Pakistanis in Lebanon
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There are over 700 Pakistanis in Lebanon.
They are comparatively smaller than other Pakistani diaspora communities in the Middle East
Pakistanis in the Middle East
Pakistanis in the Middle East form the largest part of the worldwide Pakistani diaspora. Out of the 7 million Pakistanis abroad more than 2 million live within countries in the Middle East.- History with the Middle East :...

, and form a part of the much larger and mostly working-class South Asian population in the country, consisting of Sri Lankans
Sri Lankans in Lebanon
Sri Lankans in Lebanon refer to people from Sri Lanka living in Lebanon. There are approximately 80,000 to 90,000 of them. Sri Lankans generally go to the Middle East to find work, with a large domestic labour population in Lebanon.-History:...

 and Indians
Indians in Lebanon
There is a community of Indians in Lebanon consisting mainly of laborers and expatriates from India. There are about 12,000 Indians in Lebanon. The Indian migrants work in various sectors of Lebanese economy such as construction, manufacturing and the service sector...

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Many of them are illegal migrants from rural backgrounds who work as labourers in factories, private shops and the local construction industry. Members of the community undertake and organise participation in various cultural and national events each year to celebrate their Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i heritage. There is also a local Lebanese Pakistani Friendship Association.
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