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{{short description|Widely-defined demographic of Indians within Pakistan}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Indians in Pakistan
| native_name      = {{plainlist|
* {{lang-hi|भारतीय पाकिस्तानी लोग|label=none}}
* {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ہندوستانی پاکستانی عوام}}|label=none}}
}}
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| image            = [[File:Flag of India.svg|border|130px]]
[[File:Flag of Pakistan.svg|border|130px]]
| caption          = 
| pop              = 16,501<ref name="Gishkori">{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/929229/over-280000-immigrants-living-in-pakistan-says-nisar/|title=Karachi has witnessed 43% decrease in target killing: Nisar|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|date=30 July 2015|access-date=3 August 2017|first=Zahid|last=Gishkori|quote=Interestingly, around 16,501 Indians are also living in Pakistan.}}</ref>
| popplace         = Predominantly [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] and [[Sindh]]
| langs            = [[Hindustani language|Hindi–Urdu]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Languages of India|others]]
| rels             = {{Hlist|[[Islam]]|[[Hinduism]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-01/other-news/43591999_1_diwali-deputy-high-commissioner-hindu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105014435/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-01/other-news/43591999_1_diwali-deputy-high-commissioner-hindu|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2013|title=Indian community in Pakistan celebrates Diwali|date=1 November 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref>|[[Sikhism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-it-feels-like-being-a-sikh-in-pakistan/1/330481.html|title=What it feels like being a Sikh in Pakistan|website=India Today}}</ref>}}
| related_groups   = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]]
}}
'''Indians in Pakistan''' typically refers to [[Indian nationality law|Indian nationals]] working, studying or generally residing in [[Pakistan]] as [[expatriate]]s. It also includes [[Indian people|Indian]] emigrants to Pakistan [[Transnational marriage|Indian spouses married to Pakistanis]].

==History==
There has been a history of [[Immigration to Pakistan|immigration]] occurring between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] due to the two countries sharing a [[India–Pakistan border|common border]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Natesan|first=G.A.|title=Indian Review, Volume 58|year=1957|publisher=G.A. Natesan & Co|location=[[University of California]]|pages=415}}</ref> Between 1979 and 1981, there were estimated to be roughly 18,302 [[Indian people|Indians]] who were [[Illegal immigration|overstaying illegally]] in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book|title=India today, Volume 7|year=1982|publisher=Thomson Living Media India Ltd|location=University of Virginia|pages=60}}</ref> According to [[Government of Pakistan|Pakistani government]] figures in 1995, there were believed to be thousands of Indian immigrants living in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]].<ref name="outlookindia">{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200305|title=Homeless In Karachi|work=[[Outlook India]]|date=29 November 1995|access-date=8 July 2012|first1=Owais|last1=Tohid|first2=Arshad|last2=Mahmud}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2020}}

In 2005, the [[Government of India|Indian government]] acknowledged that there were 1,348 Indians in Pakistani jails, including civilians, [[India–Pakistan maritime trespassing|captured fishermen]], convicted criminals and [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mahendra|first=Gaur|title=Foreign Policy Annual|year=2008|isbn=978-8178353425|pages=536–537}}</ref> India has alleged that [[Dawood Ibrahim]], a prominent Indian [[Crime boss|underworld don]], resides in the Pakistani city of Karachi, although this claim has been rejected by Pakistan. Former [[President of Pakistan]], [[Pervez Musharraf]], stated that Ibrahim is "held in 'high esteem' by many in [Pakistan]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/dawood-ibrahim-is-held-in-high-esteem-in-pakistan-musharraf-150213|title=Dawood Ibrahim is held in high esteem in Pakistan: Musharraf|work=NDTV|date=16 November 2011|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> In 2008, the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Indian foreign ministry]] advised its citizens to avoid travel to Pakistan after a [[2008 Lahore suicide bombings|series of mass-suicide bombings]] in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.dawn.com/2008/12/27/top17.htm|title=Indians told Pakistan 'not safe' for them|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=27 December 2008|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C12%5C27%5Cstory_27-12-2008_pg7_4|title=Avoid Pakistan travel, India tells citizens|date=27 December 2008|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> As of 2013, there were 1,184 Indians serving prison sentences in Pakistani jails.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/1184-Indians-in-Pak-jails-says-MEA/articleshow/19890633.cms|title=1,184 Indians in Pak jails, says MEA|work=Times of India|date=5 May 2013|access-date=9 November 2014}}</ref>

