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British Pakistanis involved in print media include Sarfraz Manzoor, who is a regular columnist for The Guardian, [293] one of the largest and most popular newspaper groups in the UK. Anila Baig is a feature writer at The Sun, the biggest-selling newspaper in the UK. [294]
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]
British people of Pakistani descent by occupation (11 C) Scottish people of Pakistani descent (4 C, 41 P) Welsh people of Pakistani descent (5 C, 2 P)
The British left a large network of railways, roads, as well as the telephone and telegraph system. [citation needed] The first railway line in the modern-day Pakistan was constructed in 1858 in Karachi. A line between Karachi City and Kotri opened in 1861. [7] The railway network built by the British remains intact today. [8]
A sizeable number of Britons in Pakistan are British Pakistanis, descendants of Pakistani immigrants to the UK prior to their return. The city of Mirpur in Azad Kashmir has often been dubbed as 'Little Britain' due to the majority of British Pakistanis hailing from this region, and hence maintaining great settlement connections with the city. [2]
Pages in category "English people of Pakistani descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 271 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The tribes to which British Pakistani Punjabis belong include Jats, Gujjars, Awans, Arains, Rajputs and several others like Pathans of Punjab and Kashmiris of Punjab. [ 18 ] The population of Indian Punjabis in the UK has been estimated at 466,563 in 2011, based on an earlier estimate that they constitute 45% of the British Indian community.