Pakistani Fijian

Pakistani Fijian is a rare colloquial term used to refer particularly to a person from Fiji that holds partial or direct ancestral links to Pakistan. These can be people from the Indian Fijian ethnic community, who have ancestral roots that trace back to Pakistan (which was part of British India at that time) long before their ancestors migrated to Fiji as indentured labourers and workers from the subcontinent under the British Raj (British rule in India). The term may also be used for people who are simply just born of mixed Pakistani and Indo-Fijian descent.
Most Fijians of Pakistani heritage predominantly match their places of origin to the cities of Hyderabad and Karachi.
History
The first people from the subcontinent to set foot on the Fijian soil were a group of 31 Indian men, who were originally indentured labourers in Reunion and were brought from New Caledonia to Fiji in January 1879 under contract work on a plantation in Taveuni. These labourers demonstrated knowledge of the terms of the indenture agreement and were aware of their rights and refused to do the heavy work assigned to them. Their contract was terminated by mutual agreement between the labourers and their employers. In 1881, thirty-eight more Indians arrived from New Caledonia and again most of them left but some stayed.
Culture
Fijians who migrated from Pakistan have still managed to retain their culture and values, including their language. Most of them can effectively speak and communicate in Fiji Urdu (the Fijian dialect of the Urdu language of Pakistan), although accents may slightly differ.

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