List of British Pakistanis

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

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Natural sciences

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Social sciences

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University leadership and executives

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Business and finance

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FTSE 100 and multinational corporations

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Small and medium-sized enterprises

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Entertainment

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Journalism and media

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Law and justice

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Literature and art

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Architecture

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Civil service, military and police

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Politics

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Members of Parliament

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Peers

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Members of Scottish Parliament

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Members of the Senedd

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  • Mohammad Asghar – Welsh politician, representing Plaid Cymru and Welsh Conservatives. First ethnic minority member elected to the Senedd[195]
  • Natasha Asghar – Welsh politician, representing the Welsh Conservatives. First female ethnic minority member elected to the Senedd[196]

Members of the London Assembly

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Mayors

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Others in politics

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International governmental organizations

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Religion

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Science and medicine

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  • 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[218]
  • Rozina Ali – microvascular reconstructive plastic surgeon and consultant with a specialist interest in breast reconstruction; television presenter[219]
  • 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.[220]
  • Hasnat Khan – heart and lung surgeon who was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales[221]
  • Mohammad Naseem – qualified GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust[222]
  • Asim Shahmalak – hair transplant surgeon and broadcaster, and proponent of such surgery; in 2009, he performed the UK's first eyelash transplant[223]

Sport

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Boxing

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  • 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[224]
  • Kash Ali – British heavyweight boxer, holds the IBF European heavyweight title
  • Ukashir Farooq – British bantamweight boxer, former British bantamweight title winner[225]
  • Usman Ahmed – super flyweight boxer
  • Adnan Amar – British light-middleweight boxer, multiple title winner[226]
  • Adil Anwar – British light-welterweight boxer and multiple title winner[227]
  • Qais Ashfaq – British super-bantamweight boxer; Commonwealth silver medallist and WBA Continental title holder[228][229]
  • Jawaid Khaliq, MBE – first British Asian to win a world title belt[230]
  • 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[231]
  • Nadeem Siddique – former British welterweight boxer, multiple title winner[232]
  • Adam Azim – professional boxer[233]
  • Aqib Fiaz – professional super-featherweight boxer[234]

Cricket

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Football

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Martial arts

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  • Qasim Beg – undefeated kickboxing champion, two-time world champion
  • Imran Khan – two-time World Muay Thai champion[297]
  • Nisar Smiler – two-time karate world champion and fifty-time gold medalist

Other sports

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Other

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See also

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