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Shafilea Iftikhar Ahmed (Punjabi and Urdu: شفیلیہ افتخار احمد; 14 July 1986 – 11 September 2003) was a British-Pakistani girl who was murdered by her parents in an honour killing at the age of 17, due to her refusal to accept a forced marriage.
British Pakistanis (Urdu: برطانیہ میں مقیم پاکستانی; also known as Pakistani British people or Pakistani Britons) are Britons or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan. This includes people born in the UK who are of Pakistani descent, Pakistani-born people who have migrated to the UK and ...
Shahid Khan – known as 'Naughty Boy'; British-born Pakistani songwriter, record producer and musician [77] Ayub Khan Din – actor and playwright, known for writing the film East Is East; Zack Knight – Punjabi singer, songwriter and performer; Mani Liaqat – Manchester-based British Asian actor and comedian [78]
Forty-seven girls were identified as victims of child sexual exploitation during the initial police investigation. [2] [3] [4] The men were British Pakistanis, which led to discussion on whether the failure to investigate them was linked to the authorities' fear of being accused of racial prejudice. [5] The girls were mainly White British. [5]
Pakistani men are better qualified than the average Londoner, [7] with 37% possessing a degree level or higher qualification, although Pakistani women have fewer educational qualifications, with 27% having the same qualifications. The figure for Pakistani women in London is still higher than the national or British Pakistani national average. [15]
Samaira Nazir (c. 1979 – 23 April 2005) was a 25-year-old British Pakistani woman who was murdered by her brother and cousin in an honour killing in Southall, London. [ 1 ] Nazir was murdered for refusing to enter into an arranged marriage and for rejecting her parents' choices of suitors from Pakistan.
On 20 July 2016, Samia Shahid, a 28-year-old British Pakistani woman, was found dead in Punjab, Pakistan.Although involved in a dispute with her family, she had travelled to Pakistan alone as she had been told that her father was critically ill.
Pakistan–United Kingdom relations (c.f. "a British-Pakistani treaty" or "Pakistani-British treaty") Mixed race people of British and Pakistani descent, in the United Kingdom or Pakistan Anglo-Indians , people of mixed British and South Asian descent with heritage to the era of colonial rule in India