Pakistanis in Yemen comprise

Pakistani people Pakistanis ( ur, , translit=Pākistānī Qaum, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the 2017 Pakistani national census, the population of Pakistan stood at over 213 million people, making it the w ...

who live in

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

and people born in Yemen of Pakistani descent. There are around 1,000 Pakistanis in Yemen while there are up to 110 Pakistani prisoners in Yemeni prisons for various offenses. The

Houthi The Houthi movement (; ar, ٱلْحُوثِيُّون ''al-Ḥūthīyūn'' ), officially called Ansar Allah (' ''Partisans of God'' or ''Supporters of God'') and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that ...

rebels are reported to have Pakistani fighters in their ranks.Al-Arabiya: Pakistanis fighting in Yemen with Houthis
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Notable people

* Ammar al-Baluchi *

Samir Khan Samir ibn Zafar Khan (December 25, 1985 – September 30, 2011) was a Saudi Arabian naturalized U.S. citizen, terrorist, and the editor and publisher of ''Inspire'' magazine, an English-language online magazine reported to be published by the Isl ...

(1985 – 2011) *

Rizwan Khan Rizwan "Riz" Khan ( ur, ; born August 1962 ) is a British broadcaster of Asian origin. From 2006 until April 2011 he hosted his own eponymous television show on Al Jazeera English. He first rose to prominence while working for the BBC and CNN ...

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Eurasia Review: Yemen seizes Iranian ship with Pakistani sailors
in Scoop.co.nz (and the efforts of Ansar Burney to rescue them) {{Demographics of Yemen

Ethnic groups in Yemen Pakistani expatriates in Yemen

Notable people

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