Poets

Punjabi Poets

• Dr. Shahbaz Malik
• Shareef Kunjahi
• Mir Tanha Yousafi
• Sanawar Chadhar
• Alam Lohar
• Abid Tamimi
• Anwar Masood
• Afzal Ahsan Randhawa
• Aatish
• Shaista Nuzhat
• Raja Muhammed Ahmed
• Safdar Faizi

The famous Indian Punjabi poets in modern times are:

• Prof. Mohan Singh
• Amrita Pritam
• Balwant Gargi
• Shiv Kumar Batalvi
• Surjit Paatar

All Top Punjabi Poets

• Bahadur Yar Jang (Qaaid-e-Millat - One of the most admired leader of Pakistan Movement - Famous Muslim Orator and a friend of Muhammad Ali Jinnah)
• Ghulam Muhammad (Governor General)
• Mr. Abdul Rahman Malik, (Co-founder of the first Muslim-owned bank, Australasia Bank, within the present day Pakistan in 1942)
• AVM Anwar Mehmood Khan, [EX DG CAA]
• Dr. Nizam Uddin, (1876–1951, Lt. Dr. British India Army, Chief Medical Officer University of Peshawar)
• Masood Nabi Noor, (Home Secretary, West Pakistan)
• Saeed Ahmed Khan - Ex-Inspector General Of Police West Pakistan.
• General Khalid Mehmood Arif, - Retired (VCOAS)
• Ms. Shukria Khanum, (First Woman Pilot given CPL in 1961)
• Mr. Rahat Nasim Malik, (Regional Commissioner Income Tax (Central Region) - Retired
• Dr. Nazir Ahmed, (First head of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission)
• Mr. Zahoor Uddin Malik, (Architect & Civil Engineer from Queen University Belfast in 1932, Founder Member PECHS, Garrison Engineer British Army WW2)
• Mr. Munir Ahmad Khan, Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1972–1991; IAEA Staff Member, 1958–72; Head IAEA Reactor Engineering and Fuel Cycle Division, 1968–72; Chairman,IAEA Board of Governors, 1986-87.
• Col. Mujeeb-Ul-Haq, (AFIC, Pioneer Cardiologist)
• Nazir Ahmad Khan (Renowned Actor/Director and Founder of the Pakistan Film Industry)
• Masud Karim (First Muslim President of Sindh Club)
• K.Asif (Legendary Director of Mughal-e-Azam)
• Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shamim Khan, (Commander 5 Corp)
• Maj. Akhtar Nazir Khan (Cooki) (Chairman World Handmade Carpet Organisation, 2005–Present)
• Abdul Qadir, (Governor State Bank, Finance Minister)
• Mrs.Farrukh Masood [ A well known and famous Educationist of Karachi (M.A., B.T., L.L.B.) ]
• Commodore Javaid Manzoor, (Pakistan Navy , Tamaga-i-Imtiaz , Sitara-i-Imtiaz)
• Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, (Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1991–2001)
• Khan Inamullah Khan, Vice Chancellor (UET - Lahore)
• Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, (Ex-Minister Railways) (MNA)
• Rear Admiral Akbar Hussain, (Navy)
• Khurshid Ahmad, (Federal Law Minister, Ayub Khan Cabinet)
• Malik Pervez Akhtar (Former Deputy Attorney General Pakistan)
• Vice-Chancellor Ahmad Hassan, (UET - Lahore)
• Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Malik, - Pride of Performance - (Pioneer of Punjabi Language & Literature)
• Mohammed Javed Khan, Additional Secretary to the Government Of Pakistan.
• Wg. Cdr. Shahid Pervaiz, (B.A., L.L.B., MBA (HRM)
• Khurram Rashid Khan, Deputy Director (Accounts) National Highway Authority (NHA)
• Wg. Cdr. Amanullah Khan, (Ph.D. Psychologist as well Pakistan's Only/First Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathologist)
• Barristar Ijaz Hussain Batalvi, (Law)
• Abdul Rauf, (Auditor-General of Pakistan, Finance Secretary)
• Mohammad Nissar, (Founding Member of Pakistan Cricket Board, First Pakistani cricketer, Pro-Pakistan leader)
• Dr. Shahid Masood, (TV Personality/Journalist, Head Of ARY One World Channel, Currently with GEO TV and anchorman of "Meray Mutabiq")
• Rafiq Ahmed Malik, First Muslim to offer Azaan in "Antarctica".(1991)
• Fahad Zafar, (Columnist , Risk Manager - Islamic Banking )
• Muhammad Aslam Gurdaspuri (Poet, PPP - Pakistan Peoples Party's Politician and former MPA - Member of the Punjab Assembly, Pakistan)
• Naeem Ahmed Khan, [(advocate) Balochistan provincial minister for law(1997) provincial minister for planning, development & finance (1999–2002)]
• Mr.Sikandar Mustafa Khan,[(Chairman of Millat Tractors Limited)]
