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List of British Pakistanis

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The following is a list of notable British Pakistanis, namely notable citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie in Pakistan:

Contents

Humanities

  • Khizar Humayun Ansari - academic who was awarded an OBE in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations.
  • Sara Ahmed - Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and academic working at the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism
  • Tariq Ali - academic, historian and novelist
  • Ash Amin - Chair of Geography at Cambridge University; as a geographer he has written in depth on the 2001 Oldham riots; listed on Debrett's People of Today
  • Ziauddin Sardar - scholar, writer and cultural critic
  • Mona Siddiqui - University of Glasgow's Professor of Islamic Studies and Public Understanding, as well a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, The Times, The Scotsman, The Guardian and The Herald

    • Natural sciences

  • Haroon Ahmed - Professor Emeritus of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge
  • Sohail Khan - researcher at Loughborough University
  • Ehsan Masood - science writer, journalist and broadcaster; editor of Research Fortnight and Research Europe; teaches International Science Policy at Imperial College London
  • Azra Meadows OBE - honorary lecturer in the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow
  • Kalbe Razi Naqvi - physicist, has been ordinarily resident in Norway since 1977, working as a professor of biophysics in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Jawed Siddiqi - Professor emeritus of software engineering at Sheffield Hallam University and political activist
  • Ghayasuddin Siddiqui - academic and political activist
  • Sufiah Yusof - half Pakistani and half Malaysian mathematics, prodigy; notable for gaining entry into St Hilda's College, Oxford to study mathematics at age 13
  • Mohsin Zulfiqar - former Professor of Chemistry at Habib Institute of Technology; currently coordinates the Aimhigher initiative in Leeds, the second largest education authority in England

    • Social sciences

  • Hamza Alavi - Marxist academic sociologist and activist
  • Tariq Modood - Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol

    • University leadership and executives

  • Nazir Afzal - Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England; Deputy-Chancellor of Brunel University London
  • Aneez Esmail - Associate Vice-President at the University of Manchester; currently based at the Institute of Population Health belonging to the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences; holds a visiting professorship at Harvard University in the United States
  • Sayeeda Warsi - former Conservative Party Chairman and now Deputy-Chancellor of Bolton University
  • Dr Samina Khan - Director of Admissions at Oxford University. She is a Chemistry graduate and is now one of the most powerful people in British academia. Dr Khan holds residence in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.

    • Architecture, housing and structural engineering

  • Saira Hussain - Multi-award winning Architectural practices Hussain Architectural Design Ltd

    • FTSE 100 and multinational corporations

  • Javed Ahmed - Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle PLC since 2009, a FTSE 100 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands
  • Mohammed Amin - Retired partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers UK; Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum
  • Zameer Choudrey - Chief Executive of Bestway Group; largest family-owned business in the United Kingdom, as measured by Sky News
  • Naguib Kheraj - Vice-Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC; former boss of JP Morgan Cazenove; his philanthropic interests have made him Chairman of the Aga Khan Foundation, based in Karachi; of Ismaili faith
  • Umar Manzoor - Managing-Director, Asia Pacific Fixed Income Strategist at Citibank N.A. since 2014
  • Sir Anwar Pervez OBE - Pakistan-born businessman; richest Muslim in Great Britain; founder of the Bestway Group; one of the largest financial backers to the UK Conservative Party; lives in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

