List of University of Karachi alumni

This is a list of alumni of the University of Karachi.

A

• Jamiluddin Aali – Urdu poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar
• Manzoor Ahmad – philosopher
• Rukhsana Ahmad - writer, playwright, and translator.^[1]
• Moonis Ahmar – scholar of international relations and conflict resolution
• Afaq Ahmed – leader of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan
• Israr Ahmed – Pakistan-based Muslim religious figure
• Riaz Ahsan – professor and former president of Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association
• Mohammed Ajeeb – former Lord Mayor of Bradford
• Munir Akram – former Pakistan ambassador to the United Nations
• Ahmed Ali – co-founder of Progressive Writers Movement & Association; novelist; short story writer; critic; translator; diplomat; scholar
• Sohail Aman – Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force
• Zafar Ishaq Ansari – scholar of Islamic studies
• Moinuddin Aqeel – author, critic, linguist, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics
• Shaukat Aziz – former Prime Minister of Pakistan; former Citibank executive officer

B

• Wali Khan Babar – GEO News journalist
• Sanam Baloch – television actress
• Ansar Burney – human rights and civil rights activist

D

• Noon Meem Danish – poet^[2]
• Quentin D’Silva - former Chairman & Chief Executive, Shell Pakistan Limited

F

• Aslam Farrukhi – Urdu author, critic, poet, linguist, scholar and broadcaster
• Tarek Fateh - writer, novelist, columnist, author
• Farman Fatehpuri – author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics

G

• Khalida Ghous – scholar of international relations and human rights; activist

H

• Husain Haqqani – Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States
• Hussain Haroon – Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations
• Abrar Hasan – lawyer and constitutional expert
• Masuma Hasan – first female Ph.D. and first female Federal Secretary of Pakistan
• Syed Munawar Hasan – Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
• Mehwish Hayat - model
• Zahida Hina – columnist, author, poet
• Abdul Rasheed Hussain – Maldivian politician and public figure
• Altaf Hussain – leader and founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement

I

• Ibn-e-Insha – Urdu poet humorist and travelogue writer

J

• Jameel Jalibi – linguist, critic, writer, researcher, educationist and scholar of Urdu literature
• Nasreen Jalil – Naib Nazima of Karachi; MQM leader

K

• Abul Khair Kashfi – author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics
• Hiroji Kataoka – scholar of Urdu in Japan; exchange student in the early 1970s^[3]
• Rashid Kausar - Professor of Knowledge Management
• Abdul Qadeer Khan – scientist and metallurgical engineer, widely regarded as the founder of the uranium program of the country's atomic bomb projects
• Makhdoom Ali Khan – former Attorney General of Pakistan
• Rana Muhammad Akram Khan - former Chairman, Punjab Bar Council

L

• Anthony Theodore Lobo – Roman Catholic bishop

M

• Rehman Malik – Senator, Minister of Interior, Government of Pakistan
• Nisar Memon – former Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
• Ajmal Mian – former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Haseena Moin – playwright, drama writer
• Gholam Mujtaba – politician and Pakistani American
• Waheed Murad – film actor

N

• Nehal Hashmi - Senator , General secretary PML-N sindh
• Farooq Naek – Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, ex-Law Minister
• Abdul Hameed Nayyar – physicist, peace activist
• Michael Nazir-Ali – Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England
• Asif Noorani – newspaper and television writer

P

• Nadeem F. Paracha – journalist, cultural critic and satirist
• Tanwir Phool – poet; children's literature author; officer of the central bank of the Government of Pakistan
• Zinia Pinto - principal of the elite St Joseph's Convent School (Karachi) from 1963-99.^[4]

Q

• Pirzada Qasim – scholar, Urdu poet and Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi

R

• Raza Rabbani – Senator
• Atta ur Rahman – Chairman of HEC; Director of H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
• Raheel Raza – author

S

• Arman Sabir – BBC and Dawn journalist
• Faisal Sabzwari – Deputy parliamentary leader of MQM
• Nida Sameer – anchorperson of Geo News
• Syed Sajjad Ali Shah – former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Rashid Minhas Shaheed - PAF Officer; received Nishan-e-Haider
• Parveen Shakir – Urdu poetess, teacher, civil servant of the Government of Pakistan
• Muhammad Ali Siddiqui – philosopher and critic
• Muhammad Rashid Ali (Siddiqui) - sports journalist
• Nazim Hussain Siddiqui – former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui – former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Shahid Aziz Siddiqi – former Federal Secretary, Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University
• Takeshi Suzuki – professor of Urdu in Japan, exchange student from 1960–1962^[5]
• Ehsan Sehgal - Poet, Journalist.

U

• Muhammad Taqi Usmani – Hanafi Islamic scholar; served as a judge on the Shariah Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

W

• Fauzia Wahab – politician in the Pakistan Peoples Party
• Raees Warsi – poet; author; founder and president of Urdu Markaz New York
• Talat A. Wizarat – scholar of international relations and Middle Eastern studies

References

1. "Rukhsana Ahmad". The Feminist Press. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. Farrukhi, Asif (2007-12-09). "Author: A poet in New York". Dawn (Pakistan Herald Publications). Retrieved 2007-12-13.
3. Parekh, Rauf (2008-08-26), "A Japanese scholar of Urdu", Dawn, retrieved 2010-05-28
4. The Express Tribune, June 6, 2013
5. "Japanese scholar of Urdu passes away", Dawn, 2005-01-16, retrieved 2010-05-28