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
- Ibtehaj Khurram[3][4]
- Munir Sheikh – 10th Chief Statistician of Canada, replaced Ivan Fellegi[5]
- Naweed Syed – first person to connect brain cells to a silicon chip[6][7]
Arts and fashion
Pageants
- Sonia Ahmed – President of Miss Pakistan World[8]
- Tahmena Bokhari – Mrs. Pakistan World 2010[9]
- Sara Ghulam – Miss World Canada 2007[10]
- Farah Mahmood – Mrs. Pakistan World 2013
- Mahleej Sarkari – Miss Pakistan World 2007
- Zehra Sheerazi – Miss Pakistan World 2003[11]
- Shan Virk – Mr. Pakistan World 2012
- Naomi Zaman – Miss Pakistan World 2005
Models
- Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel[12]
Urdu poets
- Musharraf Ali Farooqi – writer and translator
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee[13]
- Ashfaq Hussain – Urdu poet
Entertainment and media
Film
- Azmi Haq – screenwriter, producer, and strategy consultant[14]
- Sitara Hewitt – actress[15][16]
- Omar Majeed – filmmaker[17]
- Ali Mukaddam – actor[18]
- Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie[19]
- Zaib Shaikh – actor[20]
Journalists
- Suroosh Alvi – journalist and co-founder of VICE magazine
- Adnan Hashmi – Editor-in-Chief of Sunday Times Canada[21]
Musicians
- Tariq Hussain – former Canadian country music singer; currently working for CBC Radio 3[22]
- Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH[23]
- Sohail Rana[24]
- Nofel Izz – singer; founder and CEO of Jobs in Dubai.com, Inc.
TV personalities
- Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian[25]
- Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN[26]
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[27]
- Yasir Naqvi – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario[28]
- Shafiq Qaadri – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[29]
- Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6[30]
- 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[31]
- Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player[32]
- Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player[33]
- Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer[34]
- Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer[35]
- Hamza Tariq – Canadian cricketer[36]
- Asif Dar – Canadian boxer[37][38]
- Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer[39]
- Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers[40][41]
- Manny Malhotra – Canadian hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens
- Maria Toorpakay Wazir – Pakistani squash player currently resident in Toronto, Ontario
Others
- Zafar Bangash – commentator
- Michael John Hamdani – forger[42]
- Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – Former recruit of the Islamic State group.[43]
- Reginald Foulds - Pakistani-Canadian former soldier and helicopter pilot.[44]
See also
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-12-18. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
- ↑ http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2010-weekly/nos-18-04-2010/enc.htm
- ↑ http://trends.ellerdale.com/topics/view/0091-8b1c/Ibtehaj+Khurram.html
- ↑ http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Ibtehaj_Khurram
- ↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/statcom_09/seminars/High_level_forum_2009/Munir_Sheikh.pdf
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ 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.misspakistanworld.com/achievers_zehra.html
- ↑ http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/346/yasmeen-ghauri.htm
- ↑ http://www.urdustudies.com/auinfo/haqqeeSH.html
- ↑ http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=10025
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2060229/bio
- ↑ http://www.zenmedia.ca/tara/
- ↑ http://www.hour.ca/visualarts/visualarts.aspx?iIDArticle=12706
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611442/
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ http://www.tv.com/zaib-shaikh/person/400589/summary.html
- ↑ http://www.sundaytimescanada.com
- ↑ http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/profile/Tariq-Hussain Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Porter, Kate (June 13, 2016). "Yasir Naqvi appointed Ontario's AG as Kathleen Wynne shuffles cabinet". CBC News. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ http://www.shadqadri.com/about.htm
- ↑ http://m.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/player/523344.html
- ↑ 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/359746.html
- ↑ http://www.cricinfo.com/canada/content/player/361952.html
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/player/414397.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.canoe.ca/RenegadesTeam/khan.html
- ↑ https://www.cfl.ca/article/waking-up-from-crohn-s-nightmare
- ↑ http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/2921/1/Canada-wide-warrant-for-Michael-John-Hamdani/Page1.html
- ↑ Baksh, Nazim; Lancester, John (11 September 2017). "Young Canadian ISIS recruit says he saw violence on scale he could never have imagined". CBS News.
- ↑ Pakistani chosen to train for one-way Mars mission
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