    • Small and medium-sized enterprises

  • Shami Ahmed - Burnley-born former fashion tycoon; founder of Joe Bloggs; former market trader; at the peak of his business life was one of Britain's richest young entrepreneurs; began gambling in order to continue his wealthy lifestyle, but his significant losses led to bankruptcy in 2009
  • Mumtaz Khan Akbar - founder and owner of the Mumtaz brand
  • Amjad Ali - co-founder of fast food chain Dixy Chicken
  • Ruzwana Bashir - British businesswoman, former Oxford Union President and founder and CEO of Peek.com, travel company based in San Francisco, California
  • James Caan - businessman and entrepreneur; formerly a part of Dragons' Den
  • Mo Chaudry - born in Pakistan, raised in England; became a millionaire businessman in the West Midlands
  • Tariq Choudhary - millionaire and first franchisee in the UK of Midas Ltd in 1976, then KFC; twice elected President of the UK Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Humayon Dar - one of the most influential advocates of Islamic banking and finance in the world; founder of the Global Islamic Finance Awards
  • Afzal Kahn - Bradford-based entrepreneur, owns a specialist car design company; in 2008 he broke records by paying £440,000 for a distinctive 'F1' number plate; has previously shown an interest in purchasing Newcastle football club
  • Mohammed Khalid - founder and Chairman of the successful fast food chain Chicken Cottage
  • Zarine Kharas - co-founder and CEO of Justgiving
  • Abid Mehmood - co-founder of fast food chain Dixy Chicken
  • Tahir Mohsan - founder of Time Computers, Supanet, and Tpad; currently manages several investment companies from his base in Dubai
  • Aneel Mussarat - property millionaire; his company, MCR Property Group, specialises in renting apartments to university students in Manchester and Liverpool
  • Mohammed Saleem - Kashmiri-born millionaire now living in Bradford; owner of Kashmir Crown Bakeries
  • Asim Siddiqui - chairman and a founding trustee of The City Circle
  • Shazia Wahab - mosaic artist, company director and candidate on BBC reality television programme The Apprentice

    • Entertainment

  • Abdullah Afzal - actor and stand-up comedian
  • Shehzad Afzal - writer, director, producer and game designer; born in Dundee, Scotland
  • Babar Ahmed - British-American writer and director; according to the BBC he is one of the most prominent South Asian film directors in America
  • Riz Ahmed - actor who played in movies like Four Lions, Rogue One, Nightcrawler, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and TV shows like The Night Of and The OA...
  • Hajaz Akram - British Pakistani actor
  • Mina Anwar - British actress, best known for playing Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line
  • Humza Arshad - actor and comedian; the producer of the YouTube series Diary of a Badman
  • Ghazal Asif - founder and owner of fashion chain Ghazals Couture; candidate on BBC reality television programme The Apprentice
  • Sadia Azmat - stand-up comedian
  • Shabana Bakhsh - actress who has appeared in soaps such as River City and Doctors
  • Babar Bhatti - actor best known for the part of Punkah Wallah Rumzan in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, his first role
  • Pervez Bilgrami - lead singer of 1980s band Alien Kulture
  • Ifti Chaudhri - founder of tile chain Eclipse Tiles and candidate on BBC reality television programme The Apprentice
  • Jamil Dehlavi - London-based independent film director and producer of Pakistani-French origin.
  • Sara Dhada - used car saleswoman and candidate on BBC reality television programme The Apprentice
  • Dynamo - born Steven Frayne; popular magician; Pakistani father and English mother
  • Ahmad Hussain - singer-songwriter, executive, producer and founder and Managing Director of IQRA Promotions
  • Sanober Hussain - British Pakistani; first UK Miss Pakistan World, in 2011
  • Aziz Ibrahim - musician best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses (post-John Squire)
  • Naz Ikramullah - British-Canadian artist and film producer; of Pakistani origin
  • Aleem Iqbal - British-Pakistani YouTube vlogger whose father owns Platinum Executive Travel
  • Jay Islaam - award-winning stand-up comedian and broadcaster
  • Sarah Joyce - better known by her stage name, 'Rumer'; Pakistani-born British singer–songwriter
  • Annie Khalid - English-Pakistani musician and model
  • Ahsan Khan - film and television actor, host and performer
  • Alyy Khan - film and television actor and host
  • Aqib Khan - actor who played Sajid Khan in the movie West is West
  • Natasha Khan - known by her stage name, 'Bat for Lashes'; half Pakistani half English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  • Saira Khan - runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice; TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA
  • Shahid Khan - known as 'Naughty Boy'; British-born Pakistani songwriter, record producer and musician
  • Ayub Khan-Din - actor and playwright
  • Mani Liaqat - Manchester-based British Asian actor and comedian; known for bizarre rants, portly figure, witty voice and mixture of Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi and British everyday-humour
  • Art Malik - Pakistani-born British actor who achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and subsidiary roles in assorted British and Merchant-Ivory television serials and films
  • Zayn Malik - former member of the British-Irish boyband One Direction; from Bradford; his father is from Pakistan, his mother is white
  • Jeff Mirza - stand-up comedian and actor
  • Shazia Mirza - comedian from Birmingham, England, whose act revolves around her Muslim faith
  • Suleman Mirza - lead dancer of dance group Signature; runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2008
  • Zia Mohyeddin - Pakistani actor, narrator, producer, director and television broadcaster who has appeared in both Pakistani and British cinema throughout his career
  • Mazhar Munir - television and film actor; before co-starring in the 2005 movie Syriana, he appeared in three British television shows: The Bill, Mile High, and Doctors
  • Murtz - television and radio presenter
  • Aki Nawaz - British singer and musician; part of the band Fun-Da-Mental
  • Mohammed Nazam - London based guitarist, composer and writer
  • Shahid ali Parhiayr - TV Director and Producer, Executive Producer and former country director in vECTONETV Islamabad Pakistan
  • Adil Ray - presenter, better known as the creator of BBC South Asian Muslim comedy Citizen Khan in which he also portrays the protagonist
  • Armeena Rana Khan - Canadian born Pakistani-British film and television actress and model, known for her work in Pakistani entertainment Industry
  • Adnan Sami - singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer
  • Sakina Samo - award-winning actress, producer and director
  • Nadine Shah - singer, songwriter and musician
  • Bilal Shahid - singer and rapper
  • Rani Taj - dhol player dubbed 'Dhol Queen' after her YouTube video went viral
  • Badi Uzzaman - television and film actor
  • Atta Yaqub - actor and model
  • Zeekay - singer, songwriter and performer of Pakistani and Afghan descent
  • Mikaal Zulfiqar - British born Pakistani actor and model

