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List of Pakistani Canadians

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This is a list of Pakistani Canadians.

Contents

Academics

  • Sajida Alvi – academic of Pakistani origin in Canada; historian of Islam in South Asia
  • Naz Ikramullah
  • Muzaffar Iqbal
  • Rukhsana Khan – children's author and storyteller
  • Ibtehaj Khurram
  • Dr Aftab Mufti – Professor of Civil Engineering
  • Munir Sheikh – 10th Chief Statistician of Canada, replaced Ivan Fellegi
  • Naweed Syed – first person to connect brain cells to a silicon chip

    • Pageants

  • Sonia Ahmed – President of Miss Pakistan World, Mr. Pakistan World and Mrs. Pakistan World
  • Hassan Bhatti – Mr. Pakistan World 2015
  • Tahmena Bokhari – Mrs. Pakistan World 2010
  • Batool Cheema – Miss Pakistan World 2004
  • Sara Ghulam – Miss World Canada 2007
  • Farah Mahmood – Mrs. Pakistan World 2013
  • Sehr Mahmood – Miss Pakistan World 2006
  • Mahleej Sarkari – Miss Pakistan World 2007
  • Zehra Sheerazi – Miss Pakistan World 2003
  • Shan Virk – Mr. Pakistan World 2012
  • Naomi Zaman – Miss Pakistan World 2005

    • Models

  • Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel

    • Urdu poets

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

    • Film

  • Zara Durrani – actress
  • Azmi Haq – screenwriter, producer, and strategy consultant
  • Sitara Hewitt – actress
  • Armeena Khan – actress and model
  • Omar Majeed – filmmaker
  • Ali Mukaddam – actor
  • Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie
  • Azfar Rizvi – documentary filmmaker
  • Zaib Shaikh – actor
  • Asad Que – actor

    • Journalists

  • Suroosh Alvi – journalist and co-founder of VICE magazine
  • Adnan Hashmi – Editor-in-Chief of Sunday Times Canada
  • Natasha Fatah – Canadian journalist, currently with CBC Radio One
  • Zaid Ali Tahir – Pakistani YouTube video maker living in Canada

    • Musicians

  • Tariq Hussain – former Canadian country music singer; currently working for CBC Radio 3
  • Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH
  • Kashif – Canadian R&B artist
  • Adnan Sami
  • Sohail Rana
  • Roach Killa – Toronto-based rapper
  • Nofel Izz – singer; founder and CEO of Jobs in Dubai.com, Inc.

    • TV personalities

  • Merella Fernandez – Canadian reporter and anchor for CityNews in Toronto
  • Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian
  • Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN

    • Politics

  • Salma Ataullahjan – Senator
  • Iqra Khalid - current member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Wajid Khan – former member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Yasir Naqvi – member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Shafiq Qaadri – member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6
  • Shiraz Shariff – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
  • Salma Zahid - current member of the Canadian House of Commons

    • Sports

  • Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player
  • Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player
  • Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer
  • Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer
  • Asif Dar – Canadian boxer
  • Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer
  • Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • Manny Malhotra – Canadian hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens

    • Others

  • Zafar Bangash – commentator
  • Terence D’Souza – trustee on the Dufferin Peel Separate School Board
  • Michael John Hamdani – forger
  • Shahveer Jafry – entertainer
  • Kaiser Naseem – banker
  • 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.

    • References

    List of Pakistani Canadians Wikipedia
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