List of people from Islamabad

This is a list of notable people who are the subject of a Wikipedia article and were born in or are associated with Islamabad, Pakistan.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Politics

• Nayyar Hussain Bukhari – former chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
• Anjum Aqeel Khan – politician
• Jamshed Ayaz Khan – major general (Pakistan Army)
• Tridev Roy – politician and writer
• Wasim Sajjad – former chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
• Asad Umar – former finance minister

Sports

• Zeeshan Abbasi – blind cricketer
• Shoaib Akhtar – cricketer
• Usman Khawaja – Australian cricketer
• Muhammad Musa – cricketer
• Muhammad Qasim – footballer
• Ijaz-ur-Rehman – ten-pin bowler
• Adnan Saleem – cricketer
• Imad Wasim – cricketer

Media and entertainment

• Imran Abbas – singer and actor
• Hamza Ali Abbasi – actor, director and producer
• Kashif Abbasi – journalist and news anchor
• Zahid Ahmed – actor and former RJ
• Tariq Amin – hairdresser and stylist
• Osman Khalid Butt – actor and writer
• Faakhir – musician
• Hareem Farooq – producer and actor
• Mawra Hocane – actress and lawyer
• Urwa Hocane – VJ, actress and producer
• Talat Hussain – journalist
• Yasir Hussain – actor and host
• Madiha Iftikhar – TV actress and model
• Shamoon Ismail – singer, songwriter and composer
• Umair Jaswal – singer and actor
• Uzair Jaswal – singer and actor
• Yasir Jaswal – director
• Ali Rehman Khan – actor
• Ashiq Khan – film actor and filmmaker
• Khushhal Khan – singer and actor
• Nadia Khan – morning show host, actor, vlogger and producer
• Shamil Khan – film and TV actor
• Zarnish Khan – actor
• Usman Mukhtar – director, actor and cinematographer
• Momina Mustehsan – singer
• Mariyam Nafees – actor
• Adil Omar – musician and rapper
• Yasra Rizvi – director, actor and writer
• Rumer – musician and songwriter
• Saleem Safi – journalist and columnist
• Ali Saleem – TV actor and host
• Farrukh Saleem – journalist and columnist
• Asma Shirazi – journalist
• Marvi Sirmed – journalist and columnist

Sciences and literature

• Zaheer Ahmad – physician and philanthropist
• Zafar Ishaq Ansari – Muslim scholar
• Muhammad Asim Butt – Urdu novelist
• Ahmad Hasan Dani – archaeologist and historian
• Abdul Rashid – nuclear and bio-scientist
• Rahman Syed – entomologist and professor
• Mansha Yaad – writer

Other

• Abdul Rashid Ghazi – religious cleric and vice-chancellor of Faridia University, Islamabad
• Sadruddin Hashwani – businessman
• Julius Salik – activist

References