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Pakistanis in Hong Kong were given full British citizenship in 1997 during the handover of Hong Kong, when it ceased being a British colony to prevent them being made stateless. [93] Previously, as Hong Kong residents, they held the status of British Overseas Territories citizens .
Pakistanis in London form the largest concentrated community of British Pakistanis; immigration from regions which now form Pakistan predate Pakistan's independence. [ 1 ] Pakistanis in London represent a diverse mixture of South Asian subgroups including Punjabis , Pashtuns , Muhajirs and smaller numbers of Sindhis and Balochis among others. [ 2 ]
Mohammad Zahoor – Ukraine-based British-Pakistani businessman and philanthropist. Cash Haleem – United Kingdom British-Anglo-Pakistani businessman. [46] Akmal Shaikh – originally the owner of the taxi company "teksi", he was later sentenced to death by China for carrying 4kg of heroin. Munir Hussain – founder of Pepe’s Piri Piri. [47]
People from Northern Ireland of Pakistani descent (1 C) British people of Pakistani descent by occupation (11 C) Scottish people of Pakistani descent (4 C, 42 P)
British people in Pakistan (Urdu: برطانوی باشندے) consist of British people and their descendants who emigrated from the United Kingdom. A sizeable number of Britons in Pakistan are British Pakistanis , descendants of Pakistani immigrants to the UK prior to their return.
For example, a study showed that British-Pakistani women faced cultural and language barriers and were not aware that breast screening takes place in a female-only environment. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] A 2020 study found that UK residents of South Asian heritage were the most likely group to die from Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital. [ 55 ]
British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) [7] are British people of Asian descent. They constitute a significant and growing minority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with a population of 5.76 million people or 8.6% of the population identifying as Asian or Asian British in the 2021 United Kingdom census.
Pakistan's intelligence agency the ISI was formed by British officers in their departure from India, the ISI maintains extensive links with UK intelligence services and operations inside the UK. [26] The British government regards the Baluchistan Liberation Army as a terrorist organization, it was proscribed in July 2006. [ 27 ]