Pakistan – Famous personalities who left us in 2021

Personalities:

1. Renowned Hematologist Professor Dr Tahir Shamsi left for his heavenly abode on December 21.
2. Ex- Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) General Shamim Alam Khan passed away on December 9.
3. Father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away on October 10. 
4. Renowned educationist and feminist Dr Rubina Saigol breathed her last on August 27. 
5. Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) founder and civil activist Muhammad Ali Shah breathed his last on August 18.
6. Pakistan’s high altitude mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara went missing while trying to scale K2 on Feb 5. Body found on July 26.
7. Former Sindh CM and a veteran politician belonging to PPP Mumtaz Ali Bhutto departed this world on July 18. 
8. Former President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain bid farewell to this world on July 14 in Karachi.
9. Prominent Islamic scholar Maulana Abdur Razzaq Iskander, president of the Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabia, passed away on June 30 in Karachi. 
10. Veteran politician and former provincial president of the ANP Begum Nasim Wali Khan passed away on May 16. 
11. Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IGP Nasir Durrani breathed his last on April 19 due to CoVID-19.
12. Highly regarded religious scholar Allama Aun Mohammad Naqvi passed away on April 15.

Journalists:

1. Senior Journalist Muhammad Ziauddin passed away on November 29 in Islamabad.
2. Chaudhry Rehmatullah Shamsi, a senior journalist, passed away on September 17. 
3. Azeem Sarwar, a renowned broadcaster and producer breathed his last on September 12.
4. Veteran journalist and political analyst Rahimullah Yousafzai passed away on September 9. 
5. Journalist Kashif Anwari Ansari, also known as Kashif Hussain, was martyred on August 10. 
6. Daily Ummat Chief Editor Abdul Rafiq Afghan passed away on August 2. 
7. Veteran journalist and former caretaker Federal minister Arif Nizami left this world on July 21 in Lahore. 
8. Senior Journalist and former adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Salahuddin Haider departed this world on June 28.
9. Senior journalist Mirza Khurran Baig left this world on Aprill 28 due to CoVID-19. 
10. Vocal human rights defender and senior journalist Ibn-e-Abdul Rehman, popularly known as IA Rehman, breathed his last on April 12.
11. Journalist and joint editor Sada-e-Lawaghir Waseem Alam was shot dead on April 10.

Athletes:

1. Ammar Mahmood, a Pakistani first-class cricketer who played for Faisalabad and Pakistan Television passed away on October 29. 
2. Naveed Alam, former hockey Olympian and member of the victorious 1994 Sydney World Cup team departed this world on July 13. 
3. Said Ahmed Shah, former Pakistani academic and cricket umpire passed away on February 5.
4. Tahir Mahmood Mughal, Pakistani cricketer and all-rounder passed away on January 10.

Celebrities:

1. Veteran actor Anil Chaudhry of Panah fame breathed his last on December 13.
2. Famous dhol player and teacher Zulfiqar Ali, known as Pappu Sain breathed his last on November 7.
3. Renowned comedian-actor Umer Sharif breathed his last on October 2 in Germany after cardiac ailments.
4. Renowned actor Talat Iqbal bid passed away on September 24 in the USA due to deteriorated health.
5. Veteran actor Durdana Butt left the world on August 12 in Karachi. 
6. Famous Pakistani actor Nayla Jaffry left this world on July 17. 
7. Renowned actor Sultana Zafar passed away in Dallas, USA on July 6. 
8. Famous screenwriter Asma Nabeel passed away on July 2.
9. Legendary TV actor Anwar Iqbal left the world on July 1 due to chronic illness
10. Legendary actress and PTV pioneer Begum Khursheed Shahid passed away on June 27. 
11. Famous singer and Overload’s frontman Farhad Humayun breathed his last on June 8. 
12. Award-winning puppeteer and TV director Farooq Qaiser passed away on May 14 due to cardiac complications.
13. Famous actress Talat Siddiqui breathed her last in Lahore on May 8 after a prolonged illness. 
14. Famous dhol player Gunga Saeen bid adieu to this world on April 19. 
15. Presidential Award-winning classical singer Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan left this world on April 9.
16. Legendary Punjabi folk singer Shaukat Ali passed away in Lahore on April 2. 
17. Renowned playwright Haseena Moin passed away in Karachi on March 26. 
18. Legendary Radio and TV artist and broadcaster Kanwal Naseer passed away on March 25 in Islamabad. 
19. Famous name in Pakistani film industry Ejaz Durrani breathed his last in Lahore on March 1.

Shining Achievers:

1. Lieutenant General and Surgeon General of Pakistan Army Nigar Johar officially appointed as first-ever female Colonel Commandant of AMC on 26 November.
2. Asma Hamid, advocate of the Supreme Court and founder of Asma Hamid Associates awarded Advocate of the Year at Pakistan’s 1st Women in Law Awards 2020-21.
3. Salma Abdul Ghani, city traffic warden, won the Best Performance Award at the United Nations (UN) Mission.  
4. Helena Iqbal Saeed, the first Pakistani additional Inspector General, was appointed as the first-ever Pakistani woman UN Police Commissioner in Khartoum, Sudan. 
5. ASI Ambreen was appointed as the first female investigation officer at Islamabad Police Station in June. 
6. Shazia Ishaq, from the small Chitrali town of Boni, became the first female ASP from Malakand after clearing the CSS examinations.
7. Dananeer Mobeen of Pawri fame became the first digital media personality to hit 1m + followers on Instagram within a year in February for her viral 5 second clip with fellows.
8. Pakistani born Saima Mohsin became the first Muslim woman federal prosecutor to be named as the acting US attorney for Michigan’s Eastern District on February 2.
9. Pakistani born educationist and social worker Amna Ashraf was awarded the National Order of Merit of France. 
10.  England’s first hijabi boxing coach of Pakistani origins, Haseebah Abdullah was named as one of the 14 Hometown Heroes for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. 
11. Islamabad-based first female duo Maira Malik Awan and Palvasha Sultan secured 3rd position in the Cholistan Jeep rally.
12.  Komal Ali Shah became the first Pakistani woman selected for Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security 2021.
13. Ridda Zahra Naqvi, Pakistan’s first beauty blogger with Down Syndrome became a breakout star on Instagram for her viral make-up tutorial uploaded on Feb 7.
14.  Aysal Waheed, an 11-year-old creative writer was the first to publish 6 books on Amazon.
15.  Alishba Mohsin, 18-year-old student from Lahore became the first female jockey of Pakistan, achieving 6th position at the Lahore Race Course (LRC) held on Oct 10.
16.  Asma Jan and Kanza Malik, were the first Pakistani female cyclists to participate in the World Road Cycling Championship in Flanders, Belgium.
17.  Amina Shigri, 15-year-old mountaineer from Gilgit-Baltistan became the first female from Shigar Valley to climb the Khusar Gang Peak