Pakistanis in Italy

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Pakistanis in Italy form one of Europe's larger Pakistani diaspora communities.{{citation|chapter=Europe and Russian Federation|title=Yearbook of Pakistan Foreign Relations, 2003-2004|date=2004|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|publication-place=Pakistan|chapter-url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/Publications/YB_2003_04.doc|access-date=2008-11-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019180439/http://www.mofa.gov.pk/Publications/YB_2003_04.doc|archive-date=2007-10-19}} Estimates for the number of Pakistanis living in Italy vary. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeats the Italian government's 2003 figure of 30,500 individuals, while their embassy in Rome speculated to a reporter of Pakistani newspaper Dawn as early as 2002 that the number might have already reached as high as 50,000. Media reports in 2017 gave numbers higher than 130,000 .{{Cite web|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/05-May-17/pakistan-and-italy-review-strategic-engagement-plan|title=DailyTimes {{!}} Pakistan and Italy review strategic engagement plan|website=dailytimes.com.pk|date=5 May 2017|language=en|access-date=2017-06-04}}

Most of the workers are of Punjabi background with accounting for 72 percent share of migrants in 2016 and 76 percent in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1375925|title=Number of migrants from Pakistan is increasing|first=Amin|last=Ahmed|date=December 11, 2017|website=DAWN.COM}}

According to the Italian ambassador to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese, as of February 2021, there are around 200,000 Pakistanis in Italy, of them 140,000 are documented.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1607383|title=Wooing Pakistan|first=Fatima S.|last=Attarwala|date=February 15, 2021|website=DAWN.COM}}

Cultural integration

A monthly Urdu-language magazine called Azad (which means "free" in Urdu) has been launched. It aims to bridge the two cultures by helping Pakistani immigrants who either cannot speak Italian or have limited interaction with the locals. It also helps Pakistanis to learn about Italy and its culture.

According to media commentator Ejaz Ahmad, himself a Pakistani with two decades of residence in Italy, roughly 10,000 Pakistani migrants have purchased homes in Italy, which he analyses as a signal of their intention to remain in the country.

Services to Italy

Image:International Centre for Theoretical Physics.jpg physicist and Nobel Laureate, Abdus Salam{{Cite web|url=https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre.aspx|title=ICTP - Media Centre|website=www.ictp.it}}]]

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) {{Cite web|url=https://www.ictp.it/|title=ICTP - International Centre for Theoretical Physics|website=www.ictp.it}} was founded in 1964 by Pakistani scientist and Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam. It operates under a tripartite agreement among the Italian Government, UNESCO, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It is located near the Miramare Park, about 10 kilometres from the city of Trieste, Italy.

Notable people

Akhlaq Qureshi - Italian cricketer
Prince Aly Khan - The Italian-born son of Aga Khan III

References

[https://www.ithubpk.com/ ITHUBPK] the ithubpk, Pakistan, 2007-12-02, retrieved 2008-11-18

Pakistanis in Italy

Cultural integration

Services to Italy

Notable people

See also

References

Further reading