List of Pakistani Americans
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable Pakistani Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Pakistani American or must have references showing they are Pakistani American and are notable.
radio stations in areas with high Pakistani population. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels: GEO TV
, ARY Digital
, PTV
, and many more. Others have offered Pakistan
i content for subscription, such as when Pakistan
played Australia for the Cricket World Cup
in 1999. In July 2005, MTV premiered a spin-off network called MTV Desi
which targets South Asian Americans in the U.S. which includes Pakistanis. MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.
Amer Yasin, American -Pakistani..working in greator DC area in Medical Billing and Coding field. His area of expertise is Ophthalmology billing and consulting.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Pakistani American or must have references showing they are Pakistani American and are notable.
Politics
- Saqib AliSaqib AliSaqib Ali is a former State Delegate in the Maryland House of Delegates, having been elected in 2006 to represent the 39th District. Ali is an American of Pakistani descent.-Background:...
– Delegate to the Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...
, having won the right to represent the 39th District in the 2006 elections. - Mohammad "Obama" Arif – Candidate for the Governorship of California in 2010.
- Saghir "Saggy" Tahir – Serves as a New HampshireNew HampshireNew Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
State Representative. He is the only elected Muslim in the Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. In the 2006 elections, he was re-elected for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of ManchesterManchester, New HampshireManchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
. - Tahir Ali – The first Pakistani American elected as a National delegate-at-large (R) from MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
in 1992. - Huma AbedinHuma AbedinHuma Mahmood Abedin is a deputy chief of staff and aide to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She served as traveling chief of staff and "body woman" for Clinton during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.-Early life:Abedin was born in...
– Aide to United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonHillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...
who served as traveling chief of staff during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. - Sada CumberSada CumberSada Cumber assumed his duties as Special Envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference on March 3, 2008, with his term ending January 20, 2009. As Special Envoy, Mr. Cumber serves as the U.S. representative to the OIC, and will seek to promote mutual understanding and dialogue between the...
– First United States Ambassador to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. - Shamila N. ChaudharyShamila N. ChaudharyShamila N. Chaudhary is U.S. government policy adviser. Since April 2010, she has served as Pakistan Director at the National Security Council. Prior to that she served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and as a senior adviser to Special Representative to Afghanistan and...
– U.S. Government policy adviser. - Haroon Saleem – Mayor of Granite Falls, WashingtonGranite Falls, WashingtonGranite Falls is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,364 at the 2010 census.-History:Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that is now Granite Falls was used by Native Americans to portage their canoes between fishing grounds.The first permanent...
. - Mohammad Ali Chaudry – Was elected mayor of Bernards Township, New JerseyBernards Township, New Jersey-History:Bernards Township was originally formed by Royal Charter in 1760 as Bernardston Township from remaining portions of Northern precinct. It was incorporated as Bernards Township as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798...
in 2004. Also a Lecturer at Rutgers School of Business – Camden. - Arif AlikhanArif AlikhanArif Alikhan is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the National Defense University , College of International Security Affairs in Washington, D.C. He currently teaches and lectures on a variety subjects involving homeland and national security...
– Former appointee to the Obama Administration where he served as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at the United States Department of Homeland Security. He is also a former Deputy Mayor of Homeland Security and Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles and visiting Professor of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the National Defense University's (NDU) College of International Security Affairs in Washington, D.C. - Shirin R. Tahir-KheliShirin R. Tahir-KheliDr. Prof. Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli is a Pakistani-American political scientist and an Ambassador. In 2008, she was the senior advisor for women's empowerment to the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was Senior director for Democracy, Human Rights and International Operations at the...
– Whitehouse appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the State department during 5 Republican administrations.
Business and Finance
- Zafir Khan – Technology Marketing Executive and Entrepreneur.
- Michael ChowdryMichael ChowdryMichael A. Chowdry was a Pakistani-American businessman who became the founder of American-based cargo carrier Atlas Air in 1992. He made the Forbes 400 list and with a net worth of $920 million, ranked among the richest American businessmen of Pakistani heritage before his death in a plane crash...
(1955–2001) – Forbes 400Forbes 400The Forbes 400 or 400 Richest Americans is a list published by Forbes Magazine magazine of the wealthiest 400 Americans, ranked by net worth. The list is published annually in September, and 2010 marks the 29th issue. The 400 was started by Malcom Forbes in 1982 and treats those in the list like...
businessman and later the founder of air cargo company Atlas AirAtlas AirAtlas Air, Inc. is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, Harrison, New York. It operates scheduled freight flights on a wet lease basis for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. Its crew bases include: Miami International Airport, New York's John F...
which in 2001 was worth in excess of $1.39 billion. - Hammad SiddiqiHammad SiddiqiHammad Siddiqi is a U.S.A based Pakistani economist, banker and social commentator. He is the only son of former Pakistani politician Shahid Aziz Siddiqi and educationist and social worker Shabana Siddiqi...
– Economist and Social Commentator. Received numerous awards in journalism including the Edward F. Tancready Award. - Fred HassanFred HassanFred Hassan , a native of Pakistan, who was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003 until November 3, 2009 when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co.....
– was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003 until November 3, 2009 when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co. - Safi QuresheySafi QuresheySafi Qureshey is a Pakistani-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of AST Research, Inc., a personal computer manufacturer acquired by Samsung Electronics in 1997. He is currently CEO of wireless video technology company Quartics and is involved with several...
– Former CEO and co-founder of AST ResearchAST ResearchAST Research, Inc. was a personal computer manufacturer, founded in Irvine, California in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey and Thomas Yuen. AST's original business was the manufacture and marketing of a broad range of microcomputer expansion cards, later focusing on higher-density replacements...
(a fortune-500 company with revenues in excess of 2.5 billion USD). - Shahid KhanShahid KhanShahid Khan is a Pakistani-born American businessman. He is the owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corp. in Urbana, Illinois...
– President of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2 billion in annual revenue. In February 2010 entered into a contract to buy 60% of NFL team St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
which is estimated to be worth $725 million to $950 million. - Nabeel GareebNabeel gareebPakistani origin "Nabeel Gareeb" President and Chief Executive Officer. Nabeel was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of MEMC in 30 April 2002. Under his leadership, MEMC Electronic Materials Inc is successfully implementing a business strategy to...
