There are a number of Germans in Pakistan, consisting of

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expatriates in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

, students, families, dual national Pakistani-Germans and Pakistani citizens of German ancestry. Their number may be as much as 100,000 in entire Pakistan. There are Germans in

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

. Germany maintains a healthy diplomatic presence in the country, with an embassy in Islamabad, a consulate in Karachi and honorary-consulate in Lahore.

Militants in the Northwest

There have been various reports of unregistered German militants living in the northwest regions of the country near Afghanistan. In 2009, intelligence investigators discovered a German "village" in

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, consisting of hundreds of German al-Qaeda insurgents and Muslim converts. According to the German foreign ministry, a growing number of German families, especially of North African descent, have moved into those regions and live there. The village presents a desirable lifestyle with schools, hospitals, pharmacies and day care centres at a nearby distance.Pakistan discovers 'village' of white German al-Qaeda insurgents
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Notable people

* Atif Bashir - Pakistani footballer of German-Turkish descent * Peter Finke - German nuclear scientist based in Islamabad *

Elsa Kazi Elsa Kazi (1884–1967), commonly known as "Mother Elsa", particularly in the Sindh province of Pakistan was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and a poet. She was a composer and a musician of considerable achie ...

Ruth Pfau Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, FCM (9 September 1929 – 10 August 2017) was a German– Pakistani Catholic Christian religious sister and physician who was a member of the "Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary". She emigrated from Germany ...

- Christian nun and social worker *

Esther Rahim Esther Rahim (25 June 1904 – 31 March 1963), also known as Esmet Rahim, was a Pakistani painter.

References

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Heinrich-Heine Sprachzentrum Islamabad
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Militants in the Northwest

Notable people

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