page_title: List of Pakistani Americans
section_title: Media, art and entertainment
hierarchical_section_title: List of Pakistani Americans / Media, art and entertainment
caption_attribution_description: English: Pakistani ghazal singer Munni Begum
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable Pakistani Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Pakistani American or must have references showing they are Pakistani American and are notable.
context_section_description: There are Urdu radio stations in areas with high Pakistani populations. Several cable and satellite providers offer Pakistani channels, including GEO TV, ARY Digital, and PTV. 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. MTV Desi closed operations as part of the shutdown of MTV World in April 2007.
  Adam Amin – sports announcer for ESPN
  Fahad Azam – stage name of rapper Mr. Capone-E
  Fareed Haque – guitarist of Pakistani and Chilean descent
  Aishah Hasnie – television reporter and news anchor for Fox news
  Christel Khalil – of mixed Pakistani and African American descent
  Aamina Sheikh – actress and model
  Faran Tahir – actor; born in the U.S. but was raised in Pakistan
  Dilshad Vadsaria – of Portuguese and Pakistani descent; television actress, Greek
  Gregory J. Qaiyum – stage name GQ, American actor of German, English and Pakistani descent
  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
  Dr. Kamran Rashid Khan – stage name Lazarus, physician and rapper from Detroit.
  Kamran Pasha – Hollywood screenwriter and director; wrote the Showtime hit series Sleeper Cell
  Kumail Nanjiani – actor and comedian, Franklin & Bash
  Lubna Agha – artist
  Maheen Rizvi – Pakistani-American TV model and actress raised in Denver, CO. Star of Bashar Momin, Digest Writer, Zinda Dargor, Iqraar, Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Kalmoohi, Adhuri Aurat. Pampers/Nestle/Dawlence Brand Ambassador.
  Mehr Hassan – Indian father, Pakistani mother; actress, model and classical dancer
  Mehreen Jabbar – director of Ramchand Pakistani
  Minhal Baig – film director
  Munaf Rayani – guitarist for the Texan post-rock band Explosions in the Sky
  Munni Begum – born Nadira; ghazal singer from Pakistan; based in Chicago, Illinois
  Muqeem Khan – first Pakistani in the Hollywood VFX industry, 1996
  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
  Roger David – stage name Bohemia, rapper from San Francisco
  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
  Saeeda Imtiaz – Pakistani-American actress; Kaptaan
  Salman Ahmad – founder and member of Junoon; lives in New York; a UN Goodwill Ambassador
  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 (born 1969) – Lahore, Pakistan-born American painter
  Somy Ali – former Bollywood actress, now model and journalist
  Sumail Hassam – professional Dota 2 player, part of the team Evil Geniuses
  Syma Chowdhry – television personality
  Yasmine Yousaf – part of EDM duo Krewella
  Zehra Fazal – actress and comedian
caption: Munni Begum, ghazal singer
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