Karāchi People

Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), was born on September 17, 1953 in the port city of Karachi. His father Nazir Hussain and his mother Khurshid Begum both belonged to a religious family of Aghra, a...

Mehdi Hassan, TI, PP, HI (Urdu: مہدی حسن) is a Pakistani ghazal singer and a former playback singer for Lollywood. The unparalleled master of ghazal, .Mehdi Hassan, the living legend, exceptionally known as the 'King of Ghazal' was born in...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Punjabi: نصرت فتح علی خان (Shahmukhī)) (October 13, 1948 – August 16, 1997), a world-renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam). Considered one...

Mohammad Amir (Urdu: محمد عامر, born 13 April 1992) also known as Mohammad Aamer, is a Pakistani international cricketer, whose suspension and subsequent five year ban curtailed his promising career. He is a left-arm fast bowler, who opened the bowling...

Naheed Akhtar (or Nahid Akhtar) is a Pakistani playback singer. She was discovered by veteran musician M. Ashraf as a teenage sensation in the mid-1970s. Naheed Akhtar was a successful replacement for Runa Laila, who left Pakistan the same year....

Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari (Punjabi, Urdu: سردار فاروق احمد خان لغاری) (May 29, 1940 – October 20, 2010) was the eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997. He was the first Balouch President of...

Ali Zafar (Punjabi, Urdu: علی ظفر, born May 18, 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani musician, composer, song writer, singer, actor, painter and model, popular for his music, acting in Pakistani dramas and now movies. His popular songs include...

Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi (Arabic: العيساوي‎) (born c. 1966) is a Libyan politician who is a leading figure of the National Transitional Council of Libya and has been designated as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He previously served as Secretary of...

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: محمد علی جناح,  Audio (help·info); 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a twentieth-century lawyer, politician and statesman who is known as being the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan...

Humayun Saeed (Memoni, Urdu: ہمایوں سعید) (born July 27, 1971) is a Pakistani actor, model and producer.[citation needed]