List of people from Jhang

This is a list of notable people from Jhang.

  • Tayyab Mahmood Sheikh, artist, entreprenuer
  • Sheikh Muhammad Akram, politician and businnessman

Cricketers

  • Aleem Dar, cricketer and world class cricket umpire who was declared as best umpire of cricket of the year for three consecutive years
  • Mariam Hasan, cricketer
  • Ghulam Shabber, cricketer

Politicians and bureaucrats

  • Khan Muhammad Arif Khan Rajbana Sial, politician and key figure in Pakistan Movement.
  • Abida Hussain, politician and ambassador
  • Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan, member of National Assembly
  • Javid Husain, former ambassador/diplomat
  • Faisal Saleh Hayat, politician
  • Ghulam Bibi Bharwana, politician
  • Saima Akhtar Bharwana, politician
  • Sheikh Waqas Akram, politician

Scholars and Sufi

  • Shah Jeewna, Muslim Sufi and saint
  • Sultan Bahu, Muslim Sufi and saint
  • Tahir-ul-Qadri, Muslim Sufi Scholar, Minhaj-ul-Quran

Scientists, doctors & Bankers

  • Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate, 1979
  • Muhammad Saeed, dental surgeon
  • Irshad Hussain chemist and nanomaterials scientist

Writers and poets