List of Pakistani Canadians explained

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
• 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^[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
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sajida S. Alvi . 2010-02-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051218190231/http://www.mcgill.ca/islamicstudies/faculty/sajida-alvi/ . 2005-12-18 .
2. Web site: Encore, NOS, the News International.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-04-24 . 2011-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607215753/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/statcom_09/seminars/High_level_forum_2009/Munir_Sheikh.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Faculty of Medicine Professor Dr. Naweed Syed elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh | Faculty of Medicine | University of Calgary . 2010-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706210916/http://medicine.ucalgary.ca/about/syed . 2011-07-06 .
5. Web site: University of Calgary: Naweed Syed . 2017-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180421162716/https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/uofcpublications/RIA_fall08/RIA-Syed . 2018-04-21 . dead .
6. Web site: SONIA AHMED PRESIDENT – Film Director & Pakistan's Pageant Founder.
7. Web site: Perfectpeople.net - perfectpeople Resources and Information.
8. Web site: Comparing Satellite Internet | Satellite Internet | American TV.
9. Web site: Official Website of Sitara Hewitt.
10. Web site: Hour.ca - Visual arts - Hot Shots: Omar Majeed . 2010-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091031030253/http://www.hour.ca/visualarts/visualarts.aspx?iIDArticle=12706 . 2009-10-31 . dead .
11. Web site: Fundamentalist Films . 2010-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100217052053/http://www.fundamentalistfilms.com/about.php . 2010-02-17 .
12. http://www.tv.com/zaib-shaikh/person/400589/summary.html
13. Glenn Sumi, "Party on, Kris!". Now, March 3, 2011.
14. Web site: CBC Radio 3. radio3.cbc.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20110301032334/http://radio3.cbc.ca/ . 2011-03-01.
15. Web site: PlanetJosh.com - Meet Rup & Q . 2011-09-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929170213/http://www.planetjosh.com/theband.asp . 2011-09-29 .
16. Web site: Sohail Rana - the Music Maestro/Who is Sohail Rana . 2010-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090826005917/http://www.sohailrana.com/whois.html . 2009-08-26 .
17. Web site: Comedian Critique: Sabrina Jalees - the Menlo Oak - Menlo College . 2010-04-24 . 2011-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714072159/http://www.menlooak.com/comedian-critique-sabrina-jalees-1.1267886 . dead .
18. Web site: Adnan Virk's long road from ESS to ESPN | Napanee Guide . 2014-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316051121/http://www.napaneeguide.com/2011/04/14/adnan-virks-long-road-from-ess-to-espn . 2014-03-16 . dead .
19. Web site: Mississauga Breaking News - Mississauga's Online Newspaper. Mississauga.com.
20. News: Porter . Kate . June 13, 2016 . Yasir Naqvi appointed Ontario's AG as Kathleen Wynne shuffles cabinet . CBC News . June 16, 2018 .
21. Web site: Shafiq Qaadri, MPP - Etobicoke North . 2010-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192725/http://www.shafiqqaadri.onmpp.ca/bio.aspx?id=biography . 2011-07-06 .
22. Web site: Shad Qadri, City of Ottawa Councillor, Ward 6, Stittsville . 2010-04-24 . 2010-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100625033141/http://www.shadqadri.com/about.htm . dead .
23. Web site: Cecil Pervez profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos.
24. Web site: Qaiser Ali profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos. ESPNcricinfo.
25. Web site: Umar Bhatti profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos.
26. Web site: Saad Bin Zafar profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos. ESPNcricinfo.
27. Web site: Rizwan Cheema profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos. ESPNcricinfo.
28. Web site: Hamza Tariq profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos.
29. Web site: Asif Dar - BoxRec. boxrec.com.
30. Web site: Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing. www.gbrathletics.com.
31. Web site: Mian Hussain . 2014-10-02 . 2014-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016055113/http://www.eottm.com/portfolio-view/mian-hussain/ . dead .
32. Web site: CFL.ca - Waking up from Crohn's nightmare. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721082126/http://www.cfl.ca/article/waking-up-from-crohn-s-nightmare. 2008-07-21.
33. Web site: 九州天下现金网-天下现金网网址-九州天下现金网app. www.thebramptonnews.com.
34. Web site: Baksh. Nazim. Lancester. John. Young Canadian ISIS recruit says he saw violence on scale he could never have imagined. CBS News. 11 September 2017.