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The following is a list of '''notable [[Pakistani Americans]]''', including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. |
The following is a list of '''notable [[Pakistani Americans]]''', including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. |
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==Academia, science and technology== |
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[[File:Abidi-262sm_(cropped).jpg|200px|thumb|Professor [[Asad Abidi]] receiving the IEEE Pederson Award at ISSCC 2008]] [[File:Adil Najam in 2010.JPG|300px|thumb|Professor [[Adil Najam]] during a talk at Deutsche Welle Building in [[Bonn]], Germany on |
[[File:Abidi-262sm_(cropped).jpg|200px|thumb|Professor [[Asad Abidi]] receiving the IEEE Pederson Award at ISSCC 2008]] [[File:Adil Najam in 2010.JPG|300px|thumb|Professor [[Adil Najam]] during a talk at Deutsche Welle Building in [[Bonn]], Germany on 21 January 2010]] |
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*[[Abdul Jamil Tajik|Abdul J. Tajik]] – researcher in clinical medicine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Browse&link2=Results&id=2918 |title=[ISI Highly Cited Researchers Version 1.5] |publisher=Hcr3.isiknowledge.com |date= |
*[[Abdul Jamil Tajik|Abdul J. Tajik]] – researcher in clinical medicine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?&link1=Browse&link2=Results&id=2918 |title=[ISI Highly Cited Researchers Version 1.5] |publisher=Hcr3.isiknowledge.com |date=22 November 2002 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Adil Haider]] – trauma surgeon and former Kessler Director for the Center for Surgery and Public Health, a joint initiative of the [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]] and [[Harvard Medical School]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Adil Haider - Harvard Catalyst|url=https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/133143|website=Harvard|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adil Haider - Brigham and Women's Hospital|url=http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Research/labs/CenterforSurgeryandPublicHealth/Bios/HaiderBio.aspx|website=Brigham and Women's Hospital|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Adil Haider]] – trauma surgeon and former Kessler Director for the Center for Surgery and Public Health, a joint initiative of the [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]] and [[Harvard Medical School]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Adil Haider - Harvard Catalyst|url=https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/133143|website=Harvard|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adil Haider - Brigham and Women's Hospital|url=http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Research/labs/CenterforSurgeryandPublicHealth/Bios/HaiderBio.aspx|website=Brigham and Women's Hospital|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Adil Najam]] – professor of earth, environment and international relations and dean of the [[Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies]] at [[Boston University]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iisd.org/about/staffbio.aspx?id=569 |title=Adil Najam biography |publisher=Iisd.org |date= |
*[[Adil Najam]] – professor of earth, environment and international relations and dean of the [[Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies]] at [[Boston University]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iisd.org/about/staffbio.aspx?id=569 |title=Adil Najam biography |publisher=Iisd.org |date=14 February 2006 |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709213513/http://www.iisd.org/about/staffbio.aspx?id=569 |archive-date=9 July 2010 }}</ref> founding editor of blog [[Pakistaniat]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Adil Najam - Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies|url=https://www.bu.edu/pardee/community/professors/adil-najam/|website=Boston University|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pakistaniat.com/about/ |title=About Atp : All Things Pakistan |publisher=Pakistaniat.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Ahsan Kareem]] – Robert M Moran Professor of Engineering at the [[University of Notre Dame]]; director of the NatHaz Modeling Laboratory; member of the US, Chinese and Indian Academies of Engineering |
*[[Ahsan Kareem]] – Robert M Moran Professor of Engineering at the [[University of Notre Dame]]; director of the NatHaz Modeling Laboratory; member of the US, Chinese, Japanese and Indian Academies of Engineering |
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*[[Akbar S. Ahmed]] – U.S. resident Pakistani anthropologist; the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at [[American University]];<ref>{{cite web|author=Akbar Ahmed |url=http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/akbar.cfm |title=Profile Akbar Ahmed |publisher=American.edu |access-date= |
*[[Akbar S. Ahmed]] – U.S. resident Pakistani anthropologist; the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at [[American University]];<ref>{{cite web|author=Akbar Ahmed |url=http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/akbar.cfm |title=Profile Akbar Ahmed |publisher=American.edu |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> producer of the film ''Journey Into Europe'', on Islam in Europe |
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* [[Ali S. Khan]] – surgeon and former director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) at the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]<ref name="CDC_bio">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121223033141/http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/leadership.htm | url = https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/leadership.htm | title = CDC PHPR Leadership | publisher = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] | archive-date = |
* [[Ali S. Khan]] – surgeon and former director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) at the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]<ref name="CDC_bio">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121223033141/http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/leadership.htm | url = https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/leadership.htm | title = CDC PHPR Leadership | publisher = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] | archive-date = 23 December 2012 | access-date = 25 August 2015}}</ref> |
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*[[Anwar Shaikh (economist)|Anwar Shaikh]] – professor of economics at the graduate faculty of [[The New School]] in New York City<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://www.newschool.edu/faculty-experts/#!/anwar-shaikh/ |website=The New School |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> |
*[[Anwar Shaikh (economist)|Anwar Shaikh]] – professor of economics at the graduate faculty of [[The New School]] in New York City<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://www.newschool.edu/faculty-experts/#!/anwar-shaikh/ |website=The New School |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Asad Abidi]] – professor of electrical engineering at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]; member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ee.ucla.edu/asad-abidi/|title=Dr. Asad A. Abidi |publisher=UCLA Engineering |access-date= |
*[[Asad Abidi]] – professor of electrical engineering at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]; member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ee.ucla.edu/asad-abidi/|title=Dr. Asad A. Abidi |publisher=UCLA Engineering |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Ashar Aziz]] – electrical engineer, business executive and founder of [[FireEye]]<ref name="MIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.eecs.mit.edu/node/6086|title=Ashar Aziz '81|work=MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science|date=2015|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref> |
* [[Ashar Aziz]] – electrical engineer, business executive and founder of [[FireEye]]<ref name="MIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.eecs.mit.edu/node/6086|title=Ashar Aziz '81|work=MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science|date=2015|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Azra Raza]] – Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Azra Raza, MD |url=http://cancer.columbia.edu/azra-raza-md |website=Columbia University |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Azra Raza]] – Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Azra Raza, MD |url=http://cancer.columbia.edu/azra-raza-md |website=Columbia University |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Atif Mian]] – professor of economics at [[Princeton University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Atif Mian|url=http://scholar.princeton.edu/atif/home|website=Princeton University|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
* [[Atif Mian]] – professor of economics at [[Princeton University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Atif Mian|url=http://scholar.princeton.edu/atif/home|website=Princeton University|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Ayesha Jalal]] – [[MacArthur Fellow]] and Richardson Professor of History at [[Tufts University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fletcher.tufts.edu/faculty/jalal/default.shtml |title=The Fletcher School – Faculty |publisher=Fletcher.tufts.edu |date= |
*[[Ayesha Jalal]] – [[MacArthur Fellow]] and Richardson Professor of History at [[Tufts University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fletcher.tufts.edu/faculty/jalal/default.shtml |title=The Fletcher School – Faculty |publisher=Fletcher.tufts.edu |date=22 August 2009 |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120151225/http://fletcher.tufts.edu/faculty/jalal/default.shtml |archive-date=20 November 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Ayub K. Ommaya]] – neurosurgeon and expert in traumatic brain injuries, clinical researcher at the [[National Institutes of Health]]; invented the [[Ommaya reservoir]], which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ayub Ommaya|volume=74|issue=1|pages=49–59|pmc=3026609|journal=World Neurosurgery|year=2010|last1=Mehta|first1=G. U.|last2=Heiss|first2=J. D.|last3=Park|first3=J. K.|last4=Asthagiri|first4=A. R.|last5=Lonser|first5=R. R.|last6=Lonser|first6=R. R.|pmid=21278842|doi=10.1016/j.wneu.2010.05.027}}</ref> |
*[[Ayub K. Ommaya]] – neurosurgeon and expert in traumatic brain injuries, clinical researcher at the [[National Institutes of Health]]; invented the [[Ommaya reservoir]], which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ayub Ommaya|volume=74|issue=1|pages=49–59|pmc=3026609|journal=World Neurosurgery|year=2010|last1=Mehta|first1=G. U.|last2=Heiss|first2=J. D.|last3=Park|first3=J. K.|last4=Asthagiri|first4=A. R.|last5=Lonser|first5=R. R.|last6=Lonser|first6=R. R.|pmid=21278842|doi=10.1016/j.wneu.2010.05.027}}</ref> |
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*[[Azra Raza]] – Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University. |
*[[Azra Raza]] – Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University. |
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*[[Farooq Azam]] – distinguished professor at [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]], [[University of California, San Diego]]; researcher in the field of marine microbiology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/fazam |title=:: Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, Ucsd |publisher=Sio.ucsd.edu |date= |
*[[Farooq Azam]] – distinguished professor at [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]], [[University of California, San Diego]]; researcher in the field of marine microbiology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/fazam |title=:: Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, Ucsd |publisher=Sio.ucsd.edu |date=8 January 2010 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Gul Agha (computer scientist)|Gul Agha]] – professor of computer science at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gul Agha – Department of Computer Science|url=http://cs.illinois.edu/directory/profile/agha|website=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
*[[Gul Agha (computer scientist)|Gul Agha]] – professor of computer science at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gul Agha – Department of Computer Science|url=http://cs.illinois.edu/directory/profile/agha|website=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Hafeez Malik]] – professor of political science at [[Villanova University]], in Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web |title=Hafeez Malik {{!}} Bio Detail |url=https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/arabislamic/faculty/[email protected]&xsl=bio_long |website=Villanova University |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> |
*[[Hafeez Malik]] – professor of political science at [[Villanova University]], in Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web |title=Hafeez Malik {{!}} Bio Detail |url=https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/arabislamic/faculty/[email protected]&xsl=bio_long |website=Villanova University |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Mark S. Humayun]] – professor of ophthalmology at [[Keck School of Medicine of USC|Keck School of Medicine]], [[University of Southern California]], holder of the Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences, and director of USC Eye Institute and Institute For Biomedical Therapeutics<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark S. Humayun - Keck School of Medicine|url=http://keck.usc.edu/faculty/mark-s-humayun/|website=University of Southern California|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
*[[Mark S. Humayun]] – professor of ophthalmology at [[Keck School of Medicine of USC|Keck School of Medicine]], [[University of Southern California]], holder of the Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences, and director of USC Eye Institute and Institute For Biomedical Therapeutics<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark S. Humayun - Keck School of Medicine|url=http://keck.usc.edu/faculty/mark-s-humayun/|website=University of Southern California|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy|Muhammed S. Zubairy]] – professor in the department of physics and astronomy and holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at the [[Texas A&M University]]<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Suhail Zubairy - Physics & Astronomy |url=https://physics.tamu.edu/people/zubairy/ |website=Texas A&M University |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> |
