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

Arts and fashion

Pageants

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

Models

Yasmeen Ghauri – Victoria's Secret supermodel[9]

Urdu poets

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

Entertainment and media

Film

Hamza Haq – actor
Sitara Hewitt – actress[11][12]
Omar Majeed – filmmaker[13]
Ali Mukaddam – actor[14]
Zarqa Nawaz – director and producer; known for CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie[15]
Zaib Shaikh – actor[16]
Kris Siddiqi – actor and comedian[17]
Iman Vellani - actress

Journalists

Suroosh Alvi – journalist and co-founder of VICE magazine

Musicians

Tariq Hussain – singer-songwriter and radio host[18]
Qurram Hussain – member of JoSH[19]
Sohail Rana[20]

TV personalities

Sabrina Jalees – Canadian comedian[21]
Adnan Virk – sports anchor for ESPN[22]

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[23]
Yasir Naqvi – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario[24]
Shafiq Qaadri – former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[25]
Shad Qadri – Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6[26]
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[27]
Qaiser Ali – Canadian cricket player[28]
Umar Bhatti – Canadian cricket player[29]
Saad Bin Zafar – Canadian cricketer[30]
Rizwan Cheema – Canadian cricketer[31]
Hamza Tariq – Canadian cricketer[32]
Asif Dar – Canadian boxer[33][34]
Mian Hussain – Canadian professional boxer[35]
Obby Khan – offensive lineman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers[36][37]
Maria Toorpakay Wazir – Pakistani squash player currently resident in Toronto, Ontario

Others

Ali A. Rizvi – writer and podcaster
Zafar Bangash – commentator
Michael John Hamdani – forger[38]
Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi – former recruit of the Islamic State group.[39]
Malala Yousafzai – education activist

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