List of Pakistani Canadians
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This is a list of Pakistani Canadians.
- 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
- Sabreen Hisbani - actress
- 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[citation needed]
- 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[citation needed][32]
- Maria Toorpakay Wazir – Pakistani squash player currently resident in Toronto, Ontario
- Kaleem Sana - Canadian Cricketer