– Nabeel was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of MEMCMEMC Electronic MaterialsMEMC Electronic Materials is a United States manufacturer of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry. The company's stock is part of the S&P 500 stock index. Originally established in 1959 as the Monsanto Electronic Materials Company, a business unit of Monsanto Company, the company is...
in April 30, 2002. According to CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
he was the 24th highest paid CEO in 2006 and according to ForbesForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the United States. - Tariq FaridTariq FaridTariq Farid is an entrepreneur who is the owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements International Inc.In 2009 he was recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year by the International Franchise Association.- Biography :...
– Entrepreneur who is the owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements International Inc. - Atif Sheikh – was the finalist for the new World Trade Center design contest hosted by CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
. He later found Atex Capital Partners (ACP) a combined venture capital firm based in London. - Mohammed Khan – President and Founder of ViVOtech IncVivotechViVOtech is a company which produces software and hardware for the Near Field Communication mobile payment and promotion market. Founded in 2001, it is based out of Santa Clara, California...
- Atiq Raza – Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Raza Microelectronics, IncRMI CorporationRMI Corporation, also known as RMI, formerly known as Raza Microelectronics, Inc., is a privately held Fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Cupertino, California, which specializes in designing System-on-a-chip processors for networking and consumer media applications.- History :RMI was...
. - Mansoor IjazMansoor IjazMansoor Ijaz is an American businessman of Pakistani Ancestry. He is an investment banker and media commentator, mostly in relation to Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan....
– Businessman, the founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC (CIM), a New York investment partnership since 1990 that includes among others Lt Gen James Alan Abrahamson (USAF Ret), former director of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative and the renowned German architect Joachim Hauser. He is also a commentator on Fox News. - Javed Ahmed – A Pakistani American who currently lives in London, where his headquarters are based. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Tate & LyleTate & LyleTate & Lyle plc is a British-based multinational agribusiness. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index as of 20 June 2011...
– a FTSE 250 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands. - Imran AnwarImran AnwarImran Anwar is a Pakistani American technologist, electrical engineer, business entrepreneur, journalist, television personality, photographer and speaker....
– Entrepreneur.
Academia
- Ayesha JalalAyesha JalalAyesha Jalal is a Pakistani-American sociologist and historian. She is a professor of history at Tufts University and a 1998 MacArthur Fellow. The bulk of her work deals with the creation of Muslim identities in modern South Asia....
– MacArthur Fellow and Richardson Professor of History at Tufts UniversityTufts UniversityTufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
. - Gul Agha (computer scientist)Gul Agha (computer scientist)Gul Agha is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Director of the Open Systems Laboratory. He is known for his work on the Actor model of concurrent computation, and was also Editor-in-Chief of ACM Computing Surveys from 1999 to...
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Professor Akbar S. AhmedAkbar S. AhmedAkbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the...
– US resident Pakistani anthropologist of global repute. - Anwar ShaikhAnwar Shaikh (economist)Anwar M. Shaikh is an American economist, and currently Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of The New School in New York City. His work in political economy has focused on the economic theory and empirical patterns of developed capitalism. He has written on international trade,...
– currently Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of The New SchoolThe New SchoolThe New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
in New York City. - Saleem H. Ali – Accomplished environmental researcher and Associate Dean for Graduate studies at the University of VermontUniversity of VermontThe University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesRubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesThe Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources is the University of Vermont's natural resources college. It was formerly called The School of Natural Resources. It is home to a natural resources and field study based curriculum, has its own core courses and building...
. He is a popular writer and contributor to publications such as the International Herald TribuneInternational Herald TribuneThe International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
. He has dual American and PakistanPakistanPakistan , 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...
i citizenship. - Talal AsadTalal AsadTalal Asad is an anthropologist at the City University of New York.Asad has made important theoretical contributions to post-colonialism, Christianity, Islam, and ritual studies and has recently called for, and initiated, an anthropology of secularism...
– Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at CUNYCity University of New YorkThe City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
. - Mohammad Aslam Khan KhalilMohammad Aslam Khan KhalilMohammad Aslam Khan Khalil or M.A.K Khalil and Aslam Khalil is a highly cited atmospheric physicist and Research Scientist of American and Pakistani origins. In his early career he worked on quantum field theory of elementary particles...
– Professor of Physics at Portland State UniversityPortland State UniversityPortland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
and is a highly cited researcher in the field of Atmospheric physicsAtmospheric physicsAtmospheric physics is the application of physics to the study of the atmosphere. Atmospheric physicists attempt to model Earth's atmosphere and the atmospheres of the other planets using fluid flow equations, chemical models, radiation balancing, and energy transfer processes in the atmosphere...
. - Zia MianZia MianZia Mian is a highly cited Pakistani-American physicist, nuclear expert, nuclear policy maker and research scientist at Princeton University. Dr. Zia Mian is also a prominent peace activist and a strong supporter of non-nuclear proliferation, nuclear disarmament, and peaceful use of nuclear...
– Renowned Pakistani-American physicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
. - Farooq AzamFarooq AzamFarooq Azam is a highly cited researcher in the field of marine microbiology. He is a Distinguished Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the University of California, San Diego. Farooq Azam grew up in Lahore and received his early education in Lahore...
– Distinguished Professor at Scripps Institution of OceanographyScripps Institution of OceanographyScripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, is one of the oldest and largest centers for ocean and earth science research, graduate training, and public service in the world...
, UCSD and is a highly cited researcher in the field of marine microbiology. - Abdul Jamil TajikAbdul Jamil TajikAbdul Jamil Tajik is a Pakistani American clinical medical researcher in the field of cardiovascular disease. He is listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as a highly cited researcher – one of the top 250 researchers in his field in terms of number of citations...
– Highly cited researcher in clinical medicineClinical MedicineClinical Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal published bimonthly by the Royal College of Physicians. It was established in 1966 as the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. It was doubly named between 1998 and 2000, and since 2001 it has appeared as Clinical Medicine. Its...
