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*Original application forms, '''which contain name of the applicant, date of birth, occupation, number of passport, special qualifications, and details about previous service in the armed forces''' | *Original application forms, '''which contain name of the applicant, date of birth, occupation, number of passport, special qualifications, and details about previous service in the armed forces''' | ||
*Photographs of the applicant | *Photographs of the applicant | ||
===Emigration From Pakistan=== | |||
*From 1842 to 1857, a small number of '''immigrants from Punjab, Sindh and Kashmir''' began arriving in the '''British Isles as employees of the British East India Company''', typically as lashkars and sailors in '''British port cities'''. | |||
[ | *After the establishment of the British Empire in 1857, '''Baloch and Pashtuns along with Punjabis, Sindhis and Kashmiris''' continued coming to '''Britain''' as '''seamen, traders, students, domestic workers, cricketers, political officials and visitors'''. A small number of them settled in the region. | ||
*Between 1860 and 1930, '''camel caravans''' worked in '''Outback Australia''' which included '''Pashtun, Punjabi, Baloch and Sindhi men''' as well as others from '''Kashmir'''. | |||
*By 1900, Punjabis and Pashtuns began migrating to other parts of the British Empire. Many were veterans of the British Army, but included a small migrant population who were legally considered British subjects. Pashtun migrants opted for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucial_States '''British Trucial States'''] (now the United Arab Emirates), where the British used their subjects as valuable human resource in running the administration. | |||
*'''British Columbia''' became a destination for many '''Punjabi''' migrants as agents of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Hudson's Bay Company were guaranteeing jobs for them between 1902 and 1905. However, many Punjabi migrants returned due to racism and curtailing migration of non-whites by the Canadian government. | |||
*Others sought opportunities by moving to the '''United States, particularly Yuba City, California'''. Poor wages and working conditions convinced Punjabi workers to pool their resources, lease land and grow their own crops, thereby establishing themselves in the newly budding farming economy of northern California. | |||
*Many people from modern Pakistan migrated and settled in '''Malaysia''' which was also part of the British Empire. The Malays and Pakistanis share strong Muslim identity. At the time of Malaysia's independence under the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957, there were more than two hundred thousand Pakistanis residing in Malaysia. Many elite Malay families have at least one grandparent that was Pakistani. Diplomats, Judges, Legislators, and other government cadres include people with recognized Pakistani-Malay bloodlines. | |||
*By 1971, no more than 900,000 Pakistanis lived abroad with the majority residing in the '''United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia'''. In 1959, small numbers of Pakistanis were found to be working in '''Bahrain, Kuwait and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf'''. | |||
*The first mass migration of Pakistanis began in 1965 '''during the construction of Mangla Dam in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Over 280 villages around Mirpur and Dadyal were submerged''', which lead to the displacement of over 110,000 people from the region. During the same period, the '''British government''' were actively seeking people from abroad to work in industrial towns in '''north-west England who were suffering from worker shortages'''. Thus many '''worker permits for Britain''' were awarded to the displaced population of Mirpur who were eligible for work. '''Close to 50,000 Pakistanis from Mirpur emigrated to Northern England between 1965 and 1970.''' | |||
*During the 1970s and 80s, there was a rising wave of international migration to '''Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or Libya.''' The majority of migrants were young males who would seek work abroad while families would remain back in Pakistan. | |||
*During the 1960s and 1970s, the remaining '''Pakistani Jewish community''' of 2000 began emigrating to '''Israel''' and settled in Ramla. | |||
*Today over 7.6 million Pakistanis live abroad, with an estimated 4 million Pakistanis in the '''Persian Gulf region'''. The expatriate labor force in the Persian Gulf has, however, followed what might be called a '''"circulating work force" pattern'''. Workers come in, work for a few years during which they periodically visit Pakistan for short or long breaks, and finally return permanently. | |||