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List Rules People on this list must have gone to Karachi Grammar School and be of some renown.

List of famous alumni from Karachi Grammar School, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Karachi Grammar School include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Karachi Grammar School alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Karachi Grammar School are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Karachi Grammar School.

List is made up of many different graduates, including Benazir Bhutto and Kumail Nanjiani.

This list answers the questions “Which famous people went to Karachi Grammar School?” and “Which celebrities are Karachi Grammar School alumni?”

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Benazir Bhutto Politician Benazir Bhutto was the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms in 1988–90 and then 1993–96. A scion of the politically powerful Bhutto family, she was the eldest ...more

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Hameed Haroon

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Kumail Nanjiani Comedian, Screenwriter, Actor Kumail Nanjiani (born February 21, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host. Nanjiani is best known for being a main cast member on HBO's Emmy ...more

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Waheed Murad Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Waheed Murad was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer, famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting. Waheed is considered ...more

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Asif Ali Zardari Businessperson, Politician Asif Ali Zardari is a Pakistani politician and current co-chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party. He served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He is the first ever ...more

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Nadeem F. Paracha Cultural critic, Journalist, Satirist Nadeem Farooq Paracha, is a left-liberal, Pakistani journalist, cultural critic, satirist, and short story writer.

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Pervez Hoodbhoy Physicist, Professor, Science writer Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist, national security analyst and the professor of physics at the Forman Christian College University in Lahore. Since 1976, he ...more

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Atta ur Rahman Chemist, Scientist Atta-ur-Rahman, PhD, FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani organic chemist and a leading scientist in the field of natural product chemistry, with ~983 important publications in field of Organic chemistry, ...more

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Princess Sarvath El Hassan Diplomat Princess Sarvath El Hassan is the wife of Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. She is a Pakistani Muhajir and was born in Calcutta on 24 July 1947, to a prominent Bengali Muslim family of the ...more

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Abdurrahman Wahid Politician, Journalist Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil, colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. ...more

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Murtaza Bhutto Politician Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto, was a Pakistani politician and leader of al-Zulfiqar, a terrorist organisation operating in Pakistan. The son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of ...more

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Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Politician Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi was a Pakistani politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to 6 November 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's ancestors were ...more

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Sherry Rehman Politician, Journalist, Diplomat Shehrbano "Sherry" Rehman, is a Pakistani politician, political journalist and diplomat. Rehman was appointed the Pakistan's Ambassador to the US on 23 November 2011 succeeding Husain ...more

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Nazia Hassan Politician, Singer, Lawyer Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani pop singer. Her song, "Aap Jaisa Koi", from the Indian film Qurbani made her famous in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s. Her debut album, Disco ...more

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Dail Jones Lawyer Dail Michael John Jones QSO is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand First party, and was formerly in the National Party.

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Hussain Haroon Politician Abdullah Hussain Haroon was the Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from September 2008 to December 2012. A scion of the Haroon family, he is a businessman, social activist and a former ...more

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Kamila Shamsie Novelist, Author, Writer Kamila Naheed Shamsie is a Pakistani novelist who writes in the English language.

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Sabiha Sumar Television director, Screenwriter, Film Director Sabiha Sumar is a Pakistani filmmaker. Born in Karachi, Sabiha Sumar studied Filmmaking and Political Science at Sarah Lawrence College in New York from 1980–83 and then read History and ...more

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Shahryar Rashed Shahryar Rashed was a Pakistani English language poet. He was the son of the 'father of modern Urdu poetry,' Noon Meem Rashid. Rashed attended Aitchison College, Karachi Grammar School, and the ...more

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Ejaz Ahed Architect

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David Muller David Muller, M.D., is Dean for Medical Education and the Marietta and Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. ...more

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Zohaib Hassan Zoheb Hassan is a British Pakistani pop icon, who left the music industry after the death of his sister and Pakistani pop legend, Nazia Hassan.

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Nadia Zaffar Nadia Zaffar born in Karachi, is an anchor and producer for Dawn News, Pakistan's first English-language TV news channel. Prior to joining Dawn News, Nadia worked for Business Plus in Pakistan ...more

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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker, Film Producer Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, is a Pakistani journalist and documentary filmmaker. She won an Academy Award for her documentary, Saving Face in 2012 and became first Pakistani to win an Oscar. She won ...more

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Nafisa Shah Nafisa Shah is a Member of National Assembly from Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and Vice-President of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. During the tenure of Pakistan's PPP-led ...more

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Chaudhary Muhammad Ali Dr. Muhammad Ali remained as Special Secretary to Chief Minister of the Government of Sindh during 2004-2007. He belongs to District Lahore in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.

