Pakistanis in Indonesia
There are hundreds of Pakistanis in Indonesia, mainly of Punjabi origin, who work in various textile and rice production industries. Statistics from the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation in 2004 outlined as many as 400[1] although numbers have grown; roughly 100 Pakistani families reside in Jakarta and another 300 in other cities. Additionally, there is a large second and third generation of individuals, originally descendants of Pakistani soldiers who came to fight in 1945 as part of the British Indian Army alongside the Indonesian military against the Axis forces and the Japanese.[2]
Notable people
- Mowahid Shah, Pakistan attorney-at-law, author and policy analyst
- Emilia Contessa (b. 1957), actress, pop singer, politician
- Asif Sandila (b. 1954), retired 4-star rank Pakistani admiral, attended Indonesian Navy's Naval Command and Staff College.
- Raline Shah (b. 1985), actress
See also
References
- ↑ Overseas Pakistanis Foundation - 2004 Yearbook Archived 2010-05-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ My Jakarta: Maj. Gen. (ret.) Ali Baz Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. - The Jakarta Globe
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