[3] It was a final wish of founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah for the British and Pakistani people to enjoy friendship and good relations.
[13][14] The European Union have virtually no presence in Pakistan even though KLM were the first airline to fly to Karachi 100 years ago so London is seen as a Western bridge to that.
[16] Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Pakistani Interior Minister, recently stated bilateral visits between the countries would be arranged to support trade relations.
[18] During a 2023 Conservative Friends of Pakistan event the UK Foreign Secretary explained how his first job in youth was working for a Karachi-born shop keeper in London.
[19] Pakistan receives the second highest number of workers sending money to family from the UK of any country in the world after India.
Until it was the capital city Karachi had a Philharmonic Orchestra, today classical music is taught and enjoyed in the old public schools such as Edwardes College Peshawar.
Through platforms such as YouTube there have been Social media influencers who specialise in car collection and rentals successfully promoting Pakistan and introducing it to a largely UK audience.
[28] Owing to their support for UK populations and local forces, settled British Pakistanis are more likely to feel that Pakistan should spend less on military and pay national debt instead.
A large number of settled Pakistanis support the UK left wing including anti-war groups which propose selling all nuclear weapons.
[29] Faced with US anger over its role in the Taliban's victory in Afghanistan, Pakistani military has increasingly sought British support to counter the prospect of international isolation.
[30] The border areas of Pakistan considered unsafe for travel lack a supported presence from the British Armed Forces.