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.
• M. Omair Shafiq – School of Information Technology, Carleton University^[6]

Arts and fashion[edit]

Pageants[edit]

• Sonia Ahmed^[7] – President of Miss Pakistan World, Mrs. Pakistan World
• Sara Ghulam – Miss World Canada 2007^[8]

Models[edit]

• Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel^[9]

Urdu poets[edit]

• Musharraf Ali Farooqi – writer and translator
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee^[10]
• Ashfaq Hussain – Urdu poet

Entertainment and media[edit]

Film[edit]

• Hamza Haq – actor
• Sitara Hewitt – actress^[11]
• Omar Majeed – filmmaker^[12]
• Ali Mukaddam – actor
• Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie^[13]
• Zaib Shaikh – actor^[14]
• Kris Siddiqi – actor and comedian^[15]
• 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^[16]
• Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH^[17]
• Sohail Rana^[18]

TV personalities[edit]

• Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian^[19]
• Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN^[20]

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^[21]
• Yasir Naqvi – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario^[22]
• Shafiq Qaadri – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario^[23]
• Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6^[24]
• 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^[25]
• Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player^[26]
• Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player^[27]
• Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer^[28]
• Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer^[29]
• Hamza Tariq – Canadian cricketer^[30]
• Asif Dar – Canadian boxer^[31][32]
• Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer^[33]
• Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers^{[citation needed][34]}
• Maria Toorpakay Wazir – Pakistani squash player currently resident in Toronto, Ontario

Others[edit]

• Ali A. Rizvi – writer and podcaster
• Zafar Bangash – commentator
• Michael John Hamdani – forger^[35]
• Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – former recruit of the Islamic State group.^[36]
• Malala Yousafzai – education activist
• Jahanzeb Zafar - boss man of Mississauga

See also[edit]

• Canada–Pakistan relations
• Pakistani Canadian
• List of Pakistani Americans
• List of British Pakistanis
• List of Pakistani Australians

References[edit]