- List of British people of Pakistani descent
This is a list of
Pakistani British people, namely people in the United Kingdom whose ethnic origin lies in Pakistan.Business and industry
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Shami Ahmed - is a British millionaire founder of theJoe Bloggs clothing brand
*Tahir Mohsan - is the founder of the TIME brand and currently manages several investment companies from his base in Dubai
*Sir Anwar Pervez - is a Pakistan-born businessman and ranks as the 12th richest Asian in Great Britain. Founder of the Bestway Group.
*Mumtaz Khan - Bradford based tycoon worth £20m ($40m). Founder of the Mumtaz Group.
*Mohammed Najib - Founded in 1977, NT International is a Birmingham-based fancy goods and hardware wholesaler worth £10m ($20m)
*Johngir & Babbar Saddiq- Founded Big Johns fastfood chain Birmingham worth 25m Pounds ($50m)
* Awan Marketing Plc- Birmingham-based electrical and fancy goods wholesaler 25m pounds($50m)
* James Caan - a millionaire businessman that is currently starring in Dragon's Den alongside with other investors.Entertainment
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Hajaz Akram - is a British actor
*Mina Anwar - is a British actress who is best known for playing Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line
*Ayesha Dharker
*Raza Jafery - is a British actor, most notable for playing the character of Zafar Younis in the television spy drama Spooks
*Ali Khalid - is a Pakistani born British actor and producer, appearing in both Pakistani and British TV Serials such as "Sard Aag" and Coronation Street
*Nigel Le Vaillant - is a British actor, born in Karachi
*Ali Sajjad - son of a Pakistani millonaire Sajjad Zafar is a Pakistani-born British actor who has appeared in many British sitcoms and Hollywood films
*Shazia Mirza - is a comedian from Birmingham, England, whose act revolves around her Muslim faith
*Suleman Mirza , lead dancer of "Signature"; runner-up on "Britain's Got Talent " 2008.Journalism and media
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Ali Abbasi - Scottish TV Presenter .
*Tazeen Ahmad - a British television and radio presenter and reporter
*Martin Bashir - is a British journalist of Pakistani descent, currently with ABC's20/20
*Mishal Husain - is currently an anchor forBBC World
*Rizwan Khan - is a British television news reporter and interviewer, working forAl Jazeera English , where he has his own show
*Saira Khan - was the runner-up on the first series of The Apprentice, and now a TV presenter on BBC's Temper Your Temper and Desi DNA
*Waheed Khan - is a documentary television director working in British television
*Ayub Khan-Din - is a playwright and actor
*Mazher Mahmood - is an undercover reporter for the British newspaper News of the World
*Javed Malik - is a British journalist and political analyst, with Pakistani-news channelARY ONE World
*Sarfraz Manzoor - is a British writer, journalist, documentary maker, and broadcaster. He writes regularly for The Guardian, presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4.
*Shereen Nanjiani - is a radio journalist with BBC Radio Scotland
*Adil Ray - is a British radio and television presenter, forBBC Asian Network Literature
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Tariq Ali - is a British historian and novelist
*Moniza Alvi - is a British poet and writer
*Nadeem Aslam - is a British novelist
*Imtiaz Dharker - is a Pakistani-British poet and documentary filmmaker
*Hanif Kureishi - is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writerMilitary & Police
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Muhammed Akbar Khan - served as a British recruit in theFirst World War and an officer inSecond World War . Khan was the firstMuslim to become aGeneral inBritish Army .
*Tarique Ghaffur - is a high-ranking British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. He is currently Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations
*Mohsin Khan - is a formerRoyal Air Force airman.
*Muhammed Iftikhar Khan - was one of the finest officers which thePakistan Army inherited fromBritish India . He had been nominated to become the first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army after GeneralDouglas David Gracey 's retirement.Music
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Jay Sean - AKA Kamaljit Singh Jhooty who is aR&B Singer .
*Aziz Ibrahim - is a Manchester-based guitarist with Asia,Simply Red and formally withThe Stone Roses
* Natasha Khan - a Brighton-based songwriter and currently the only member ofBat for Lashes
*Aki Nawaz
*Tariq Khan
*Rydacoo
*Flex
*Metz
*Trix
*Tanveer Gogi
*Deeyah
*Suman
*8t2
*DJ Target
*Nina Jayne
*Ammar Khan bhangra & RnB Remixes.
*Khiza
*Aky
*DJ Vix
*Hunterz
*Jinx Politics
* Bashir Ahmad - a member of the Scottish National Party
*Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed - is a Labour member of the House of Lords
*Mohammad Asghar - is a Welsh politician, representing Plaid Cymru
*Khalid Mahmood - is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
*Shahid Malik - is a Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Dewsbury and serves as Minister for International Development in Gordon Brown's government
*Bashir Maan - is a Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman and writer
*Fiyaz Mughal is a British Liberal Democrat politician and currently Chief Executive of Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau
*Mohammad Sarwar - is a politician in the United Kingdom, the Labour member of Parliament for Glasgow Central
*Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi - is a British politician for the Conservative Party and a lawyer. Baroness Warsi is currently a member of the Shadow Cabinet
*Salma Yaqoob - is the vice-chair of Respect – The Unity Coalition and a Birmingham City Councillor.
* Imran Ahmad Khan - is the President of the Transnational Crisis ProjectSport
*Amir Khan- British Lightweight Boxer, 2004 Olympics Silver Medalist
*Usman Afzaal - is an English cricketer who has played three Test matches for England
*Adnan Ahmed - is an English-Pakistani footballer who is currently playing forTranmere Rovers
*Kabir Ali - is an English cricketer, playing for Worcestershire
*Kadeer Ali - is an English cricketer, playing for Worcestershire
*Moeen Ali - is an English cricketer, playing for Warwickshire
*Adam Docker - is an English-Pakistani footballer, playing forPorthmadog F.C.
*Amjad Iqbal - is an English-Pakistani footballer, playing forFarsley Celtic F.C.
*Haroon Khan - is a British boxer from Bolton
*Sajid Mahmood - an English cricketer who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire
*Imran Majid - is a professional British pool player
*Adil Rashid - is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England Under-19s
* Zeeshan Rehman - is a British-Pakistani football defender forQueens Park Rangers F.C. . Was the first Pakistani and British Asian to play in the Premiership withFulham F.C.
*Bilal Shafayat - is an English crickter
*Owais Shah - is a cricketer who plays for Middlesex and has appeared for England in a number of One Day Internationals and two Test matchesOther
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Vilayat Inayat Khan - was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International
*Mohammad Naseem - is a former GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust
*Michael Nazir-Ali - is the 106th and current Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England. He holds dual Pakistani and British citizenship
*Robina Qureshi - is a Scottish human rights campaigner
*Jawed Siddiqi is British Muslim academic and political activist
*Ghayasuddin Siddiqui - is an academic and political activist
*Mona Siddiqui - is a British Muslim academic, currently is a University of Glasgow's Professor of Islamic Studies and Public Understanding, as well a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, The Times, Scotsman, The Guardian, The Herald
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-02-11/Muhammad_image Faraz Ahmad] - Founder Of Petition against Prophets's pictures on wikipedia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-02-11/Muhammad_image] .See also
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Pakistani British
*British Asian
*Overseas Pakistani References
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/6178092.stm
*http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/09/2c5422de-c656-4b0d-879b-b30370a07b07.html
*http://www.bl.uk/popups/apkdemog.html
*http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/whatsnew.html
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