. - Adil NajamAdil NajamAdil Najam is a globally renowned Pakistani academic and intellectual. He is a leading expert on issues related to developing country environmental policy, especially climate change, and also on the politics of South Asia. He was the Director of the Frederick S...
– Professor of Geography and International Relations and Director of the Pardee Center at Boston UniversityBoston UniversityBoston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. Also founding editor of popular blog PakistaniatPakistaniatPakistaniat: All Things Pakistan is a blog launched in 2006 by editor Adil Najam about cultural and political issues in Pakistan. It has been cited in both the Pakistani and Indian press, such as Daily Times and Indian Express, and Western newspapers such as The Guardian...
. - Asad AbidiAsad AbidiAsad Ali Abidi is a Pakistani electrical engineer, who was the first dean of Lahore University of Management Sciences's School of Science and Engineering...
– Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
and a member of the National Academy of EngineeringNational Academy of EngineeringThe National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
. - Ahsan Kareem – Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences at the University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
and a member of the National Academy of EngineeringNational Academy of EngineeringThe National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
. - Dr. Bashir A. SyedBashir SyedBashir Syed or Bashir A. Syed, Sc.D., is Pakistani-American solar physicist and a NASA research scientist to the field of Robotics and solar sciences. He is the a member of New York Academy of Sciences. He...
– Renowned Physicist, NASA Scientist and authority on Renewable Energy such as Solar and Wind Energy. Distinguished member of NY Academy of Sciences - Dr. Hafeez MalikHafeez MalikDr. Hafeez Malik in Lahore is Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania. After a high school education in Mission High School, he graduated from Government College Lahore with a BA degree in 1949...
is Professor of Political Science at Villanova UniversityVillanova UniversityVillanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
, in PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. - Dr Agha SaeedAgha SaeedDr. Agha Saeed is the Founder and Chairman of American Muslim Alliance and a lecturer in the Program in Asian Studies at California State University, East Bay. Dr. Saeed earned his B.A. in Political Science from University of Punjab, Pakistan and M.A. and Ph.D. in Rhetoric from University of...
– Founder and Chairman of American Muslim Alliance and a lecturer at California State University, East BayCalifornia State University, East BayCalifornia State University, East Bay is a public university located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers over 100 areas of study...
. - Sara SuleriSara SuleriSara Suleri Goodyear, born Sara Suleri, is an author and, since 1983, professor of English at Yale University, where her fields of study and teaching include Romantic and Victorian poetry as well as a recent interest in Edmund Burke. Her special concerns include postcolonial literatures and...
– Professor of English at Yale University
Literature and Art
- Shaila AbdullahShaila AbdullahShaila Abdullah is an author whose creative work focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistani women and their often unconventional choices in life. Her work also deals with the Asian experience in the United States, the conflict between the two worlds and the culture of her adopted...
– Pakistani womens' writer and author. - Shahzia SikanderShahzia SikanderShahzia Sikander is an artist from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Sikander is a Pakistani American artist, now living in New York City, who specializes in Mughal miniature painting and Persian miniature painting. She has also created murals, installations, mixed-media works and performance art. She...
(born 1969 in LahoreLahoreLahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Pakistan) – Pakistan-born American artist who specializes in PakistanPakistanPakistan , 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...
i, South Asian and Persian miniaturePersian miniatureA Persian miniature is a small painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts...
painting. She has also created murals, installations, mixed-media works and performance art. She is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
"genius grant". She currently resides in New York City. - Noon Meem DanishNoon Meem DanishNoor Mohammed Danish is a Pakistani poet of African and Baloch descent. He is more commonly known as Noon Meem Danish or N. M. Danish.-Early life and education:...
– Pakistani poet of African and BalochBaloch peopleThe Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....
descent. - Samina QuraeshiSamina QuraeshiSamina Quraeshi is an award-winning educator, designer, artist and author. She is the author of Legacy of the Indus, Lahore: the City Within, Legends of the Indus, and Sacred Spaces: A Journey with the Sufis of the Indus which was published by Peabody Museum Press in 2009 She was raised in Karachi,...
– Award-winning author, artist and designer - Kamila ShamsieKamila ShamsieKamila Shamsie is a Pakistani novelist who writes in the English language. She was brought up in Karachi and attended Karachi Grammar School....
– Award-winning novelist of books such as Salt and Saffron and Broken Verses. - Rob AsgharRob Asghar"Rob" Asghar is a Pakistani American writer and political commentator. His essays and commentaries have appeared in more than several newspapers around the world, including The Denver Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Japan...
– Writer and political commentator. His essays and commentaries have appeared in more than 30 newspapers around the world, including The Denver PostThe Denver Post-Ownership:The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews...
, The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, Los Angeles Daily NewsLos Angeles Daily NewsThe Los Angeles Daily News is the second-largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, a branch of Colorado-based MediaNews Group....
, Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, The Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia InquirerThe Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
and The Japan TimesThe Japan TimesThe Japan Times is an English language newspaper published in Japan. Unlike its competitors, the Daily Yomiuri and the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun, it is not affiliated with a Japanese language media organization...
. Asghar has also been a columnist for Creators SyndicateCreators SyndicateCreators Syndicate is an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers. It was founded in 1987 by Richard S. Newcombe, and is based in Los Angeles. Creators was one of the first syndicates to allow its clients to maintain creative control of their material...
and the Ashland Daily TidingsAshland Daily TidingsThe Ashland Daily Tidings is an afternoon newspaper serving the city of Ashland, Oregon, United States. Like its sister publication, the Medford-based Mail Tribune, it is part of the Dow Jones Local Media Group chain, a subsidiary of Dow Jones....
. - Bapsi SidhwaBapsi SidhwaBapsi Sidhwa is an author of Pakistani origin who writes in English. She is perhaps best known for her collaborative work with filmmaker Deepa Mehta: Sidhwa wrote both the 1991 novel Ice Candy Man which is the basis for Mehta's 1998 film Earth as well as the 2006 novel Water: A Novel which is...
