Re: so who are we? british/American first or pakistani?
I love both UK and Pakistan. I consider myself British and Pakistani. When im in UK I miss Pakistan and when im in Pakistan I miss UK.
but the English sometimes call us Pakis......and the Pakistanis in Pakistan call us Britishers...so where do we belong?:)
exactly my point.
Re: so who are we? british/American first or pakistani?
I love both UK and Pakistan. I consider myself British and Pakistani. When im in UK I miss Pakistan and when im in Pakistan I miss UK.
but the English sometimes call us Pakis......and the Pakistanis in Pakistan call us Britishers...so where do we belong?:)
To both places I guess. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be living in UK if you feel you don't belong here nor visiting Pakistan if you also don't see youself belonging to that part of the world. If you have strong sense of identity and faith in yourself and surroundings than what titles people every now then call you shouldn't really confuse the life out of of you. :)
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Their are plenty of cases of discrimination today due to the current world events. how many brown people get screen on airports and go through the shebang only to find that most were just regular ordinary folks with maybe a few exceptions.
I have never been through tougher security than in Saudi Arabia and Qatar etc back in 80s and 90s. I have not been to that part of the world in over a decade so dont know if its still the same. brown ppl screening the hell outta brown ppl.
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What passport do you have? That is what you should call yourself! :D
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I am Muslim first, then Pakistani as that is where i was born.... I am among the best and worst of Allah's creations... oh people know that I am like you and yet so unlike you... I have begun to doubt my humanity lately though....
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I consider myself an American because I was born and raised here, but my parents are from Pakistan. Most people don't believe that I'm Pakistani so I never considered myself that.
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British of pakistani descent
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The UK is and always will be home for me
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muslim i wasnt born and raise in the middle east (mainly saudi) and USA, im very much attached to Saudi but im not really attached to Pakistan much and at the same time thats the country I want to do things for and that is the culture from which i belong so i wud just say im muslim with a multicultural background...bas
Re: so who are we? british/American first or pakistani?
And how is it affecting your relationship?
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identity crises for nadz 
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Will always be Pakistani.
I am a confused desi yaar
O_o
Hehe Brit chick definitely - but also Pakistani origins - I'm just very glad to be born and brought up in a country were MashAllah I have everything - and ShukerAllhumdillah no worries - I don't hate Pakistan - but more the actions of some people.
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British. I agree with the uncle.. Our heritage is Pakistani but that don't define us. Before India pakistan split migrants were all Hindustani. Not today. Because tht reality no longer exists for them. I think who ever has asked this question is from Pakistan and may have moved here early on... My dad was born raised in England, so was I. So was my hubby. And so will my kids. My husband doesn't even speak a south Asian language... So we don't feel Pakistani. As for the issue of acceptance... I think you.ll find when u accept ur British (if that's what u feel u r) then so will the wider community around u. U can't stand on the outside and wonder y u not accepted... Like with any situation u have to create ur place... Not everyone will accept u straight away but in time they. U have to be sure only about itself. There was a time, the blacks were not allowed to sit front seats on buses in the US... Today a black runs the country and calls the White house home. That's becuase they accepted they r American with African ancestry.I will always put England first, it's my home and where my family is.
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Why do people give so much importance to nationality?
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are you serious?
Muslims, Hindus, Christians etc. has absolutely nothing to do with the British and what they did
Not to hijack the thread or anything, but the whole Muslim vs Hindu thing is what the British played on to keep Indians (no Pakistan at the time) separated. We were dumb enough to fight over religion then and some of us are still fighting today.
As for the thread, I consider myself a Pakistani-Canadian. I wasn't born here, but did grow up here from a young age so I consider this my home. I know people here; people you meet at the gym, in a store somewhere. People you aren't friends with but know because you've spent time here.
Back in Pakistan, I know family and that's about it.
An interesting point, Obama said in a speech somewhere that he didn't consider American a Christian nation and a lot of people got upset about that. So there is still aways to go before we're totally assimilated. I think a lot of it has to do with religion and a more conservative culture.
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real question i have is, which side would you take of one went to war with the other?
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more then any thing you are future mothers in law... EWWWWWWW
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British Pakistani. Simples. Your uncle has issues.
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I love my heritage, but I'll always be British first (except when it comes to the cricket) lol!