Pakistan–United Kingdom relations

Pakistani–British relations are the relations of Pakistan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

History

Until it became an independent state in 1947, Pakistan was part of British India, after the Partition of India, Pakistan become a Dominion within the Commonwealth of Nations, with the British Monarch serving as Monarch of Pakistan (see Dominion of Pakistan). King George VI was king from 1947 until his death in 1952. Elizabeth II then became queen until 1956, when Pakistan became a republic and the link with the British crown was severed.

Due to post-independence migration from Pakistan to the United Kingdom, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, between 750,000 and 1 million British people claim Pakistani descent, according to the 2001 census almost 143,000 lived in the capital, London. [ [http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/publications/factsandfigures/DMAG_briefing2005-4.pdf 2001 Census Profiles: Pakistanis in London] ]

See also

* Anglosphere
* Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
* Foreign relations of Pakistan

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