List of people from Sialkot

This list includes notable people from Sialkot, Pakistan.

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Islamic scholars and saints

• Abdul Hakim Sialkoti, Islamic scholar
• Ehsan Elahi Zaheer, Pakistani Islamic scholar; founder of Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan ^[1]
• Imam Ali-ul-Haq, Islamic Sufi warrior-saint, known for converting Sialkot into a largely Muslim city in the 13th Century ^{[2] [3]}
• Syed Mir Hassan, Islamic religious scholar and teacher of Muhammad Iqbal
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Islamic religious scholar
• Peer Jamaat Ali Shah, Islamic scholar and proponent of Pakistan Movement
• Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti, Islamic religious scholar and activist of Pakistan Movement
• Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Pakistani Islamic scholar
• Khalid Hasan Shah, Islamic Naqshbandi scholar
• Muhammad Jewan Shah Naqvi, Islamic Naqshbani saint
• Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, Islamic scholar and saint of the Naqashbandi order
• Muhammad Amin Shah Sani, Islamic Naqshbandi scholar
• Muhammad Hussain Shah Salis, Islamic Naqshbandi Saint
• Ziauddin Madani, Islamic Scholar

Poets/singers

Dr Allama Iqbal

• Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal — Islamic philosopher, thinker, poet (Persian, Urdu) and one of the leading figures of the Pakistan Movement
• Asghar Sodai — poet and creator of the phrase "Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya La Ilaha Illallah"
• Khawaja Shahudin — Islamic Qadiri poet
• Bilal Saeed — singer
• Taufiq Rafat — poet

Aviators

• M. A. Rahman, former Chief of Staff of the PAF, Air Vice Marshal and among the pioneers of the Pakistan Air Force
• Squadron Leader Muhammad Iqbal, killed in the 1965 War ^[4]

Politicians

• Akhtar Ali Vario
• Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani
• Armaghan Subhani
• Tariq Subhani
• Naseer Ahmad Malhi
• Mumtaz Kahloon
• Khawaja Asif, politician and banker
• Usman Dar, Politician and businessman
• Gulzari Lal Nanda, politician and economist,
• Chaudhry Amir Hussain, politician
• Khawaja Muhammad Safdar
• Rehman Malik, politician
• Mushahid Hussain Syed
• Firdous Ashiq Awan

Athletes

• Zahid Sheikh, hockey player
• Shahnaz Sheikh, hockey player
• Shoaib Malik, cricketer
• Zaheer Abbas, cricketer
• Zahid Fazal, cricketer
• Shaiman Anwar, cricketer
• Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Sialkot
• Mohammad Abbas, cricketer
• Raza Hasan, cricketer
• Mukhtar Ahmed, cricketer
• Asif Bajwa, hockey player
• Haris Sohail, cricketer
• Bilal Asif, cricketer
• Bilawal Bhatti, cricketer
• Ijaz Ahmed, cricketer
• Ijaz Butt, former PCB Chairman
• Nasir Ali, hockey player
• Tariq Sheikh, hockey player
• Qaiser Abbas, cricketer
• Mansoor Amjad, cricketer
• Shakeel Ansar, cricketer
• Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer

Actors and filmmakers

• Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood film actor
• AK Hangal, Bollywood film actor
• Waheed Murad, Lollywood film actor
• O. P. Ralhan, Bollywood producer, director, writer, actor
• J. Om Prakash, Bollywood producer and director

Businesspeople

• Dharampal Gulati, founder of Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH) spice company and several charitable schools and hospitals in Delhi
• Malik Riaz, a Pakistani businessman, founder of Bahria Town

References

1. "Biography of Allamah Ihsan Ilahi Zaheer | Umm-Ul-Qura Publications" . Retrieved 2024-12-09.
2. Hasan, Masudul (1965). Hand Book of Important Places in West Pakistan. Pakistan Social Service Foundation.
3. Afsos, Sher ʻAlī Jaʻfarī (1882). The Arāīs̲h-i-maḥfil: Or, The Ornament of the Assembly. J. W. Thomas, Baptist Mission Press.
4. "SQN LDR MUHAMMAD IQBAL (SHAHEED), SJ".