“Tribute to the ‘White’ of the Pakistani Flag”

1. Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry was a Pakistani academic, human rights activist and veteran fighter pilot who fought in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat.

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2. Benjamin Sisters were a Pakistani singing group of three sisters, Nerissa, Beena and Shabana Benjamin. They participated in music learning programs aired on Pakisan Television from 1968 to 1987 conducted by Sohail Rana and also appeared in the TV talk show Silver Jubilee 1983.

3. Justice Rana Bhagwanda served as the acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP). He also worked as the Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan.

He wrote a number of poems in praise of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

4. Dr Faridoon Sethna is a venerated gynecologist in Pakistan who served as Chair and Medical Director of Concept Fertility Centre. He has served as Medical Superintendent of Lady Dufferin Hospital Lyari. Among his many patients was former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

5. Harcharan Singh is the first Sikh officer to be recruited in the Pakistan Army. He was commissioned by the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on 27 October 2007 at Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul. He is presently at the ranks of Major.

6. Florence Villiers is a celebrated chef and owner of Cafe Flo which is Karachi's famous French restaurant. Florence was responsible for introducing Karachiites to French cuisine. Cafe Flo established excellent standards of dining and food.

7. Dr. Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau was a German born nun who devoted more than 50 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan. In 1996, Pakistan was declared by the WHO to have controlled leprosy. In August 2010, she was awarded Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam.

8. Dilshad Najmuddin was the first Christian to serve as Inspector General (IG) Police in two provinces. He was later elected Chairman United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna becoming the second Pakistani to head a United Nations Commission.

9. Dr Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He was the first Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the second from an Islamic country after Anwar Sadat.

10. Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta was the first elected Mayor of Karachi and is known as the "Maker of Modern Karachi". He was the father of Scouting in Sindh. He was also one of the founder members of the Boy Scout Movement in India, and later on in Pakistan.

11. SB John is a forgotten star of Karachi. Accompanied by his wife and two sons namely Robin and Glenn John, John used to sing gospel on Christmas Eve, on PTV.

12. Bapsi Sidhwa is a renowned novelist of Pakistani origin. She is settled in the US and is best known for her collaborative work with Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta. She has taught at the University of Houston, Rice University, Columbia University and Mount Holyoke College

13. Aban Marker Kabraji is a Pakistani biologist and scientist of Parsi origin. She is regional director of the Asia Regional Office of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Previously, she was country representative for the IUCN Pakistan office.

14. Anil Dalpat Sonavaria was the first Hindu ever to play Test cricket for Pakistan. Dalpat was a lower-order batsman and wicket keeper. He represented Pakistan for a brief interval in the early 1980s as a replacement of Wasim Bari.

15. Arthur Nayyar, known popularly as A Nayyar, was Pakistan's iconic playback singer. He was one of the most popular singers of film industry in 70s and 80s. Besides he sung many ghazals and geets for Pakistan Television and earned much deserved acclaim.

16. Anthony Theodore Lobo was a Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop. He remained the Principal of St. Lawrence's Boys School Karachi and Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi. He was awarded President's "Pride of Performance " Award in 1990 for his services to education.

17. Roger David better known by his stage names Bohemia, Raja and The Punjabi Rapper is a Pakistani American Rapper and music producer from California. He Raps in Punjabi and describes himself as "The King of Punjabi Rapper" and the "creator of Punjabi rap".

18. Veteran Pakistani diplomat Jamsheed Marker was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having been “ambassador to more countries than any other person” and also for being “the world’s longest serving ambassador”. He was awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 2003.

19. Pakistan's first non Muslim Chief Justice was Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius. He was jurist, legal philosopher and judge who served as the 4th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1960 until 1968. He served as Law Minister in the cabinet of Yahya Khan, 1969 – 16 December 1971.

20. Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz is considered as one of the chief architects of the PAF and Pakistan's space program. He remained administrator of SUPARCO from 1967 to 1970. He was a central figure in developing high-tech rocket and missile technology.

21. Dr Mira Phailbus became the first woman in Pakistan to be appointed as Ombudsman. She was given the charge of Punjab's Ombudsman in March 2013. She remained Principal of Kinnaird College for several years. She served as Minister for Education and Minority Affairs in Punjab.

22. Major General Noel Israel was a graduate of Inter arms Defence College Paris and Royal College of Defence Studies UK. He was given the command of the 23rd Div of Pak Army in 2011. He served as an instructor in PMA, Command Staff College and NDU. He was awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz.

23. Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora became the first Sikh to be elected as Member Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in general elections 2013. He received his master's degree from Punjab University in 1997. He has served in World Bank funded programme Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund.

24. Dr Aneela Salman is the first Christian officer to be selected in Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS). She completed her PhD from University of Albany and won Chevening Scholarship in 2005. She has served as Managing Director, Punjab Education Foundation.

25. Duncan Albert Sharpe is a former Pakistani cricketer who played three Tests. He made his Test debut against Australia on 13 Nov 1959. He top scored in both innings, scoring 56 and 35. He emigrated to Australia in 1960 and played Sheffield Shield cricket with South Australia.