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Many early Pakistanis came to the UK as scholars and studied at major British institutions, before later returning to British India. An example of such a person is Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah came to the UK in 1892 and began an apprenticeship at Graham's Shipping and Trading Company.
Pakistan–United Kingdom relations refer to the bilateral ties between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Both countries are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Kingdom is home to a large Pakistani diaspora population.
Why did some people emigrate from Pakistan to settle in the UK? Why did Moey’s father come to live in Bradford? What do you think it was like for Moey and his family when they moved to Bradford?
The Dominion of Pakistan (later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) was founded in 1947 as a result of the independence of India from British rule, when India was simultaneously partitioned to create Pakistan (in two non-contiguous halves called East Pakistan & West Pakistan).
The migration of Pakistanis to Britain started slowly and peaked in 1961 and 1962. However, some former seamen of Pakistani origin started settling in Britain in the early 1940s, leaving ports and...
Sep 7, 2009 · The first immigrants. Many of the immigrants in the 1950s and 60s came from India and Pakistan in search of a better material life. They could earn 30 times as much in Britain as they could in...
This is not the first time Pakistan came to Britain’s aid. Pre-partition, the 400,000 Indian soldiers who fought for Britain in World War One is one of the war’s least-known stories.
