Posted by: Haroon Saeed | March 11, 2008

The Great Pakistanis !

The Great Pakistanis.

So here I go, out of patriotism :) , I have decided to write names of great Pakistanis(of all fields, that I know) and their achievements/life history. Despite of many millions of problems Pakistan is an extra-ordinary place. From Sky high mountains to deep down Oceans, from -50 C degree to +50 C Degrees, from illiteracy to Nobel prize and from nowhere to going Nuclear, it all sounds amazing…

The main reason of doing so is to commemorate them and also many people of Pakistan don’t even know names of many of great people from Pakistan, especially scientists and writers, so I want all to know about them also. This list will continue growing over time.

So to start from, here is the initial list,

1. The Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Politics, Law, Statesman ship, Father of Nation

2. Allama Muhammad Iqbal – Poet, Thinker [Tough he died before Pakistan]

3. Liaqat Ali Khan – Politics, Movement of Pakistan

4. Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam – Physics, Nobel Prize in physics

5. Prof. Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui – Chemistry

6. Prof. Dr. Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry – Physics

7. Allama Mashriqi (Inayatullah Khan) – Mathematics, Movement of Pakistan, Khaksar Tehreek

8. Abdul Sattar Edhi – Social Welfare

9. Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Poetry, writing, philosophy

10. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto – Poltics, Former Prime Minister and President of Pakistan

11. Ahmed Shah Pitras Bokhari – Humorous Writing, Literature

12. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan – Metallurgist, Father of Nuclear Program for Pakistan

13. Sir. Zafar Ullah Khan – Law, International Relations etc..

14. Shoaib Mansoor – Television Programming/Filming

15. Sadquain – Art, Calligraphy, Painting

16. Imran Khan – Cricket, Social Work

17. Jehangir khan – Squash

18. Jan Sher Khan – Squash

19. Noor Jahan – Singing

20. Mumtaz Mufti – Literature, Fiction, Sufism

21. Bano Qudsia – Literature, Fiction, Sufism

22. Prof. Dr. Atta Ur Rehman – Chemistry, Higher Education

23. Wasim Akram – Cricket

24. Ibn-e-Insha – Urdu Literature

25. Javed Miandad – Cricket

26. Ashfaq Ahmed – Literature

27. Shaqiue-Ur-Rehman – Humorous Ficiton

28. Gul Jee – Painter

29. Obaidullah Baid – Scholar, Novelist

30. Jameeluddin Aali – Scholar, Poet, Writer

31. Mohammad Taqi Usmani – Islamic Scholar, Shariah Law

32. Hakeem Mohammad Saeed – Medicine, Tib, Hikmat

33. Agha Hassan Abidi – Banking

34. Allama Rasheed Turabi – Islamic Scholar, Philosophy

35. Mohammad Rafi Usmani – Islamic Scholar, Grand Mufti of Pakistan

36. Javed Ahmed Ghamdi – Scholar, Philosopher, Educationist

37. Samiullah Khan – Field Hockey

38. Sohail Abbas – Field Hockey

39. Waqar Younis – Cricket

Right now I am finsihing the list here, but keep me informed by your comments about all those great whom I am missing here.

Regards,


P.S: This post is free of religion, genderism, provincialism, and any kind of biasedness. So let me know of any names and comments only if they are not biased in any regard.


Responses

  1. “Sir. Zafar Ullah Khan – Law, International Relations etc..”

    Ahh, you forgot his status in UN :)

    Literature: Ibn e Insha :)

    Sports: Fazal Mehmood, Javed Miandad, Muhammad brothers.

  2. a s m a, you are right, let me get more names, and I update the list.

  3. ““Sir. Zafar Ullah Khan – Law, International Relations etc..”

    Ahh, you forgot his status in UN”

    hain yeah kiyya? :S You completely forgot about Kashmir resolutions in his tenure as UN representative/Foreign Minister?

  4. “Literature: Ibn e Insha”

    I can’t beleive you missed that :P

  5. Gul Jee, no? He has many of his works portrayed at important places like faisal mosque.

  6. You mentioned Bano Qudsia but you didnt mention Ashfaq Ahmed !!! now thats a blunder :P

    Also I think Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan should also be in the list.

    And if we look on the religious side we have many saints as reformer of the Pakistanis on religious side

    Hazrat Ali bin Usman Hajweri (popularly known as Data Sahab)
    Moulana Ahmed Ali Lahori
    Hazrat Sachal Sarmast

  7. Assalam-o-Alaikum,
    Dear Brothe, You have place Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan at number 12, which is quiet unjust and unfair. I think he should be placed at number. Because no nation can survive with defence and this is because of him that Muslim Umma’ respects us as first Islamic Nuclear Power. Check it please and give him his right place because the nations who dont regard their hero’s can’t survive for long.
    Thanks & Regards

  8. Assalam-o-Alaikum,
    Dear Brothe, You have place Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan at number 12, which is quiet unjust and unfair. I think he should be placed at number 3. Because no nation can survive with defence and this is because of him that Muslim Umma’ respects us as first Islamic Nuclear Power. Check it please and give him his right place because the nations who dont regard their hero’s can’t survive for long.
    Thanks & Regards

  9. Nice idea, Atleast this’ll help us to think something positive within us, because as a nation we always discuss negative things about ourselves.
    Ashfaq Ahamed ne kaha tha, ‘ham kantey se kahuta tak ka safar tay kia hai’

  10. Aitezaz Ahsan-Law, Philosophy
    Arif Hasan-Social Work
    Habib Fida Ali-Architecture
    Akhtar Hameed Khan-Social Work
    Iftikhar Chaudhry- Law
    Mukhtaran Mai-Resistance, Social Work

  11. Oh my God, how can you miss Dr. Samar Mubarakmand and Javed Ahmed Ghamidi. Please include these two names immediatley. They are both my heros.

    others who should be included on list are as follows:

    1. Amin Ahsan Islahi (Islamic scholar)
    2. Maulana Abu al maudadi (Politician, Islamic scholar)
    3. Professor Ahmed Rafique (Sufi, Educationist, Islamic Scholar)
    4. Zara Sheikh (model, film actress)
    5. Sir syed ahmed khan (educationist, islamic scholar)

  12. wonderful effort my friend.

    Please do two things:
    a) Mention the names subject/field wise like politics, sports, medicine, etc.
    b) Remove rankings to avoid subjectivities.

    I think other friends have suggested good names and we can include that too

    Good Luck:-)

  13. M.M. Aalam
    Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan
    Bare Ghulam Ali Khani
    Dr Samar Mubaarik
    Benzir Bhutto

  14. Great freedom fighter, Allama Mashriqi’s web site:
    http://www.allamamashraqi.com


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