*[[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy|Muhammed S. Zubairy]] – professor in the department of physics and astronomy and holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at the [[Texas A&M University]]<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Suhail Zubairy - Physics & Astronomy |url=https://physics.tamu.edu/people/zubairy/ |website=Texas A&M University |access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz|Mujaddid A. Ijaz]] – physicist known for his work at [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]], professor of physics at [[Virginia Tech]]<ref name="CSM MMI">{{cite news |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0211/p09s02-cogn.html |title=Not all of Pakistan's nuclear scientists were rogues |author=Mansoor Ijaz |newspaper=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date= |
*[[Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz|Mujaddid A. Ijaz]] – physicist known for his work at [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]], professor of physics at [[Virginia Tech]]<ref name="CSM MMI">{{cite news |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0211/p09s02-cogn.html |title=Not all of Pakistan's nuclear scientists were rogues |author=Mansoor Ijaz |newspaper=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=11 February 2004 |access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="MAI NYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/14/obituaries/mujaddid-ahmed-ijaz-nuclear-scientist-55.html |title=Obituary: Mujaddid Ahmed Ijaz, Nuclear Scientist |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 July 1992 |access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Nergis Mavalvala]] – Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), and 2010 [[MacArthur Fellow]]; part of the team that made the [[Gravitational wave observation|first direct gravitational wave observation]]. Dean of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science|MIT's School of Science]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nergis Mavalvala - Department of Physics|url=http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/mavalvala_nergis.html|website=MIT|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chu |first1=Jennifer |title=Nergis Mavalvala named School of Science dean |url=http://news.mit.edu/2020/nergis-mavalvala-science-dean-0817 |website=MIT |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> |
*[[Nergis Mavalvala]] – Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), and 2010 [[MacArthur Fellow]]; part of the team that made the [[Gravitational wave observation|first direct gravitational wave observation]]. Dean of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science|MIT's School of Science]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nergis Mavalvala - Department of Physics|url=http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/mavalvala_nergis.html|website=MIT|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chu |first1=Jennifer |title=Nergis Mavalvala named School of Science dean |url=http://news.mit.edu/2020/nergis-mavalvala-science-dean-0817 |website=MIT |date=17 August 2020 |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[Saleem Ali (academic)|Saleem H. Ali]] – environmental researcher and associate dean for graduate studies at the [[University of Vermont]]'s [[Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources]]; writer and contributor to publications such as the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/~shali/ |title=Saleem H. Ali : University of Vermont |publisher=Uvm.edu |date= |
*[[Saleem Ali (academic)|Saleem H. Ali]] – environmental researcher and associate dean for graduate studies at the [[University of Vermont]]'s [[Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources]]; writer and contributor to publications such as the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/~shali/ |title=Saleem H. Ali : University of Vermont |publisher=Uvm.edu |date=28 September 2010 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Rayid Ghani]] – senior fellow and director of the Center for Data Science and Public Policy at the Computation Institute (a joint initiative of the [[University of Chicago]] and the [[Argonne National Laboratory]]), as well as the research director of the institute. Also a senior fellow at the [[Harris School of Public Policy Studies|Harris School of Public Policy]] of the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rayid Ghani - Harris School of Public Policy|url=https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/rayid-ghani|website=University of Chicago|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> |
*[[Rayid Ghani]] – senior fellow and director of the Center for Data Science and Public Policy at the Computation Institute (a joint initiative of the [[University of Chicago]] and the [[Argonne National Laboratory]]), as well as the research director of the institute. Also a senior fellow at the [[Harris School of Public Policy Studies|Harris School of Public Policy]] of the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rayid Ghani - Harris School of Public Policy|url=https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/rayid-ghani|website=University of Chicago|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Sara Suleri]] – professor of English at [[Yale University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sara Suleri Goodyear - English|url=https://english.yale.edu/people/professors-emeritus/sara-goodyear|website=Yale University|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> |
*[[Sara Suleri]] – professor of English at [[Yale University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sara Suleri Goodyear - English|url=https://english.yale.edu/people/professors-emeritus/sara-goodyear|website=Yale University|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Shahab Ahmed]] – Scholar of Islam at [[Harvard University]] |
*[[Shahab Ahmed]] – Scholar of Islam at [[Harvard University]] |
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*[[Syra Madad]] – pathogen preparedness expert and infectious disease epidemiologist |
*[[Syra Madad]] – pathogen preparedness expert and infectious disease epidemiologist |
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*[[Talal Asad]] – professor of anthropology and religious studies at [[City University of New York|CUNY]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.gc.cuny.edu/anthropology/fac_asad.html|title=Profile Talal Asad |publisher=City University of New York |access-date= |
*[[Talal Asad]] – professor of anthropology and religious studies at [[City University of New York|CUNY]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.gc.cuny.edu/anthropology/fac_asad.html|title=Profile Talal Asad |publisher=City University of New York |access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Wasiullah Khan]] – founder and chancellor of [[East-West University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastwest.edu/|title=You Belong at EWU|website=East-West University}}</ref> |
*[[Wasiullah Khan]] – founder and chancellor of [[East-West University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastwest.edu/|title=You Belong at EWU|website=East-West University}}</ref> |
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*[[Zaheer Ahmad]] – doctor in internal medicine; founder of the Shifa International Hospital<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/269492/spying-suspect-doctor-linked-with-nabi-fai-dies-in-islamabad/|title=Spying suspect: Doctor linked with Nabi Fai dies in Islamabad|work=Express Tribune|date= |
*[[Zaheer Ahmad]] – doctor in internal medicine; founder of the Shifa International Hospital<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/269492/spying-suspect-doctor-linked-with-nabi-fai-dies-in-islamabad/|title=Spying suspect: Doctor linked with Nabi Fai dies in Islamabad|work=Express Tribune|date=8 October 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Zia Mian]] – physicist and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security at [[Princeton University]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Princeton University |url=http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/faculty-staff/zia-mian/ |title=Zia Mian |publisher=Princeton.edu |date= |
*[[Zia Mian]] – physicist and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security at [[Princeton University]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Princeton University |url=http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/faculty-staff/zia-mian/ |title=Zia Mian |publisher=Princeton.edu |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=26 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224073551/http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/faculty-staff/zia-mian/ |archive-date=24 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wws.princeton.edu/people/display_person.xml?netid=zia&all=yes |title=Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs | Display Person |publisher=Wws.princeton.edu |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622195722/https://wws.princeton.edu/people/display_person.xml?netid=zia&all=yes |archive-date=22 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.isodarco.it/courses/andalo06/paper/andalo06_mian_abstract-CV.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 April 2010 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234939/http://www.isodarco.it/courses/andalo06/paper/andalo06_mian_abstract-CV.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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*[[Amir Hussain]] – Scholar of Islam at [[Loyola Marymount University]] |
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[[File:Ernest Howard Medal.jpg|thumb|320x320px|Ahsan Kareem receiving the [https://news.asce.org/kareem-awarded-with-the-ernest-e-howard-award/ Ernest Howard Medal] in 2019 from Robin Kemper, the president of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for his contributions to modeling, analysis and design of flexible structures for wind loading.]] |
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==Business and finance== |
==Business and finance== |
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[[File:Shahid_Khan_2015.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Shahid Khan]] at a 2015 [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] vs [[Washington Redskins]] match]] |
[[File:Shahid_Khan_2015.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Shahid Khan]] at a 2015 [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] vs [[Washington Redskins]] match]] |
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*[[Farooq Kathwari]] – chairman, president and chief executive officer of [[Ethan Allen (furniture company)|Ethan Allen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/2007-06-25-ceo-profile-kathwari_N.htm|title=CEO Profile: Ethan Allen's Kathwari was always a leader - USATODAY.com|access-date= |
*[[Farooq Kathwari]] – chairman, president and chief executive officer of [[Ethan Allen (furniture company)|Ethan Allen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/2007-06-25-ceo-profile-kathwari_N.htm|title=CEO Profile: Ethan Allen's Kathwari was always a leader - USATODAY.com|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> |
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* [[Fred Hassan]] – chairman of the board and chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company [[Schering-Plough]] from 2003 to 2009, when the company completed its merger with [[Merck & Co]]<ref>http://www.schering-plough.com/news/news_article.aspx?reqid=1350248 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> |
* [[Fred Hassan]] – chairman of the board and chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company [[Schering-Plough]] from 2003 to 2009, when the company completed its merger with [[Merck & Co]]<ref>http://www.schering-plough.com/news/news_article.aspx?reqid=1350248 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> |
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* [[Ghulam Bombaywala]] – owner and operator of multiple restaurants |
* [[Ghulam Bombaywala]] – owner and operator of multiple restaurants |
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*[[Javed Ahmed (businessman)|Javed Ahmed]] – currently lives in London, where his headquarters are; chief executive officer of [[Tate & Lyle]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article6322527.ece |location=London |work=The Times | first=Catherine | last=Boyle | title=Business big shot Javed Ahmed | date=May |
*[[Javed Ahmed (businessman)|Javed Ahmed]] – currently lives in London, where his headquarters are; former chief executive officer of [[Tate & Lyle]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article6322527.ece |location=London |work=The Times | first=Catherine | last=Boyle | title=Business big shot Javed Ahmed | date=20 May 2009}}</ref> a [[FTSE 250]] company which is one of Britain's oldest brands<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5388020.stm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204123803/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5388020.stm|url-status=dead|title=Sweet success for 'oldest brand'|date=28 September 2006|archivedate=4 February 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> |
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*[[Mansoor Ijaz]] – businessman; founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership; commentator on [[Fox News]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acus.org/users/mansoor-ijaz |title=Mansoor Ijaz | Atlantic Council |publisher=Acus.org |access-date= |
*[[Mansoor Ijaz]] – businessman; founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership; commentator on [[Fox News]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acus.org/users/mansoor-ijaz |title=Mansoor Ijaz | Atlantic Council |publisher=Acus.org |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806072638/http://www.acus.org/users/mansoor-ijaz |archive-date=6 August 2009 }}</ref> |
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*[[Michael Chowdry]] – businessman; founder of air cargo company [[Atlas Air]], which in 2001 was worth over $1.39 billion<ref>{{cite news|author=Betsy Schiffman, January |
*[[Michael Chowdry]] – businessman; founder of air cargo company [[Atlas Air]], which in 2001 was worth over $1.39 billion<ref>{{cite news|author=Betsy Schiffman, 25 January 2001, 12:00 pm ET |url=https://www.forbes.com/2001/01/25/0125faces.html |title=Forbes Faces: Michael Chowdry |work=Forbes |date= 25 January 2001|access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Nabeel Gareeb]] – |