– PakistanPakistanPakistan , 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...
i novelist and playwright of Parsi-Zoroastrian background who now resides in Texas. Her novel Cracking IndiaCracking IndiaCracking India, is a novel by author Bapsi Sidhwa.Sidhwa's novel deals with the partition of India and its aftermaths. This is the first novel by a female novelist from Pakistan which describes the fate of people in Lahore...
(which described the Partition of British colonial IndiaPartition of IndiaThe Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
) was the basis for Deepa MehtaDeepa MehtaDeepa Mehta, LLD is a Genie Award-winning Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire , Earth , and Water , among which Earth was submitted by Indian government for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
's film Earth (1998 film)Earth (1998 film)Earth is a 1998 film directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, Cracking India, . Earth is the second part of Mehta's Elements trilogy...
.
- Mohsin HamidMohsin HamidMohsin Hamid is a Pakistani author best known for his novels Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist .- Biography :...
– Bestselling author of books such as Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. - Tahir Ali – Author of the award winning book, "Muslim Vote Counts" published in 2004 by Wyndham Hall.
- Ali Pervez – International Best Selling Author , M.B.A, FRSC – "Get Your Black Belt in Marketing," Morgan James New York, New York.
- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi – is an American Muslim author and Islamic teacher
- Tahmena BokhariTahmena BokhariTahmena Bokhari is a Pakistani-Canadian beauty pageant titleholder and social worker. She was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and spent several childhood years in Faisalabad, Pakistan. She won Mrs. Pakistan World 2010 in Toronto and became the 3rd Pakistani woman in history to represent women...
– College Professor in Toronto, a social worker, writer and speaker. - Asma Gull HasanAsma Gull HasanAsma Gull Hasan is a Pakistani-American award-winning writer. Her work includes the book Red, White, and Muslim, a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim...
– Award-winning writer. Her work includes the book Red, White, and Muslim, a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim. - Imad RahmanImad RahmanImad Rahman is a Pakistani American fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004.-Biography:A native of Karachi, Pakistan who immigrated to the United States at age 18 to attend college, Rahman was an assistant professor of English at Kansas State University, and, as of...
– Fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004. - Maliha MasoodMaliha MasoodMaliha Masood born 1972 is an award-winning writer in creative nonfiction and the author of the travel memoir, Zaatar Days, Henna Nights . A native of Karachi, Pakistan, Maliha moved to the United States at the age of twelve and grew up in Seattle. She's a graduate of the Fletcher School at Tufts...
– Award-winning writer in creative non-fiction and the author of the travel memoir, Zaatar Days, Henna Nights. - Lubna AghaLubna AghaLubna Agha is a Pakistani American artist living in Brookline, Massachusetts.Her art invokes a dialogue between the modern-abstract and traditional forms and practices of Islamic paintings. Her work taps on visual images once a part of daily life but now a part of history—from places as...
– Artist - Zulfikar GhoseZulfikar GhoseZulfikar Ghose is a novelist, poet and essayist. A native of Pakistan who has long lived in Texas, he writes in the surrealist mode of much Latin American fiction, blending fantasy and harsh realism....
– Novelist, poet and essayist. - Nafisa Haji – Author of The novel 'Writing on My Forehead'
- Daniyal MueenuddinDaniyal MueenuddinDaniyal Mueenuddin is a Pakistani-American author of the critically acclaimed short-story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, published in the United States by W. W...
– Is a Pakistani author of the critically acclaimed short-story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. - Sabir Hussain Sabir, International Award Winning Author
Health and Medicine
- Dr. Ayub K. OmmayaAyub K. OmmayaAyub Khan Ommaya, MD, ScD , FRCS, FACS was a Pakistani neurosurgeon and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir. The reservoir is used to provide chemotherapy directly to the tumor site for brain tumors. Ommaya was also a leading expert in traumatic brain injuries.-Professional history:Dr. Ommaya...
– Prominent neurosurgeon and expert in traumatic brain injuries. Invented the Ommaya reservoirOmmaya reservoirAn Ommaya reservoir is an intraventricular catheter system that can be used for the aspiration of cerebrospinal fluid or for the delivery of drugs into the cerebrospinal fluid. It consists of a catheter in one lateral ventricle attached to a reservoir implanted under the scalp...
, which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors.
- Dr. Zaheer AhmadZaheer AhmadZaheer Ahmad was a Pakistani American medical doctor who was credited as being the founder and chief executive of the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad. In 2011, he came under media attention when the United States accused him of being an associate of Dr...
- Doctor in internal medicine and founder of the Shifa International HospitalShifa International HospitalShifa International Hospital is located in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Shifa International Hospital was conceived and incorporated in 1985-1987 by a small group of Pakistani doctors and other health care professionals working in the United States. Since then Shifa has grown from over 450 contributing...
.
Media and Entertainment
There are UrduUrdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
radio stations in areas with high Pakistani population. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels: GEO TV
Geo TV
Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...
, ARY Digital
ARY Digital
ARY Digital, a subsidiary of the ARY Group, is a popular Pakistani television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob . The network caters to the...
, PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...
, and many more. Others have offered 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...
i content for subscription, such as when 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...
played Australia for the Cricket World Cup
Cricket World Cup
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...
in 1999. In July 2005, MTV premiered a spin-off network called MTV Desi
MTV Desi
MTV Desi was a spin-off network from MTV that targeted Desis in the United States, as the name implies. The network featured various styles of music such as electronic tabla music and English-Gujarati hip-hop, interspersed among Bollywood videos...
which targets South Asian Americans in the U.S. which includes Pakistanis. MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.
- Salman AhmadSalman AhmadSalman Ahmad is a Pakistani musician and former actor, who used to be a member of Vital Signs but left after their debut album due to creative differences. He went on to form Junoon, South Asia's biggest and longest-lasting rock band. While still enjoying the success of Junoon, he was involved in...
