Pakistanis in the UK primarily live in large urban centers in England, particularly in London, Birmingham, Bradford, and Manchester. Significant communities are also located in areas like Kirklees, Luton, Slough, and parts of Scotland. The population is heavily concentrated in specific neighborhoods known for high concentrations of South Asian culture.
Unsurprisingly, most of the Pakistanis in the UK live in Greater London. The capital is home to almost 300,000 people of Pakistani descent. Other expat hubs include Birmingham (around 200,000), Bradford (140,000), and Manchester (66,000).
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In the 1950s and 1960s South Asians from India and Pakistan (including East Pakistan, which would later become Bangladesh) were welcomed to Britain to work in the mills and factories of towns across Yorkshire and Lancashire. Bradford had the highest concentration of South Asians compared to other towns.
The most common countries of birth for immigrants in the UK are India, Poland, Pakistan, Romania, and Ireland, with India consistently being the largest group, followed by EU countries like Poland and Romania, reflecting historical migration and recent economic ties. Recent data from 2021/22 census shows India with the highest number, while Poland and Romania also represent significant proportions of the foreign-born population.
He is the founder and chairman of Bestway Group. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, in 2020 Pervez's net worth was £3.1 billion, and the richest Pakistan-born Briton in the UK. The 2021 list gave his family's assets as £1.364 billion, placing them 125th on the list.
Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total population in the United Kingdom. London has the largest population and greatest proportion (15%) of Muslims in the country.
It is relevant to point out that migration of Pakistanis into Britain was to fill unskilled textile jobs in Yorkshire and Lancashire textile mills. Those Pakistanis who entered Britain before the Commonwealth Immigration Act in 1962 were predominantly economically active men.
The cities or districts with the largest communities, by Pakistani ethnicity in the England and Wales 2021 census, are as follows: Birmingham (pop. 195,102), Bradford (139,553), Manchester (65,875), Kirklees (54,795), Redbridge (44,000) and Luton (41,143).
Pakistanis in London form the largest concentrated community of British Pakistanis; immigration from regions which now form Pakistan predate Pakistan's independence.
From the late 1940s onwards, many Indian and Pakistani people travelled to the UK in search of greater job opportunities. Of all the South Asian communities in Britain, the largest is that of the Pakistanis from the Punjab region who found work in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire in the 1960s.
Mirpuris started settling in Britain in the 1940s, transferring their workmanship on British merchant navy ships to the industrial needs of the growing British economy. The migration accelerated after construction of the Mangla Dam began in 1961, submerging vast areas of farmland in the Mirpur district.
Azad Kashmir Day (Urdu: یومِ تاسیس آزاد کشمیر) is celebrated in Azad Kashmir on 24 October each year. It commemorates the date of the establishment of the state in 1947.
In the composite index, Pakistan has sound economic status in the 3rd world. In the aggregate socioeconomic index of development, Pakistan has the strongest position in the 3rd world.
Asylum seekers in the UK generally receive about £7.03 per day (£49.18 per week) in cash support for essential living costs like food, toiletries, and clothing, but this amount is reduced to about £1.42 per day (£9.95 per week) if the GOV.UKHome Office provides accommodation with meals GOV.UK. This money is provided on a pre-paid card and is intended to cover basic needs, as asylum seekers are typically not allowed to work.
