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Pakistani, n. and a.|pɑːkɪˈstɑːnɪ, pæk-|
[f. the name Pakistan + -i.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Pakistan, an independent state formed in 1947 as a homeland for the Muslims of India from parts of Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan and North-West Province (East Pakistan, formerly East Bengal, achieved independence as Bangladesh in 1971).
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Pakistan, its natives, or its inhabitants.
1941L. S. Amery Let. 25 Jan. in J. Glendevon Viceroy at Bay (1971) xvi. 198 Jinnah and his Pakistanis. 1948Sunday Times 2 May 4/5 No Pakistani I have met is yet ready to admit that the achievement was not worth the sacrifice. 1950Times 6 Mar. 5/7 The Pakistani Government soon set about filling the gap, taking care to ensure that the tribal areas and their peoples benefit from the development of West Pakistan as a whole. 1951W. I. Jennings Commonwealth in Asia viii. 117 No Indian—or for that matter Pakistani or Ceylonese—politician wishes to sit at the same table as a representative of the Union of South Africa. 1957Times 19 Dec. 15/2 The agreement signed by the World Bank and Pakistani officials yesterday completes the initial financing of the newly formed Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation. 1965New Statesman 30 Apr. 670/1 In neighbouring Sparkbrook, where faded vermilion posters..stare down upon shabbily dressed Pakistanis. 1967Listener 17 Aug. 211/3 Radio comics with their unending imitations of Pakistani bus conductors must find other targets. 1971Peace News 28 Oct. 5/2 We understood that the Pakistani army was burning the villages in the area, in retaliation for the previous day's attack. 1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 186 When I surfaced, dragged along in a tide of fat-legged girls and torpid Pakistanis,..there..was Rachel. 1976‘W. Trevor’ Children of Dynmouth iii. 77 He'd seen the Dynmouth Hards beating up the Pakistani from the steam laundry in a bus-shelter. |