List of people on the postage stamps of Pakistan

This is a list of people commemorated on postage stamps of Pakistan

Bahawalpur

A

• A. K. Fazlul Huq, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)
• Abdul Sattar Edhi, 'Social Welfare Icon, Great Humanitarian' postage stamp series (2016)^[1]
• Professor
  A. B. A. Haleem, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sindh (1947-51), then Vice-Chancellor at University of Karachi (1951-1957), 'Men of Letters' stamp series (2003)^[2]
• North-West Frontier Province now called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  , 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)
• Sir Abdullah Haroon, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[3]
• Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader) or [Sir Sheikh Abdul Qadir (1874-1950)] 'Pioneers of Freedom' commemorative postage stamp series (1994)
• Nobel Laureate and physicist
  (1998)
• Abu Raihan Mohammad Ibn-Ahmad, al-Biruni, astronomer
  (1973)
• Qaumi Tarana
  (national anthem) (2001)
• Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood, (30 June 1880-27 January 1948), industrialist and philanthropist, 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1999)
• Dr. Mohammad Afzal Hussain Qadri, scientist (1912–74) (1999)
• Aga Khan III, (spiritual leader of the Ismailies) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1977, 1990)^[3]
• Professor Ahmed Ali (1910–94)- (Writer, Educationist), 'Men of Letters' stamp series (2005)^[4]
• Ahmed E. H. Jaffer (1909–90), 'Pioneers of Freedom' series (2000)
• Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1916–2006), (poet, journalist and writer), 'Men of Letters' postage stamp series issued in 2009 on his 3rd death anniversary
• Ahmed Pervez
  , painter artist (1926–79), 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (2006)
• Akhtar Shairani
  (1905-1948) (poet), 'Poets of Pakistan' series stamps (2005)
• Albert Schweitzer, medical doctor (1975)
• Al-Biruni (973-1048)-scholar (1973)
• Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1976)
• Ali Imam (painter artist)
  , painter artist (1924–2002), 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (2006)
• Allama Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872-1953)-religious scholar and Quran translator into English (1996)
• Allama
  Mohammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1967, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2005)^[3]
• Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali, Urdu poet and writer 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1979)^[5]
• Amir Khusrau, (1253-1325) master musician and inventor of new musical instruments (1975)
• Central Asian
  ruler (1997)
• Anna Molka Ahmed, painter artist (1917–94), 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (2006)
• Armauer Hansen
  , medical researcher (1973)
• Asifa Bhutto Zardari, daughter of Benazir Bhutto (2009)
• Askari Mian Irani, painter artist (1940–2004), 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (2006)

B

• Fariduddin Ganjshakar, (12th and 13th century Sufi from the Punjab - lived during Ghauri to Balban ruling periods) (800th Birth Anniversary of Baba Farid - postage stamp series (1989)^[6]
• Sultan Bahoo
  (Sufi) Commemorative postage stamp series (1991)
• Bashir Mirza, painter artist (1941–2000), 'Painters of Pakistan' postage stamp series (2006)
• Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister (1995, 2008, 2009)
• Abadi Bano Begum (affectionately known as Bi Amma, mother of Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[7]
• Burhan Wani (1994 - 2016) (Kashmiri freedom fighter) commemorative postage stamp issued (2018)^[8]
• Maulana Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898 - 1970) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1999)

C

• Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[9]
• Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1995)
• Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905-1980) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1999)
• Choudhary Rehmat Ali, he is widely credited for coining the new country name "Pakistan" before its independence- 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[3]
• Copernicus
  , Polish astronomer (1973)

• Faiz Ahmed Faiz
  , 'Poets of Pakistan' stamp series (1997)
• Farah Pahlavi, Iranian empress (1967)
• Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990, 1997, 2003)^[3]

G

• Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, 1st Governor of Sindh after independence in 1947, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)
• Ghulam Bari Aleeg (1907–49), 'Men of Letters' stamp series (1999)