*[[Nabeel Gareeb]] – appointed president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of [[MEMC Electronic Materials|MEMC]] in 2002;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fabtech.org/going_places/_a/nabeel_gareeb_leaves_memc/ |title=Nabeel Gareeb leaves MEMC |publisher=Fabtech.org |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> according to [[CNN]] he was the 24th highest paid CEO in 2006;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0709/gallery.women_men_highest_pay.fortune/24.html |publisher=CNN | title=24. Nabeel Gareeb}}</ref> according to ''[[Forbes]]'' he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the US<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/12/lead_bestbosses08_Nabeel-Gareeb_F2XS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506062325/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/12/lead_bestbosses08_Nabeel-Gareeb_F2XS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 May 2008 |title=#6 Nabeel Gareeb |work=Forbes |date=10 April 2008 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*Qasim Khan – international automotive business management executive who has served with General Motors Company since 1999 at various International operations in Middle East, Russia/ CIS, South Korea and Middle East operations while his US assignments were based at company's offices in New York (Cadillac Global HQ), Miami (Latin American HQ) and Michigan. |
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*[[Ramesh Balwani]] – |
*[[Ramesh Balwani]] – businessman; former president and COO of [[Theranos]] |
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* [[Safi Qureshey]] – former CEO and co-founder of [[AST Research]], a Fortune 500 company with revenues over US$2.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_safi_qureshey_ceo_of_quartics/s-0008178.html |title=Interview with Safi Qureshey, CEO of Quartics |publisher=socalTECH.com |date=March 22, 2007 |access-date=October 26, 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Shahid Khan]] – president of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2 billion in annual revenue;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/rams/story/157FC08894D54F6A862576C70020547C?OpenDocument |access-date=April |
* [[Safi Qureshey]] – former CEO and co-founder of [[AST Research]], a Fortune 500 company with revenues over US$2.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_safi_qureshey_ceo_of_quartics/s-0008178.html |title=Interview with Safi Qureshey, CEO of Quartics |publisher=socalTECH.com |date=22 March 2007 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Shahid Khan]] – president of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2 billion in annual revenue;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/rams/story/157FC08894D54F6A862576C70020547C?OpenDocument |access-date=24 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323165245/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/rams/story/157FC08894D54F6A862576C70020547C?OpenDocument |archive-date=23 March 2010 |title=Who is Shahid Khan - STLtoday.com }}</ref> in mid-December 2011 bought a majority stake of [[NFL]] team [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] for $760 million<ref>{{cite news|last=Ozanian |first=Mike |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2011/11/29/jacksonville-jaguars-sold-to-illinois-businessman-for-760-million/ |title=Jacksonville Jaguars sold to Illinois Businessman for $760 million |work=Forbes |date=29 November 2011 |access-date=29 November 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Sohaib Abbasi]] – former chairman and CEO of [[Informatica]] |
*[[Sohaib Abbasi]] – former chairman and CEO of [[Informatica]] |
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*[[Tariq Farid]] – entrepreneur; owner and CEO of [[Edible Arrangements]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tariqfarid.com/2009/02/about-tariq-farid.html |title=About |publisher=Tariq Farid |access-date= |
*[[Tariq Farid]] – entrepreneur; owner and CEO of [[Edible Arrangements]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tariqfarid.com/2009/02/about-tariq-farid.html |title=About |publisher=Tariq Farid |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024192127/http://www.tariqfarid.com/2009/02/about-tariq-farid.html |archive-date=24 October 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Zia Chishti]] – founder, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of [[Afiniti]]. |
*[[Zia Chishti]] – founder, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of [[Afiniti]]. |
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*[[Osman Rashid]] – co-founder of [[Chegg]] |
*[[Osman Rashid]] – co-founder of [[Chegg]] |
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==Media, art and entertainment== |
==Media, art and entertainment== |
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There are [[Urdu]] radio stations in areas with high Pakistani populations. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels, including [[GEO TV]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo-tv.us/ |title=Geo TV Live News GeoTV.com USA Watch Live News on Geo TV News |publisher=Geo-tv.us |access-date=October |
There are [[Urdu]] radio stations in areas with high Pakistani populations. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels, including [[GEO TV]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geo-tv.us/ |title=Geo TV Live News GeoTV.com USA Watch Live News on Geo TV News |publisher=Geo-tv.us |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> [[ARY Digital]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arydigitalusa.tv/about.html |title=ARY Digital || USA – About us |publisher=Arydigitalusa.tv |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918023626/http://www.arydigitalusa.tv/about.html |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}</ref> and [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptv.com.pk/ptvfamily.asp |title=Ptv's Official Website |publisher=Ptv.com.pk |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114183801/http://www.ptv.com.pk/ptvfamily.asp |archive-date=14 November 2010 }}</ref> 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 US, including Pakistanis.<ref>MTV DESI [http://www.mtvdesi.com/]. Retrieved 8 June 2006.</ref> MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.<ref>[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117959736.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Cable spinoffs feel Viacom squeeze]. Retrieved 10 January 2008.</ref> |
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[[File:Munni Begum.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Munni Begum]], [[ghazal]] singer]] |
[[File:Munni Begum.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[Munni Begum]], [[ghazal]] singer]] |
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*[[Adam Amin]] – sports announcer for [[ESPN]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/291867/2018/03/29/espns-adam-amin-hoping-his-first-womens-final-four-assignment-leads-to-many-more/|title=Less than a month after losing his father, ESPN's Adam Amin makes Women's Final Four debut|last=Deitsch|first=Richard|website=The Athletic|date= |
*[[Adam Amin]] – sports announcer for [[ESPN]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/291867/2018/03/29/espns-adam-amin-hoping-his-first-womens-final-four-assignment-leads-to-many-more/|title=Less than a month after losing his father, ESPN's Adam Amin makes Women's Final Four debut|last=Deitsch|first=Richard|website=The Athletic|date=29 March 2018|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Mr. Capone-E|Fahad Azam]] – rapper going by the stage name of Mr. Capone-E |
*[[Mr. Capone-E|Fahad Azam]] – rapper going by the stage name of Mr. Capone-E |
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*[[Fahad Rehmani]] – actor, television director and drama producer |
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*[[Fareed Haque]] – guitarist of Pakistani and Chilean descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fareed.com/bio.html |title=bio |publisher=Fareed.com |access-date= |
*[[Fareed Haque]] – guitarist of Pakistani and Chilean descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fareed.com/bio.html |title=bio |publisher=Fareed.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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⚫ | *[[Aishah Hasnie]] – television reporter and news anchor for [[Fox News]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Aishah Hasnie anchors FOX59′s First at Four and is a FOX59 Investigates reporter. |newspaper=[[WXIN|FOX 59]] |url=https://fox59.com/author/aishahhasniefox59/ |access-date= |
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*[[Hena Doba]] – TV anchor and news anchor for [[CBS]], known for "The National Desk with Hena Doba"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Ethan |date=21 March 2023 |title=Queens native discusses breaking barriers throughout her career as Pakistani-American news anchor – QNS.com |url=https://qns.com/2023/03/queens-native-news-anchor-break-barriers-career/ |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=qns.com |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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⚫ | *[[Aishah Hasnie]] – television reporter and news anchor for [[Fox News]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Aishah Hasnie anchors FOX59′s First at Four and is a FOX59 Investigates reporter. |newspaper=[[WXIN|FOX 59]] |url=https://fox59.com/author/aishahhasniefox59/ |access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Amna Nawaz]] – journalist and a co-anchor of the ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' |
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*[[Christel Khalil]] – of mixed Pakistani and African American descent |
*[[Christel Khalil]] – of mixed Pakistani and African American descent |
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*[[Aamina Sheikh]] – actress and model |
*[[Aamina Sheikh]] – actress and model |
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*[[Faran Tahir]] – actor; born in the U.S. but |
*[[Faran Tahir]] – actor; born in the U.S. but raised in Pakistan |
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*[[Dilshad Vadsaria]] – of |
*[[Dilshad Vadsaria]] – Pakistani American of Indian and Portuguese descent; television actress, ''[[Greek (TV series)|Greek]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dilshadvadsaria.com/index.php/about |title=About |publisher=Dilshad Vadsaria |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/section_Shows+Greek/page_Detail |title=ABC Family – Greek – Official TV Show Site |publisher=Abcfamily.go.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[GQ (actor)|Gregory J. Qaiyum]] – stage name GQ, American actor of German, English and Pakistani descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gqtheman.com/g_bio.php |title=Q Brothers Productions – GQ : bio |publisher=Gqtheman.com |access-date= |
*[[GQ (actor)|Gregory J. Qaiyum]] – stage name GQ, American actor of German, English and Pakistani descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gqtheman.com/g_bio.php |title=Q Brothers Productions – GQ : bio |publisher=Gqtheman.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Iqbal Theba]] – starred in numerous American sitcoms but most famous for playing [[Principal Figgins]] on the show ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' |
*[[Iqbal Theba]] – starred in numerous American sitcoms but most famous for playing [[Principal Figgins]] on the show ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' |
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*[[Krewella|Jahan Yousaf]] – part of EDM duo [[Krewella]] |
*[[Krewella|Jahan Yousaf]] – part of EDM duo [[Krewella]] |
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*[[JAQ (b-boy)|Jeffery A. Qaiyum]] – stage name JAQ; American professional b-boy of German, English and Pakistani descent |
*[[JAQ (b-boy)|Jeffery A. Qaiyum]] – stage name JAQ; American professional b-boy of German, English and Pakistani descent |
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*[[Lazarus (rapper)| |
*[[Lazarus (rapper)|Kamran Rashid Khan]] – stage name [[Lazarus (rapper)|Lazarus]], physician and rapper from [[Detroit]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pakhiphop.com/2009/06/mc-lazarus-rapper-and-docter.html |title=Welcome to Pakistans Hip Hop Music Scene: MC Lazarus, Rapper and Doctor |publisher=Pakhiphop.com |date=9 June 2009 |access-date=26 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321090856/http://www.pakhiphop.com/2009/06/mc-lazarus-rapper-and-docter.html |archive-date=21 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[File:Lazarus (rapper).jpeg|thumb|Kamran Rashid Khan, also known as Lazarus, is a graduate of [[Wayne State University]].]] |
[[File:Lazarus (rapper).jpeg|thumb|Kamran Rashid Khan, also known as Lazarus, is a graduate of [[Wayne State University]].]] |
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*[[Kamran Pasha]] – Hollywood screenwriter and director; wrote the Showtime hit series ''[[Sleeper Cell (TV miniseries)|Sleeper Cell]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kamranpasha.com/kamran_pasha.php |title=Kamran Pasha, Author of Mother of the Believers |publisher=Kamranpasha.com |access-date= |
*[[Kamran Pasha]] – Hollywood screenwriter and director; wrote the Showtime hit series ''[[Sleeper Cell (TV miniseries)|Sleeper Cell]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kamranpasha.com/kamran_pasha.php |title=Kamran Pasha, Author of Mother of the Believers |publisher=Kamranpasha.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Kumail Nanjiani]] – actor and [[comedian]], ''[[Franklin & Bash]]'', ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]''. |
*[[Kumail Nanjiani]] – actor and [[comedian]], ''[[Franklin & Bash]]'', ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]''. |
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*[[Lubna Agha]] – artist |
*[[Lubna Agha]] – artist |
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*[[Maheen Rizvi]] – Pakistani-American TV model and actress |
*[[Maheen Rizvi]] – Pakistani-American TV model and actress |
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*[[Mehr Hassan]] – Indian father, Pakistani mother; actress, model and classical dancer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1689887/|title=Mehr Hassan|work=IMDb|access-date= |
*[[Mehr Hassan]] – Indian father, Pakistani mother; actress, model and classical dancer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1689887/|title=Mehr Hassan|work=IMDb|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> |
