List of people from Sialkot explained

This list includes notable people from Sialkot, Pakistan.

Poets/singers

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Khalid Hasan, Journalist, editor, and translator
• Kuldip Nayar, Indian Journalist

Actors and filmmakers

• 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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: SQN LDR MUHAMMAD IQBAL (SHAHEED), SJ.