    • Journalism and media

  • Jemima Khan- British Pakistani journalist, film producer, and ex-wife of Imran Khan
  • Ali Abbasi - former Scottish TV presenter
  • Kamran Abbasi - doctor, medical editor, and cricket writer; currently editor of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; former acting editor of the British Medical Journal and editor of the bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Asad Ahmad - BBC journalist and news presenter
  • Pakistani Fashion and Home presenter
  • Arif Ali - regional product director for the Associated Press news agency in Europe, Middle East and Africa
  • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown - journalist and author born in Uganda, currently a regular columnist for The Independent and the Evening Standard,
  • Anita Anand - radio and television presenter and journalist
  • Shaista Aziz - journalist, writer, stand-up comedian, and former international aid worker
  • Anila Baig - columnist at The Sun
  • Martin Bashir - British journalist of Pakistani descent, currently with ABC's 20/20
  • Hassan Ghani - Scottish broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, based in London
  • Mishal Husain - anchor for BBC World
  • Faris Kermani - film director based in the UK, now head of production company based in London, Crescent Films
  • Reham Khan - journalist and anchor currently working at Dawn News
  • Rizwan Khan - works for Al Jazeera English; has his own show called Riz Khan
  • Waheed Khan - documentary television director working in British television
  • Riz Lateef - news reader and the BBC Deputy News Manager
  • Mazher Mahmood (also known as the Fake Sheikh) - often dubbed as "Britain's most notorious undercover reporter"; in a GQ survey was voted as the 45th most powerful man in Britain, ahead of Prince William; The News of the World paid his six figure salary, plus an editorial and technical support budget which included a dedicated technical support crew, his two bodyguards and essential props, including luxury hotel suites; limousines and private jets
  • Javed Malik - television anchor; publisher of the UAE's first diplomatic magazine, The International Diplomat; Executive Director of the World Forum; served as Pakistan's Ambassador At Large and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
  • Sarfraz Manzoor - British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster; writes regularly for The Guardian; presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4
  • Aasmah Mir - BBC presenter and former columnist for the Sunday Herald
  • Nazia Mogra - television journalist for BBC North West Tonight News on BBC One
  • Jason Mohammad - radio and television presenter
  • Saima Mohsin - British journalist
  • Shereen Nanjiani - radio journalist with BBC Radio Scotland
  • Adnan Nawaz - news and sports presenter working for the BBC World Service
  • Zahid Noor - British Kashmiri Journalist, Columnist & News Correspondent >
  • Zarqa Nawaz - freelance writer, journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker
  • Asad Qureshi - filmmaker who was kidnapped on March 26, 2010 by a militant group called the "Asian Tigers" in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas
  • Osama Saeed - Head of International and Media Relations at the Al Jazeera Media Network
  • Shagufta Yaqub - journalist and commentator