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*[[Mehreen Jabbar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mehreenjabbar.com/ |title=Filmmaker |publisher=Mehreen Jabbar |access-date=October |
*[[Mehreen Jabbar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mehreenjabbar.com/ |title=Filmmaker |publisher=Mehreen Jabbar |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> – film director |
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*[[Minhal Baig]] – film director |
*[[Minhal Baig]] – film director |
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*[[Munaf Rayani]] – guitarist for the [[Texas|Texan]] post-rock band [[Explosions in the Sky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rectangular.org/explosions/EITS_Interview_Tokion_45_Jan2005.htm |title=Interview with Munaf in Tokion magazine no. 45, 2005 |publisher=Rectangular.org |access-date= |
*[[Munaf Rayani]] – guitarist for the [[Texas|Texan]] post-rock band [[Explosions in the Sky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rectangular.org/explosions/EITS_Interview_Tokion_45_Jan2005.htm |title=Interview with Munaf in Tokion magazine no. 45, 2005 |publisher=Rectangular.org |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Munni Begum]] – born Nadira; ghazal singer from Pakistan; based in [[Chicago, Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muziqpakistan.com/songs.php?auth=54 |title=songs and music on |publisher=Muziqpakistan.com |access-date= |
*[[Munni Begum]] – born Nadira; ghazal singer from Pakistan; based in [[Chicago, Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muziqpakistan.com/songs.php?auth=54 |title=songs and music on |publisher=Muziqpakistan.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Muqeem Khan]] – first Pakistani in the [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] VFX industry, 1996<ref name=TEDTalk>{{cite web|url=http://talentsearch.ted.com/video/Muqeem-Khan-Playful-technology|title=TED2013 Talent Search|access-date=December |
* [[Muqeem Khan]] – first Pakistani in the [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] VFX industry, 1996<ref name=TEDTalk>{{cite web|url=http://talentsearch.ted.com/video/Muqeem-Khan-Playful-technology|title=TED2013 Talent Search|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=BrightFuture>{{cite web|url=http://www.muqeemkhan.com/BrightFuture.html|title=Untitled Document|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=Blending>[http://www.muqeemkhan.com/press/Qatar_Tribune_Nation_page_23.pdf'' • “Blending Real With Virtual”, Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, May, 2009.'']</ref><ref name=Digital>[http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=159280&Cat=4&dt=1/24/2009'' • “Digital age in Pakistan not a distant dream”, The News, Karachi, Pakistan, January, 2011.'']</ref><ref name=Final-Fantasy>[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/246683/Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within/credits '' • Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 11, 2013, from http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/246683/Final-Fantasy-the-Spirits-Within/credits'']</ref><ref name=Total>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muqeemkhan.com/press/Total%20Realism%20Penunsula%202013.pdf|title=''• "Total realism with computer graphics no distant dream", Qatar Tribune, Doha, Qatar, March, 2013.'', February 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=anim2>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/110559/animation-in-pakistani-feature-films/|title=Animation in Pakistani feature films|date=28 January 2011|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=14 December 2015}}</ref> |
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*[[Nadia Ali (singer)|Nadia Ali]] – songwriter and former frontwoman of [[iiO (dance group)|iiO]] |
*[[Nadia Ali (singer)|Nadia Ali]] – songwriter and former frontwoman of [[iiO (dance group)|iiO]] |
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* [[Nadia Ali (actress)|Nadia Ali]] – erotic dancer and former actress in pornographic films |
* [[Nadia Ali (actress)|Nadia Ali]] – erotic dancer and former actress in pornographic films |
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*[[Nargis Fakhri]] – actress and model of half Pakistani and half Czech descent |
*[[Nargis Fakhri]] – actress and model of half Pakistani and half Czech descent |
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*[[Naureen Zaim]] – half Pakistani, half Irish; model, actress and athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naureenzaim.com/ |title=Naureen Zaim |publisher=Naureen Zaim |access-date= |
*[[Naureen Zaim]] – half Pakistani, half Irish; model, actress and athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naureenzaim.com/ |title=Naureen Zaim |publisher=Naureen Zaim |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Bohemia (musician)|Roger David]] – stage name Bohemia, rapper from San Francisco<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pesanashapyar.com/ |title=BOHEMIA the punjabi rapper |publisher=Pesanashapyar.com |access-date= |
*[[Bohemia (musician)|Roger David]] – stage name Bohemia, rapper from San Francisco<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pesanashapyar.com/ |title=BOHEMIA the punjabi rapper |publisher=Pesanashapyar.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Brockhampton (band)|Romil Hemnani]] – record producer, recording engineer, and DJ best known for being one of the main producers for American hip hop band [[Brockhampton (band)|BROCKHAMPTON]] |
*[[Brockhampton (band)|Romil Hemnani]] – record producer, recording engineer, and DJ best known for being one of the main producers for American hip hop band [[Brockhampton (band)|BROCKHAMPTON]] |
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*[[Sadia Shepard]] – filmmaker |
*[[Sadia Shepard]] – filmmaker and author |
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*[[Saeeda Imtiaz]] – Pakistani-American actress |
*[[Saeeda Imtiaz]] – Pakistani-American actress |
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*[[Salman Ahmad]] – founder and member of [[Junoon (band)|Junoon]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.junoon.com/home2.htm |title=Junoon[dot]com || The Official Website || home |publisher=Junoon.com |access-date= |
*[[Salman Ahmad]] – founder and member of [[Junoon (band)|Junoon]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.junoon.com/home2.htm |title=Junoon[dot]com || The Official Website || home |publisher=Junoon.com |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112212827/http://www.junoon.com/home2.htm |archive-date=12 November 2010 }}</ref> lives in New York; a UN Goodwill Ambassador<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/storyAr.asp?NewsID=657&Cr=AIDS&Cr1= |title=Pakistani musician Salman Ahmad to join UN's fight against AIDS |publisher=United Nations |date=8 June 2001 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/bios/salman-ahmad.asp |title=Salman Ahmad: Biography & Resources |publisher=Enlightennext.org |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617071432/http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/bios/salman-ahmad.asp |archive-date=17 June 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Sameer Asad Gardezi|Sameer A. Gardezi]] – Pakistani-American screenwriter for film and television best known for his work on ''[[Modern Family]]'' |
*[[Sameer Asad Gardezi|Sameer A. Gardezi]] – Pakistani-American screenwriter for film and television best known for his work on ''[[Modern Family]]'' |
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*[[Samia Khan]] – Pakistani-American writer and news personality |
*[[Samia Khan]] – Pakistani-American writer and news personality |
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* [[Shahzia Sikander]] |
* [[Shahzia Sikander]] – painter<ref>{{cite web|author=Art21 |url=https://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/sikander/index.html |title=Art21 . Shahzia Sikander. Biography. Documentary Film |publisher=PBS |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Shams Charania]] – prominent [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] reporter for ''[[The Athletic]]'' |
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*[[Somy Ali]] – former [[Bollywood]] actress, now model and journalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somyali.com/bio.html |title=Journalist and Model – Official Website |publisher=Somy Ali |access-date=October 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830135822/http://www.somyali.com/bio.html |archive-date=August 30, 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Somy Ali]] – former [[Bollywood]] actress, now model and journalist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somyali.com/bio.html |title=Journalist and Model – Official Website |publisher=Somy Ali |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830135822/http://www.somyali.com/bio.html |archive-date=30 August 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Sophia Ali]] – Pakistani-American actress |
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*[[Syma Chowdhry]] – television personality<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3494 |title=Beautiful Syma; Journalist |publisher=Blackstarnews.com |date=11 July 2007 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Tony Khan]] – founder and co-owner of [[All Elite Wrestling]] |
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*[[Krewella|Yasmine Yousaf]] – part of EDM duo [[Krewella]] |
*[[Krewella|Yasmine Yousaf]] – part of EDM duo [[Krewella]] |
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*[[Zehra Fazal]] – actress and comedian |
*[[Zehra Fazal]] – actress and comedian |
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==Military== |
==Military== |
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*Colonel [[Fazal Hussain (soldier)|Fazal Hussain]] of the [[United States Air Force]] – received [[Defense Meritorious Service Medal]] and [[Joint Service Commendation Medal]] for his distinguished accomplishments and outstanding contributions as a senior leader. |
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*Captain [[Humayun Khan (soldier)|Humayun Khan]] of the [[United States Army]] – received [[Purple Heart]] and [[Bronze Star]] for heroic actions during [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] |
*Captain [[Humayun Khan (soldier)|Humayun Khan]] of the [[United States Army]] – received [[Purple Heart]] and [[Bronze Star]] for heroic actions during [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] |
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*Specialist [[Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan|Kareem R.S Khan]] of the U.S. Army – recipient of the [[Purple Heart]] and [[Bronze Star]] for heroic actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom |
*Specialist [[Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan|Kareem R.S Khan]] of the U.S. Army – recipient of the [[Purple Heart]] and [[Bronze Star]] for heroic actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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==Pageant winners== |
==Pageant winners== |
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*[[Mariyah Moten]] – born in [[Karachi, Pakistan]]; now living in [[Houston Texas]]; Pakistan's first Miss Pakistan Bikini; third runner-up in the [[Miss Pakistan World]] pageant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariyahamoten.com/bio.php |title=The Official Mariyah A. Moten – Mariyah Bio |publisher=Mariyahamoten.com |access-date= |
*[[Mariyah Moten]] – born in [[Karachi, Pakistan]]; now living in [[Houston Texas]]; Pakistan's first Miss Pakistan Bikini; third runner-up in the [[Miss Pakistan World]] pageant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariyahamoten.com/bio.php |title=The Official Mariyah A. Moten – Mariyah Bio |publisher=Mariyahamoten.com |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302103657/http://www.mariyahamoten.com/bio.php |archive-date=2 March 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Ramina Ashfaque]] – [[Miss Pakistan World]] 2016–2017; from [[Miami]], [[Florida]] |
*[[Ramina Ashfaque]] – [[Miss Pakistan World]] 2016–2017; from [[Miami]], [[Florida]] |
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==Politics, government and law== |
==Politics, government and law== |
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[[File:Sada Cumber 2008.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Sada Cumber]] served as Special Envoy to the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] (OIC) on |
[[File:Sada Cumber 2008.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Sada Cumber]] served as Special Envoy to the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] (OIC) on 27 February 2008.]] |
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*[[Abid Riaz Qureshi]] – attorney and legal partner at [[Latham & Watkins]], member of Legal Ethics Committee of [[District of Columbia Bar]] and former nominee for federal judge of [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1282634/|title=Obama nominates Pakistani-American to serve as federal judge|website=Dawn|access-date= |
*[[Abid Riaz Qureshi]] – attorney and legal partner at [[Latham & Watkins]], member of Legal Ethics Committee of [[District of Columbia Bar]] and former nominee for federal judge of [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1282634/|title=Obama nominates Pakistani-American to serve as federal judge|website=Dawn|access-date=11 June 2017|date=7 September 2016}}</ref> |
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*Ameena Mohyuddin Zia, PhD - former Political Appointee of St. Louis County Government<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019 |
*Ameena Mohyuddin Zia, PhD - former Political Appointee of St. Louis County Government<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 November 2019|title=UMSL education propels Ameena Zia to local government, United Nations|url=https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2019/11/18/ameena-zia/|access-date=2 June 2021|website=UMSL Daily}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ameena Zia Archives|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/writer/ameena-zia/|access-date=2 June 2021|website=Daily Times|language=en-US}}</ref> and founder of Blue Ridge Impact Consulting<ref>{{Cite web|title=FOUNDER - LEARN MORE|url=https://www.blueridgeimpactconsulting.com/founder-learn-more|access-date=2 June 2021|website=Blueridgeconsulting|language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[Arif Alikhan]] – former appointee to the Obama |