– of Junoon has members from the United States and the founder Salman Ahmad now resides in New York and is a UN Goodwill Ambassador. - Nadia AliNadia AliNadia Ali is a Pakistani-American singer-songwriter, born in Libya and raised in Queens, New York. She gained attention as the frontwoman and songwriter of the band iiO, after their 2001 hit "Rapture" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted across several countries in Europe...
– Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and former frontwoman of iiOIiOiiO was a New York City-based house music act composed of singer-songwriter Nadia Ali and producer Markus Moser. The group gained prominence for its 2001 single "Rapture", which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Following the success of "Rapture",...
known best for her song "RaptureRapture (iiO song)"Rapture" is the first single the New York-based dance music duo iiO. Released in 2001, reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, reached the top-ten in six other countries and charted in several other countries. The song also became a dance floor hit in the United States reaching number two on...
". Ali is one of the prominent vocalists of electronic dance musicElectronic dance musicElectronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
having collaborated with DJs like Armin van Buuren, John Creamer & Stephane KJohn Creamer & Stephane KJohn Creamer & Stephane K are international DJs, and as a duo, a New York City-based electronic music and house music production team. They are perhaps best known for creating original dance singles as well as dance remixes for artists such as iiO, Moby, New Order, Rosko and Sinéad O'Connor.-...
and BTBT (musician)Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...
. - Somy AliSomy AliSomy Ali is a former Bollywood actress and current model and journalist. She has her own clothing line, So-Me Designs apart from running a non profit organization, No More Tears...
– of IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i and Pakistani descent. Former BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actress and now model and journalist. - DJ AphlatoonDJ AphlatoonDJ Aphlatoon is known as the first Pakistani remix producer. He was the first DJ to release two albums containing only Pakistani songs remixed with hip hop, reggae and techno beats....
– DJ and remixer
- Munni BegumMunni BegumMunni Begum is a famous Pakistani ghazal Singer. Her real name is Nadira . She is based in Chicago, IL, USA.-Early life:Munni Begum was born in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. The youngest child of seven children, she first started taking music lessons from the famous singer Ustad Khwaja Ghulam...
– Real name Nadira, a Famous Ghazal Singer from Pakistan, based in Chicago, IL. - BohemiaBohemia (musician)Bohemia is an Pakistani American Punjabi rapper and a music producer from California, Bohemia quickly gained popularity in 2003 with his independent debut album, ‘Vich Pardesan De ’ which hit the Top 10 on BBC Radio 1 UK. The following album, ‘Pesa Nasha Pyar’, became the first full-length...
– Pakistani American Rapper from San Francisco. His music has been widely played in the American clubbing scene. He has a large underground following and is widely recognized as the pioneer of Desi Hip Hop. - GQ (actor)GQ (actor)Gregory J. Qaiyum , better known by his initials GQ, is an American actor, writer and MC.The son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father. GQ was raised in Chicago, where he attended Loyola Academy , and later studied at New York University's Tisch School...
– Gregory J. Qaiyum, American actor, writer and MC. Son of a CaucasianWhite peopleWhite people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
American mother of GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
and English descent and a Pakistani father. - Syma ChowdhrySyma ChowdhrySyma Chowdhry is an award-winning television host, reporter, producer, news writer, model and actress. In January 2011, she became the news anchor for the program First Forecast Mornings seen daily on Detroit television station WWJ-TV and, as of February 7, 2011, on sister-station CW50...
– Award winning television host, reporter, producer, news writer, model and actress. - Fareed HaqueFareed HaqueFareed Haque is a fusion guitar virtuoso of Pakistani and Chilean descent.Raised in Chicago, he studied at North Texas State University and Northwestern University....
– Guitarist of Pakistani and ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an descent. - Mehr HassanMehr HassanMehr Hassan , is an Asian American actress, model and classical dancer. She is the daughter of a notable religious theologian Dr. Riffat Hassan. Her mother belongs to Pakistan, while her father Hassan is from India. Mehr is settled in Louisville, Kentucky though has performed in films for both...
– Indian father, Pakistani mother. Actress, model and classical dancer. - Zurain ImamZurain ImamZurain Zaheen Imam is a US-Pakistani print and broadcast fashion journalist.Imam's formative years were spent in England. His family home was in Richmond, Surrey and he attended Tower House School in Sheen before he attended boarding school at Holmewood House in Tunbridge Wells, Kent from 1977...
– Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh is a US-Pakistani print and broadcast fashion journalist. - Mehreen JabbarMehreen JabbarMehreen Jabbar , is a noted Pakistani film-maker and television director/producer. Mehreen is the daughter of well known media-person and businessman Javed Jabbar, she was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan....
– is a Director and has recently directed Ramchand PakistaniRamchand PakistaniRamchand Pakistani is a Pakistani Urdu film that tells a true story about a boy who inadvertently crosses the border between Pakistan and India and the following ordeal that his family has to go through.-Synopsis:...
which was nominated for World Narrative Feature Competition in Tribeca Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalThe Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
in New York. - JAQJAQJeffery Allen Qaiyum redirects here. For the name Jeffery Allen Qaiyum see Jacques.Jeffery Allen Qaiyum is an American professional b-boy, writer and MC. He has a brother, GQ, who is also a B-Boy professional.-Biography:...
– Jeffery Ameen Qaiyum, is an American professional b-boy, writer and MC. Brother of GQGQ (actor)Gregory J. Qaiyum , better known by his initials GQ, is an American actor, writer and MC.The son of a Caucasian American mother of German and English descent and a Pakistani father. GQ was raised in Chicago, where he attended Loyola Academy , and later studied at New York University's Tisch School...
. - Christel KhalilChristel KhalilChristel Adnana Khalil is an American actress.-Career:Khalil is best known for her role as Lily Ashby on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She played the role from August 15, 2002 until September 2, 2005. Soon after she left the soap, Khalil was replaced by Davetta Sherwood...
– Is of mixed Pakistani and African American descent. She is best known for her role as Lily Winters on the CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
soap opera The Young and the RestlessThe Young and the RestlessThe Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
. - Zaigham KhanZaigham KhanZaigham Khan, also known as Zak Khan is a Pakistani American teenage celebrity, VJ, host, entertainer, dancer and television actor. Raised in Chicago for most of his life, Khan began his career by dancing before expanding to other performing arts disciplines such as hosting and acting...