• Engr. Zafar Iqbal Malik, (Member Punjab Assembly 1997, Sohdra, Wazirabad, Gujranwala)
• Mr. Asif Aziz Malik, (Co-Founder of Islam Channel, Senior Partner at Vi Consulting, Trustee Apex Primary, UK);
• Justice (Retd.) Sardar Muhammad Iqbal Khan, First Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan; (formerly, Chief Justice of Lahore High Court)
• Major Ahmad Jawad Khan (born February 5th, 1974) Imtiazi Sanad & Bar (Helicopter Pilot)
• Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1951), (Religious scholar, exegete, and educationist)
• Mr. Noor-ul-hassan, (Famous TV Host)
• Mr. Muhammed Aslam Khan, (Vice Chancellor, Punjab University Lahore)
• Mr. Muhammed Ikram, (Film Producer)
• Khan Safdar Ali Khan, (First General Secretary Red Cross Pakistan 1948-1965)
• Dr. Intisar-ul-Haque, (Rtd. Chairman Department of Philosophy Peshawar University)
• Mr. Abdul Islam Malik, (Founder SKGTC)
• Mr. Soofi Sadiq Hasan Khan, (Environmentalist, Lecturer and Prominent Leader of FATA)
• Prof. Painda Armoghan Malik,(Principal Govt. Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore, Secretary General, Pakistan Gymnastic Federation. International Judge for Gymnastics and Acrobatics.
• Dr. Danishwar Malik, (Prosecutor General NAB, Pakistan)
• Mr. Shaigan Shareef Malik (LL.B MA MPA(Harvard), Civil Servant, Government of Pakistan)
• Ms. Anooshay Shaigan Malik (LL.B Hons. (London))
• Mr. Mohammad Hassan Shaigan Malik (Student of Beaconhouse Defence Lahore, Commonwealth Essay winner, member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society)
• Ms. Natasha Shaigan Malik (Student of Lahore Grammar School, Royal Palm Golf & Country Club Swimming Champion)
• Prof. Muttaqi A. Malik, (Psychologist University of Lahore, Educationist Oxford University)
• Prof. Zia-ur-rehman Agha, (Head of English Department F.C. college)
• Muhammad Ali Tahir, (Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan / CRO-Lahore)
• Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaqub Khan, (Pioneer radiologist who opened first radiology department in country, Mayo Hospital, Lahore)
• Mr. Abdul Rehman Malik (Founder Malik Flour Mills, Sialkot)
• Zahoor-ul-Haq, (Senator in 1974 and President of Pakistan Hockey Team)
• Khan Bahadur Malik Bashir Ahmad Khan, Under Secretary Baluchistan 1948
• Prof. Liaquat Ali Khan, (Law Professor at Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, USA) (originally from Sialkot)
• Yawar Zia Khan, (Additional Secretary / Federal Ministry of Finance)
• Mr. Shahid Hamid, (Ex-Governor of Punjab)
• Mr. Zahid Hamid, (Ex-Federal Minister Of Law)
• Ahmed Hassan, (Secretary of Irrigation, Pakistan; Vice Chancellor of University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore)
• Ghias Muhammad, (Sitara-e-Pakistan, Ex-Attorney General of Pakistan, also unopposed President of Lahore Bar Association in 1970)
• Mr. M.H. Khan, (Secretary of Irrigation, Pakistan)
• Dr. Mohammad Din, (Chief Medical Officer - Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur)
• Mahmood Ahmad Malik, (Member Income tax tribunal, Commissioner income tax Islamabad zone)
• Malik Muhammad Iqbal, (Ex member of Pakistan Bar Council, worker of Pakistan movement, gold medallist, renowned advocate)
• Masud Malik, (Renowned advocate, Ex president of Sargodha Bar Association, Ex president of Rotary Club, Sargodha)
• Major General Iftikhar Ahmad Malik
• Brigadier Zahid Maqbool, (Retired)
• Brigadier Inam-Ul-Haq, (Retired)
• Najm-ul-Haq, (Retired Engineer, President Pakistan Rotary Club)
• Col. Mahmud Akhtar, (Retired) (9 Balouch Regiment)
• Maj. Zulfiqar Khalid, (Retired) (41 Baloch Regiment - Faateh Qaiser-e-Hind)
• Tahir Rashid Abdullah, (President MLN Ireland)
• Mudassar Islam Malik, (Journalist working in Media Times group in Lahore and Media Secretary PML-N Youth Wing, Punjab, Pakistan)
• Shafique Malik, (Senior QA Manager, e-BizSoft Inc., Senior Consultant and Scholar of Teasing Sciences)
• Prof. Dr. Aziz Ahmed Khan, Professor of Physiology in K.E & Wrote the first book on Physiology in Pakistan
• Malik Sajjad Abaid, (President, Welfare Association Kakkezai, Sialkot), Chairman, Local Zakat & Ushr Committee
