| Ranjha | |
|---|---|
| Jāti | Jat |
| Religions |  Islam |
| Languages | Punjabi |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi |
| Family names | yes |
| Ranjha | |
|---|---|
| Jāti | Jat |
| Religions | Islam |
| Languages | Punjabi |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi |
| Family names | yes |
Notable people include:
Heer Ranjha is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are Mirza Sahiban, Sohni Mahiwal and Sassi Punnun. There are several poetic narrations of the story, the most famous being Heer by Waris Shah written in 1766. It tells the story of the love between Heer Sial and Dheedo Ranjha.
The Sial tribe is a Punjabi Jat tribe in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, split between India and Pakistan.
Cheema is a Punjabi Jat clan of India and Pakistan. They have a high concentration in the villages of Gujranwala and adjoining parts of Sialkot. Most people with the surname are Sikhs in East Punjab and Muslims in West Punjab.
Sipra is a Jat clan in the Punjab region of Pakistan.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the 37th Minister of Foreign Affairs, in office since 27 April 2022. He became the chairman of Pakistan People's Party in 2007, following his mother's assassination. He belongs from the Bhutto family, a prominent political family of Pakistan. He is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former President Asif Ali Zardari. Bilawal became a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on 13 August 2018.
Ranjha may refer to:
Takhat Hazara is a village near the Chenab River in the Sargodha District of Punjab, Pakistan.
Heer Ranjha is a Pakistani Punjabi film released in 1970, based on the classic epic story of Heer Ranjha by the Sufi poet Waris Shah.
Ahmad Rahi was a Punjabi poet and writer from Pakistan.
Rana Sanaullah Khan is a Pakistani politician serving as the 39th Interior Minister of Pakistan. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. He is a senior member of PML-N and the President of PML-N in Punjab province since 4 May 2019. Before getting elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan, Sanaullah had been elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab five times and had served in high-ranking ministries of the province.
Khalid Ranjha is a Pakistani lawyer and a politician from Punjab, Pakistan. He also served as Federal Law Minister of Pakistan in 2002 and a member of the Senate of Pakistan. He remained Advocate General Punjab, Judge Lahore High Court and the President of Lahore High Court Bar Association, Lahore
Shafqat Cheema is a Pakistani actor and producer. With his career of more than three decades, he is known for playing villain roles and is dubbed as "Pakistan’s favorite villain".
Chaudhry Ghias Ahmed Mela was a Pakistani politician who was a three time Member of National Assembly (1997–1999, 2002–2007, 2008–2013) from Sargodha. He hails from the Mela village of Kot Momin Tehsil, in Sargodha District and was an agriculturist by profession. He was a member of the PML-Q and held the post of senior vice president of the party until March 2015, when he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Heer Ranjha is a tragic romance folktale from the Punjab about the lovers Heer and Ranjha, best known through the classic poem collection of the same name by Waris Shah, an 18-century Punjabi-language poet.
Ejaz Durrani, known mononymously as Ejaz, was a Pakistani film actor, director and producer active from 1956 to 1984. He was married to legendary Pakistani actress-singer Noor Jehan. He is mostly remembered for his portrayal of Ranjha in the film Heer Ranjha (1970). He was especially known for portraying Punjabi culture folk heroes in epic love stories such as Heer Ranjha and Mirza Sahiban.
Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. He served as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, in Abbasi cabinet from October 2017 to May 2018.
Tiwana or Tiwana is a Jatt and Rajput clan from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The Tiwanas in East Punjab are mostly Jat Sikhs, while the Tiwanas of West Punjab are almost all Muslim Rajputs. They are descended from Jagadev Parmar through his direct descendant Rai Shankar's son Teo.
Firdous Begum, known mononymously as Firdous, was a Pakistani film actress known for her role in 1970's Heer Ranjha film. She appeared in more than 150 uncertain films, including one hundred thirty Punjabi, twenty Urdu and three Pushto films. She started her career as a supporting actress with film Fanoos in 1963, and later she played lead role in Malangi.
Munazzah Arif is a Pakistani actress who predominantly appears in Pakistani television serials. She earlier starred as recurring roles and mostly plays the role of mothers. She made her cinematic debut in Azfar Jaffri's film Heer Maan Ja and later starred in Parde Mein Rehne Do. Some of her notable television appearances where she played supporting roles, include Uraan, Inkaar, Kashf and Khuda Aur Muhabbat.
Noon is a surname and Punjabi Jat clan of India and Pakistan. They are also found in Europe, and North America. It can also be a variant of Noone, a surname of gaelic origin.