– Pakistani American VJ, host, dancer, and actor. Khan is considered to be one of the most well-known youngest Pakistani American's in today's time. He has been in the media field for almost 10 years. Currently he can be seen on two of Pakistan's top music channels ARY Musik and AAG TVAAG TVAAG TV is a youth entertainment channel in Pakistan, owned by Independent Media Corporation . The Urdu word "aag" means "fire."...
, which are played all over the world. - MC Lazarus – Real name Kamran Rasheed Khan, b. July 17, 1982 is a hip hopHip hopHip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
artist from Detroit, Michigan who has worked with various American celebrities in the field. The Discovery Channel featured him on a documentary called "The Real 8 Mile" which focuses on how he balances his life as a hip hop artist and as a medical student at Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
. - Asieh NamdarAsieh NamdarAsieh Namdar is an Iranian-American journalist and television presenter.She was born to parents of Iranian origin, in Karachi in 1967. Namdar grew up in Tehran, Iran. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, her family moved to the United States...
– Born in Karachi, Pakistan to IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian parents. - Kamran PashaKamran PashaKamran Pasha is a Hollywood screenwriter, director and novelist. He recently served as a writer and producer on the NBC series Kings, after working as a producer on NBC's Bionic Woman. Previously, he served as a co-producer and writer for Sleeper Cell, Showtime Network's terrorism drama...
– Hollywood screenwriter and director, most famous for writing the Showtime hit series Sleeper Cell. - Munaf RayaniMunaf RayaniMunaf Rayani is a guitarist for the Texan post-rock band Explosions in the Sky. He is the youngest member of the band at age 31. He is of Indian and Pakistani descent. His mother grew up in Pakistan, and he was raised an Ismaili Muslim...
– Guitarist for the TexanTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
post-rock band Explosions in the SkyExplosions in the SkyExplosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows...
. - Iqbal ThebaIqbal ThebaIqbal Theba is a Pakistani-American actor. Theba currently has a recurring role as Principal Figgins in the show Glee.-Life and career:Theba became a familiar face in the 1990s when he appeared in various TV shows and commercials in the United States....
– Has starred in numerous American sitcoms but most famous for playing Principal Figgins in the show GleeGlee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... - Dilshad VadsariaDilshad VadsariaDilshad Vadsaria is an American television actress. She plays the role of Rebecca Logan on the ABC television program Greek.-Life and career:...
– She is of PortuguesePortuguese peopleThe Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
and Pakistani descent. An American television actress, she currently plays the role of Rebecca Logan on the ABC televisionAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
program GreekGreek (TV series)Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...
. - Hassan Zee – Writer, producer and director. Wrote, produced and directed Night of HennaNight of HennaNight of Henna is a comedy film directed by Hassan Zee , and is the first Pakistani-American feature film. The film stars Pooja Kumar, Reef Karim, Nancy Carlin, Suhail Tayyeb, Ponni Swaminathan Chesser, and Craig Marker.-Plot:...
, the first Pakistani-American film in history distributed all over US theatrically. - Naureen ZaimNaureen ZaimNaureen Marie Zaim is an American model, actress, artist and boxer. She is of mixed Irish and Pakistani descent. Her acting career includes roles in Wedding Crashers, and athletic performances in Perfect 10 Model Boxing...
– Half PakistanPakistanPakistan , 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...
i half Irish model, actress and athlete. - Sadia ShepardSadia ShepardSadia Shepard is a Pakistani American filmmaker and author based in New York City. She is the author of The Girl from Foreign: A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Lost Loves, and a Sense of Home, which was published by The Penguin Press in 2008...
– Film maker - Kumail NanjianiKumail Nanjiani-Career:Born in Karachi, Nanjiani lived in Pakistan until he moved to the United States when he was 18 and attended Grinnell College in Iowa. Since beginning his career in Chicago, he has performed standup on a number of television programs including the Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night...
- Stand-up comedian and actor
Beauty Queens from Pakistan
- Natasha ParachaNatasha Paracha- External links :Additional information can be found at:* * New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/nyregion/19bigcity.html?em* CNN Live - http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/12/14/coren.intv.paracha.world.cnn?iref=videosearch...
– Natasha Paracha born in Islamabad, Pakistan, now living in New York City, USA became Pakistan's 6th Miss Pakistan WorldMiss Pakistan WorldMiss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant held in Mississauga, Ontario. Its contestants are women with mostly Pakistani heritage from Pakistan, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom...
2008. - Ayesha GilaniAyesha GilaniAyesha Gilani is Miss Pakistan World for 2009. Gilani won the pageant on the 27th of June 2009 in Toronto, Ontario...
– Ayesha Gilani, from Lahore, Pakistan now living in Washington DC, became Pakistan's 7th Miss Pakistan WorldMiss Pakistan WorldMiss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant held in Mississauga, Ontario. Its contestants are women with mostly Pakistani heritage from Pakistan, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom...
2009. - Mariyah MotenMariyah Moten-Biography:Mariyah was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She moved to the US with her family at the age of 5 and currently resides in the United States.Mariyah Moten graduated from University of Houston in with a degree in hotel management.-Beauty pageants:...
– Born in Karachi, Pakistan now living in Houston Texas, became Pakistan's first Miss Pakistan Bikini and was exposed to the biggest entertainment controversy. She was the third runner up in the Miss Pakistan WorldMiss Pakistan WorldMiss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant held in Mississauga, Ontario. Its contestants are women with mostly Pakistani heritage from Pakistan, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom...
pageant. - Misbah Iqbal- Born in Karachi, Pakistan now living in Houston Texas, became Pakistan's first Mrs. Pakistan WorldMrs. Pakistan WorldMrs. Pakistan World is a beauty pageant for married Pakistani women from around the world. It is held in Toronto, Canada. Its contestants are women with mostly Pakistani heritage from Pakistan, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The winner represents Pakistan in international beauty...
