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| The biggest British Pakistani communities in the ] are London with a British Pakistani population of more than 150,000, Birmingham, between 100,000 and 150,000, Bradford with more than 100,000, Manchester with close to 100,000 and Leeds, Blackburn and Leicester (all more than 50,000). | The biggest British Pakistani communities in the ] are London with a British Pakistani population of more than 150,000, Birmingham, between 100,000 and 150,000, Bradford with more than 100,000, Manchester with close to 100,000 and Leeds, Blackburn and Leicester (all more than 50,000). | ||
| When the first Pakistanis arrived in the UK, they were discriminated a lot, from the White British society. There were many Skinheads on the streets who bullied Pakistanis, |
When the first Pakistanis arrived in the UK, they were discriminated a lot, from the White British society. There were many Skinheads on the streets who bullied Pakistanis, and did something that they called Paki-bashing. The word Paki is today a swearword in the UK, and can be compared to the word Nigger for the discrimination of black people. | ||
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The term British Pakistani is used to denote a person of Pakistani ancestry or origin, who was born in or was an immigrant to the United Kingdom, former heartland of the British Empire.
British Pakistani people belong to the group British Asian. British Pakistani people are all people who call theirselve Pakistani and live in the United Kingdom. This includes people who or whose ancestors were born in Greater India before the fouding of Pakistan in an area which is now India and not Pakistan.
They can belong to different religions, most of them are Muslims, but there are also many British Pakistani Sikhs and Hindus, and some Christians. Most of the British Pakistani people were born in the United Kingdom today, or they immigrated in the 50's and 60's of the 20th century. They came mostly from Azad Kashmir and the Mirpur District and from the Pakistani region Punjab. But there are also many who originated from Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan. The main language is English today at home British Pakistanis speak Punjabi. Many have basic knowledge of Urdu, too.
The biggest British Pakistani communities in the United Kingdom are London with a British Pakistani population of more than 150,000, Birmingham, between 100,000 and 150,000, Bradford with more than 100,000, Manchester with close to 100,000 and Leeds, Blackburn and Leicester (all more than 50,000).
When the first Pakistanis arrived in the UK, they were discriminated a lot, from the White British society. There were many Skinheads on the streets who bullied Pakistanis, and did something that they called Paki-bashing. The word Paki is today a swearword in the UK, and can be compared to the word Nigger for the discrimination of black people.