    • Law and justice

  • Nazir Afzal - Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England; one of his first decisions in that role was to initiate prosecutions in the case of the Rochdale sex trafficking gang
  • Aamer Anwar - Glaswegian solicitor; named as Criminal Lawyer of the Year by The Law Awards of Scotland in 2005 and 2006
  • A. G. Chaudhry - LLB (Hons) from Leeds; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn; author of books on constitutional law which are taught at law colleges in Punjab, Pakistan
  • Judge Tan Ikram - District Judge (MC) based at Westminster Magistrates' Court & Associate Judge, SBA, Cyprus; deputy Lead Diversity & Community Relations Judge; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) 1990; Associate Fellow, University of Westminster; holds honorary doctorates in laws (LLD) from the University of West London and the University of Wolverhampton; Contributing Editor, Archbold Magistrates Criminal Courts Practice 2016
  • Javed Khan - Chief Executive of the British charity Victim Support; of Kashmiri origin; member of the Whitehall Social Policy Forum; an adviser to the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Programme
  • Tahir Khan - Bradford-born barrister who became the first Muslim on the North Eastern legal circuit to be appointed a Queen's Counsel
  • Mushtaq Khokhar - circuit judge at Manchester Crown Court; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1982
  • Waseem Shaukat- Solicitor / Director at AWS Solicitors London is one of the leading lawyers in UK expressing his expertise in the field of immigration law, asylum and nationality law. The success in the famous decision on English language alleged fraud TOEIC Case (http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/IAC/2016/229.html is the major successes of Waseem Shaukat.

    • Literature and art

  • Tariq Ali - historian and novelist
  • Moniza Alvi - poet and writer
  • Rasheed Araeen - London-based conceptual artist, sculptor, painter, writer, and curator
  • Nadeem Aslam - novelist
  • Nasser Azam - contemporary artist, living and working in London
  • Shezad Dawood - artist based in London
  • Imtiaz Dharker - poet and documentary filmmaker
  • Roopa Farooki - novelist born in Lahore, Pakistan,
  • Mohsin Hamid - Pakistani writer of novels Moth Smoke (2000), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (2013)
  • Aamer Hussein - short story writer and critic.
  • Razia Iqbal - arts correspondent for the BBC; born in East Africa and is of Muslim Punjabi origin
  • Idris Khan - artist based in London
  • Shamshad Khan - Manchester-based poet born in Leeds; worked as an editor on an anthology of black women's poetry and advised the Arts Council of England North West on literature
  • Hanif Kureishi - playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer
  • Omar Mansoor - London-based fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear
  • Emran Mian - author and policy advisor at Whitehall
  • Rizvan Rahman -
  • Tahir Rashid - British-born poet, manager and entrepreneur in the Islamic media and Nasheed industry
  • Shamas Rehman - Kashmiri author, activist and presenter residing in Oldham
  • Suhayl Saadi - literary and erotic novelist; radio and stage playwright
  • Ziauddin Sardar - scholar, writer and cultural critic
  • Zahid Hussain - novelist, poet and screenwriter
  • Qaisra Shahraz - novelist, journalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a director of Gatehouse Books
  • Anwar Sheikh - Pakistani-born British author; lives in Cardiff, Wales
  • Aatish Taseer - British-born writer-journalist; son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and late Pakistani politician and businessman Salmaan Taseer
  • Ibn Warraq - founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS); senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry, focusing on Quranic criticism
  • Raja Tahir Masood - a Pakistani born British author and historian residing in Peterborough

