Pakistanis in Sweden
Regions with significant populations | |
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Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg Uppsala | |
Languages | |
Urdu, Punjabi, Swedish, English, others | |
Religion | |
Islam (majority) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Overseas Pakistani |
Pakistanis in Sweden are people who have migrated from Pakistan to Sweden and their locally born descendants. As of 2014, there were over 12,500[citation needed] Pakistanis living in the country.
Services to Sweden[edit]
Most of the Pakistani who come to Sweden for general labour in 1970s but after sometime they moved to other countries because of harsh weather conditions. Many Pakistanis successfully entered into work blue-collar jobs, especially those who immigrated in after year 2000.
Notable people[edit]
- Ishtiaq Ahmed, political scientist and author
- Furqan Shayk, Social Media Star
- Dr. Arif Mahmud Kisana, Columnist, Writer
- Jamil Ahsan, Urdu Poet
- Shahzad Ansari, Chief Editor Urdu Qasid
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