List of people from Sialkot
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This list includes notable people from Sialkot, Pakistan.
Poets/singers
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- Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Poet (Persian, Urdu), Philosopher, Thinker
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz, poet
- Ghulam Ali, Ghazal singer
- Bilal Saeed, singer
- Taufiq Rafat, Poet
- Asghar Sodai, Poet and creator of the phrase "Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya La Ilaha Illallah"
Aviators
[edit]- 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[1]
Politicians
[edit]- Akhtar Ali Vario
- Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani
- Armaghan Subhani
- Tariq Subhani
- Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
- 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
[edit]- 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
Journalist
[edit]- Khalid Hasan, Journalist, editor, and translator
- Kuldip Nayar, Indian Journalist
Actors and filmmakers
[edit]- Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood film actor
- Dev Anand, Bollywood film actor, born in Narowal at the time that Narowal was Tehsil of Sialkot
- AK Hangal, Bollywood film actor
- Waheed Murad, Lollywood film actor
- O. P. Ralhan, Bollywood producer, director, writer, actor
Religious scholars
[edit]- Abdul Hakim Sialkoti, Islamic scholar
- 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
Businesspeople
[edit]- 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
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