[6] The law was later amended to allow for already arrived guest workers to permanently settle in Norway.
[10] Compared to other migration groups from Asia, Pakistanis had a lower proportion of perpetrators of criminal offences then migrants from Afghanistan (127.6 and 93.2 after age and gender adjustment) and migrants from Turkey (87.0 and 74.4 after age and gender adjustment).
[10] Children of Pakistani immigrants sometimes struggle when trying to be loyal to both their family's traditional Islamic culture and the one of liberal Scandinavia.
[12] During the same period, the number of unmarried second-generation Pakistani Norwegians in the same age group increased "from 1,000 in 1998 to 2,700 in 2012".
[17] An increasing number prefer travelling to Pakistan by changing onto a direct UK carrier at Manchester Airport.
Hadia Tajik who was born in Norway to Pakistani parents became Minister of Culture and Equality in 2012.
Abid Raja is a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party from the Akershus electoral district.
Since 2006/07, she completely stopped performing as an artist, instead turning her focus to producing and composing music.
Deeyah has produced Listen To The Banned,[19] an internationally acclaimed album, followed by Nordic Woman.
Deeyah has been awarded the 2012 Ossietzky prize which is Norwegian PEN's prize for outstanding achievements within the field of freedom of expression[22] In 2016 Khan became the inaugural UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Artistic Freedom and Creativity.
He has played the lead role in a range of Norwegian productions from the hit series Taxi to The Jungle Book, West Side Story to @lice.
Mah-Rukh Ali is the first news anchor of foreign descent working for Norway's state broadcasting network, the NRK - although another Pakistani Norwegian, Noman Mubashir, is the first personality of foreign descent on Norwegian TV and hosted the multi-ethnic programme, Migrapolis, before hosting a Saturday night entertainment show.
The film is set in Oslo and deals with the double standards in a tough Pakistani Norwegian gang environment.
[24] Amongst Pakistani Norwegians born and raised in Pakistan the share is 17%, the same as the average for immigrants to Norway in general.
[25] Higher social pressure within the Pakistani Norwegian community pushes children into prestigious professions.
[27] Internationally renowned researchers are, among others, Farrukh Abbas Chaudhry (medicine)[28][29][30] and Shah Nawaz (petroleum chemistry),[31][32] and the physicist Kalbe Razi Naqvi.