H

• Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola
  , Tehreek-e-Pakistan Key Mujahid 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (2002)
• Haji Muhammad Sharif (painter artist) (1990)
• Shahnama
  " during the 10th century (1994)
• Hakim Muhammad Hassan Qarshi (Hakim; founder of Qarshi Dawakhana) (2002)
• Hakim Mohammad Said
  , (1920-1998) (physician, writer, scholar) founded Hamdard Dawa Khana, stamp issued on his first death anniversary (1999)
• Hameed Nizami, (Journalist) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1991)^[10]
• Sindh Madrasatul Islam in 1885) 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)^[11]
• Heinrich von Stephan (1981)
• Henri Dunant
  (1978)
• Hugh Catchpole, educationist (2007)
• Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy Prime Minister of Pakistan, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[3]
• King Hussein
  of Jordan (1971)

• Abol Hassan Ispahani
  'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)
• Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
  , Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1957, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (2002)
• cricketer
  (1992)
• Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (1903-1981) (educationist/historian), 'Men of Letters' stamp series (2001)^[12]
• Ishfaq Ahmed (writer, scholar) 'Men of Letters' stamp series (2013)
• Ibn-e-Insha (poet) 'Men of Letters' stamp series (2013)

J

• Jalaluddin Rumi
  , 13th-century poet (1997)
• Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir Khan
  (1994)
• Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta, 1st Mayor of Karachi (1988)
• Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
  'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)
• Josh Malihabadi (1899-1982), 'Poets of Pakistan' (1999)

K

• Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet and composer (1968)
• Sufi poetry, 'Poets of Pakistan' postage stamp series (2001)^[13]
• Khawaja Nazimuddin Prime Minister of Pakistan, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)
• Khawaja Sarwar Hasan (1902–73), writer (2005)
• Pashto
  poet (1995)
• Joginder Nath Mandal, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series

L

• Laila Shahzada, painter artist (1926–94), 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (2006)
• Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister from 1947–51), 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamps issued in (1974, 1990, 1995, 1997)^[3]
• Louis Pasteur (scientist) (1995)
• Lutfullah Khan (1916 – 2012) (Pakistan's eminent music and literature "Archivist")^[14]

M

• Malik Barkat Ali (1 April 1886 – 5 April 1946) 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)^[15]
• Mao Zedong Chinese leader (1999)
• Maria Montessori, educator (1970)
• Maulana Shibli Nomani (1857-1914) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1992)
• Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878-1931) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1978)
• Maulana
  Shaukat Ali
  'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1995)
• Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, journalist and scholar, 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series^[16]
• Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi (1915 - 2001), (Pakistan Movement) 'Tehrik-e-Pakistan Ke Mujjahid' stamp series (2003)
• Maulana Muhammad Ismail Zabeeh (1913 - 2001), (Pakistan Movement) 'Tehrik-e-Pakistan Ke Mujahid' stamp series (2003)^[17]
• Baba-e-Urdu, (20 April 1870-16 August 1961), (writer, linguist) 'Men of Letters' postage stamp series (2004)^[18]
• Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (2005)
• Mir
  Khan of Kalat
  'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1993)
• Mir Jafar Khan Jamali
  'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (2007)
• Mirza Asadullah Khan
  Mirza Ghalib
  , 19th-century poet (1969, 1998)
• Mohamedali Habib, philanthropist (2000)
• Mohammad Abdul Latif, also known as 'Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif' 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1993)
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  , Founder of Pakistan, 1st Governor-General, stamps issued (1966, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006)
• Mohammad Aly Rangoonwala (1924–98), philanthropist (2002)
• Mohammad
  Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan
  (1958-1966)
• Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (1997)
• Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944–71); Recipient, Nishan-e-Haider
  Award (2002)
• Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1967, 1976)
• Dr. Muhammad Afzal Hussain Qadri (1912–74), scientist (1999)
• Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed, Recipient, Nishan-e-Haider Award (2001)
• Muhammad Aly Rangoonwala, philanthropist (2002)
• Muhammad Yousaf Khan Khattak, Tehreek-e-Pakistan key Mujahid (2003)
• Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed, Recipient of Nishan-e-Haider
  Award (2000)
• Musa Pak Shaheed, Muslim saint (2009)
• Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, President of Turkey (1973, 1976, 1981, 2005)
• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (5 July 1977 – 17 August 1988)
• Justice
  Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari
  (1918–98), 'Men of Letters' series commemorative postage stamp issued in (2004)

