During World War II, some 3,000 Polish refugees from Poland migrated to Karachi, at the time a part of the British Raj. Many of these migrants later settled.[1] About 58 Polish graves exist in the Christian Gora Qabaristan graveyard of Karachi. In memory of the 58 Polish citizens who died in Karachi in the 1940s, a memorial has been erected by the Polish government.[2] It lists the names of all 58 individuals.[2]
[edit] Notable Pakistani citizens of Polish descent
- Władysław Turowicz - One of several Polish pilots to relocate to Pakistan after World War II. He obtained Pakistani citizenship and became an Air Force officer as well as a space scientist at SUPARCO.
- Anna Molka Ahmed - artist and professor of fine arts
- Ilona Yusuf - poet
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