List of Famous people born in Punjab, Pakistan

Ramanand Sagar

First Name Ramanand
Born on December 29, 1917
Died on December 12, 2005 (aged 87)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Ramanand Sagar was an Indian film director. He is most famous for making the Ramayan television series, a 78-part TV adaptation of the ancient Indian epic of the same name, starring Arun Govil as Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita. This TV serial was then widely watched and liked across the country. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2000.

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Arjan Singh

First Name Arjan
Last Name Singh
Born on April 15, 1919
Died on September 16, 2017 (aged 98)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC was a senior air officer of the Indian Air Force. He served as the 3rd Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969, leading the Air Force through the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was the first and only officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to five-star rank as Marshal of the Indian Air Force, equal to the army rank of Field Marshal.

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Imran Tahir

First Name Imran
Last Name Tahir
Born on March 27, 1979 (age 45)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Mohammad Imran Tahir is a Pakistani-born South African cricketer. A spin bowler who predominantly bowls googlies and a right-handed batsman, Tahir currently plays for South Africa in Twenty20 International matches.

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Kulsoom Nawaz

کلثوم بٹ
First Name Kulsoom
Born on March 29, 1948
Died on September 11, 2018 (aged 70)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif was a Pakistani politician who had been the first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms; from 1990 to 1993, 1997 to 1999 and then from 2013 to 2017. She was the President of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) from 1999 to 2002.

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Saba Qamar

First Name Saba
Last Name Qamar
Born on April 5, 1984 (age 40)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Sabahat Qamar Zaman, known professionally as Saba Qamar, is a Pakistani actress and television presenter. Qamar has established a career in the Urdu television industry and is the recipient of several accolades, including four Lux Style Awards, a Hum Award, and a Filmfare Award nomination. The Government of Pakistan honoured her with two of the country's highest civilian honours, the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2012, and Pride of Performance in 2016 for her contribution to the field of arts.

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Javed Iqbal

First Name Javed
Last Name Iqbal
Born on October 8, 1956
Died on October 8, 2001 (aged 45)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Javed Iqbal Umayr was a Pakistani serial killer and pederast who confessed to the sexual abuse and murder of 100 boys, ranging in age from 6 to 16. Iqbal strangled the victims, dismembered the corpses and dissolved them in acid as a way to conceal the evidence. He was found guilty and sentenced to death in the same manner that he killed the boys, being strangled first, then cut into a hundred pieces in front of the parents of the victims, and then be dissolved into acid, but he committed suicide before the sentence could be carried out.

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Asma Jahangir

Asma Jilani
First Name Asma
Born on January 27, 1952
Died on February 11, 2018 (aged 66)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Asma Jilani Jahangir was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Jahangir was known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers' Movement and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and as a trustee at the International Crisis Group.

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Maryam Safdar

First Name Maryam
Last Name Safdar
Born on October 28, 1963 (age 60)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Maryam Nawaz Sharif, also known as Maryam Safdar, is a Pakistani politician and the daughter of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif. Maryam was initially involved in the family's philanthropic organisations. However, in 2012, she entered politics and was put in charge of election campaign during the 2013 general election. In 2013, she was appointed as the Chairperson of the Prime Minister's Youth Programme. However, she resigned in 2014 after her appointment was challenged in the Lahore High Court.

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Momina Mustehsan

First Name Momina
Born on September 5, 1992 (age 31)
Born in Pakistan, Punjab

Momina Mustehsan is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician and social activist. In 2017, BBC named her one of the 100 most influential women, and the following year, Forbes featured her among its "30 Under 30" Asia list along with nine other Pakistani individuals. Mustehsan later sang the song "Awari" for the Indian thriller film Ek Villain (2014). In season 9, she performed a rendition of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Afreen Afreen", with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and received critical appraisal. Mustehsan's next releases, the singles "Aaya Na Tu" (2018) and "Baari" (2019), topped the country's charts. Her track Uchiyaan Dewara topped the Official Asian Top 40 Charts in November 2020.

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Sajal Aly

First Name Sajal
Born on January 17, 1994 (age 30)

Sajal Aly is a Pakistani actress noted for playing a variety of characters in a range of serials—from contemporary social to romantic dramas.

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