N

• Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung (1905-1944) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)
• Nawab Sir Shahnawaz Khan Mamdot, 'Pioneer of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[19]
• Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1992)
• Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series(1990)
• Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk (1837-1907) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1994)
• Nawab Salimullah 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)
• Nawab
  Bahawalpur State
  (2004)
• Nawab
  Viqar-ul-Mulk
  (1841-1917) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1994)
• Qawwal
  , Music Maestro, commemorative postage stamp issued in 1999

O

P

• Patras Bokhari (Syed Ahmad Shah), writer, educationist and UN diplomat 'Men of Letters' postage stamp series (1998)^[20]
• Olympics
  , (1996)
• Pir Ilahi Bux 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1994)
• Pir Mohammad Abdul Latif (Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif) 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamps series (1993)
• Pir of Manki Sharif 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)^[21]
• Pir Meher Ali Shah (1859-1937), Sufi saint series (2013)^[22][23]

Q

• Qazi Muhammad Essa
  , 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)
• Qazi Mureed Ahmed, Pakistan Movement activist (2002)
• Qudrat Ullah Shahab, 'Men of Letters' postage stamp series (2013) - Pakistani civil servant and writer^[24]

R

• Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, wife of 1st Prime Minister; founded APWA
  , stamps issued (1991, 2006)
• Rais Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri (1990)
• Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan
  'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)
• Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, Recipient of Nishan-e-Haider Award (1995)
• Raja Sahib Mahmudabad 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)^[25]
• Rashid Minhas (Shaheed), Recipient of Nishan-e-Haider Award for war service (2003)
• Rehman Baba
  , poet (2005)

S

• Saadat Hasan Manto(1912–55), "Afsana Nigar" (short story writer), 'Men of Letters' postage stamp series (2005)
• Sadequain, painter artist (1930–87) (2006)
• Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, scientist (1999)
• Begum Salma Tassaduq Hussain (1997)
• Samandar Khan Samandar, poet (2002)
• Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1990)^[3]
• Sardar Aurang Zeb Khan (1899 - 1953) 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1994)
• Sawar Muhammad Hussain
  Shaheed, (1949–71), Recipient, Nishan-e-Haider Award (2002)
• Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (1887-1949) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[3]
• Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed, (1943–71) Recipient, Nishan-e-Haider Award (2001)
• Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
  'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1994)
• Shakir Ali (1916–75), painter-artist, 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (1990, 2006)
• Justice Shaykh
  Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari
  , postage stamp issued in (2004)
• UAE
  (2001)
• Sher Shah Suri, Emperor of 16th century India (1991)
• Sir Nawazish Tawab (famous entrepreneur, poet, writer)
• Sir
  Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series ((1979, 1990, 1998)^[5]
• Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, (historian, scholar) 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1992)
• Syed Ameer Ali, (1849 – 1928) Muslim scholar, 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[26]
• Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj (1900–70), (playwright, novelist) 'Men of Letters' postage stamp series (2001)^[12]
• Sufi Barkat Ali
  (1911 – 1997) (Sufi and writer) 'Men of Letters' postage stamp series (2013)

• Tansu Çiller, Prime Minister of Turkey (1995)
• Tipu Sultan, 18th-century ruler of Mysore, South India 'Pioneers of Freedom' postage stamp series (1979)^[5]
• Major Tufail Mohammad Shaheed, recipient of Nishan-e-Haider Award (2000)

U

• Ubaidullah Sindhi (1872-1944) 'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1990)^[27]
• Ustad Allah Bakhsh, painter-artist, 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (1991)^[28]
• Ustad Mohammad Sharif, painter-artist, 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (1991)

V

W

X

Y

• Yusuf Khattak (1917 – 29 July 1991) Pakistan Movement 'Key Mujahid' postage stamp series (2003)

Z

• Dr.
  Ziauddin Ahmed
  'Pioneers of Freedom' stamp series (1994)
• Zahoor ul Akhlaq, painter artist (1941–99) (2006)
• Zubeida Agha, painter artist (1922–97), 'Painters of Pakistan' stamp series (2006)
• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, (President, Prime Minister, 1972-1977) (stamps issued in 1989, 1996, 2008)
• Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
  , (President, 1977-1988)

Bahawalpur

• Amir Muhammad Bahawal Khan I Abbasi (1947)
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  (1948)

See also

• Pakistan Postal Services

References

External links

• Pakistan Post Official Site