List of Pakistani Canadians
This is a list of Pakistani Canadians.
Academics
[edit]- 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.
Arts and fashion
[edit]Pageants
[edit]- Sonia Ahmed[6] – President of Miss Pakistan World, Mrs. Pakistan World
Models
[edit]- Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel[7]
Urdu poets
[edit]- Musharraf Ali Farooqi – writer and translator
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee[8]
- Ashfaq Hussain – Urdu poet
Entertainment and media
[edit]Film
[edit]- Hamza Haq – actor
- Sitara Hewitt – actress[9]
- Omar Majeed – filmmaker[10]
- Ali Mukaddam – actor
- Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie[11]
- Zaib Shaikh – actor[12]
- Kris Siddiqi – actor and comedian[13]
- Iman Vellani - actress
- Ahad Raza Mir - actor
Journalists
[edit]- Suroosh Alvi – journalist and co-founder of VICE magazine
Musicians
[edit]- Tariq Hussain – singer-songwriter and radio host[14]
- Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH[15]
- Sohail Rana[16]
TV personalities
[edit]- Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian[17]
- Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN[18]
Politics
[edit]- 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[19]
- Ausma Malik – Deputy Mayor of Toronto and City Councillor Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York
- Yasir Naqvi – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario[20]
- Shafiq Qaadri – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[21]
- Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6[22]
- Shiraz Shariff – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta[citation needed]
- Salma Zahid – current member of the House of Commons of Canada
Sports
[edit]- Cecil Pervez - Canadian cricket player[23]
- Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player[24]
- Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player[25]
- Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer[26]
- Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer[27]
- Hamza Tariq – Canadian cricketer[28]
- Asif Dar – Canadian boxer[29][30]
- Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer[31]
- Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers[citation needed][32]
- Maria Toorpakay Wazir – Pakistani squash player currently resident in Toronto, Ontario
- Kaleem Sana - Canadian Cricketer
Others
[edit]- Ali A. Rizvi – writer and podcaster
- Zafar Bangash – commentator
- Michael John Hamdani – forger[33]
- Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – former recruit of the Islamic State group.[34]
- Malala Yousafzai – education activist
See also
[edit]- Canada–Pakistan relations
- Pakistani Canadian
- List of Pakistani Americans
- List of British Pakistanis
- List of Pakistani Australians
References
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
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- ^ "University of Calgary: Naweed Syed". Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
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- ^ "Fundamentalist Films". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ http://www.tv.com/zaib-shaikh/person/400589/summary.html [dead link]
- ^ Glenn Sumi, "Party on, Kris!". Now, March 3, 2011.
- ^ "CBC Radio 3". radio3.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01.
- ^ "PlanetJosh.com - Meet Rup & Q". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Sohail Rana - the Music Maestro/Who is Sohail Rana". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ "Comedian Critique: Sabrina Jalees - the Menlo Oak - Menlo College". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ "Adnan Virk's long road from ESS to ESPN | Napanee Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
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- ^ Porter, Kate (June 13, 2016). "Yasir Naqvi appointed Ontario's AG as Kathleen Wynne shuffles cabinet". CBC News. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ^ "Shafiq Qaadri, MPP - Etobicoke North". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ "Shad Qadri, City of Ottawa Councillor, Ward 6, Stittsville". Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ "Cecil Pervez profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
- ^ "Qaiser Ali profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Umar Bhatti profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
- ^ "Saad Bin Zafar profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Rizwan Cheema profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Hamza Tariq profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
- ^ "Asif Dar - BoxRec". boxrec.com.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". www.gbrathletics.com.
- ^ "Mian Hussain". Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
- ^ "CFL.ca - Waking up from Crohn's nightmare". Archived from the original on 2008-07-21.
- ^ "九州天下现金网-天下现金网网址-九州天下现金网app". www.thebramptonnews.com.
- ^ Baksh, Nazim; Lancester, John (11 September 2017). "Young Canadian ISIS recruit says he saw violence on scale he could never have imagined". CBS News.