List of famous alumni of the Jamia Karachi
| Name | Profile |
|---|---|
| A. C. Matin | Microbiologist and immunologist |
| Abdul Hameed Nayyar | Physicist, peace activist |
| Abdul Qadeer Khan | Scientist and metallurgical engineer, widely regarded as the founder of the uranium program of the country's atomic bomb projects |
| Abdul Rasheed Hussain | Maldivian politician and public figure |
| Abrar Hasan | Lawyer and constitutional expert |
| Abul Khair Kashfi | Author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics |
| Afaq Ahmed | Leader of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan |
| Ahmed Ali | Co-founder of Progressive Writers Movement & Association; novelist; short story writer; critic; translator; diplomat; scholar |
| Ajmal Mian | Former Chief Justice of Pakistan |
| Altaf Hussain | Leader and founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement |
| Ansar Burney | Human rights and civil rights activist |
| Anthony Theodore Lobo | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Anwar Maqsood | Pakistani scriptwriter, television presenter, satirist, humorist, and infrequent actor. |
| Arman Sabir | BBC and Dawn journalist |
| Asif Noorani | Newspaper and television writer |
| Aslam Farrukhi | Urdu author, critic, poet, linguist, scholar and broadcaster |
| Atif Tauqeer | Atif Tauqeer – Journalist, poet, writer and vlogger |
| Atta ur Rahman | Chairman of HEC; director of H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry |
| Bina Shaheen Siddiqui | |
| Faisal Sabzwari | Deputy parliamentary leader of MQM |
| Farman Fatehpuri | Author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics |
| Farooq Naek | Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, ex-Law Minister |
| Fauzia Wahab | Politician in the Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Gholam Mujtaba | Politician and Pakistani American |
| Haseena Moin | Playwright, drama writer |
| Hiroji Kataoka | Scholar of Urdu in Japan; exchange student in the early 1970s |
| Husain Haqqani | Pakistan's ambassador to the United States |
| Hussain Haroon | Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations |
| Ibn-e-Insha | Urdu poet humorist and travelogue writer |
| Israr Ahmed | Pakistan-based Muslim religious figure |
| Jameel Jalibi | Linguist, critic, writer, researcher, educationist and scholar of Urdu literature |
| Jamiluddin Aali | Urdu poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar |
| Javed Jabbar | Pakistani writer and politician |
| Joseph R. D'Cruz | Professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management |
| Khalida Ghous | Scholar of international relations and human rights; activist |
| Makhdoom Ali Khan | Former Attorney General of Pakistan |
| Manzoor Ahmad | Philosopher |
| Masuma Hasan | First female Ph.D. and first female Federal Secretary of Pakistan |
| Mehwish Hayat | Model |
| Michael Nazir-Ali | Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England |
| Mohammed Ajeeb | Former Lord Mayor of Bradford |
| Moinuddin Aqeel | Author, critic, linguist, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics |
| Muhammad Ahmed Qadri | Islamic Scholar and Political Scientist, founder of Islamic Educational and Cultural Research Center |
| Muhammad Ali Siddiqui | Philosopher and critic |
| Muhammad Taqi Usmani | Hanafi Islamic scholar; served as a judge on the Shariah Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Muhammad Ziauddin | Pakistani journalist, economist and historian |
| Munir Akram | Former Pakistan ambassador to the United Nations |
| Nasreen Jalil | Naib Nazima of Karachi; MQM leader |
| Nazim Hussain Siddiqui | Former Chief Justice of Pakistan |
| Nehal Hashmi | Senator, General secretary PML-N Sindh |
| Nida Sameer | Anchorperson of Geo News |
| Nisar Memon | Former Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting |
| Nisha Rao | Lawyer and activist |
| Noon Meem Danish | Poet |
| Parveen Shakir | Urdu poet, teacher, civil servant of the Government of Pakistan |
| Qasim Pirzada | Scholar, Urdu poet and Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi |
| Quentin D'Silva | Former chairman and chief executive, Shell Pakistan Limited |
| Raees Warsi | Poet; author; founder and president of Urdu Markaz New York |
| Raheel Raza | Author |
| Rana Muhammad Akram Khan | Former chairman, Punjab Bar Council |
| Rashid Minhas Shaheed | PAF Officer; received Nishan-e-Haider |
| Raza Rabbani | Senator |
| Rehman Malik | Senator, Minister of Interior, Government of Pakistan |
| Riaz Ahsan | Professor and former president of Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association |
| Rukhsana Ahmad | Writer, playwright, and translator |
| Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui | Former Chief Justice of Pakistan |
| Sana Javed | Actress and model, best known for blockbuster drama Khaani |
| Sanam Baloch | Television actress |
| Shahid Aziz Siddiqi | Former Federal Secretary, Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University |
| Shakil Auj | Scholar of Islamic Studies and founder of Al-Tafseer Welfare Trust |
| Shaukat Aziz | Former Prime Minister of Pakistan; former Citibank executive officer |
| Sohail Aman | Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force |
| Syed Munawar Hasan | Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan |
| Syed Sajjad Ali Shah | Former Chief Justice of Pakistan |
| Takeshi Suzuki | Professor of Urdu in Japan, exchange student from 1960 to 1962 |
| Tarek Fateh | Writer, novelist, columnist, author |
| Waheed Murad | Film actor |
| Wali Khan Babar | GEO News journalist |
| Zafar Ishaq Ansari | Scholar of Islamic studies |
| Zahida Hina | Columnist, author, poet |
| Zinia Pinto | Principal of the elite St Joseph's Convent School (Karachi) from 1963 to 1999 |
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