    • Civil Service, Military and Police

  • Superintendent Makhdum Ali Chishty QPM - high-ranking police officer in Warwickshire Police; honoured with the Queen's Police Medal by The Queen
  • Tarique Ghaffur - high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service; Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations
  • Jabron Hashmi - soldier killed in action in Sangin, Afghanistan in 2006
  • Amjad Hussain - senior Royal Navy officer. He is the highest-ranking member of the British Armed Forces from an ethnic minority
  • Sajid Javid - Rochdale-born; current Economic Secretary to the Treasury; included in The Times' list of "Top 100 Global People to Watch in 2012", and in The Daily Telegraph's list of "Top 100 most influential figures from the Right"; The Daily Telegraph stated that, "His fast rise up the greasy pole into George Osborne's inner circle is not only proof of this man's ambition but also his talent. At the age of 25 he became Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank, and later senior Managing Director for Deutsche Bank before entering politics."
  • Muhammed Akbar Khan - British recruit in the First World War and an officer in Second World War; first Muslim to become a General in the British Army
  • Emran Mian - previously lived in Islamabad; later completed his PhD at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University; Policy Advisor at Whitehall and the Cabinet Office; won a 2014 UK Civil Servant of the Year Award

    • Members of Parliament

  • Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh - SNP MP for Ochil and South Perthshire
  • Rosena Allin-Khan - Labour MP for Tooting
  • Rehman Chishti - Conservative MP for Gillingham and Rainham
  • Nusrat Ghani - Conservative MP for Wealden
  • Imran Hussain - Labour MP for Bradford East and Shadow Minister for International Development
  • Sajid Javid - Conservative MP for Bromsgrove and current Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
  • Sadiq Khan - Mayor of London, former Labour MP for Tooting and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor
  • Khalid Mahmood - Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr
  • Shabana Mahmood - Labour MP For Birmingham Ladywood
  • Shahid Malik - former Labour MP for Dewsbury; served as a Minister for International Development in Gordon Brown's government
  • Yasmin Qureshi - Labour MP for Bolton South East
  • Anas Sarwar - former Labour MP for Glasgow Central; former Scottish Labour deputy leader
  • Mohammad Sarwar - former Labour MP for Glasgow Central; first British Pakistani MP
  • Naz Shah - Labour MP for the constituency of Bradford West

    • Peers

  • Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad - Conservative Baron of Wimbledon
  • Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed - unaffiliated peer in the House of Lords, formerly Labour
  • Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine - lead Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords
  • Zahida Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor - Liberal Democrat Baroness; former Legal Services Ombudsman; former Deputy Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality
  • Nosheena Mobarik, Baroness Mobarik - Conservative Baroness of Mearns in the County of Renfrewshire; former Chairman of CBI Scotland
  • Shas Sheehan, Baroness Sheehan - Liberal Democrat and Baroness of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth
  • Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh - Baron of Cornhill and Chairman of Conservative Muslim Forum
  • Sayeeda Hussain, Baroness Warsi - Conservative minister without portfolio and a former member of the Cabinet, following her resignation; was widely regarded to be the most powerful Asian and Muslim woman in Western Europe

    • Members of European Parliament

  • Amjad Bashir - UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and Humber; UKIP Small & Medium Business spokesman
  • Sajjad Karim - Conservative MEP; born in Brierfield, Lancashire; qualified as a solicitor and started a number of successful lawyers' practices before being elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2007; Conservative Legal Affairs Spokesman; sits on the Industry, Research and Energy Committee
  • Afzal Khan - solicitor and current Labour MEP for North West region; first Asian Lord Mayor of Manchester; currently Manchester City Council's Executive Member for Children's Services
  • Bashir Khanbhai - former Conservative MEP for East of England

    • Members of Scottish Parliament

  • Bashir Ahmad - former SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament
  • Hanzala Malik - Scottish Labour Party member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow, elected in 2011
  • Anas Sarwar - Labour MSP for the Glasgow region
  • Humza Yousaf - SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow and Minister for External Affairs and International Development

