List of British Pakistanis

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The following is a list of notable British Pakistanis, namely notable citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie in Pakistan:

Academia and education[edit]

Humanities[edit]

Natural sciences[edit]

Social sciences[edit]

University leadership and executives[edit]

Business and finance[edit]

FTSE 100 and multinational corporations[edit]

Small and medium-sized enterprises[edit]

Entertainment[edit]

Journalism and media[edit]

Law and justice[edit]

Literature and art[edit]

Architecture[edit]

Civil service, military and police[edit]

Politics[edit]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Peers[edit]

Members of Scottish Parliament[edit]

Members of the Senedd[edit]

  • Mohammad Asghar – Welsh politician, representing Plaid Cymru and Welsh Conservatives. First ethnic minority member elected to the Senedd[190]
  • Natasha Asghar – Welsh politician, representing the Welsh Conservatives. First female ethnic minority member elected to the Senedd[191]

Members of the London Assembly[edit]

Mayors[edit]

Others in politics[edit]

International governmental organizations[edit]

Religion[edit]

Science and medicine[edit]

  • Haroon Ahmed – prominent scientist in the fields of microelectronics and electrical engineering[9]
  • Qanta Ahmed – physician specializing in sleep disorders. She is also an author and a newspaper columnist[213]
  • Rozina Ali – microvascular reconstructive plastic surgeon and consultant with a specialist interest in breast reconstruction; television presenter[214]
  • Nadia Bukhari – pharmacist and youngest female fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society; an honour bestowed to those who have achieved excellence and distinction in their pharmacy career.[215]
  • Hasnat Khan – heart and lung surgeon who was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales[216]
  • Mohammad Naseem – qualified GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust[217]
  • Asim Shahmalak – hair transplant surgeon and broadcaster, and proponent of such surgery; in 2009, he performed the UK's first eyelash transplant[218]

Sport[edit]

Boxing[edit]

  • Tanveer Ahmed – former lightweight boxer; WBO Inter-Continental champion
  • Ijaz Ahmed – British super-flyweight boxer
  • Muhammad Ali – featherweight boxer; amateur champion
  • Kyle Yousaf – British flyweight boxer; held the English flyweight title in 2018
  • Hamzah Sheeraz – British light-middleweight boxer, WBO European title champion[219]
  • Kash Ali – British heavyweight boxer, holds the IBF European heavyweight title
  • Ukashir Farooq – British bantamweight boxer, former British bantamweight title winner[220]
  • Usman Ahmed – super flyweight boxer
  • Adnan Amar – British light-middleweight boxer, multiple title winner[221]
  • Adil Anwar – British light-welterweight boxer and multiple title winner[222]
  • Qais Ashfaq – British super-bantamweight boxer; Commonwealth silver medallist and WBA Continental title holder[223][224]
  • Jawaid Khaliq, MBE – first British Asian to win a world title belt[225]
  • Amer Khan – former undefeated light-heavyweight boxer, Central Area championship winner
  • Amir Khan – British light-welterweight boxer; 2004 Olympics silver medalist; former world champion
  • Haroon Khan – super-flyweight boxer and commonwealth bronze-medalist[226]
  • Nadeem Siddique – former British welterweight boxer, multiple title winner[227]
  • Adam Azim – professional boxer[228]
  • Aqib Fiaz – professional super-featherweight boxer[229]

Cricket[edit]

Football[edit]

Martial arts[edit]

  • Qasim Beg – undefeated kickboxing champion, two-time world champion
  • Imran Khan – two-time World Muay Thai champion[293]
  • Nisar Smiler – two-time karate world champion and fifty-time gold medalist

Other sports[edit]

Other[edit]

See also[edit]

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