List of people from Muzaffargarh explained

This is a list of notable people from Muzaffargarh city and Muzaffargarh District.

Scholars

• Uday Bhanu Hans, State poet of Haryana^[1]
• Fazal Ali Qureshi^[2]
• Hafiz Riaz Hussain Najafi
• Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi

Artist

• Pathanay Khan, Singer^{[3] [4]}
• Tauqeer Nasir, Actor^[5]

Sports

• Azhar Hussain, wrestler^[6]
• Milkha Singh,^[7] Indian track and field sprinter

Rulers

• Nawab Muzaffar Khan, founder of Muzaffargarh^[8]
• Tahir Khan Nahar Chief of vast terrioty at Seet pur, Muzaffargarh,^[9]

Politicians

See main article: Politics of Muzaffargarh.

• Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti
• Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi
• Amjad Hameed Khan Dasti
• Ghulam Murtaza Raheem Khar
• Ghulam Mustafa Khar, former Governor of Punjab and former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar, politician
• Hammad Nawaz Khan
• Hina Rabbani Khar, former Foreign Minister and the first female foreign minister
• Nawabzada Iftakhar Ahmed Khan Babar^[10] - PPPP MNA from NA-184 Muzaffargarh-IV
• Jamshed Dasti, politician
• Liaqat Baloch, politician
• Malik Ahmad Karim Qaswar Langrial
• Mohsin Ali Qureshi
• Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani, former governor of West Pakistan
• Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, A prominent political figure in Pakistan
• Shabbir Ali Qureshi
• Safina Saima Khar
• Sardar Ashiq Hussain, politician
• Sultan Mehmood, politician
• Tehmina Dasti

Members of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan

• Muhammad Shabbir Ali - ^[11] PTI MNA from NA-181 Muzaffargarh-I
• Mahar Irshad Ahmad Khan - PPPP MNA from NA-182 Muzaffargarh-II
• Malik Ghulam Raza Rabbani Khar PPPP MNA from NA-183 Muzaffargarh-III
• Sardar Aamir Talal Khan Gopang - PTI MNA From NA-186 Muzaffargarh-VI
• Syed Basit Sultan Bukhari -^[12] PTI MNA from NA-185 Muzaffargarh-V

Members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

• Malik Ghulam Qasim Hanjra^[13] - PMLN - 268 - Muzaffargarh-I
• Azhar Abbas Chandia^[14] - PMLN - 269 - Muzaffargarh-II
• Abdul Hayi Dasti^[15] - PTI - 270 - Muzaffargarh-III
• Nawabzada Mansoor Ahmed Khan^[16] - PTI - 271 - Muzaffargarh-IV
• Zehra Batool - PTI - 272 - Muzaffargarh-V
• Syed Muhammad Sibtain Raza - PTI- 273 - Muzaffargarh-VI
• Muhammad Raza Hussain Bukhari^[17] - PTI - 274 - Muzaffargarh-VII
• Khurrum Sohail Khan Laghari^[18] - PTI - 275 - Muzaffargarh-VIII
• Muhammad Aoon Hamid^[19] - PTI - 276 - Muzaffargarh-IX
• Mian Alamdar Abbas Qureshi - PTI - 277 - Muzaffargarh-X
• Niaz Hussain Khan^[20] - PTI - 278 - Muzaffargarh-XI
• Muhammad Ashraf Khan Rind^[21] - PTI - 279 - Muzaffargarh-XII

Others

• Sardar Kaure Khan Jatoi, leading personality for his social services
• Dewan Prem Chand, Indian Army officer
• Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi, Pakistani diplomat and author^[22]
• Mukhtar Mai, human rights activist
  • Mahendra Lal Wadhwa, Indian freedom fighter Zohra Shah - killed for mistakenly releasing her masters’ parrots.^{[23] [24]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poetry of Prof. Uday Bhanu Hans . 2022-05-27 . paigaam.tripod.com.
2. Web site: جلوہ گاہِ دوست . 2022-05-27 . www.islahulmuslimeen.org.
3. Web site: 2016-03-09 . Pathanay Khan’s death anniversary goes unnoticed . 2022-05-27 . The Express Tribune . en.
4. Web site: Web Desk . 2017-03-09 . Folk singer Pathanay Khan being remembered . 2022-05-27 . Samaa . en.
5. Web site: Page 203 - Muzaffargarh eGazetteer . 2022-05-27 . gazetteers.punjab.gov.pk.
6. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Azhar Hussain Profile . 2022-05-27 . results.glasgow2014.com.
7. News: D'Souza . Dipti Nagpaul . 23 June 2013 . Will over matter . The Financial Express . dead . 15 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130724040331/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/will-over-matter/1132543/0 . 24 July 2013.
8. Web site: Page 7 - Muzaffargarh eGazetteer . 2022-05-27 . gazetteers.punjab.gov.pk.
9. Web site: Tomb of Tahir Khan Nahar, Muzafargarh Directorate General of Archaeology . 2022-05-27 . archaeology.punjab.gov.pk.
10. Web site: National Assembly of Pakistan . 2022-05-27 . na.gov.pk.
11. Web site: National Assembly of Pakistan . 2022-05-27 . na.gov.pk.
12. Web site: National Assembly of Pakistan . 2022-05-27 . na.gov.pk.
13. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
14. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
15. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
16. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
17. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
18. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
19. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
20. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
21. Web site: Punjab Assembly Members - Members' Directory . 2022-05-30 . www.pap.gov.pk.
22. Web site: Congress . The Library of . Afrasiab - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) . 2022-05-27 . id.loc.gov.
23. Web site: Pakistan: 8-Year-Old Zohra Shah, a Caged Soul Killed for Setting Birds Free . 2022-05-30 . The Wire.
24. Web site: Pakistan: Seven-year-old domestic worker beaten to death for freeing birds, tweeps demand #JusticeForZohraShah . 2022-05-30 . gulfnews.com . en.