List of Pakistani Australians

This is a list of Pakistani Australians. It includes Australian citizens and permanent residents of Pakistani ancestry, Pakistani-origin first generation immigrants who were naturalised with Australian citizenship, as well as expatriates who are known to have resided in Australia. The list is sorted alphabetically by the individuals' professions or fields of activity to which they have notably made contributions, such as academia and education, early history, entertainment, politics, religion, science and technology, sports, literature and the arts.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Pakistani Australian or must have references showing they are Pakistani Australian and are notable.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prominent Academia and educationists

• Rafat Hussain, specialist on health care[1]
• Sara Ahmed, academic of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism[2]
• Sohail Inayatullah, futurologist[3]
• Ahmar Mahboob, linguist[4]
• Samina Yasmeen, specialist on political and strategic development[5]

Early history and exploration

Further information: Afghan cameleers in Australia

• Dervish Bejah, Baloch cameleer in South Australia[6]
• Monga Khan, hawker from Mirpur (now Azad Kashmir) who settled in Victoria.[7]
• Muhammad Hassan Musa Khan, Pashtun cameleer from Karachi who came to Australia in 1896 and was appointed as arbitrator in a court case in 1899 involving camel importation[8]
• Dost Mahomet, Baloch cameleer in Western Australia[9]

Entertainment and media

• Adil Memon, indie singer-songwriter, The X Factor season 4 contestant and Australia's Got Talent season 4 semi-finalist (with sister Maimuna Memon)[10]
• Sami Shah, stand-up comedian and writer[11]
• Shanina Shaik, model

Literature and art

• Azhar Abidi, novelist and translator[12]
• Hanifa Deen, author and social commentator[13]
• Mehwish Iqbal, contemporary artist[14]
• Saeed Khan, Urdu poet[15]
• Zohab Zee Khan, performance poet and rapper[16]
• Ashraf Shad, Urdu novelist, poet and journalist[17]
• Irfan Yusuf, author and social commentator[18]

Activists

• Osman Faruqi, Pakistani-Australian journalist, editor, and political commentator[19]
• Mariam Mohammed, Pakistani-Australian women's rights activist and entrepreneur[20]

Politics

• Bisma Asif, an MP in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[21]
• Mehreen Faruqi, member of the Australian Senate for Greens from New South Wales, and formerly an MP in the New South Wales Legislative Council.[22][23]

Religion

• Arnold Heredia, Christian priest[24]
• Daniel Scot, Christian missionary[25]

Science and technology

• Shahbaz Khan, hydrologist[26]

Sports

• Fawad Ahmed, cricketer[27]
• Rameez Junaid, tennis player[28]
• Arshad Khan, former Pakistani cricketer now living in Australia[29]
• Usman Khawaja, cricketer[30]
• Usman Qadir, Pakistani cricketer, moved to Australia in 2012[31]
• Clive Rose, Tasmanian cricketer[32]
• Duncan Sharpe, former Pakistani cricketer, moved to Australia and played for South Australia[33]
• Waqar Younis, former Pakistani cricketer, lives in Australia with family[34]
• Ashraf Choudhry, Olympic wrestler from Pakistan; moved to Adelaide in 1972.[35]

See also

• Lists of Australians
• List of Pakistanis
• Pakistani Australians

References

1. "Professor Rafat Hussain". University of New England. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. Ahmed, Sara (2006). Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others. Duke University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780822388074.
3. Chaudhary, Puruesh (11 January 2015). "The Pakistani Nostradamus". Dawn. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
4. "Dr. Ahmar Mahboob". University of Sydney. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
5. Mayes, Andrea (9 June 2014). "Hendy Cowan, Samina Yasmeen, Harry Phillips among West Australians honoured in Queen's Birthday honours list". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
6. Hankel, Valmai A., 'Bejah, Dervish (1862–1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bejah-dervish-5187/text8721, accessed 26 May 2012. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, (MUP), 1979.
7. Jordan, Crystal; Kenna, Len (2016). "The Legend of Monga Khan. No! The True Story". Australian Indian Historical Society Inc. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
8. "Cameleer Biographies « Australia's Muslim Cameleers". Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
9. Jayne Garnaut, "Events in the lives of Annie and Dost Mahomet" (Document 0040g), p. 6)
10. Caldwell, Felicity (18 May 2010). "Teens show Ipswich has got talent". Queensland Times. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
11. "Sami Shah becomes a citizen on Australia Day". ABC News. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
12. "Azhar Abidi (author)". Penguin Books Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
13. "Biography". Hanifa Deen. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
14. Matheson, Melissa (7 May 2012). "It's state of the art for Muslim women". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
15. Hussain, Syed Zafar. "The Book Launch Ceremony of Saeed Khan". Sada-e-Watan Sydney. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
16. Dapin, Mark (9 October 2015). "Lunch with Zohab Zee Khan". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
17. "Novels as art, poet at heart – Ashraf Shad". The Indian Telegraph. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
18. Ali, Mahir (2 May 2009). "Lessons of a wannabe teen hero". The Australian. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
19. "The racist past of the oil baron who set up Australia's top journalism award". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
20. "Pushing through barriers is tough, but it makes more room for those who come after you". 9Honey. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
21. Hinchliffe, Joe (2 November 2024). "To Labor's Bisma Asif, becoming Queensland's first Muslim state MP is 'spectacular but ordinary'". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
22. "Dr Mehreen Faruqi, MLC". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
23. "Pakistan-born first Muslim female to enter Australian state parliament". The Express Tribune. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
24. Hoodbhoy, Nafisa (2011). Aboard the Democracy Train: A Journey Through Pakistan's Last Decade of Democracy. Anthem Press. p. 162. ISBN 9780857289674.
25. Binnie, Craig (15 December 2006). "Free speech win for Islam critics". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
26. "Pakistani professor wins top Australian federal government award". Sada-e-Watan Sydney. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
27. "Fawad Ahmed's hard road to acceptance". ESPNCricinfo. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
28. "Profiles: Rameez Junaid". Tennis Australia. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
29. "Arshad Khan now drives taxi in Sydney". The Nation. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
30. "Australians replace captain Ponting with first Muslim player". CNN. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
31. Teen Qadir next cricketing hope Retrieved 1 November 2012
32. Jones, Dean (15 January 2011). "It is time to give all a go". The Age. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
33. Gideon Haigh, The Summer Game, Text, Melbourne, 1997, p.137.
34. Waqar swings in for new life on the Hill. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
35. Sundaresan, Bharat (2 December 2019). "The original Pakistani connection to Adelaide and South Australia". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 26 March 2020. Adelaide though also plays home to the Pakistani who's had the most significant influence on Australian sport, former wrestler turned coach, Ashraf Choudhry who moved here in 1972 and was naturalised almost immediately. Choudhry had won medals for his country during the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.