==Notable individuals==
* [[Josh Malihabadi]] – British Indian and later Pakistani poet (d. 1982)
* [[Kashmir Singh]] – Indian spy captured while operating in Pakistan (imprisoned 1973–2008)
* [[Kulbhushan Jadhav]] – Ex [[Indian Navy]] officer captured near the [[Iran–Pakistan border]]; alleged to be involved in espionage and terrorism in [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]], Pakistan<ref>{{cite web |title=The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2015377/1-watch-kulbushan-jadhavs-confession/ |website=Watch: Kulbushan Jadhav's confession |date=17 July 2019 |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline: How the Kulbhushan Jadhav saga unfolded |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1493236 |website=Dawn News |date=17 July 2019 |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jadhav admits working for RAW during consular access |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2047972/1-jadhav-admits-working-raw-consular-access/ |website=The Express Tribune |date=2 September 2019 |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[Lakhbir Singh Rode]] – [[Sikhism in India|Indian Sikh]] member of the [[Khalistan Zindabad Force]], allegedly living in [[Lahore]], Pakistan
* [[Parminder Singh Saini]] – Indian national and [[Sikhs|Sikh]] [[Khalistan movement|Khalistani]] separatist operating in [[Canada]]; sentenced to death in Pakistan (later commuted to 10 years)
* [[Sarabjit Singh]] – Indian national convicted for [[Terrorism in Pakistan|terrorist activity]] and [[Research and Analysis Wing|espionage]] in Pakistan (d. 2013)<ref name="The News International 2012">{{cite news|title=Sarabjit Singh is a terrorist: Surjeet|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-56544-Sarabjit-Singh-is-a-terrorist:-Surjeet|access-date=2 May 2013|newspaper=The News International 2012|date=29 June 2012|author=Web Edition|quote=According to the testament of his fellow spy operatives, Surjeet Singh, confirming that Sarabjit Singh is a terrorist and terrorists are neither released by India nor Pakistan....}}</ref><ref name="Voice of Journalist">{{cite news|last=staff|title=Sarabjit Singh, how a terrorist becomes a hero|url=http://www.voiceofjournalists.com/sarabjit-singh-how-a-terrorist-becomes-a-hero/|access-date=2 May 2013|newspaper=Voice of Journalist|date=2 May 2013<!-- 10:23&nbsp;pm-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Sarabjit Singh: Indian 'spy' dies after Pakistan attack | date = 2 May 2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22375650 | publisher = [[BBC News]] | access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[Rais Khan]] – British Indian and later Pakistani musician (d. 2017)

==See also==
* [[Partition of India|Partition of British India]] (Division of India into [[Hindus|Hindu]]-majority [[Dominion of India|India]] and [[Muslims|Muslim]]-majority [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]])
**[[Muhajir (Urdu-speaking people)|Muhajir people]] (Muslims who migrated to Pakistan from India following Partition in 1947)
**[[Pakistanis in India]]
* [[Hindi in Pakistan|Hindi language in Pakistan]]
* [[Bengalis in Pakistan]]
* [[Tamils in Pakistan]]

==References==
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{{Immigration to Pakistan}}
{{Indo-Pakistani relations}}

[[Category:Pakistani people of Indian descent| ]]
[[Category:Indian diaspora by country|Pakistan]]
[[Category:Immigration to Pakistan]]


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