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

migrate to India annually as refugees.https://www.dawn.com/news/1105830

Notable individuals

* Hindu Singh Sodha, Human rights and refugee rights activist * Ram Singh Sodho, former member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh * Arjun Das Bugti, politician from Balochistan and former Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly *

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-born musician

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Ethnic groups in India Diasporas in India

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