Canadians in Pakistan
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Canadians in Pakistan are one of the sizeable Canadian diasporic communities established in Asia. They consist largely (although not exlusively) of Pakistani Canadian
s who have returned back to Pakistan
. As of 1999, there were over 1,300 Canadians living in Pakistan.
Pakistani Canadian
- History in Canada :People from the region that would become Pakistan were among the pioneers who migrated from British India to British Columbia at the turn of the century. By 1905, as many as 200 participated in the building of that first community from modern-day Pakistan, which for a time had...
s who have returned back to Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. As of 1999, there were over 1,300 Canadians living in Pakistan.
Notable people
- Adnan SamiAdnan SamiAdnan Sami is a British-born Pakistani-Indian- Canadian singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer of Pakistani origin. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in Mumbai, India...
- Pakistani/Indian singer with Canadian nationality. - Dawud Wharnsby - singer/songwriter who seasonally resides in Abbottabad
- Sitara HewittSitara HewittSitara Hewitt is a Canadian film and television actress.-Background:Sitara Hewitt, who is the daughter of two professors from Wilfrid Laurier University, was raised primarily in Elora, Ontario...
- Khadr familyKhadr familyThe Khadr family is a Canadian family noted for their ties to Osama bin Laden and alleged connections to al Qaeda. The family maintains that they have not broken any Canadian laws, and they have never been charged with any crimes by Canadian authorities.The Khadr family comprises:*The father,...
- Mobashar QureshiMobashar QureshiMobashar Qureshi is a Canadian novelist and short story writer and was born in Benin City, Nigeria in 1978. When he was eight his family moved to Karachi, Pakistan, staying there for over a year and then moving to Toronto, Canada, where he now resides...
- Buland Akhtar RanaBuland Akhtar RanaBuland Akhtar Rana is the newly appointed Auditor General of Pakistan, as of August 2011 under the orders of President Asif Ali Zardari. The previous auditor-general was Tanvir Ali Agha, who had resigned amid a controversy on whether he was able continue to hold office for another four months;...
- Auditor General of Pakistan