Pakistani diaspora
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An overseas Pakistani is a Pakistani citizen who has migrated to another country or a person of Pakistani origin who is born outside Pakistan. There are approximately 3,000,000 Pakistanis living abroad with one-third of them living within the Middle East.
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[edit] Overseas Pakistani Division
The term overseas Pakistani is officially recognized by the Government of Pakistan. The Overseas Pakistani Division (OPD) was created in September, 2004 within the Ministry of Labour & Manpower. Over the past 6 years it has recognized the importance of overseas Pakistanis and their contribution to the economy. Together with Community Welfare Attaches (CWAs) and the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), all three are redoubling their efforts in improving the welfare of overseas Pakistanis. The division aims at providing better services to the overseas Pakistanis through improved facilities at airports, setting up suitable schemes in housing, education and health care. Its biggest effort is facilitating the rehabilitation of returning overseas Pakistanis.
[edit] Overseas Pakistanis Foundation
Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) was established July, 1979, with its head office at Islamabad and its regional offices in all provincial capitals as well as Mirpur, Azad Kashmir. The objective of the OPF is to advance the welfare of the Pakistanis working or settled abroad and their families in Pakistan by identifying their problems and contributing to their solutions. These include health care, financial aid, foreign exchange remittance and education.
[edit] Foreign Community Welfare Attaches
Community Welfare Attaches (CWA's) are located in 16 cities around the world. There primarily function is to Establish and maintain close contacts with the foreign firms who are in need of manpower for their ventures working in different countries as well as to aid in the welfare of oversea Pakistanis. CWA's are currently located in:
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Doha, Qatar
- Dubai, UAE
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- London, England
- Manchester, England
- Milan, Italy
- Muscat, Oman
- Oslo, Norway
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Tripoli, Libya
- Seoul, South Korea
[edit] National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP)
The National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis, also called NICOP, was conceived by NADRA as a project by mutual resolve of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), Ministry of Labour & Manpower, and the Interior Ministry. The scheme calls for the creation of a comprehensive database of Pakistanis who either work abroad or hold a dual nationality. The NADRA Ordinance envisages issuance of NICOP to Pakistani workers, emigrants, citizens, or Pakistanis holding dual nationality, having been registered under the NADRA Ordinance. As per this ordinance, NADRA has been entrusted with the task of registering the overseas Pakistanis. NICOP, in addition to providing the authenticity of the individual, has additional features at the same time, as the person possessing the NICOP is entitled visa-free entry in Pakistan.
[edit] Statistics
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[edit] Australia
Approximately 20,000 Pakistanis reside in Australia, with the majority living in Sydney. Some prominent Pakistani Australians include Irfan Yusuf and Faheem Khalid Lodhi.
[edit] Canada
90,000 Pakistanis reside in Canada, and have been said as being the most successful group of Pakistani expatriates abroad. Some prominent Pakistani Canadians include Wajid Khan, Yasmeen Ghauri, Merella Fernandez, Sitara Hewitt and Zarqa Nawaz.
[edit] Denmark
See Pakistani Danish
[edit] Germany
See Pakistani German
[edit] Norway
36,400 Pakistanis reside in Norway, and is thus one of Norway's largest ethnic minorities and largest immigrant group, ahead of Swedes. Some prominent Pakistani Norwegians include Zahid Ali, Mah-Rukh Ali and Deeyah.
[edit] United States
The official population of Pakistanis in the United States was 200,000 in 2001. However, present day estimates are that the population has risen to as high as 300,000. Pakistani Americans have been very successful and have also led the way in investment in Pakistan among expatriates. Some prominent Pakistani Americans include Martin Bashir, Bohemia and Rob Asghar.
[edit] United Kingdom
The Pakistani British population is the largest outside of Asia, and makes up the second largest group of Asian Britons, there are around four times more Pakistanis in the UK than USA with there being larger communities in London and Birmingham than the entire US.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ [Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada - http://www.asiapacific.ca/data/people/demographics_dataset1_bycity.cfm Population by Ethnic Origin]
- ^ US demographic census. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs Division
- Pakistan Citizenship Law
- www.asiapacific.ca
- www.census.gov
- Census Profile: New York City’s Pakistani American Population
- www.saalt.org
- Pakistani Americans www.aopp.org
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