Pakistan–United Kingdom relations
international diplomacy
Pakistan–United Kingdom relations encompass the diplomatic, economic and historical ties between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Until 1956, Pakistan was nominally part of the British Empire as a post-independence federal Dominion in the aftermath of the partition of British India in 1947. The United Kingdom is home to the Second-largest Pakistani diaspora population.
Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Development Partnership, a Double Taxation Convention, and an Investment Agreement.
History
The UK governed Pakistan from 1824 to 1947, when Pakistan became independent from the UK under the terms of the Indian Independence Act. During a Conservative Friends of Pakistan event in 2023 Dan Hannan explained how Muhammad Ali Jinnah nearly became a Conservative MP but chose overseas nationalism instead. At this point the Dominion of Pakistan was still nominally part of the British Empire, until it became an independent republic in 1956.
Historically, Britain and Pakistan allied to prevent the incursion of communism. It was a final wish of
founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah for the British and Pakistani people to enjoy friendship and good relations.
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