List of Pakistani Canadians

Contents 1 Academics 2 Arts & Fashion 3 Entertainment & Media 4 Politics 5 Sports 6 Others 7 See also 8 References

Academics

• Naweed Syed - the first person to "connect brain cells to a silicon chip".^[1][2]
• Adnan Hashmi - Sunday Times Canada Chief Editor/Publisher, Political & Social activist, writer.^[3]
• Munir Sheikh - 10th Chief Statistician of Canada replacing the retiring Ivan Fellegi^[4]
• Dr Adnan Haider Zaidi
• Shah Baleeghuddin - internationally renowned scholar and former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan^[5]
• Sajida Alvi - is a female academic of Pakistani origin in Canada. She is a historian of Islam in South Asia.^[6]
• Naz Ikramullah^[7]
• Muzaffar Iqbal^[8]
• Ibtehaj Khurram^[9][10]
• Dr Aftab Mufti - Professor of Civil Engineering.^[11]
• Dr. Aliya Salman, MD, FRCPC, Staff Anesthesiologist Mt. Sinai Hospital Toronto, Lecturer University of Toronto and Chair of Pakistan Medical Association of Canada
• Rukhsana Khan - Children's author and storyteller
• Dr. Muhammad Naveed Yousaf - Professor of Chemistry

Arts & Fashion

• Yasmeen Ghauri - Victoria Secret Super Model^[12]
• Sonia Ahmed - President of Miss Pakistan World^[13]
• Zehra Sheerazi - Miss Pakistan World 2003^[14]
• Naomi Zaman - Miss Pakistan World 2005^[15]

• Sehr Mahmood - Miss Pakistan World 2006^[16]
• Sara Ghulam - Miss World Canada 2007^[17]
• Mahleej Sarkari - Miss Pakistan World 2007^[18]
• Sana Mushtaq - Mrs. Pakistan World 2009^[19]
• Tahmena Bokhari - Mrs. Pakistan World 2010^[20]
• Musharraf Ali Farooqi - Writer and Translator
• Ashfaq Hussain - Urdu poet
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee - ^[21]

Entertainment & Media

• Film actors and directors
  • Zarqa Nawaz - a director and producer. Famous for her CBC serial Little Mosque on the Prairie.^[22]
  • Azmi Haq - a screenwriter, producer, and strategy consultant^[23][24]
  • Ali Mukaddam -actor.^[25]
• Adna Heather .Director " When Time will End" in HOLLYWOOD and "Step to love" in Hollywood
  • Awais Jaffery - Director (Farid Khan's Suno Na & Zameer's Teri Yaad), Musician (Bands: Izteraab, AJ & Omar, has also sessioned for Noori, recorded for Neenyo, T.Lopez of Cash Money Records, Bobby Valentino, Big Page), CEO of DesiVibe.com and DesiVibe-Media.com, Photographer (Official IIFA 2011 Photographer).
  • Omar Majeed - Filmmaker.^[26]
  • Zaib Shaikh - actor^[27]
  • Sitara Hewitt - actress^[28][29]
  • Zara Durrani - actress^[30]

• Journalists
  • Suroosh Alvi - a Canadian journalist and filmmaker, and co-founder of Montreal-based Vice Magazine ^[31][32]
  • Natasha Fatah - a Canadian journalist, currently with CBC Radio One^[33]
  • Adnan Hashmi - a Canadian journalist, currently with Sunday Times Canada^[34]

• Singers and Musicians
  • Tariq Hussain - a former Canadian Country Music singer; currently working for CBC Radio 3^[35]
  • Qurram Hussain - a member of JoSH^[36]
  • Kashif - a Canadian R&B artist^[37]
  • Adnan Sami - ^[38][39]
  • Sohail Rana - ^[40]
  • Raza Rizvi - ^[41][42]
  • Roach Killa - is a Toronto-based rapper.^[43]

• TV personalities
  • Merella Fernandez - a Canadian reporter and anchor for CityNews in Toronto^[44]
  • Sabrina Jalees - a Canadian comedian^[45]
  • Farhan Lalji - a sports anchor for TSN^[46]
  • Adnan Virk - a sports anchor for The Score^[47]
  • Juggan Kazim - ^[48]

Politics

• Wajid Khan - former member of the Canadian House of Commons^[49]
• Dr Adnan Haider
• Javid Mirza - Liberal candidate for Hamilton Centre^[50]
• Shafiq Qaadri - member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario^[51]
• Yasir Naqvi - member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario^[52]
• Shiraz Shariff - former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta ^[53]
• Shad Qadri - an Ottawa City Councillor for Ward 6^[54]
• Shah BaleeghuddinSee Academics above
• Salma Ataullahjan - Senator
• Adnan Hashmi - Involved in Canadian Politics also participated in Municipal election from Mississauga

Sports

• Obby Khan - a offensive linemen of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers^[55][56]
• Qaiser Ali - Canadian cricket player^[57]
• Umar Bhatti - Canadian cricket player ^[58]
• Asif Dar - Canadian cricket player ^[59][60]
• Shahzad Khan - Canadian cricket player^[61]
• Tariq Javed - former Canadian cricket player^[62]
• Sajeel Qureshi - Canadian tennis player at St. Bonaventure University^[63][64]
• Mohammad Qazi - cricketer^[65]
• Rizwan Cheema - Canadian cricketer^[66]
• Saad Bin Zafar - Canadian cricketer^[67]

Others

• Zafar Bangash - commentator
• Terence D’Souza - Trustee in the Dufferin Peel Separate School Board
• Michael John Hamdani - Forger^[68]
• Kaiser Naseem - banker^[69]
• Umair Ahmed - Mr Umair Ahmed is an owner of software house based in waterloo ^[70]

See also

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

References