# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akmal-shaikh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:18:53.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akmal-shaikh"
name: "Akmal Shaikh"
slug: "akmal-shaikh"
description: "Akmal Shaikh was a Pakistani-born British businessman who was convicted and executed in China for illegally trafficking approximately 4kg of heroin. The trial and execution attracted significant media attention in the UK."
tagline: "Taxi driver and criminal executed for drug offences in China"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Akmal_Shaikh-port.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1956-04-05"
deathDate: "2009-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.32034266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE"
    title: "اكمل شيخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akmal_Shaikh"
    title: "Akmal Shaikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%85%8B%E6%AF%9B%C2%B7%E6%B2%99%E4%BC%8A%E5%85%8B"
    title: "阿克毛·沙伊克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420218"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump