Pakistanis in India primarily consist of
Pakistani Hindus
Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Pakistan after Islam. While Hinduism was one of the dominant faiths in the region a few centuries back, today Hindus account for 2.14% of Pakistan's population or 4.4 million people accor ...
and
Sikhs who seek permanent settlement in the
Republic of India via
Indian citizenship. Others include
Muslim Pakistani nationals who desire Indian citizenship or seek to work in the Indian Republic as
expatriates
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either ...
.
In December 2015,
Anglo–Pakistani singer
Adnan Sami
Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, musician, music composer and pianist. He performs Indian and Western music, including for Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil movies. He has been awarded with Padma Shri (India's fourth hi ...
became a naturalized Indian citizen after living in India on an extended
visitor visa
A visa (from the Latin ''charta visa'', meaning "paper that has been seen") is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory. Visas typically include limits on t ...
since 2001.
The state of
Maharashtra has witnessed a six-fold increase in applications for Indian citizenship from Pakistani nationals following the relaxation and simplification of immigration rules in December 2017. The primary purpose of these applications was a result of
cross-border marriages, which have resulted in spouses waiting for citizenship for close to a decade.
Additionally, there are also an estimated 761 Pakistani nationals imprisoned within Indian jails, most of them serving their terms on charges of
espionage and terror-related crimes.
There are an extensive number of Pakistanis
illegally overstaying in India. In 2017, 250 illegal Pakistani immigrants were deported from India.
According to a report in the Pakistani newspaper DAWN, over 5,000
Pakistani Hindus
Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Pakistan after Islam. While Hinduism was one of the dominant faiths in the region a few centuries back, today Hindus account for 2.14% of Pakistan's population or 4.4 million people accor ...
migrate to India annually as refugees.
[https://www.dawn.com/news/1105830]
Notable individuals
* Hindu Singh Sodha, Human rights and refugee rights activist
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Ram Singh Sodho, former member of the
Provincial Assembly of Sindh
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Arjun Das Bugti, politician from Balochistan and former Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly
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Adnan Sami
Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, musician, music composer and pianist. He performs Indian and Western music, including for Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil movies. He has been awarded with Padma Shri (India's fourth hi ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
-born musician
See also
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India–Pakistan relations
India–Pakistan relations are the bilateral ties between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The two countries have a complex and largely hostile relationship that is rooted in a multitude of historical and political e ...
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Baloch people in India
Baloch people in India are citizens or residents of India who are of Baloch ancestry. They originate from the Balochistan region of neighbouring Pakistan, and are part of the Baloch diaspora.
History
Even after the partition, it was common for t ...
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Sindhis in India
Sindhis in India (''Sindhi'', Devanagari: सिन्धी, ''Sindhī'', Naskh script: سنڌي) refer to a socio-ethnic group of people living in the republic of India, originating from Sindh (a province of modern-day Pakistan). After the 19 ...
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Indians in Pakistan
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Partition of India
References
Ethnic groups in India
Diasporas in India
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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