Pakistanis in the Netherlands

Pakistanis in the Netherlands

Total population
(19,000 to 35,000)

Pakistanis in the Netherlands formed a population of 35,000 individuals as of 2004, according to the statistics of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1] However, the figures of the Netherlands' Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek showed only 17,990 persons of Pakistani origin (persons born in Pakistan or with at least one parent born there) that year. Their most updated data for 2011 show 19,408 persons of Pakistani origin, little increase from the 2004 number.^[2]

Notable people

• Imran Khan - singer and musician
• Mudassar Bukhari - cricketer
• Mohammad Kashif - cricketer
• Asim Khan - cricketer
• Adeel Raja - cricketer
• Amir Raza Hussain - Nelson and Colne College Founder
• Madiea Ghafoor - athlete and Olympian

References

1. "Europe and Russian Federation", Yearbook of Pakistan Foreign Relations, 2003-2004, Pakistan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2004, retrieved 2008-11-18
2. "CBS StatLine - Population; sex, age, origin and generation, 1 January". statline.cbs.nl. Retrieved 15 May 2012.

Further reading

• Bano, S.; Hoolt, J. (1989), De Pakistaanse Gemeenschap in Amsterdam, afdeling Onderzoek en Statistiek, Gemeente Amsterdam
• Blom, Johan (1984), "Pakistanen in Nederland: een niet erkende minderheidsgroep", Buitenlanders Bulletin, 9 (4): 12–16, ISSN 0168-7816
• Butt, Waqas (December 2007), "A Socio-economic and Cultural Perspective on Pakistanis in the Netherlands", in Kalra, Virinder S., Pakistani Diasporas: Culture, Conflict, and Change, Oxford in Pakistan Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Pakistan: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-547625-5
• Imtiaz, Sharon Karima (1997), A comparative study of multilingual Pakistanis in Amsterdam and Birmingham (PDF), Ph.D. dissertation, University of Warwick, OCLC 59426361
• Morgahi, M. Amer (February 2007), "Cricket, Bollywood en islam: 'Desi' jongeren in Nederland", Kennislink, retrieved 2011-07-27
• Morgahi, M. Amer (October 2010), "An Emerging European Islam: The Case of the Minhajul Qur'an in the Netherlands", in van Bruinessen, Martin; Allievi, Stefano, Producing Islamic Knowledge in Europe: Transmission and dissemination in Western Europe, Routledge Islamic Studies Series, London: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-35592-6
• Selier, F. J. M. (March 1991), Pakistanis in the Netherlands: The Case of Rotterdam, V. U. Uitgeverij, ISBN 978-90-6256-947-2