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Abdur Rauf

Abdul Rauf Anjum (1930–1992), Pakistani writer, poet, philosopher and translator

Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, writing in August 2007, said only the AFAGIR "may operate Iran's 10 EMB-312 Tucanos", and that it "seems to operate many of Iran's 45 PC-7 training aircraft" as well as Pakistani-built training aircraft at a school near Mushshak, "but this school may be run by the regular air force".

Afaq

Mansoor Afaq (born 1962), Pakistani poet, writer and religious scholar

Agpl

Actual Ground Position Line: The current line dividing Indian and Pakistani forces in the Siachen Glacier

Ajaz Akhtar

Ajaz Akhtar (born 1 September 1968) is a former Pakistani-born English cricketer.

Ajmeri

Zafar Qabil Ajmeri, Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, journalist and activist

Alpha Bravo Charlie

Alpha Bravo Charlie (Urdu script: الفا براوو چارلی) is an action and thriller drama series, produced by ISPR and directed by acclaimed Pakistani drama and film director Shoaib Mansoor.

Amir Mehdi

Amir Mehdi (sometimes spelled Amir Mahdi) was a Pakistani mountaineer known for climbing Nanga Parbat Mountain in 1953 as part of an Austrian expedition and K2 in 1954 with an Italian expedition.

Andrew Hilditch

When a wayward throw from a Pakistani fieldsman dribbled onto the pitch, Hilditch picked up the ball and handed it back to the bowler, Sarfraz Nawaz.

Ashfaq Ahmed

:Not to be confused with the Pakistani physicist Ishfaq Ahmad or the Indian football player Ishfaq Ahmed.

Battle of Chawinda

The aim of the attack was to seize the key Grand Trunk Road around Wazirabad and the capture of Jassoran which would enable domination of Sialkot-Pasrur railway, thus completely cutting off Pakistani supply line.

Battle of Mir Ali

The Battle of Mir Ali was a bloody military engagement occurred between 7 October and 10 October 2007 and involved Taliban militants and Pakistani soldiers around the town of Mir Ali, Pakistan (North Waziristan), the second biggest town in the semi-autonomous region on the border with Afghanistan.

Bilal Maqsood

Bilal Maqsood (Urdu: بلال مقصود) is the son of popular writer, actor, artist, and comedian Anwar Maqsood, and is a member of the very popular Pakistani pop band Strings.

Defence Housing Authority, Lahore

DHA, like the rest of Lahore, is overflowing with food lovers and has a lot of variety of foods on offer, from fast food chains such as McDonald's, Hardees, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut to upper-scale restaurants specialising in Pakistani and Western cuisine.

Derby sex gang

This case occurred after other incidents in Rochdale, Preston and Rotherham, where Asian gangs, usually Muslim Pakistani men, had been convicted of child grooming and rape.

Dharker

Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954), Pakistani-British poet and filmmaker

Dhiren Barot

Much of the information about Barot's role in the planning of further al-Qaeda attacks came from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a prominent al-Qaeda operative captured by the Pakistani ISI.

Ghulam Murtaza

Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed, known as G. M. Syed (1904–1995), Pakistani political leader who pioneered the Jeay Sindh movement

Gulf Air Flight 771

Most of the dead were Pakistani nationals, many returning to jobs in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain after spending the Eid al Adha holiday with their families in Pakistan.

Hafiz Saeed

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, leader of the Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, a Pakistani aid organization accused of having links to the Lashkar-e-Taiba jihaad group

Halwa poori

The food originated in northern India mainly in Uttar Pradesh and in modern day Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab and usually in Uttar Pradesh and Pakistani Punjab it is eaten as a breakfast on weekends in cities like Lahore, Faisalabad and in many other cities.

Hilli

Battle of Hilli, a major battle fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

He becomes the first Pakistani to be presented with such honour and a third person in world to receive this award other than Nelson Mandela and Oliver Hill.

Javed Kodu

At the age of 13, he took part in his first film, Soddey Baaz, which included Pakistani actors including Sultan Rahi, Nanha, and Ali Ijaz.

