Pakistanis in France number forty to fifty thousand individuals, according to the statistics of the Pakistani government and popular media estimates. In contrast to the British Pakistani community, most are of Punjabi origin, but some also come from Kashmir. Large-scale Pakistani migration to France began in the 1970s; they clustered around the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, where many set up grocery stores and r...
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