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.

Arts and fashion

Pageants

• Sonia Ahmed ^[6] – President of Miss Pakistan World, Mrs. Pakistan World

Models

• Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel ^[7]

Urdu poets

• Musharraf Ali Farooqi – writer and translator
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee ^[8]
• Ashfaq Hussain – Urdu poet

Entertainment and media

Film

• 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

• Suroosh Alvi – journalist and co-founder of VICE magazine

Musicians

• Tariq Hussain – singer-songwriter and radio host ^[14]
• Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH ^[15]
• Sohail Rana ^[16]

TV personalities

• Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian ^[17]
• Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN ^[18]

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 ^[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

• 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

• Ali A. Rizvi – writer and podcaster
• Zafar Bangash – commentator
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri – Islamic scholar
• Michael John Hamdani – forger ^[33]
• Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – former recruit of the Islamic State group. ^[34]
• Malala Yousafzai – education activist

See also

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

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