List of Pakistani Canadians
This is a list of Pakistani Canadians.
Academics
- Sajida Alvi – academic of Pakistani origin in Canada; historian of Islam in South Asia[1]
- Naz Ikramullah[2]
- Rukhsana Khan – children's author and storyteller
- Munir Sheikh – 10th Chief Statistician of Canada, replaced Ivan Fellegi[3]
- Naweed Syed – Professor at and Head of Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy at the University of Calgary; first person to connect brain cells to a silicon chip[4][5]
- Zulfiqar Bhutta - Professor at the Department of Nutritional Sciences and the Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto.
- M. Omair Shafiq, School of Information Technology, Carleton University[6]
Arts and fashion
Pageants
- Sonia Ahmed – President of Miss Pakistan World[7]
- Tahmena Bokhari – Mrs. Pakistan World 2010[8]
- Sara Ghulam – Miss World Canada 2007[9]
- Farah Mahmood – Mrs. Pakistan World 2013
- Naomi Zaman – Miss Pakistan World 2005
Models
- Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel[10]
Urdu poets
- Musharraf Ali Farooqi – writer and translator
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee[11]
- Ashfaq Hussain – Urdu poet
Entertainment and media
Film
- Hamza Haq - actor
- Sitara Hewitt – actress[12][13]
- Omar Majeed – filmmaker[14]
- Ali Mukaddam – actor[15]
- Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie[16]
- Zaib Shaikh – actor[17]
Journalists
- Suroosh Alvi – journalist and co-founder of VICE magazine
Musicians
- Tariq Hussain – singer-songwriter and radio host[18]
- Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH[19]
- Sohail Rana[20]
- Nofel Izz – singer; founder and CEO of Jobs in Dubai.com, Inc.
TV personalities
- Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian[21]
- Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN[22]
Politics
- Salma Ataullahjan – Senator
- Iqra Khalid - current member of the House of Commons of Canada
- Wajid Khan – former member of the House of Commons of Canada[23]
- Yasir Naqvi – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario[24]
- Shafiq Qaadri – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[25]
- Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6[26]
- Shiraz Shariff – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Salma Zahid - current member of the House of Commons of Canada
Sports
- Cecil Pervez - Canadian cricket player[27]
- Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player[28]
- Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player[29]
- Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer[30]
- Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer[31]
- Hamza Tariq – Canadian cricketer[32]
- Asif Dar – Canadian boxer[33][34]
- Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer[35]
- Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers[36][37]
- Maria Toorpakay Wazir – Pakistani squash player currently resident in Toronto, Ontario
Others
- Ali A. Rizvi – writer and podcaster
- Zafar Bangash – commentator
- Michael John Hamdani – forger[38]
- Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – Former recruit of the Islamic State group.[39]
- Malala Yousafzai, education activist
See also
References
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- Baksh, Nazim; Lancester, John (11 September 2017). "Young Canadian ISIS recruit says he saw violence on scale he could never have imagined". CBS News.
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