*[[Arif Alikhan]] – former appointee to the Obama administration, where he served as assistant secretary for policy development at the United States [[Department of Homeland Security]]; former deputy mayor of homeland security and public safety for the City of Los Angeles; visiting professor of homeland security and counterterrorism at the [[National Defense University]]'s (NDU) College of International Security Affairs in Washington, D.C. |
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*[[Atif Qarni]] – [[Virginia Secretary of Education]] in the Cabinet of Governor [[Ralph Northam]] |
*[[Atif Qarni]] – [[Virginia Secretary of Education]] in the Cabinet of Governor [[Ralph Northam]] |
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*[[Ali Zaidi (lawyer)|Ali Zaidi]] – lawyer and policy advisor, Deputy [[White House National Climate Advisor]] |
*[[Ali Zaidi (lawyer)|Ali Zaidi]] – lawyer and policy advisor, Deputy [[White House National Climate Advisor]] |
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*[[Dilawar Syed]] – Nominated for Deputy Administrator of the [[Small Business Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominee for the Small Business Administration |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/03/president-biden-announces-key-nominee-for-the-small-business-administration/ |website=whitehouse.gov |date= |
*[[Dilawar Syed]] – Nominated for Deputy Administrator of the [[Small Business Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominee for the Small Business Administration |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/03/president-biden-announces-key-nominee-for-the-small-business-administration/ |website=whitehouse.gov |date=3 March 2021 |publisher=White House |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> |
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*[[Ehsan Zaffar]] – senior U.S. government advisor on civil rights<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://securitydebrief.com/2016/05/02/profiles-in-security-ehsan-zaffar/|title=Profiles in Security – Ehsan Zaffar|website=Security Debrief|access-date= |
*[[Ehsan Zaffar]] – senior U.S. government advisor on civil rights<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://securitydebrief.com/2016/05/02/profiles-in-security-ehsan-zaffar/|title=Profiles in Security – Ehsan Zaffar|website=Security Debrief|access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/towards-freer-secure-nation-interview-dhs-civil-rights-official/|title=Toward a Freer, More Secure Nation – Interview with a DHS Civil Rights Official {{!}} Defense Media Network|language=en-US|access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref> |
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*[[Faiz Shakir]] – political advisor, campaign manager for the [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign]] |
*[[Faiz Shakir]] – political advisor, campaign manager for the [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign]] |
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*[[Gholam Mujtaba]] – chair of the Pakistan Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to improve the US-Pakistan relationship |
*[[Gholam Mujtaba]] – chair of the Pakistan Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to improve the US-Pakistan relationship |
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*[[Lina Khan]] – legal scholar specializing in US antitrust and competition law, associate professor of law at [[Columbia Law School]], and chair of the [[Federal Trade Commission]] |
*[[Lina Khan]] – legal scholar specializing in US antitrust and competition law, associate professor of law at [[Columbia Law School]], and chair of the [[Federal Trade Commission]] |
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*[[Mahbub ul Haq]] – game theorist, economist and an international development theorist. Creator of [[Human Development Report]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dr. Mahbub ul-Haq|url = http://www.scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/ul-Haq/homepage.html|website = www.scu.edu|access-date = |
*[[Mahbub ul Haq]] – game theorist, economist and an international development theorist. Creator of [[Human Development Report]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dr. Mahbub ul-Haq|url = http://www.scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/ul-Haq/homepage.html|website = www.scu.edu|access-date = 23 February 2016|archive-date = 13 June 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150613150352/http://scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/ul-Haq/homepage.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title = Mahbub ul Haq and Human Development: A Tribute|jstor = 4407121|journal = Economic and Political Weekly|date = 1 January 1998|pages = 2275–2279|volume = 33|issue = 35|first = Sanjaya|last = Baru}}</ref> |
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*[[Sada Cumber]] – first U.S. envoy to the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of the Islamic Conference]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/101432.htm |access-date=April |
*[[Sada Cumber]] – first U.S. envoy to the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|Organisation of the Islamic Conference]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/101432.htm |access-date=24 April 2010 |title=Cumber, Sada |date=27 February 2008 }}</ref> |
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*[[Sadaf Jaffer]] – first female [[Muslim American]] mayor, first female [[South Asian]] mayor, and first female Pakistani-American mayor in the United States, of [[Montgomery, New Jersey|Montgomery]] in [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/first-female-muslim-mayor-in-the-us-calls-this-nj-town-home.html|title=First female Muslim mayor in the U.S. calls this N.J. town home|author=Olivia Rizzo|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date= |
*[[Sadaf Jaffer]] – first female [[Muslim American]] mayor, first female [[South Asian]] mayor, and first female Pakistani-American mayor in the United States, of [[Montgomery, New Jersey|Montgomery]] in [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/first-female-muslim-mayor-in-the-us-calls-this-nj-town-home.html|title=First female Muslim mayor in the U.S. calls this N.J. town home|author=Olivia Rizzo|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=21 May 2019|access-date=21 May 2019|quote=She is now the first female South Asian mayor of a New Jersey municipality and the first female Muslim mayor in the state. She is also believed to be the first female Muslim mayor, female Pakistani-American mayor and first female South Asian-American mayor first in the nation, according to Religionnews.com.}}</ref> |
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* [[Saggy Tahir|Saghir Tahir]] – [[New Hampshire]] State Representative; the only elected Pakistani American in the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]];<ref name="BBC-2004">{{cite news|title=US Muslims flex political muscle| author=Barnie Choudhury |publisher=BBC |date= January |
* [[Saggy Tahir|Saghir Tahir]] – [[New Hampshire]] State Representative; the only elected Pakistani American in the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]];<ref name="BBC-2004">{{cite news|title=US Muslims flex political muscle| author=Barnie Choudhury |publisher=BBC |date= 23 January 2004| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3422685.stm}} Retrieved 25 December 2006</ref> re-elected in 2006 for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Representative Saghir A. Tahir (r) |url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/billstatus/legdetails.asp?txten=376402 |publisher=New Hampshire General Court |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041129134755/http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/billstatus/legdetails.asp?txten=376402 |archive-date=29 November 2004 }} Retrieved 25 December 2006</ref> |
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*[[Saqib Ali]] – served as delegate to the [[Maryland House of Delegates]], elected in 2006, represented the 39th District<ref name="Hindustan">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1838839,001600060001.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195906/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1838839,001600060001.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date= |
*[[Saqib Ali]] – served as delegate to the [[Maryland House of Delegates]], elected in 2006, represented the 39th District<ref name="Hindustan">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1838839,001600060001.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195906/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1838839,001600060001.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2007 |title=Indo-Americans make a mark in US polls |work=Hindustan Times |location=India | date=8 November 2006}} Retrieved 10 December 2006</ref> |
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*[[Shamila N. Chaudhary]] – [[US government]] policy adviser<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/s/p/120244.htm |title=Chaudhary, Shamila N |publisher=State.gov |access-date= |
*[[Shamila N. Chaudhary]] – [[US government]] policy adviser<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/s/p/120244.htm |title=Chaudhary, Shamila N |publisher=State.gov |access-date=26 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228085656/http://www.state.gov/s/p/120244.htm |archive-date=28 February 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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*[[Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli]] – White House appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the State department during five Republican administrations |
*[[Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli]] – White House appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the State department during five Republican administrations |
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* [[Zahid Quraishi]] – United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. |
* [[Zahid Quraishi]] – United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. |
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* [[Zainab Ahmad]] – prosecutor of the [[United States Department of Justice]], former [[United States Attorney|Assistant United States Attorney]] for [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York|Eastern District of New York]]. Was a member of the [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|investigation team of the Special Counsel]] [[Robert Mueller]] that investigated possible [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]].<ref name="Zapotosky-7-5-2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/05/as-mueller-grows-his-russia-special-counsel-team-every-hire-is-under-scrutiny/|title=As Mueller builds his Russia special-counsel team, every hire is under scrutiny|first=Matt|last=Zapotosky|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July |
* [[Zainab Ahmad]] – prosecutor of the [[United States Department of Justice]], former [[United States Attorney|Assistant United States Attorney]] for [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York|Eastern District of New York]]. Was a member of the [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–present)|investigation team of the Special Counsel]] [[Robert Mueller]] that investigated possible [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections]].<ref name="Zapotosky-7-5-2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/05/as-mueller-grows-his-russia-special-counsel-team-every-hire-is-under-scrutiny/|title=As Mueller builds his Russia special-counsel team, every hire is under scrutiny|first=Matt|last=Zapotosky|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=5 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="CTC">{{cite web|url=https://ctc.usma.edu/posts/a-view-from-the-ct-foxhole-an-interview-with-zainab-n-ahmad-asst-u-s-attorney|title=A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Zainab N. Ahmad, Asst. U.S. Attorney|publisher=Combating Terrorism Center at West Point|first=Paul|last=Cruickshank|date=15 December 2015|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203020905/https://ctc.usma.edu/posts/a-view-from-the-ct-foxhole-an-interview-with-zainab-n-ahmad-asst-u-s-attorney|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Sports== |
==Sports== |
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*[[Asif Mujtaba]] |
*[[Asif Mujtaba]] – Pakistani cricketer |
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* [[Ali Khan (American cricketer)|Ali Khan]] – American |
* [[Ali Khan (American cricketer)|Ali Khan]] – American cricketer |
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*[[Farhan Zaidi]] – President of Baseball Operations, [[San Francisco Giants]] |
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*[[Farhan Zaidi]] – general manager, [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]<ref>{{cite news|author=TIM ROHAN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/sports/baseball/la-dodgers-set-to-hire-farhan-zaidi-a-small-market-executive-as-gm.html |title=Dodgers Set to Hire Farhan Zaidi, a Small-Market Executive, as G.M.|newspaper=NYTimes.com |access-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> |
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*[[Jahanzeb Rizwan]] – boxer, first boxer of Pakistani descent to win the National Golden Gloves competition in the United States |
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*[[Gibran Hamdan]] – professional footballer in the [[National Football League|NFL]]. He is the first person of [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] descent to play in the NFL. |
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*[[Hasan Habib]] – professional poker player<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Negreanu |url=http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/hasan-habib.htm |title=Hasan Habib – Poker Player Profile |publisher=Pokerpages.com |access-date=October 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531164823/http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/hasan-habib.htm |archive-date=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Gibran Hamdan]] – professional footballer in the [[National Football League|NFL]]; first person of [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] descent to play in the NFL |
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* [[Hammad Azam]] - Pakistani Cricketer |
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*[[Ali (wrestler)|Mustafa Ali]] – professional wrestler, currently signed to [[WWE]], first wrestler in WWE of Pakistani descent |