    • Members of Welsh Assembly

  • Mohammad Asghar - Welsh politician, representing Plaid Cymru

    • Mayors

  • Mohammed Ajeeb - former Lord Mayor of Bradford; first Muslim and Asian Lord Mayor in the UK
  • Dylan Butt - Lord Mayor of Trafford, the richest borough in Greater Manchester home to Manchester United F.C. and Lancashire County Cricket Club; has been Councillor for the exclusive Hale Barns village and ward
  • Naeem ul Hassan - Lord Mayor of Manchester 2013
  • Karam Hussain - was the mayor of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England from 2008 to 2009.
  • Talib Hussain - Lord Mayor of Sheffield 2015
  • Naveeda Ikram - Lord Mayor of Bradford; UK's first Muslim woman Lord Mayor
  • Sadiq Khan - elected Mayor of London in May 2016
  • Chauhdry Abdul Rashid - former Lord Mayor of Birmingham

    • Others in politics

  • Mushtaq Ahmad - Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. He was the first Asian to serve as Provost of a Scottish council
  • Shahnaz Ali - British Muslim woman best known for her leadership role in equality, inclusion and human rights in the National Health Service and local government in England
  • Rabia Bhatti - in 2011 became the youngest Muslim female councillor in Britain and the youngest councillor in Buckinghamshire, representing the Newtown Ward in Chesham; owns a restaurant run by a Michelin Star chef
  • Imran Ahmad Khan - President of the Transnational Crisis Project; expert on transnational security
  • Maryam Khan - politician; born in Manchester; belongs to the Labour Party and has represented Longsight as a councillor since May 2006
  • Mehboob Khan - leader of Kirklees Council, Chair of the Local Government Association, Safer Communities Board, Chair of the Association of West Yorkshire Authorities, Vice-chair of West Yorkshire Fire Authority and a non-executive director of the NHS
  • Bashir Maan - Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman and writer
  • Mohammed Najib - born in Kashmir; first Asian Councillor in the history of Calderdale; former Deputy Mayor of Calderdale; former Leader of the Labour Group in Halifax
  • J M Shera MBE - Councillor in Rugby Borough Council for continuous 30 years; local Labour party leader; second South Asian to have a road named after him
  • Salma Yaqoob - vice-chair of the Respect Party; Birmingham City Councillor

    • Religion

  • Mirza Masroor Ahmad - Khalifa-tul Masih V, Caliph and Supreme Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
  • Mirza Tahir Ahmad - former Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
  • Younus AlGohar - co-founder of Messiah Foundation International
  • Vilayat Inayat Khan - eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International
  • Unaiza Malik - treasurer of Muslim Council of Britain; former Assistant General Secretary of MCB; President of the Muslim Women's Association, the oldest women's Muslim charity in Britain, 1999-2002
  • Maajid Nawaz - former member of the Islamic political group Hizb ut-Tahrir, now the co-founder and Executive Director of Quilliam, the world's first counter-extremism think tank
  • Michael Nazir-Ali - 106th and current Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England; holds dual Pakistani and British citizenship
  • Musharraf Hussain - scientist, educator and religious scholar in Nottinghamshireref>"'Trusted' officials make plea". BBC News. 25 September 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2010. 
  • Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi - scholar and principal of the Hijaz College
  • Saleem Sidwai - Accountant and Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Wales

    • Militants

  • Hasib Hussain - 7/7 bomber
  • Mohammad Sidique Khan - the oldest of the four homegrown suicide bombers and believed to be the leader responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings
  • Abu Bakr Mansha - convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000
  • Shehzad Tanweer - 7/7 bomber

    • Science and medicine

  • Haroon Ahmed - prominent scientist in the fields of microelectronics and electrical engineering
  • Rozina Ali - microvascular reconstructive plastic surgeon and consultant with a specialist interest in breast reconstruction; television presenter
  • Asif Chaudry - British Surgical Oncologist, Cancer Surgeon with an interest in Oesophageal & Gastric cancer. He performed the first Robotic Surgery of the chest for Esophageal Cancer in the UK, using the Da Vinci Xi Robot at the Royal Marsden Cancer Centre, London
  • Hasnat Khan - heart and lung surgeon who was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales
  • Imran Khan - Chief Executive of the British Science Association, a learned society founded in 1831 by Charles Babbage
  • Sohail Khan - British Pakistani researcher at Loughborough University and head of a team that designed a lavatory that transforms human waste into biological charcoal and minerals, and produces clean water
  • Mohammad Naseem - qualified GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust
  • Abu Eesa Niamatullah - registered pharmacist and anthropologist from a Russell Group institution; currently based at the Cheadle Muslim Association in Stockport; member of the C-100, a World Economic Forum Initiative
  • Asim Shahmalak - hair transplant surgeon and broadcaster, and proponent of such surgery; in 2009, he performed the UK's first eyelash transplant

