[2] Most people of Portuguese extract can be found among the country's Goan community, concentrated in Karachi much before the independence of Pakistan.

These settlers hailed from Goa in Western India and in order to avail economic opportunities, migrated to major commercial centres during the British Raj, Karachi being among them.

[3] Portuguese rule in Goa established the presence of a Goan Catholic community, and exhibited Portuguese influences in Goan culture, language and cuisine, which the migrants brought along with them to Karachi.

[3] The Portuguese community assumed an active role in the founding of missionary schools throughout Pakistan.

[2] Portuguese musicians and bands were also active in the country's music scene and high social circles during the late twentieth century, performing in some of Karachi's most prominent hotels and nightclubs for several decades.