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== Business and industry ==
* [[Shami Ahmed]] - is a British millionaire founder of the [[Joe 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 (entrepreneur)|James Caan]] - a millionaire businessman that is currently starring in [[Dragons' Den (UK)|Dragon's Den]] alongside with other investors.


==Placido Domingo to be Israeli Opera's honorary musical advisor==
There are over 5,000 millionaire Pakistanis in the UK, so view the top 200 of them visit "asian rich list" www.asianrichlist.co.uk
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"The Israel Opera has announced the appointment of US conductor David Stern to the position of IO music director for the upcoming and the 2009/'10 season. Additionally, singer/conductor Placido Domingo has consented to serve as the IO's honorary musical advisor." [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017412031&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull] [[User:Voceditenore|Voceditenore]] ([[User talk:Voceditenore|talk]]) 17:10, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
== Entertainment ==
:I read about it too but so far there is not much details about it including the duration etc - [[User:Whjayg|Jay]] ([[User talk:Whjayg|talk]]) 03:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
* [[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 (dance group)|Signature]]''; runner-up on ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' 2008.

== Journalism and media ==
* [[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 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[20/20]]
* [[Mishal Husain]] - is currently an anchor for [[BBC World]]
* [[Rizwan Khan]] - is a British television news reporter and interviewer, working for [[Al Jazeera English]], where he has his own show
* [[Saira Khan]] - was the runner-up on the first series of [[The Apprentice (UK TV series)|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 channel [[ARY 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, for [[BBC Asian Network]]

== Literature ==
* [[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 writer

== Military & Police ==
* [[Muhammed Akbar Khan]] - served as a British recruit in the [[First World War]] and an officer in [[Second World War]]. Khan was the first [[Muslim]] to become a [[General]] in [[British 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 former [[Royal Air Force]] airman.
* [[Muhammed Iftikhar Khan]] - was one of the finest officers which the [[Pakistan Army]] inherited from [[British India]]. He had been nominated to become the first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army after General [[Douglas David Gracey]]'s retirement.

== Music ==
* [[Jay Sean]] - AKA Kamaljit Singh Jhooty who is a [[R&B]] [[Singer]].
* [[Aziz Ibrahim]] - is a Manchester-based guitarist with [[Asia (band)|Asia]], [[Simply Red]] and formally with [[The Stone Roses]]
* [[Bat for Lashes|Natasha Khan]] - a Brighton-based songwriter and currently the only member of [[Bat 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 (politician)|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 Project

== Sport ==
*[[Amir Khan (boxer)|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 for [[Tranmere Rovers]]
* [[Kabir Ali]] - is an English cricketer, playing for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
* [[Kadeer Ali]] - is an English cricketer, playing for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
* [[Moeen Ali]] - is an English cricketer, playing for [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]
* [[Adam Docker]] - is an English-Pakistani footballer, playing for [[Porthmadog F.C.]]
* [[Amjad Iqbal]] - is an English-Pakistani footballer, playing for [[Farsley 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 County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]
* [[Imran Majid]] - is a professional British pool player
* [[Adil Rashid]] - is an English cricketer who plays for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] and England Under-19s
* [[Zesh Rehman|Zeeshan Rehman]] - is a British-Pakistani football defender for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.]]. Was the first Pakistani and British Asian to play in the Premiership with [[Fulham F.C.]]
* [[Bilal Shafayat]] - is an English crickter
* [[Owais Shah]] - is a cricketer who plays for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] and has appeared for England in a number of One Day Internationals and two Test matches

== Other ==
* [[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 ==
* [[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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Revision as of 13:26, 12 October 2008

Talk:Plácido Domingo/archive1

Placido Domingo to be Israeli Opera's honorary musical advisor

Possibly of interest for the article:

"The Israel Opera has announced the appointment of US conductor David Stern to the position of IO music director for the upcoming and the 2009/'10 season. Additionally, singer/conductor Placido Domingo has consented to serve as the IO's honorary musical advisor." [1] Voceditenore (talk) 17:10, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

I read about it too but so far there is not much details about it including the duration etc - Jay (talk) 03:21, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
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