List of people from Quetta

This is the list of notable people who were born, lived or grew up in Quetta (the provincial capital of Balochistan province of Pakistan) and Quetta District. List is ordered by the professions of people.

Civil and military officers

Film, radio and television people

Journalists, poets and writers

Musicians

Politicians and lawyers

Elena Kagan, then the Dean of Harvard Law School, delivering the Medal of Freedom to Chief Justice Ifitkhar Chaudhry.

Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai
Rozi Khan Kakar, Pakistani senator
Ali Ahmad Kurd
Habib Jalib Baloch
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, chief justice (Supreme Court)
Jan Ali Changezi
Javaid Iqbal, former chief justice (Supreme Court)
Labh Singh Saini
Mohammad Anwar Khan Durrani
Qazi Faez Isa, chief justice (Balochistan High Court)
Qazi Muhammad Essa Pakistan Movement leader
Raja Muhammad Fayyaz Ahmad, former chief justice (Balochistan High Court)
Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar Member Senate of Pakistan/ Politician
Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai Pakistan Movement Renowned activist and volunteer,
Sima Samar
Syed Nasir Ali Shah, Pakistani Parliamentarian
Tariq Mahmood
Younus Changezi Former Army officer /football player and Politician
Yousef Pashtun
Zeenat Karzai
Haji Syed Hussain Hazara, Pakistani Senator

Sportspersons

Qayyum Changezi, footballer
Ayub Dar, footballer
Abbas Ali, footballer
Rajab Ali, footballer
Syed Hussain Abbas, footballer
Abdul Wahid Durrani, footballer
Abrar Hussain
Asif Dar, boxer
Aslam Bareach (born 1976), cricket umpire
Bashir Shah, cricketer
Bill Tancred, former athlete
Fariba Rezayee, Judoka
Hayatullah Khan Durrani, Legendary Cave explorer and Mountaineer
Haider Ali, boxer
Jawad Dawood, Canadian cricketer
Lovell Wooldridge, cricketer
Meena Hazara, karateka
Mohammad Abubakar Durrani, Canoeing athlete
Muhammad Waseem, boxer
Nahida Khan, cricketer
Nargis Hameedullah, karateka
Nasim Khan, cricketer
Pete Tancred, former athlete
Shakeel Abbasi, field-hockey player
Zeeshan Ashraf, field-hockey player

References