    • Boxing

  • Tanveer Ahmed - former lightweight boxer; WBO Inter-Continental champion
  • Usman Ahmed - super flyweight boxer; YouTube sensation
  • Adnan Amar - British light-middleweight boxer, multiple title winner
  • Adil Anwar - British light-welterweight boxer and multiple title winner
  • Qais Ashfaq - amateur boxer from Leeds; Commonwealth silver medallist
  • Jawaid Khaliq, MBE - first British Asian to win a world title belt
  • Amer Khan - former undefeated light-heavyweight boxer, Central Area championship winner
  • Amir Khan - British light-welterweight boxer; 2004 Olympics silver medalist; former world champion; married to Pakistani American, now British Pakistani Faryal Makhdoom
  • Haroon Khan - super-flyweight boxer and commonwealth bronze-medalist
  • Nadeem Siddique - former British welterweight boxer, multiple title winner

    • Cricket

  • Aquib Afzaal - left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break
  • Kamran Afzaal - Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman
  • Usman Afzaal - cricketer who has played three Test matches for England
  • Ajaz Akhtar - former Pakistani people-born English cricketer
  • Mohammad Akhtar - Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break
  • Kabir Ali - English cricketer; formerly played for Worcestershire
  • Kadeer Ali - cricketer formerly playing for Worcestershire and is related to Kabir Ali
  • Moeen Ali - test cricketer playing for England and Worcestershire
  • Rehan Alikhan - English-born former cricketer of Pakistani descent; right-handed batsman and off-break bowler
  • Akbar Ansari - English first class and List A cricketer who played his first class games for Cambridge University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence and List A cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club
  • Zafar Ansari - English cricketer who plays for Cambridge University and Surrey County Cricket Club
  • Imran Arif - Pakistani-born English cricketer; a fast-medium bowler; currently plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club
  • Asim Butt - Scottish and Pakistani cricketer; primarily a left-arm medium fast bowler
  • Aamir Farooque - former Pakistani-born English cricketer
  • Majid Haq - Scottish cricket player
  • Omer Hussain - left-handed batsman; cousin of fellow Scottish international cricketer Majid Haq
  • Moneeb Iqbal - Scottish cricketer; right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler
  • Shammi Iqbal - English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace
  • Imran Jamshed - former Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace
  • Shaftab Khalid - English cricketer, a right-arm off-spinner who also bats right-handed
  • Aamer Khan - Pakistani-born former English cricketer
  • Amjad Khan - former cricketer for England International and the youngest to play for the Danish national team
  • Rawait Khan - former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, Derbyshire CB, and Pakistan Customs in a four-year first-class career which saw him bowl mostly in Second XI Championship matches
  • Wasim Khan MBE - first British-born Pakistani to play professional cricket in England; talented left-handed batsman who also bowled right arm medium pace; now chief executive of Leicestershire County Cricket Club
  • Sajid Mahmood - Punjabi origin cricketer who formerly played international cricket for England and county cricket for Essex and Lancashire
  • Nadeem Malik - English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium seam bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman
  • Maneer Mirza - English cricketer; right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire
  • Imraan Mohammad - English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break
  • Waqar Mohammad - former Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowled leg break
  • Nadeem Mohammed - former English cricketer; right-handed batsman who played bowled right-arm medium pace
  • Saleem Mohammed - former English cricketer; right-handed batsman
  • Azeem Rafiq - English cricketer
  • Adil Rashid - English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England Under-19s
  • Amar Rashid - English cricketer
  • Hamza Riazuddin - English cricketer; right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for Hampshire
  • Arif Saeed - Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium
  • Naheem Sajjad - Pakistani-born English cricketer; right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm fast-medium
  • Bilal Shafayat - cricketer
  • Rashid Shafayat - former English cricketer
  • Owais Shah - former Middlesex, Essex and Hampshire cricketer who also appeared for England in a number of One Day Internationals and two Test matches
  • Nadeem Shahid - former English first-class cricketer who played for Essex and Surrey
  • Ajmal Shahzad - cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and formerly represented England in all three formats of the game
  • Zoheb Sharif - left-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler
  • Qasim Sheikh - Scottish cricketer; has represented his country on more than 20 occasions
  • Alamgir Sheriyar - former Leicestershire cricketer
  • Naqaash Tahir - English cricketer; right-arm fast-medium bowler who has played for Lancashire and Warwickshire