Josh

Josh: Independence Through Unity, a Pakistani mystery thriller drama film by Iram Parveen

Khabarnaak

Mir Mohammad Ali parodies several celebrities, in many instances Pakistani politicians only.

Khan Abdul Ali Khan

Khan Abdul Ali Khan (20 August 1922 - 19 February 1997) was a Pakistani educationist, former Principal of Islamia College Peshawar, Fazle Haq College Mardan, Aitchison College, former Vice Chancellor of Peshawar University, Gomal University and former Education Secretary.

Khanewal

Masood Anwar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1990.

Kostas Karamanlis

A group of Pakistani men has claimed that they were abducted by Greek and British intelligence agents in the wake of the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

Mirza Tahir

Tahir Mirza, senior Pakistani journalist and former editor of Dawn

Natt

One of the most successful Pakistani Western-style movies Maula Jatt has a storyline involving a villain of this gotra called Nuri Natt.

Nickie Nina

Choreographed by Asimyar Tiwana with the event managed by QYT events, the Nickie Nina team also included Pakistani stylist Babloo, anchor Ayesha Sana, models Mehreen Syed, Sunita Marshall, Tooba Siddiqui and Nadia Ali, joined by London based model Sadia Siddiqui, Shrina, Gina and Hajra Ahmed.

Operation Umeed-e-Nuh

The Pakistani diplomats were renowned human rights activist and former Federal Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney and Governor of Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan.

Pakistanis in Malaysia

Sufiah Yusof - British with Pakistani (paternal) and Malaysian (maternal) parentage.

PIA F.C.

Founded in 1958 and based in Karachi, the Pakistan International Airlines affiliated team are the most successful Pakistani football club, winning the national championship a record 9 times.

Rabia Butt

In 2009, she appeared in the music video of Chal Bulleya by Meekal Hasan Band which was directed by seasoned Pakistani director Bilal Lashari.

Rahatullah Mohmand

Rafatullah Mohmandi born November 6, 1976 in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province is a Pakistani cricketer.

Rehan Sheikh

Rehan Sheikh is a Pakistani / British TV Actor, director, producer and theater artist, He is best known for his role, in Haseena Moin's PTV classic serial The Castle-Aik Nae Umeed and for his role in Hum TV play Sanjha, which earned him a nomination for best supporting actor at 1st Hum Awards.

Rubab Raza

She became the second Pakistani female to compete at the Olympics—following Shabana Akhtar at the 1996 Olympics--shortly before the country's third female competitor, Sumaira Zahoor, who ran the 1500m at the 2004 Games a few days after Raza swam.

Saadat Hasan Manto

Saadat Hasan Manto is often compared with D. H. Lawrence, and like Lawrence he also wrote about the topics considered social taboos in Indo-Pakistani Society.

Saif-ur-Rehman Khan

The Chilean interior minister, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, declared the Pakistani student a "terrorist" before the investigations concluded.

Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi

Baroness Warsi was the second of five daughters born in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1971, to Pakistani immigrants from Bewal, Gujar Khan.

SGS S.A.

Most often alleged is a payment to the husband of then Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari.

Shades of Ray

The film stars Zachary Levi as a half-American, half-Pakistani male wrestling with his mixed identity while waiting for his girlfriend to respond to his marriage proposal.

Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani

The bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday September 20, 2008 was followed the next day by an article in the Pakistani newspaper The News International written by journalist Ansar Abbasi in which an account is presented of Alam Gillani being present outside the Marriott several days preceding the attack, witnessing, and protesting, a serious security breach.

Veer Singh Dillon

The son of Devinder Singh was a war hero in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani conflict and has even won honours for the same, while his grandson is still actively serving in the Army of the republic of India and also played a role in the liberation of Freetown in West Africa on Behalf of the United Nations' forces.

Waqt News

Waqt News is a Pakistani news channel owned by Nawa-i-Waqt media group founded by Hameed Nizami.

Zulfiqar Ali Khan

:This article is about the Pakistani air marshal, for the Indian politician and army officer see Zulfikar Ali Khan.


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