2007. - Saman HasnainSaman HasnainSaman Hasnain , from Lahore, Pakistan, was crowned the second Mrs. Pakistan World on January 2, 2008. Her reign marks great progression in the woman's liberation movement of Pakistan. Hasnain was on the judging panel for the Miss Pakistan World 2007 pageant....
– Born in Lahore, Pakistan now living in San Francisco, USA became Pakistan's second Mrs. Pakistan WorldMrs. Pakistan WorldMrs. Pakistan World is a beauty pageant for married Pakistani women from around the world. It is held in Toronto, Canada. Its contestants are women with mostly Pakistani heritage from Pakistan, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The winner represents Pakistan in international beauty...
2008.
Military
- Commander Muhammad Muzzafar F. Khan – Became the first Pakistani-American to take command of an operational aviation squadron in the U.S. Navy. He commands the Sea Control "Topcats" Squadron.
- SergeantSergeantSergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Wasim Khan of United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
- Became the first Pakistani-American to received Purple HeartPurple HeartThe Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...
after his heroic actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sports
- Nur B. AliNur B. AliNur B. Ali is a Pakistani-American racecar driver who drives in the ARCA Series for Cunningham Motorsports. He is the first Pakistani to become a professional racing driver, and a former two-time Southwest Formula Mazda Series Champion...
– racecar driver who drives in the ARCA Series for Cunningham Motorsports. He is the first Pakistani to become a racing driver, and a former two-time Southwest Formula Mazda Series Champion (2001 & 2002). Also has a Bachelor of Arts degree, American University – Washington, D.C.American UniversityAmerican University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
majoring in International Relations. - Hasan HabibHasan HabibHasan Habib is a Pakistani American professional poker player.During his early years in Pakistan, Habib was the Pakistan 14-and-under National Tennis Champion. Habib went to America at the age of 18 to study business at the University of Redlands. He also once owned a nationwide chain of video...
– Professional poker player. - Rashid ZiaRashid ZiaRashid Zia is an American cricketer. Rashid Zia first played for the United States in representative cricket in the 2001 ICC Trophy, and later was part of the team that played America's first two One Day Internationals in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England...
– American crickter. represented the United States in the ICCInternational Cricket CouncilThe International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
trophy in 2001. - Nasir JavedNasir JavedNasir Javed is a Pakistani born American cricketer. Javed was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born in Lahore, Punjab....
– American cricketer - Gibran HamdanGibran HamdanGibran Latif Hamdan is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League and NFL Europa. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
– First person of Pakistani descent to play in the NFL.
Islamist militants
- Farooque AhmedFarooque AhmedFarooque Ahmed is a Pakistani American from Ashburn, Virginia who was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly plotting to bomb Washington Metro stations at Arlington cemetery, Pentagon City, Crystal City and Court House...
– Islamist sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2011 for plotting to bomb Washington MetroWashington MetroThe Washington Metro, commonly called Metro, and unofficially Metrorail, is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., United States, and its surrounding suburbs. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , which also operates Metrobus service under the Metro name...
. - Syed Haris Ahmed – sentenced to 13 years in prison and 30 years of supervised release for supporting terrorism.
- Iyman FarisIyman FarisIyman Faris is a Pakistani American former truck driver from Columbus, Ohio who was convicted of providing material support to Al Qaeda, for his role in a plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge...
– sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2003 for supporting Al-qaedaAl-QaedaAl-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
. - Hamid HayatHamid and Umer HayatHamid Hayat is a United States citizen of Pakistani descent from Lodi, California. His father, Umer Hayat , was born in Pakistan and emigrated to the United States in 1976; he is a naturalized American citizen. Together they were the subjects of the first terrorism trial in the state of California...
– convicted & sentenced to 24 years in prison for attending an al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in Pakistan and lying about it to FBI. - David HeadleyDavid HeadleyDavid Coleman Headley, formerly known as Daood Sayed Gilani, is a Chicago-based Pakistani American,who conspired with Lashkar-e-Taibaand, he claims, Pakistani military officers...
– pleaded guilty to helping Lashkar-e-TaibaLashkar-e-TaibaLashkar-e-Taiba – also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-i-Taiba, Lashkar Taiba or LeT – is one of the largest and most active militant Islamist terrorist organizations in South Asia, operating mainly from Pakistan.It was founded by Hafiz Muhammad...
carry out 2008 Mumbai attacks2008 Mumbai attacksThe 2008 Mumbai attacks were more than 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's largest city, by Islamist attackers who came from Pakistan...
. - Uzair ParachaUzair ParachaUzair Paracha is a Pakistani American convicted of providing material support to al-Qaeda by a court in New York in 2005. He is serving a 30 year prison sentence.-Early life:...
– sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2006 for providing support to al-QaedaAl-QaedaAl-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
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- Faisal ShahzadFaisal ShahzadFaisal Shahzad is a Pakistani American who attempted the May 1, 2010, Times Square car bombing. On , 2010, in Federal District Court in Manhattan he confessed to 10 counts arising from the bombing attempt...
– convicted Tehrik-i-Taliban PakistanTehrik-i-Taliban PakistanTehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan , alternatively referred to as the Pakistani Taliban, is an umbrella organization of various Islamist militant groups based in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Pakistan. Most, but not all, Pakistani Taliban groups coalesce under the TTP...
operative sentenced to life in prison for 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt2010 Times Square car bombing attemptThe attempted car bombing of Times Square on May 1, 2010, was a planned terrorist attack that was foiled when two street vendors discovered the car bomb and alerted a NYPD Patrolman to the car bomb threat after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle...
. - Shahawar Matin SirajShahawar Matin SirajShahawar Matin Siraj is a Pakistani American who planned to bomb the Herald Square of Manhattan, New York, when police arrested him in 2004. A New York court found Siraj guilty of plotting to commit a terrorist act in U.S. v. Shahawar Matin Siraj . Siraj worked at an Islamic bookstore in Bay...