    • Football

  • Adnan Ahmed - footballer, playing for Tranmere Rovers
  • Iltaf Ahmed - footballer, number one goalkeeper of the Pakistan national football team
  • Reis Ashraf - English-born Pakistani international footballer who plays for Buckingham Town in the United Counties League Division One
  • Atif Bashir - footballer with a (British Pakistani father and a Turkish German mother)
  • Adam Docker - footballer, playing for Porthmadog F.C.
  • Abbas Farid - freestyle footballer from Newport, South Wales; named the 'Freestyle King' on MTV in the UK's Nike freestyle competition
  • Usman Gondal - retired British-born Pakistani international footballer
  • Amjad Iqbal - footballer, playing for Farsley Celtic F.C.
  • Otis Khan - footballer who plays as a midfielder for Matlock Town on loan from Sheffield United
  • Shabir Khan - English-Pakistani international footballer who plays for Worcester City, having progressed through their youth system
  • Adil Nabi - footballer who plays as a forward for West Bromwich Albion
  • Zeeshan Rehman - football defender for Queens Park Rangers F.C.; first Pakistani and British Asian to play in the Premiership with Fulham F.C.
  • Kashif Siddiqi - English-born Pakistani footballer

    • Martial arts

  • Qasim Beg - undefeated kickboxing champion, two-time world champion
  • Imran Khan - two-time World Muay Thai champion
  • Nisar Smiler - two-time karate world champion and fifty-time gold medalist

    • Other sports

  • Shokat Ali - English snooker player of Pakistani descent; represents Pakistan in international tournaments
  • Ikram Butt - former rugby league player; first south Asian to play either code of international rugby for England in 1995; founder of the British Asian Rugby Association and the British Pakistani rugby league team
  • Gaz Choudhry - wheelchair basketball player; played for Paralympics GB in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
  • Aamir Ghaffar - English badminton player
  • Adam Khan - racing driver from Bridlington, Yorkshire; represents Pakistan in the A1 Grand Prix series; currently the demonstration driver for the Renault F1 racing team
  • Carla Khan - British-born squash player; granddaughter of squash legend Azam Khan
  • Hiddy Jahan - squash player who was ranked among the top-6 players in the world from 1970 through to 1986
  • Alessandro Latif - race car driver
  • Zia Mahmood - Pakistani professional bridge player; a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master
  • Imran Majid - professional British pool player
  • Imran Sherwani - former English field hockey player; was capped 45 times for Great Britain and 49 times for England
  • Lianna Swan - swimmer, represented Pakistan in the 2014 Commonwealth Games
  • Matthew Syed - table tennis international player; the English number one for many years

    • Other

  • Mohammed Khaliel - community activist; served as associate director of the Mental Health Trust, Director of Housing Association, school governor, and a Parliamentary candidate in the 2005 election; currently liaising in policing, as chair of national group; founded Islamix.co.uk to dispel myths about Islam and promote community cohesion
  • Mazhar Majeed - sporting agent and bookmaker who came under police investigation in 2010 following reports of cricket 'match fixing' after a News of the World sting operation
  • Omar Mansoor - fashion designer who showcased at the London Fashion Week in 2008
  • Ayan Qureshi - world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional
  • Robina Qureshi - Scottish human rights campaigner

    • References

    List of British Pakistanis Wikipedia
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