List of Famous people born in Punjab, Pakistan

Nashra Sandhu

First Name Nashra
Born on November 19, 1997 (age 28)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Nashra Sandhu is a Pakistani cricketer.

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Atif Aslam

First Name Atif
Born on March 12, 1983 (age 43)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Muhammad Atif Aslam is a Pakistani playback singer and actor. He has recorded numerous chart-topping songs in both Pakistan and India and is known for his vocal belting technique. He predominantly sings in Urdu and Hindi, but has also sung in Punjabi, Bengali and Pashto. With successful chart-topping songs, he is often regarded as one of the all-time best playback singers in the Indian and Pakistani music industries. In 2008, Aslam received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, the fourth-highest civilian honour award from the Pakistani government as well as numerous Lux Style Awards. Aslam made his acting debut in 2011 with the Urdu social drama film Bol. In 2019, he was awarded with a star in the Dubai Walk of Fame after his nomination for the "Best Singer in Pakistan". He is among one of the 100 Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. Aslam has an extensively large following at home in Pakistan as well as in neighbouring India. He refers to his fans as "Aadeez".

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Shadab Khan

First Name Shadab
Born on October 4, 1998 (age 27)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Shadab Khan is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He was born in Mianwali, a city in northwest Punjab, Pakistan. In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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Nizakat Khan

First Name Nizakat
Born on July 8, 1992 (age 33)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Nizakat Khan is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. Khan is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break.

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Zahid Hamid

First Name Zahid
Last Name Hamid
Born on October 24, 1947 (age 78)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Zahid Hamid is a Pakistani politician, and lawyer. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Hamid previously served as the Minister for Law and Justice and Minister of Climate Change in the Third Sharif ministry between 2015 and 2017. He briefly served as the Minister of Law and Justice in June 2013 before being appointed as Minister of Science and Technology from June 2013 to November 2014. He again served as Minister for Law and Justice under Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi from August 2017 until he resignation in November 2017.

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Gulzarilal Nanda

First Name Gulzarilal
Born on July 4, 1898
Died on January 15, 1998 (aged 99)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialized in labour issues. He was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two short periods following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966. Both his terms ended after the ruling Indian National Congress's parliamentary party elected a new prime minister. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1997.

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R. K. Dhawan

First Name R.
Last Name Dhawan
Born on July 16, 1937
Died on August 6, 2018 (aged 81)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Rajinder Kumar Dhawan was an Indian politician who was one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and a member of the Rajya Sabha.

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Om Prakash

First Name Om
Born on December 19, 1919
Died on February 21, 1998 (aged 78)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Om Prakash Bakshi was an Indian character actor. He was born in Jammu, as Om Prakash Bakshi. He used to play the role of Kamla in the stage play by the famous Dewan Mandir Natak Samaj Jammu. Since his career began in 1942, he was a popular supporting actor from the 1950s until the 1980s. He also produced Jahanaara starring Bharat Bhushan, Shashikala, Prithviraj Kapoor and Mala Sinha in the title role of Jahanaara.

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Deepak Lal

First Name Deepak
Born on January 3, 1940
Died on April 30, 2020 (aged 80)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Deepak (Kumar) Lal was an Indian British neo-liberal economist, originally of India.

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Romesh Chandra

First Name Romesh
Born on March 30, 1919
Died on July 4, 2016 (aged 97)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Romesh Chandra was an Indian leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He took part in the Indian independence struggle as student leader of CPI after joining it in 1939. He held various posts within the party. He became president of the World Peace Council in 1977.

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