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]
- Muzaffar Iqbal[3]
- Rukhsana Khan – children's author and storyteller
- Ibtehaj Khurram[4][5]
- Dr Aftab Mufti – Professor of Civil Engineering[6]
- Munir Sheikh – 10th Chief Statistician of Canada, replaced Ivan Fellegi[7]
- Naweed Syed – first person to connect brain cells to a silicon chip[8][9]
Arts and fashion
Pageants
- Sonia Ahmed – President of Miss Pakistan World, Mr. Pakistan World and Mrs. Pakistan World[10]
- Hassan Bhatti – Mr. Pakistan World 2015
- Tahmena Bokhari – Mrs. Pakistan World 2010[11]
- Batool Cheema – Miss Pakistan World 2004
- Sara Ghulam – Miss World Canada 2007[12]
- Farah Mahmood – Mrs. Pakistan World 2013
- Sehr Mahmood – Miss Pakistan World 2006[13]
- Mahleej Sarkari – Miss Pakistan World 2007
- Zehra Sheerazi – Miss Pakistan World 2003[14]
- Shan Virk – Mr. Pakistan World 2012
- Naomi Zaman – Miss Pakistan World 2005
Models
- Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel[15]
Urdu poets
- Musharraf Ali Farooqi – writer and translator
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee[16]
- Ashfaq Hussain – Urdu poet
Entertainment and media
Film
- Zara Durrani – actress[17]
- Azmi Haq – screenwriter, producer, and strategy consultant[18]
- Sitara Hewitt – actress[19][20]
- Armeena Khan – actress and model
- Omar Majeed – filmmaker[21]
- Ali Mukaddam – actor[22]
- Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie[23]
- Azfar Rizvi – documentary filmmaker[24]
- Zaib Shaikh – actor[25]
Journalists
- Suroosh Alvi – journalist and co-founder of VICE magazine
- Adnan Hashmi – Editor-in-Chief of Sunday Times Canada[26]
- Natasha Fatah – Canadian journalist, currently with CBC Radio One[27]
- Zaid Ali Tahir – Pakistani YouTube video maker living in Canada[28]
Musicians
- Tariq Hussain – former Canadian country music singer; currently working for CBC Radio 3[29]
- Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH[30]
- Kashif – Canadian R&B artist[31]
- Adnan Sami[32][33]
- Sohail Rana[34]
- Roach Killa – Toronto-based rapper[35]
- Nofel Izz – singer; founder and CEO of Jobs in Dubai.com, Inc.
TV personalities
- Merella Fernandez – Canadian reporter and anchor for CityNews in Toronto[36]
- Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian[37]
- Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN[38]
Politics
- Salma Ataullahjan – Senator
- Iqra Khalid - current member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Wajid Khan – former member of the Canadian House of Commons[39]
- Yasir Naqvi – member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[40]
- Shafiq Qaadri – member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[41]
- Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6[42]
- Shiraz Shariff – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta[citation needed]
- Salma Zahid - current member of the Canadian House of Commons
Sports
- Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player[43]
- Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player [44]
- Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer[45]
- Asif Dar – Canadian boxer [46][47]
- Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer[48]
- Tariq Javed – former Canadian cricket player[49]
- Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers[50][51]
- Shahzad Khan – Canadian cricket player[52]
- Manny Malhotra – Canadian hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens
- Mohammad Qazi – cricketer[53]
- Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer[54]
Others
- Zafar Bangash – commentator
- Terence D’Souza – trustee on the Dufferin Peel Separate School Board
- Michael John Hamdani – forger[55]
- Shahveer Jafry – entertainer
- Kaiser Naseem – banker[56]
- Rafiq Rokerya – Citizenship Judge Citizenship Immigration Canada; Vice Chair of Mississauga Appeal Tribunal and Chair of Election Campaign Finance Committee
- Muhammad Ahsin Sahi - Real Esate Lawyer in Toronto, ON. Occasionally comments on Politics and Society.
See also
- Canada–Pakistan relations
- Pakistani Canadian
- List of Pakistani Americans
- List of British Pakistanis
- List of Pakistani Australians
References
- ^ http://www.mcgill.ca/islamicstudies/faculty/sajida-alvi/
- ^ http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2010-weekly/nos-18-04-2010/enc.htm
- ^ http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/participants/index3.html
- ^ http://trends.ellerdale.com/topics/view/0091-8b1c/Ibtehaj+Khurram.html
- ^ http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Ibtehaj_Khurram
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/michael-wilson-among-order-of-canada-appointments/article1624968/
- ^ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/statcom_09/seminars/High_level_forum_2009/Munir_Sheikh.pdf
- ^ http://medicine.ucalgary.ca/about/syed
- ^ University of Calgary: Naweed Syed
- ^ http://soniaahmedofficial.com
- ^ http://www.prlog.org/10474312-tahmena-bokhari-the-new-mrs-pakistan-2010.html
- ^ http://saraghulam.com/
- ^ http://www.theasiantoday.com/article.aspx?articleId=175
- ^ http://www.misspakistanworld.com/achievers_zehra.html
- ^ http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/346/yasmeen-ghauri.htm
- ^ http://www.urdustudies.com/auinfo/haqqeeSH.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3121902/bio
- ^ http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=10025
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2060229/bio
- ^ http://www.zenmedia.ca/tara/
- ^ http://www.hour.ca/visualarts/visualarts.aspx?iIDArticle=12706
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611442/
- ^ http://www.fundamentalistfilms.com/about.php
- ^ http://www.azfarrizvi.com
- ^ http://www.tv.com/zaib-shaikh/person/400589/summary.html
- ^ http://www.sundaytimescanada.com
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_fatah/
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/DaYoutubeGuy
- ^ http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/profile/Tariq-Hussain
- ^ http://www.planetjosh.com/theband.asp
- ^ http://www.desihits.com/news/view/gatzbys-birthday-bash
- ^ http://www.screenindia.com/old/20010126/mcover.htm
- ^ http://www.adnansamionline.com/
- ^ http://www.sohailrana.com/whois.html
- ^ http://www.roachkilla.com/
- ^ http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/supplement/MerellaFernandez.html
- ^ http://www.menlooak.com/comedian-critique-sabrina-jalees-1.1267886
- ^ http://www.napaneeguide.com/2011/04/14/adnan-virks-long-road-from-ess-to-espn
- ^ http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/80394--khan-calls-it-quits
- ^ http://www.yasirnaqvimpp.ca/bio.aspx?id=biography
- ^ http://www.shafiqqaadri.onmpp.ca/bio.aspx?id=biography
- ^ http://www.shadqadri.com/about.htm
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/player/216920.html
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/player/23865.html
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/player/361952.html
- ^ http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Asif_Dar
- ^ http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/boxing.htm
- ^ http://www.eottm.com/portfolio-view/mian-hussain/
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23793.html
- ^ http://www.canoe.ca/RenegadesTeam/khan.html
- ^ http://www.cfl.ca/article/waking-up-from-crohn-s-nightmare
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/player/299814.html
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/player/23885.html
- ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/player/359746.html
- ^ http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/2921/1/Canada-wide-warrant-for-Michael-John-Hamdani/Page1.html
- ^ http://www.q.com.pk/Succession_and_governance.html