
↑ "MQM-P to celebrate 'mohajir' identity". The Express Tribune. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
↑ Raghavan, T. C. A. (2016-05-20). "Narrating the life of muhajirs in today's Pakistan". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
↑ "Liaquat Ali Khan - Heziera - 2022". July 2023.
↑ "Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Is Muhajir Urdu Speaking..Why MQM forget His?". Siasat.pk Forums (in Urdu). 9 January 2014. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
↑ I am Still Mohajir Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, 27 July 2010, retrieved 2022-07-31
↑ "I Was Never Accepted As A Pakistani Just being of Muhajir – Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan". Archived from the original on 2021-02-26.

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[1] "The crisis of Mohajir identity". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-09-06.

[2] Sareen, Kriti M. Shah and Sushant. "The Mohajir: Identity and politics in multiethnic Pakistan". ORF. Retrieved 2021-09-06.

[3] "MQM-P to celebrate 'mohajir' identity". The Express Tribune. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-09-06.

[4] Raghavan, T. C. A. (2016-05-20). "Narrating the life of muhajirs in today's Pakistan". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-30.

[5] "Liaquat Ali Khan - Heziera - 2022". July 2023.

[6] "Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Is Muhajir Urdu Speaking..Why MQM forget His?". Siasat.pk Forums (in Urdu). 9 January 2014. Retrieved 2022-07-31.

[7] I am Still Mohajir Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, 27 July 2010, retrieved 2022-07-31

[8] "I Was Never Accepted As A Pakistani Just being of Muhajir – Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan". Archived from the original on 2021-02-26.

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