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*[[Nur B. Ali]] – racecar driver who drives in the ARCA Series for Cunningham Motorsports; the first Pakistani to become a racing driver; former two-time Southwest Formula Mazda Series Champion (2001 and 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alimotorsports.com/content/blogcategory/21/46/ |title=The Official Website of Nur Ali – www.alimotorsports.com – Nur Ali – Nur Ali |publisher=alimotorsports.com |date=12 October 1974 |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125224444/http://www.alimotorsports.com/content/blogcategory/21/46/ |archive-date=25 November 2010 }}</ref> |
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⚫ | *[[Rashid Zia]] – professional cricketer; represented the United States in the [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] trophy in 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25860.html |title=Rashid | United States of America Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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* [[Sami Aslam]] - Pakistani Cricketer |
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*[[Shayan Jahangir]] - American cricketer |
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==Writers== |
==Writers== |
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[[File:Bapsi_sidhwa_2008.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Bapsi Sidhwa]] at the 2008 Texas Book Festival]] |
[[File:Bapsi_sidhwa_2008.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Bapsi Sidhwa]] at the 2008 Texas Book Festival]] |
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*[[Asma Gull Hasan|Asma G. Hasan]] – award-winning writer; works includes the book ''Red, White, and Muslim'', a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim<ref>{{cite web|last=Gull |first=Asma |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061673757/Red_White_and_Muslim/index.aspx |title=Red, White, and Muslim: My Story of Belief by Asma Gull Hasan |publisher=Harpercollins.com |access-date= |
*[[Asma Gull Hasan|Asma G. Hasan]] – award-winning writer; works includes the book ''Red, White, and Muslim'', a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim<ref>{{cite web|last=Gull |first=Asma |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061673757/Red_White_and_Muslim/index.aspx |title=Red, White, and Muslim: My Story of Belief by Asma Gull Hasan |publisher=Harpercollins.com |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Bapsi Sidhwa]] – Pakistani novelist and playwright of [[Parsi people|Parsi]]-[[Zoroastrian]] background who now resides in Texas; her novel ''[[Cracking India]]'' (which described the [[Partition of India|Partition of British colonial India]]) was the basis for [[Deepa Mehta]]'s film ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jazbah.org/bapsis.php |title=Women of Pakistan – Bapsi Sidhwa |publisher=Jazbah.org |access-date= |
*[[Bapsi Sidhwa]] – Pakistani novelist and playwright of [[Parsi people|Parsi]]-[[Zoroastrian]] background who now resides in Texas; her novel ''[[Cracking India]]'' (which described the [[Partition of India|Partition of British colonial India]]) was the basis for [[Deepa Mehta]]'s film ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jazbah.org/bapsis.php |title=Women of Pakistan – Bapsi Sidhwa |publisher=Jazbah.org |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115111059/http://www.jazbah.org/bapsis.php |archive-date=15 November 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Daniyal Mueenuddin]] – author of the short-story collection ''[[In Other Rooms, Other Wonders]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Daniyal |first=By |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101484912 |title=Pakistani-American Writer Bridges Two Worlds |newspaper=NPR.org |publisher=NPR |date= |
*[[Daniyal Mueenuddin]] – author of the short-story collection ''[[In Other Rooms, Other Wonders]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Daniyal |first=By |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101484912 |title=Pakistani-American Writer Bridges Two Worlds |newspaper=NPR.org |publisher=NPR |date=6 March 2009 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Imad Rahman]] – fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsline.com.pk/Newssep2004/booksep2.htm |access-date= |
*[[Imad Rahman]] – fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsline.com.pk/Newssep2004/booksep2.htm |access-date=24 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010161803/http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsSep2004/booksep2.htm |archive-date=10 October 2008 |title=Interview - Imad Rahman }}</ref> |
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*[[Maliha Masood]] – award-winning writer in creative non-fiction; author of the travel memoir ''Zaatar Days, Henna Nights''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maliha-masood.com/bio.html |title=Zaatar Days, Henna Nights | Bio |publisher=Maliha-masood.com |access-date= |
*[[Maliha Masood]] – award-winning writer in creative non-fiction; author of the travel memoir ''Zaatar Days, Henna Nights''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maliha-masood.com/bio.html |title=Zaatar Days, Henna Nights | Bio |publisher=Maliha-masood.com |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011071207/http://www.maliha-masood.com/bio.html |archive-date=11 October 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Nabeel Qureshi (author)|Nabeel Qureshi]] – [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Apologetics|apologetic]], author, and speaker. |
*[[Nabeel Qureshi (author)|Nabeel Qureshi]] – [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Apologetics|apologetic]], author, and speaker. |
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*[[Noon Meem Danish|Noon M. Danish]] – Pakistani poet of African and [[Baloch people|Baloch]] descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2007/12/afro-pakistani-poet.html |title=Amardeep Singh: An Afro-Pakistani Poet |publisher=Lehigh.edu |date= |
*[[Noon Meem Danish|Noon M. Danish]] – Pakistani poet of African and [[Baloch people|Baloch]] descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2007/12/afro-pakistani-poet.html |title=Amardeep Singh: An Afro-Pakistani Poet |publisher=Lehigh.edu |date=11 December 2007 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Nouman Ali Khan]] – Muslim speaker and author.<ref>Hussein Kesvani, ''Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims'', Oxford University Press, 2019, p. 17</ref> |
*[[Nouman Ali Khan]] – Muslim speaker and author.<ref>Hussein Kesvani, ''Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims'', Oxford University Press, 2019, p. 17</ref> |
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*[[Raees Warsi]] – award-winning poet; writer and founder of Urdu Markaz New York (Urdu Language Center) in 1989 |
*[[Raees Warsi]] – award-winning poet; writer and founder of Urdu Markaz New York (Urdu Language Center) in 1989 |
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*[[Rohina Malik]] – playwright, actress and solo performance artist<ref>{{cite web|title=Rohina Malik Biography|url=http://www.chicagodramatists.org/Sys/PublicProfile/4512422|publisher=Chicago Dramatists}}</ref> |
*[[Rohina Malik]] – playwright, actress and solo performance artist<ref>{{cite web|title=Rohina Malik Biography|url=http://www.chicagodramatists.org/Sys/PublicProfile/4512422|publisher=Chicago Dramatists}}</ref> |
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*[[Samina Quraeshi]] – award-winning author, artist and designer<ref name="Gardner Visiting Fellow, 2008–2009">[http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/410 Samina Quraeshi], |
*[[Samina Quraeshi]] – award-winning author, artist and designer<ref name="Gardner Visiting Fellow, 2008–2009">[http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/410 Samina Quraeshi], 22 May 2010.</ref> |
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*[[Sana Amanat]] – American comic book editor for [[Marvel Comics]]; co-created the first solo series to feature a Muslim female super hero, [[Ms. Marvel]], which gained worldwide media attention, sparking excitement and dialogue about identity and the Muslim-American struggle |
*[[Sana Amanat]] – American comic book editor for [[Marvel Comics]]; co-created the first solo series to feature a Muslim female super hero, [[Ms. Marvel]], which gained worldwide media attention, sparking excitement and dialogue about identity and the Muslim-American struggle |
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* [[Shaila Abdullah]] – Pakistani women's writer and author<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shailaabdullah.com/bio.html |title=Shaila Abdullah bio |access-date= |
* [[Shaila Abdullah]] – Pakistani women's writer and author<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shailaabdullah.com/bio.html |title=Shaila Abdullah bio |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716050558/http://www.shailaabdullah.com/bio.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi|Yasir Qadhi]] – Muslim author and Islamic teacher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almaghrib.org/instructor_YQ.php |title=AlMaghrib Institute – Instructors – Yasir Qadhi |publisher=Almaghrib.org |access-date= |
* [[Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi|Yasir Qadhi]] – Muslim author and Islamic teacher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almaghrib.org/instructor_YQ.php |title=AlMaghrib Institute – Instructors – Yasir Qadhi |publisher=Almaghrib.org |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025092323/http://almaghrib.org/instructor_YQ.php |archive-date=25 October 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Zulfikar Ghose]] – novelist, poet and essayist<ref>{{cite web|author=Muneeza Shamsie (Independent scholar) |url=http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1724 |title=Literary Encyclopedia: Zulfikar Ghose |publisher=Litencyc.com |date=February |
*[[Zulfikar Ghose]] – novelist, poet and essayist<ref>{{cite web|author=Muneeza Shamsie (Independent scholar) |url=http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1724 |title=Literary Encyclopedia: Zulfikar Ghose |publisher=Litencyc.com |date=14 February 2003 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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==Militants== |
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*[[David Headley]] – pleaded guilty to helping [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] carry out [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]<ref name="bbc20100318">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8575542.stm|title=US citizen David Headley admits role in Mumbai attacks|date=March 18, 2010|work=BBC |publisher=BBC |access-date=October 5, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Aafia Siddiqui]] was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and three counts of assault on US officers and employees. She is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas. |
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*[[Faisal Shahzad]] – convicted [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]] operative sentenced to life in prison for [[2010 Times Square car bombing attempt]]<ref name="nyp20101005">{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/times_square_bomber_faces_sentencing_jTMkFLGYDPao0qaW8bOXtK |title=Defiant Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad sentenced to life in prison |date=October 5, 2010 |work=New York Post |access-date=October 5, 2010 |first1=John |last1=Doyle |first2=Sally |last2=Goldenberg |first3=Bruce |last3=Golding |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006105947/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/times_square_bomber_faces_sentencing_jTMkFLGYDPao0qaW8bOXtK |archive-date=October 6, 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Farooque Ahmed]] – sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2011 for plotting to bomb [[Washington Metro]]<ref name="nyt20101027">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/us/28bomb.html|title=Virginia Man Is Charged in Plot on Capital Subway|last=Tavernise|first=Sabrina|date=October 27, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Iyman Faris]] – sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2003 for supporting [[Al-qaeda]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2003/October/03_crm_589.htm|title=IYMAN FARIS SENTENCED FOR PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO AL QAEDA|work=USDOJ|access-date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Jubair Ahmad]] – sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2012 for supporting designated foreign terrorist organization [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<ref name="WP20111203">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-man-expected-to-plead-to-helping-pakistani-terrorist-group-with-web-propaganda/2011/12/02/gIQA3p2rJO_story.html|title=Va. man pleads guilty to helping Pakistani terrorist group with Web propaganda|date=December 3, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 3, 2011}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
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*[[Mohammed Junaid Babar|Mohammed J. Babar]] – sentenced for helping [[July 7, 2005 London bombings]] accused [[Mohammad Sidique Khan]]<ref name="NYT20110215">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/world/europe/16babar.html|title=British Anger Over Release of Man Linked to Bombs|date=February 15, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 18, 2011|first1=Ravi|last1=Somaiya|first2=William K.|last2=Rashbaum}}</ref> |
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*[[Samir Khan]] – editor of [[Al-Qaeda]] web magazine ''[[Inspire (magazine)|Inspire]]'', killed along with [[Anwar al-Awlaki]] in a drone strike in Yemen<ref name="Ut20110830">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-09-30/anwar-al-awlaki-killed-yemen/50613048/1|title=U.S.-born al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen|date=September 30, 2011|work=USA Today|access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Shahawar Matin Siraj|Shahwar M. Siraj]] – Islamist sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to plant a bomb in the [[34th Street – Herald Square (New York City Subway)|34th Street – Herald Square]] station of the [[New York City Subway]]<ref name="nyt20060525">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/25/nyregion/25herald.html|title=Guilty Verdict in Plot to Bomb Subway Station|date=May 25, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 24, 2011|first=William K.|last=Rashbaum}}</ref> |