– Islamist sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to plant a bomb in the 34th Street – Herald Square station of the New York City SubwayNew York City SubwayThe New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
. - Syed Fahad HashmiSyed Fahad HashmiSyed Mehmood Ahmed Hashmi is a Pakistani American and US Citizen. He was arrested in London, England on June 6, 2006 based on an indictment from the United States charging him with providing material support to Al-Qaeda. On 27 April, Hashmi pleaded guilty to a single terrorism charge in Federal...
– sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010 for aiding al-Qaeda. - Mohammed Junaid BabarMohammed Junaid BabarMohammed Junaid Babar is a Pakistani American who, after pleading guilty to terrorist related offences in New York, testified in March 2006 against a group of men accused of plotting 21 July 2005 London bombings...
– sentenced for helping July 7, 2005 London bombings accused Mohammad Sidique KhanMohammad Sidique KhanMohammad Sidique Khan was the oldest of the four homegrown suicide bombers and believed to be the leader responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings, in which bombs were detonated on three London Underground trains and one bus in central London suicide attacks, killing 52 people excluding the...
. - Samir KhanSamir KhanSamir ibn Zafar Khan was the Pakistani American editor and publisher of Inspire magazine, an English language online magazine reported to be published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula , in which he authored articles such as "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom"...
- editor of Al-QaedaAl-QaedaAl-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
web magazine InspireInspire (magazine)Inspire is an English language online magazine reported to be published by the organization al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula . The use of the magazine is to increase the availability of their message without challenges to their value system. The magazine is one of the many ways AQAP uses the...
killed along with Anwar al-AwlakiAnwar al-AwlakiAnwar al-Awlaki was an American and Yemeni imam who was an engineer and educator by training. According to U.S. government officials, he was a senior talent recruiter and motivator who was involved with planning operations for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda...
in a drone strike in Yemen.
Adult Actors
- Gia JordanGia JordanGia Jordan is an American pornographic actress and a staff photographer for AVN magazine.-Awards:*2005 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – Gothsend*2005 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene – Tails From the Toilet...
- Pornographic Actress - Tiffany Taylor - Pornographic Actress
Other
- Mohammed Salman HamdaniMohammed Salman HamdaniMohammad Salman Hamdani was a Muslim American who died at the World Trade Center in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks .-Early life:...
– (1978 – September 11, 2001) was a young Muslim Pakistani American medical student who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacksSeptember 11, 2001 attacksThe September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
, while rescuing victims of the World Trade CenterWorld Trade CenterThe original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
. - Aasiya ZubairAasiya ZubairAasiya Zubair, also known as Aasiya Hassan was with her husband Muzzammil Hassan, the founder and owner of Bridges TV, the first American Muslim English-language television network...
– With her husband Muzzammil Hassan, found and owned Bridges TV, the first American Muslim television network broadcast in English. In February 2009, she was found dead; her estranged husband turned himself to the police station and was charged with 2nd degree murder. - Abdul Malik MujahidAbdul Malik MujahidAbdul Malik Mujahid is an American Muslim religious leader , activist, film producer, and non-profit entrepreneur, as well as an interfaith activist...
– American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, and non-profit entrepreneur. - Ahmad AdayaAhmad AdayaAhmed Adaya was an American Muslim real estate tycoon and philanthropist who was the founding partner of a prominent California real estate company IDS Real Estate Group, He was known for establishing the New Horizon School for Muslim religious education in southern California...
(1927–2006) – Was an American Muslim real estate tycoon and philanthropist who was the founding partner of a prominent California real estate company IDS Real Estate Group - Arsalan IftikharArsalan IftikharArsalan Iftikhar is an American international human rights lawyer, global media commentator and author of the book . Arsalan is the founder of and also a regular weekly commentator for the National Public Radio show "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin...
an American international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. He is the founder of TheMuslimGuy and serves as Contributing Editor for Islamica magazine. - Faisal AlamFaisal AlamFaisal Alam is a gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims....
– Gay Pakistani-American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims. - Jilani HumayunJilani HumayunJilani Humayun is a Pakistani-American arms trader who was arrested in New York on July 19, 2007, and charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with 11 counts of violating the federal Arms Export Control Act, one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and...
– Arms trader who was arrested in New York on July 19, 2007. - Riffat HassanRiffat HassanRiffat Hassan is a Pakistani-American theologian and a leading Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an.-Early life and career:Hassan was born in Lahore, Pakistan to an upper-class Sayid Muslim family. Her grandfather was Hakim Ahmed Shuja', a Pakistani poet, writer and playwright...
– Theologian and leading Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'anQur'anThe Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
. - Sheikh Azeem AzizSheikh Azeem AzizSheikh Mufti Ameen Aziz is well known Muslim scholar and Mufti. He has written several books about Hadeeth, Fiqh and Seerah of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is a successful speaker and Imam in the United States, and Pakistan. He speaks English, Arabic, Urdu, and Panjabi. He is the founder of...
– Muslim scholar and Mufti. - Yasmin Aga Khan – American-Pakistani philanthropist known for raising public awareness of Alzheimer's disease.
- Pamela Leeming – The First Pakistani AmericanPakistani AmericanA Pakistani American is any citizen or resident of the United States who has Pakistani heritage.- History in the United States :Muslim immigrants from areas that are now part of Pakistan have been migrating to America and first entered the United States as early as the eighteenth century, working...
Judge in The United States. She has been appointed as an interim full Circuit Court Judge in Cook County, IllinoisCook County, IllinoisCook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...
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See also
- Pakistani AmericanPakistani AmericanA Pakistani American is any citizen or resident of the United States who has Pakistani heritage.- History in the United States :Muslim immigrants from areas that are now part of Pakistan have been migrating to America and first entered the United States as early as the eighteenth century, working...
- Pakistan – United States relationsPakistan – United States relationsPakistan – United States relations refers to the bilateral relationship between the Pakistan and the United States. The United States first established diplomatic relations with Pakistan on 20 October 1947. The relationship since then was based primarily on U.S. economic and military assistance to...
- Pakistani CanadianPakistani 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...
- List of Pakistani Canadians
- List of British Pakistanis
Amer Yasin, American -Pakistani..working in greator DC area in Medical Billing and Coding field. His area of expertise is Ophthalmology billing and consulting.