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Muhajirs (meaning "migrants"), are a collective multiethnic group who emerged through the migration of Indian Muslims from various parts of India to Pakistan starting in 1947, as a result of the world's largest mass migration. [25] [26] The majority of Muhajirs are settled in Sindh mainly in Karachi and Hyderabad.
The ethnic groups in Karachi includes all the ethnic groups in Pakistan.Main ethnic group "Muhajirs" are in simple majority in Karachi with 50.60% of its population while Pathans are in second with 13.52 and Sindhi are in third number with only 11.12% according to 2023 Pakistani census.
The term "person of color" (pl.: people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) [1] is primarily used to describe any person who is not considered "white".In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is primarily associated with, the United States; however, since the 2010s, it has been adopted elsewhere in the Anglosphere (often as person of colour), including relatively limited ...
The Mirasi (Urdu: میراثی; Hindi: मीरासी, romanized: Mīrāsī; Punjabi: مراثی , ਮਰਾਸੀ , romanized: Marāsī) are a community found in North India and Pakistan. They are folklore tellers and traditional singers and dancers of a number of communities.
Despite all of that they were successful in establishing themselves as one of India's richest communities, [46] [47] especially through business and trade. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] Sindhis have distinguished themselves in India, [ 51 ] from famous actors such as Ranveer Singh and Jimmi Harkishin to veteran politicians such as L. K. Advani , all of ...
A small Hindu community, known as the Sheen Khalai meaning 'blue skinned' (referring to the color of Pashtun women's facial tattoos), migrated to Unniara, Rajasthan, India after partition. [38] Prior to 1947, the community resided in the Quetta, Loralai and Maikhter regions of the British Indian province of Baluchistan. [38]
The vast majority of Muhajirs spoke Urdu. Today, Karachi is a predominantly Urdu-speaking (Muhajir) city with many other languages also spoken in the city. The Pashtuns (Pakhtuns or Pathans), originally from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Balochistan, are now the city's second largest ethnic group in Karachi after Muhajirs.
Labbay is derived from the Arabic phrase Labbay'k [citation needed] (Arabic : لبیک ), from a prayer known in Arabic as Talbiyah.Labbay is a surname for Arwi-speaking Muslims in coastal regions, especially Kayalpattinam, Adirampattinam, Kilakarai and Sri Lanka, in addition to many other coastal villages in Tamil Nadu.