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*[[Syed Fahad Hashmi|Syed F. Hashmi]] – sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010 for aiding al-Qaeda<ref name="nydn20100610">{{cite news|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-06-10/news/29438661_1_syed-hashmi-terrorism-charges-material-support|title=Syed Hashmi sentenced to 15 years for aiding Al Qaeda chief|date=June 10, 2010|access-date=June 18, 2011|location=New York|work=Daily News}}</ref> |
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*[[Syed Haris Ahmed|Syed H. Ahmed]] – sentenced to 13 years in prison and 30 years of supervised release for supporting terrorism<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2009-06-04/justice/georgia.terror.trial_1_argument-mr-ahmed-syed-haris-ahmed|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708050624/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-06-04/justice/georgia.terror.trial_1_argument-mr-ahmed-syed-haris-ahmed|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2012|title=Terror trial defendant makes own closing argument|date=June 4, 2009|publisher=CNN|access-date=June 16, 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Syed Rizwan Farook|Syed R. Farook]] – with [[Tashfeen Malik]], a perpetrator of the [[2015 San Bernardino attack]] |
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==Other== |
==Other== |
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* [[Aasiya Zubair]] – network executive<ref>{{cite web|author=Mylous Hairston Posted by: Emily Lenihan |url=http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/Man_charged_with_wifes_gruesome_death_20090213 |title=Man charged with wife's gruesome death |publisher=WIVB.com |date= |
* [[Aasiya Zubair]] – network executive<ref>{{cite web|author=Mylous Hairston Posted by: Emily Lenihan |url=http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/Man_charged_with_wifes_gruesome_death_20090213 |title=Man charged with wife's gruesome death |publisher=WIVB.com |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021014121/http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/Man_charged_with_wifes_gruesome_death_20090213 |archive-date=21 October 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Abdul Malik Mujahid|Abdul M. Mujahid]] – American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, non-profit entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff writer |url=http://www.soundvision.com/abdulmalikmujahid.asp |title=Bio of Abdul Malik Mujahid |publisher=Soundvision.com |access-date= |
*[[Abdul Malik Mujahid|Abdul M. Mujahid]] – American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, non-profit entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff writer |url=http://www.soundvision.com/abdulmalikmujahid.asp |title=Bio of Abdul Malik Mujahid |publisher=Soundvision.com |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230103735/http://www.soundvision.com/abdulmalikmujahid.asp |archive-date=30 December 2010 }}</ref> |
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*[[Ashrafuz Zaman Khan]], American Muslim leader who is head of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Queens branch<ref>{{Cite web |last=bdnews24.com |title=Investigator in US for Ashrafuzzaman |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/investigator-in-us-for-ashrafuzzaman |access-date=28 April 2023 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[Ahmad Adaya]] – [[Islam in the United States|American Muslim]] real estate tycoon and philanthropist; founding partner of prominent California real estate company, IDS Real Estate Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slrresearch.org/_pages/aac_fellowship.htm |title=SLRH Lab Team and Projects |publisher=Slrresearch.org |date= |
*[[Ahmad Adaya]] – [[Islam in the United States|American Muslim]] real estate tycoon and philanthropist; founding partner of prominent California real estate company, IDS Real Estate Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slrresearch.org/_pages/aac_fellowship.htm |title=SLRH Lab Team and Projects |publisher=Slrresearch.org |date=11 February 2010 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Arsalan Iftikhar]] – American international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area; founder of TheMuslimGuy;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themuslimguy.com/|title=Arsalan Iftikhar | The Muslim Guy.com|website=Arsalan Iftikhar | The Muslim Guy.com}}</ref> Contributing Editor for ''Islamica'' magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themuslimguy.com/ |title=Arsalan Iftikhar | The Muslim Guy | Editor | Human Rights Lawyer |publisher=TheMuslimGuy |access-date= |
*[[Arsalan Iftikhar]] – American international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area; founder of TheMuslimGuy;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themuslimguy.com/|title=Arsalan Iftikhar | The Muslim Guy.com|website=Arsalan Iftikhar | The Muslim Guy.com}}</ref> Contributing Editor for ''Islamica'' magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themuslimguy.com/ |title=Arsalan Iftikhar | The Muslim Guy | Editor | Human Rights Lawyer |publisher=TheMuslimGuy |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Faisal Alam]] – gay Pakistani-American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims<ref>{{cite web |last=Hari |first=Johann |url=http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=395 |title=Outcast heroes: the story of gay Muslims |publisher=Johann Hari |date= |
*[[Faisal Alam]] – gay Pakistani-American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims<ref>{{cite web |last=Hari |first=Johann |url=http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=395 |title=Outcast heroes: the story of gay Muslims |publisher=Johann Hari |date=20 May 2004 |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514110020/http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=395 |archive-date=14 May 2011 }}</ref> |
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*[[Fatima Ali]] – chef and restaurateur. |
*[[Fatima Ali]] – chef and restaurateur. |
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*[[Mohammad Salman Hamdani|Mohammad S. Hamdani]] – Muslim Pakistani American medical student who was killed in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] while rescuing victims at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spectacle.org/yearzero/salman.html |title=Salman Hamdani |publisher=Spectacle.org |date= |
*[[Mohammad Salman Hamdani|Mohammad S. Hamdani]] – Muslim Pakistani American medical student who was killed in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] while rescuing victims at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spectacle.org/yearzero/salman.html |title=Salman Hamdani |publisher=Spectacle.org |date=29 March 2003 |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yespakistan.com/terrorism/salman.asp |title=Salman Hamdani |publisher=Yespakistan.com |access-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101630/http://www.yespakistan.com/terrorism/salman.asp |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.9-11heroes.us/v/Mohammad_Salman_Hamdani.php |title=9–11 Victim Memorial: Mohammad Salman Hamdani |publisher=9-11heroes.us |access-date=26 October 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Riffat Hassan]] – theologian and Islamic feminist scholar of the [[Qur'an]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.webb-international.org/download/word/articles_riffat/drHassanBRIEFBIO.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date= |
*[[Riffat Hassan]] – theologian and Islamic feminist scholar of the [[Qur'an]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.webb-international.org/download/word/articles_riffat/drHassanBRIEFBIO.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 April 2010 |archive-date=28 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728172333/http://www.webb-international.org/download/word/articles_riffat/drHassanBRIEFBIO.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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*[[Disappearance of Sky Metalwala|Sky Metalwala]] – child missing from the Seattle area. since 2011 |
*[[Disappearance of Sky Metalwala|Sky Metalwala]] – child missing from the Seattle area. since 2011 |
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*[[Yasmin Aga Khan|Yasmin A. Khan]] – American-Pakistani philanthropist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wic.org/bio/pkhan.htm |title=WIC Biography – Princess Yasmin Aga Khan |publisher=Wic.org |access-date= |
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The following is a list of notable Pakistani Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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Academia, science and technology
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- Abdul J. Tajik – researcher in clinical medicine[1]
- Adil Haider – trauma surgeon and former Kessler Director for the Center for Surgery and Public Health, a joint initiative of the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School[2][3]
- Adil Najam – professor of earth, environment and international relations and dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University;[4] founding editor of blog Pakistaniat[5][6]
- Ahsan Kareem – Robert M Moran Professor of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame; director of the NatHaz Modeling Laboratory; member of the US, Chinese, Japanese and Indian Academies of Engineering
- Akbar S. Ahmed – U.S. resident Pakistani anthropologist; the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University;[7] producer of the film Journey Into Europe, on Islam in Europe
- Ali S. Khan – surgeon and former director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[8]
- Anwar Shaikh – professor of economics at the graduate faculty of The New School in New York City[9]
- Asad Abidi – professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles; member of the National Academy of Engineering[10]
- Ashar Aziz – electrical engineer, business executive and founder of FireEye[11]
- Azra Raza – Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University.[12]
- Atif Mian – professor of economics at Princeton University[13]
- Ayesha Jalal – MacArthur Fellow and Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University[14]
- Ayub K. Ommaya – neurosurgeon and expert in traumatic brain injuries, clinical researcher at the National Institutes of Health; invented the Ommaya reservoir, which is used to provide chemotherapy directly to brain tumors[15]
- Azra Raza – Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and director of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Center at Columbia University.
- Farooq Azam – distinguished professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; researcher in the field of marine microbiology[16]
- Gul Agha – professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign[17]
- Hafeez Malik – professor of political science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania[18]
- Hamid Nawab – professor of electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering, Boston University; co-author of widely used textbook Signals and Systems (1997), published by Prentice Hall (Pearson); researcher in signal processing and machine perception with application to auditory, speech, and neuromuscular systems[19]
- Irfan Siddiqi – professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and also vice chair of the university's department of physics[20]
- Mark S. Humayun – professor of ophthalmology at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, holder of the Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences, and director of USC Eye Institute and Institute For Biomedical Therapeutics[21]
- Muhammed S. Zubairy – professor in the department of physics and astronomy and holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at the Texas A&M University[22]
- Mujaddid A. Ijaz – physicist known for his work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, professor of physics at Virginia Tech[23][24]
- Nergis Mavalvala – Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and 2010 MacArthur Fellow; part of the team that made the first direct gravitational wave observation. Dean of MIT's School of Science.[25][26]
- Saleem H. Ali – environmental researcher and associate dean for graduate studies at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources; writer and contributor to publications such as the International Herald Tribune[27]
- Rayid Ghani – senior fellow and director of the Center for Data Science and Public Policy at the Computation Institute (a joint initiative of the University of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory), as well as the research director of the institute. Also a senior fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy of the University of Chicago.[28]
- Sara Suleri – professor of English at Yale University[29]
- Shahab Ahmed – Scholar of Islam at Harvard University
- Syra Madad – pathogen preparedness expert and infectious disease epidemiologist
- Talal Asad – professor of anthropology and religious studies at CUNY[30]
- Wasiullah Khan – founder and chancellor of East-West University[31]
- Zaheer Ahmad – doctor in internal medicine; founder of the Shifa International Hospital[32]
- Zia Mian – physicist and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University[33][34][35]
- Amir Hussain – Scholar of Islam at Loyola Marymount University
Business and finance
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- Farooq Kathwari – chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ethan Allen[36]
- Fred Hassan – chairman of the board and chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003 to 2009, when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co[37]
- Ghulam Bombaywala – owner and operator of multiple restaurants
- Javed Ahmed – currently lives in London, where his headquarters are; former chief executive officer of Tate & Lyle,[38] a FTSE 250 company which is one of Britain's oldest brands[39]
- Mansoor Ijaz – businessman; founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership; commentator on Fox News[40]
- Michael Chowdry – businessman; founder of air cargo company Atlas Air, which in 2001 was worth over $1.39 billion[41]
- Nabeel Gareeb – appointed president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of MEMC in 2002;[42] according to CNN he was the 24th highest paid CEO in 2006;[43] according to Forbes he was the 6th highest earning CEO in 2008 in the US[44]
- Qasim Khan – international automotive business management executive who has served with General Motors Company since 1999 at various International operations in Middle East, Russia/ CIS, South Korea and Middle East operations while his US assignments were based at company's offices in New York (Cadillac Global HQ), Miami (Latin American HQ) and Michigan.
- Ramesh Balwani – businessman; former president and COO of Theranos
- Safi Qureshey – former CEO and co-founder of AST Research, a Fortune 500 company with revenues over US$2.5 billion[45]
- Shahid Khan – president of Flex-N-Gate Corp., with $2 billion in annual revenue;[46] in mid-December 2011 bought a majority stake of NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars for $760 million[47]
- Sohaib Abbasi – former chairman and CEO of Informatica
- Tariq Farid – entrepreneur; owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements[48]
- Zia Chishti – founder, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Afiniti.
- Osman Rashid – co-founder of Chegg
Media, art and entertainment
[edit]There are Urdu radio stations in areas with high Pakistani populations. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels, including GEO TV,[49] ARY Digital,[50] and PTV.[51] Others have offered Pakistani 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 US, including Pakistanis.[52] MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.[53]
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- Adam Amin – sports announcer for ESPN[54]
- Bassam Tariq – film director
- Fahad Azam – rapper going by the stage name of Mr. Capone-E
- Fahad Rehmani – actor, television director and drama producer
- Fareed Haque – guitarist of Pakistani and Chilean descent[55]
- Hena Doba – TV anchor and news anchor for CBS, known for "The National Desk with Hena Doba"[56]
- Aishah Hasnie – television reporter and news anchor for Fox News[57]
- Amna Nawaz – journalist and a co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour
- Christel Khalil – of mixed Pakistani and African American descent
- Aamina Sheikh – actress and model
- Faran Tahir – actor; born in the U.S. but raised in Pakistan
- Dilshad Vadsaria – Pakistani American of Indian and Portuguese descent; television actress, Greek[58][59]
- Gregory J. Qaiyum – stage name GQ, American actor of German, English and Pakistani descent[60]
- Iqbal Theba – starred in numerous American sitcoms but most famous for playing Principal Figgins on the show Glee
- Jahan Yousaf – part of EDM duo Krewella
- Jeffery A. Qaiyum – stage name JAQ; American professional b-boy of German, English and Pakistani descent
- Kamran Rashid Khan – stage name Lazarus, physician and rapper from Detroit[61]
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- Kamran Pasha – Hollywood screenwriter and director; wrote the Showtime hit series Sleeper Cell[62]
- Kumail Nanjiani – actor and comedian, Franklin & Bash, Silicon Valley.
- Lubna Agha – artist
- Maheen Rizvi – Pakistani-American TV model and actress
- Mehr Hassan – Indian father, Pakistani mother; actress, model and classical dancer[63]
- Mehreen Jabbar[64] – film director
- Minhal Baig – film director
- Munaf Rayani – guitarist for the Texan post-rock band Explosions in the Sky[65]
- Munni Begum – born Nadira; ghazal singer from Pakistan; based in Chicago, Illinois[66]
- Muqeem Khan – first Pakistani in the Hollywood VFX industry, 1996[67][68][69][70][71][72][73]
- Nadia Ali – songwriter and former frontwoman of iiO
- Nadia Ali – erotic dancer and former actress in pornographic films
- Nargis Fakhri – actress and model of half Pakistani and half Czech descent
- Naureen Zaim – half Pakistani, half Irish; model, actress and athlete[74]
- Roger David – stage name Bohemia, rapper from San Francisco[75]
- Romil Hemnani – record producer, recording engineer, and DJ best known for being one of the main producers for American hip hop band BROCKHAMPTON
- Sadia Shepard – filmmaker and author
- Saeeda Imtiaz – Pakistani-American actress
- Salman Ahmad – founder and member of Junoon;[76] lives in New York; a UN Goodwill Ambassador[77][78]
- Sameer A. Gardezi – Pakistani-American screenwriter for film and television best known for his work on Modern Family
- Samia Khan – Pakistani-American writer and news personality
- Shahzia Sikander – painter[79]
- Shams Charania – prominent NBA reporter for The Athletic
- Sitara Hewitt – Canadian-American actress
- Somy Ali – former Bollywood actress, now model and journalist[80]
- Sophia Ali – Pakistani-American actress
- Sumail Hassan – professional Dota 2 player, part of the team Evil Geniuses
- Syma Chowdhry – television personality[81]
- Tony Khan – founder and co-owner of All Elite Wrestling
- Yasmine Yousaf – part of EDM duo Krewella
- Zehra Fazal – actress and comedian
Military
[edit]- Colonel Fazal Hussain of the United States Air Force – received Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Joint Service Commendation Medal for his distinguished accomplishments and outstanding contributions as a senior leader.
- Captain Humayun Khan of the United States Army – received Purple Heart and Bronze Star for heroic actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Specialist Kareem R.S Khan of the U.S. Army – recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for heroic actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Pageant winners
[edit]- Mariyah Moten – born in Karachi, Pakistan; now living in Houston Texas; Pakistan's first Miss Pakistan Bikini; third runner-up in the Miss Pakistan World pageant[82]
- Ramina Ashfaque – Miss Pakistan World 2016–2017; from Miami, Florida
Politics, government and law
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- Abid Riaz Qureshi – attorney and legal partner at Latham & Watkins, member of Legal Ethics Committee of District of Columbia Bar and former nominee for federal judge of United States District Court for the District of Columbia[83]
- Ameena Mohyuddin Zia, PhD - former Political Appointee of St. Louis County Government[84][85] and founder of Blue Ridge Impact Consulting[86]
- Arif Alikhan – former appointee to the Obama administration, where he served as assistant secretary for policy development at the United States Department of Homeland Security; former deputy mayor of homeland security and public safety for the City of Los Angeles; visiting professor of homeland security and counterterrorism at the National Defense University's (NDU) College of International Security Affairs in Washington, D.C.
- Atif Qarni – Virginia Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of Governor Ralph Northam
- Ali Zaidi – lawyer and policy advisor, Deputy White House National Climate Advisor
- Dilawar Syed – Nominated for Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration.[87]
- Ehsan Zaffar – senior U.S. government advisor on civil rights[88][89]
- Faiz Shakir – political advisor, campaign manager for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign
- Gholam Mujtaba – chair of the Pakistan Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to improve the US-Pakistan relationship
- Lina Khan – legal scholar specializing in US antitrust and competition law, associate professor of law at Columbia Law School, and chair of the Federal Trade Commission
- Mahbub ul Haq – game theorist, economist and an international development theorist. Creator of Human Development Report.[90][91]
- Sada Cumber – first U.S. envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference[92]
- Sadaf Jaffer – first female Muslim American mayor, first female South Asian mayor, and first female Pakistani-American mayor in the United States, of Montgomery in Somerset County, New Jersey.[93]
- Saghir Tahir – New Hampshire State Representative; the only elected Pakistani American in the Republican Party;[94] re-elected in 2006 for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town of Manchester[95]
- Saqib Ali – served as delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates, elected in 2006, represented the 39th District[96]
- Shamila N. Chaudhary – US government policy adviser[97]
- Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli – White House appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the State department during five Republican administrations
- Zahid Quraishi – United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
- Zainab Ahmad – prosecutor of the United States Department of Justice, former Assistant United States Attorney for Eastern District of New York. Was a member of the investigation team of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller that investigated possible Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[98][99]
Sports
[edit]- Asif Mujtaba – Pakistani cricketer
- Ali Khan – American cricketer
- Farhan Zaidi – President of Baseball Operations, San Francisco Giants
- Jahanzeb Rizwan – boxer, first boxer of Pakistani descent to win the National Golden Gloves competition in the United States
- Gibran Hamdan – professional footballer in the NFL; first person of Pakistani descent to play in the NFL
- Hammad Azam - Pakistani Cricketer
- Hasan Habib – professional poker player[100]
- Mustafa Ali – professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE, first wrestler in WWE of Pakistani descent
- Nasir Javed – professional cricketer[101]
- Nur B. Ali – racecar driver who drives in the ARCA Series for Cunningham Motorsports; the first Pakistani to become a racing driver; former two-time Southwest Formula Mazda Series Champion (2001 and 2002)[102]
- Rashid Zia – professional cricketer; represented the United States in the ICC trophy in 2001[103]
- Sami Aslam - Pakistani Cricketer
- Shayan Jahangir - American cricketer
Writers
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- Asma G. Hasan – award-winning writer; works includes the book Red, White, and Muslim, a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim[104]
- Bapsi Sidhwa – Pakistani novelist and playwright of Parsi-Zoroastrian background who now resides in Texas; her novel Cracking India (which described the Partition of British colonial India) was the basis for Deepa Mehta's film Earth[105]
- Daniyal Mueenuddin – author of the short-story collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders[106]
- Imad Rahman – fiction writer whose first short story collection was published in 2004[107]
- Maliha Masood – award-winning writer in creative non-fiction; author of the travel memoir Zaatar Days, Henna Nights[108]
- Nabeel Qureshi – Christian apologetic, author, and speaker.
- Noon M. Danish – Pakistani poet of African and Baloch descent[109]
- Nouman Ali Khan – Muslim speaker and author.[110]
- Raees Warsi – award-winning poet; writer and founder of Urdu Markaz New York (Urdu Language Center) in 1989
- Rohina Malik – playwright, actress and solo performance artist[111]
- Samina Quraeshi – award-winning author, artist and designer[112]
- Sana Amanat – American comic book editor for Marvel Comics; co-created the first solo series to feature a Muslim female super hero, Ms. Marvel, which gained worldwide media attention, sparking excitement and dialogue about identity and the Muslim-American struggle
- Shaila Abdullah – Pakistani women's writer and author[113]
- Yasir Qadhi – Muslim author and Islamic teacher[114]
- Zulfikar Ghose – novelist, poet and essayist[115]
Other
[edit]- Aasiya Zubair – network executive[116]
- Abdul M. Mujahid – American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, non-profit entrepreneur[117]
- Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, American Muslim leader who is head of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Queens branch[118]
- Ahmad Adaya – American Muslim real estate tycoon and philanthropist; founding partner of prominent California real estate company, IDS Real Estate Group[119]
- Arsalan Iftikhar – American international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area; founder of TheMuslimGuy;[120] Contributing Editor for Islamica magazine[121]
- Faisal Alam – gay Pakistani-American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims[122]
- Fatima Ali – chef and restaurateur.
- Mohammad S. Hamdani – Muslim Pakistani American medical student who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks while rescuing victims at the World Trade Center[123][124][125]
- Riffat Hassan – theologian and Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an[126]
- Sky Metalwala – child missing from the Seattle area. since 2011
- Yasmin A. Khan – American-Pakistani philanthropist[127]
See also
[edit]- Pakistani Americans
- Pakistan – United States relations
- List of Americans in Pakistan
- Pakistani Canadians
- List of Pakistani Canadians
- British Pakistanis
- List of British Pakistanis
- Pakistani Australians
- List of Pakistani Australians
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