Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai (Urdu: محمد عارف نکئی ) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 12th Chief Minister of Punjab.

His great-grandfather, Sardar Ishar Singh Nakai, was born a Sikh and converted to Islam in 1879.

[1] Sardar Ishar Singh was the youngest son of Sardar Kahan Singh Nakai, the ruler of the Nakai Misl.

[2] He was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab for four consecutive terms: from 1985 to 1988, 1988 to 1990, 1990 to 1993, and 1993 to 1996.

He died in Lahore on 29 February 2000 and was buried in his home village of Wan Adhen.