• Malik Taj-ud-Din, SI (Founder, Associated Press of Pakistan)
• Dr. Khalid Saif Ullah Khan, (Retired) (Director General Health Services, Punjab)
• Mr. Babar Khan Nasir, (Ex-DCO, Govt of Punjab / A Renowned Bureaucrat)
• Prof. Mazhar Hussain Malik, (Retd. Principal Govt. College, Sheikhupura)
• Malik Muhammad Iqbal Khan(ALIG), (Advocate, Bagh Azad Kashmir)
• Malik Muhammad Muzaffar Khan, (Retd. DEO/Principal Elementary College, Bagh, Azad Kashmir)
• Malik shahid Khan (Territory Manager Hilton Pharma) G. Secretary Medical Association Sheikhupura, Political Member PML(N)
• Sufi Muhammad Farhan Azeem,(Grandson of Sufi Habib ullah, Well-known Sufi family of Sialkot, Pakistan)
• Malik Khizar Hayat Khan (Retired District and Sessions Judge Lahore)
• Raheela Omer (Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate)
• Dr. Mudasser Iqbal (Specialist Gynecologist, Ireland)
• Burhan Mozzam Malik (Criminal Advocate / Member Punjab Bar Council)
• Malik Shaukat Majeed Khan (COMMISSIONER, MIRPUR, AZAD JUMMU&KASHMIR
• Capt Aftab Ahmed (Pak army)
• Col. Muhammad Tariq, (Deputy General Manager Procurement, Fauji Foundation Head Office, Fauji Towers, Rawalpindi.)
• Col. Khalid Rashid Malik, (Retd. Principal Fauji Foundation School, Khushab)
• Justice Pervaiz Ahmed Malik, (Retd. Judge High Court, Lahore)
• Dr. Javed Mehmood Malik, (Gynaecologist, Healthpartner MN USA)
• Dr. Khurram Javed Malik, (Ophthalmologist, Baltimore MD)
• Prof. Aftab Malik, (Retd. Professor of Geology, Punjab University, Lahore)
• Nadeem Akbar Malik, (Director Capitol Development Authority, Islamabad)
• Dr. Shahid Pervez Malik, (Trauma Surgeon, UK)
• Dr. Kashif Aftab Malik, (Dental Surgeon, Lahore)
• Dr. Umar Tariq, (Founder of umartariq.com, a global career counselling project)
• Muhammad Mohsin Malik,Advocate, Assistant District public Prosecutor, Lahore
• Tauheed Zafar (Pak army)
• Tauseef Rehman (IT professional)
• Engineer Saleem Munawar (Civil Engineer UET Lahore 2005 Session)
• Prof Liaquat Zia Khan (Ex principal Govt Jinnah Islamia College Sialkot)
• Dr. Javaid Ashraf Malik, Director Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia / Peri-op TEE,
• Dr. Rizwan Ikram Malik, Director of History Department / Quaid-e-Azam University,
• Mr. Reehan Ikram Malik, (Deputy Auditor-General of Pakistan).
• Mr.Aman Ullah Malik, Aeronautical Engineer(USA) Ex-Station Engineer Shaeen Airline Lahore, Secretary Information Kakazai Association Pakistan.
• Mr.Naeem Ullah Malik,CEO Enliven Associates a multinational trading concern.
• AVM Asim Suleiman - DG Air Intelligence, Pakistan Air Force
• Prof. Mahmood Shaukat, (Head of Paediatric Surgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore & Registrar King Edward Medical University, Lahore.)
• Zahid Hussain Malik (M.A. LLB, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan) (Ex President of Kakayzai Association) Quetta.
• Dr. Inayat Malik (Urologist, USA)
• Lt Col Imran Basit, Presidents Pride of Performance in Science & Technology for Year 2002
• Major General(R) Muhammad Waheed Akhtar Malik (Ex-Signal Officer-in-Chief Pakistan Army and Ex-DG Special Communication Organization)
• Mr Rashid Ahmad,Tamgha-e-Pakistan,Ex Joint Secretary,Govt of Punjab,UNDP expert on Somalia,Author of,'A Book of General Knowledge"
• Mr Ahsan Rashid,Ex President,Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd(Al Hamrani Group),Earlier(Petromin Lubricating,Saudi Arabia and Pakistan National Oils)President,Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaaf(Punjab)
• Brig (R) Naeem Ahmad, Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military),Ex Member, Chief Minister's Inspection Team,Punjab, Ex General Manager,WAPDA,Incharge Development Cell, Pakistan Engineering Company
• Mr Asif Rashid, Ex Fuchs Oil,UAE and Muscat
• Mr Naveed Ahmad, Ex Al Hamrani Leasing, Saudi Arabia, QUIZNO, Vancouver, Canada
• Sheikh Mohammad Afzal (1911-1974), Noted Businessman and Philanthropist from Lahore
• Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq, Judge of Lahore High Court