Zain Haq
Zain Haq is a Pakistani climate activist based in Canada. Biography Haq is originally from Karachi, in Pakistan, where he began his climate activism by raising funds for the victims of the 2013 Pakistan–Afghanistan floods. In 2019, he moved to Canada to study economics at Simon Fraser University, in British Columbia. He lated local branches of several environmental groups, including Extinction Rebellion and Save Old Growth. In November 2021, Simon Fraser University announced that it would be divesting from fossil fuels after a group of students including Haq threatened a hunger strike. Haq has been arrested multiple times in relation with his climate activism. In September 2021, he was arrested for blocking tree clearing for the Trans Mountain pipeline, being sentenced to 14 days imprisonment for criminal contempt of court. In October 2021, he was arrested after taking part in a demonstration blocking the main road to the Vancouver International Airport, being sentenced to 6 days imprisonment and two months of house arrest. In connection with his arrests for his climate activism, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is seeking to deport Haq, which would make him one of the first cases in Canadian history of a climate activist being