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Arieb Azhar Singer

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Sadeq Sayeed Sadeq Sayeed is a prominent Pakistani-born banker and businessman, known for his role behind Nomura's acquisition of the Europe, the Middle East and Africa businesses of Lehman Brothers in Oct ...more

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Adnan Afridi

1 Benazir Bhutto Politician Benazir Bhutto was the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms in 1988–90 and then 1993–96. A scion of the politically powerful Bhutto family, she was the eldest ...more

2 Hameed Haroon

3 Kumail Nanjiani Comedian, Screenwriter, Actor Kumail Nanjiani (born February 21, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host. Nanjiani is best known for being a main cast member on HBO's Emmy ...more

4 Waheed Murad Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Waheed Murad was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer, famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting. Waheed is considered ...more

5 Asif Ali Zardari Businessperson, Politician Asif Ali Zardari is a Pakistani politician and current co-chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party. He served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He is the first ever ...more

6 Nadeem F. Paracha Cultural critic, Journalist, Satirist Nadeem Farooq Paracha, is a left-liberal, Pakistani journalist, cultural critic, satirist, and short story writer.

7 Pervez Hoodbhoy Physicist, Professor, Science writer Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist, national security analyst and the professor of physics at the Forman Christian College University in Lahore. Since 1976, he ...more

8 Atta ur Rahman Chemist, Scientist Atta-ur-Rahman, PhD, FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani organic chemist and a leading scientist in the field of natural product chemistry, with ~983 important publications in field of Organic chemistry, ...more

9 Princess Sarvath El Hassan Diplomat Princess Sarvath El Hassan is the wife of Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. She is a Pakistani Muhajir and was born in Calcutta on 24 July 1947, to a prominent Bengali Muslim family of the ...more

10 Abdurrahman Wahid Politician, Journalist Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil, colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. ...more

11 Murtaza Bhutto Politician Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto, was a Pakistani politician and leader of al-Zulfiqar, a terrorist organisation operating in Pakistan. The son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of ...more

12 Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Politician Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi was a Pakistani politician, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to 6 November 1990. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's ancestors were ...more

13 Sherry Rehman Politician, Journalist, Diplomat Shehrbano "Sherry" Rehman, is a Pakistani politician, political journalist and diplomat. Rehman was appointed the Pakistan's Ambassador to the US on 23 November 2011 succeeding Husain ...more

14 Nazia Hassan Politician, Singer, Lawyer Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani pop singer. Her song, "Aap Jaisa Koi", from the Indian film Qurbani made her famous in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s. Her debut album, Disco ...more

15 Dail Jones Lawyer Dail Michael John Jones QSO is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand First party, and was formerly in the National Party.

16 Hussain Haroon Politician Abdullah Hussain Haroon was the Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from September 2008 to December 2012. A scion of the Haroon family, he is a businessman, social activist and a former ...more

17 Kamila Shamsie Novelist, Author, Writer Kamila Naheed Shamsie is a Pakistani novelist who writes in the English language.

18 Sabiha Sumar Television director, Screenwriter, Film Director Sabiha Sumar is a Pakistani filmmaker. Born in Karachi, Sabiha Sumar studied Filmmaking and Political Science at Sarah Lawrence College in New York from 1980–83 and then read History and ...more

19 Shahryar Rashed Shahryar Rashed was a Pakistani English language poet. He was the son of the 'father of modern Urdu poetry,' Noon Meem Rashid. Rashed attended Aitchison College, Karachi Grammar School, and the ...more

20 Ejaz Ahed Architect

21 David Muller David Muller, M.D., is Dean for Medical Education and the Marietta and Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. ...more

22 Zohaib Hassan Zoheb Hassan is a British Pakistani pop icon, who left the music industry after the death of his sister and Pakistani pop legend, Nazia Hassan.

23 Nadia Zaffar Nadia Zaffar born in Karachi, is an anchor and producer for Dawn News, Pakistan's first English-language TV news channel. Prior to joining Dawn News, Nadia worked for Business Plus in Pakistan ...more

24 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker, Film Producer Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, is a Pakistani journalist and documentary filmmaker. She won an Academy Award for her documentary, Saving Face in 2012 and became first Pakistani to win an Oscar. She won ...more

25 Nafisa Shah Nafisa Shah is a Member of National Assembly from Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and Vice-President of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. During the tenure of Pakistan's PPP-led ...more

26 Chaudhary Muhammad Ali Dr. Muhammad Ali remained as Special Secretary to Chief Minister of the Government of Sindh during 2004-2007. He belongs to District Lahore in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.

27 Arieb Azhar Singer

28 Sadeq Sayeed Sadeq Sayeed is a prominent Pakistani-born banker and businessman, known for his role behind Nomura's acquisition of the Europe, the Middle East and Africa businesses of Lehman Brothers in Oct ...more

29 Adnan Afridi