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  • noun Plural form of Pakistani.

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Examples

  • Do you know that many a deliberately nebulous term Pakistanis do not subscribe to this culture?

    Cultural relativity (again) 2005

  • Part of the reason for this trust deficit with Pakistanis is that even senior officials in both countries are skeptical about the motives of their counterparts.

    New US Ambassador to Pakistan Looks to Rebuild Trust 2010

  • Yglesias: “But what you hear from Pakistanis is that the US, Hamid Karzai, and India (and possibly domestic insurgents in Pakistan) are all in cahoots.”

    Matthew Yglesias » The View From Pakistan 2009

  • But what you hear from Pakistanis is that the US, Hamid Karzai, and India (and possibly domestic insurgents in Pakistan) are all in cahoots.

    Matthew Yglesias » The View From Pakistan 2009

  • Perhaps as important an asset as Fahim's personal loyalty and political savvy is the fact that he is widely trusted by "the establishment," the name Pakistanis give to the powerful nexus of the military, top bureaucrats and influential businessmen.

    Pakistan’s New Prime Minister? 2008

  • The recent investigation was ordered with the government of Pakistan consequent to the disturbing disclosures and evidence by some countries to international agencies relating to alleged proliferation activities by certain Pakistanis and foreigners over the last two decades.

    The Point of No Return 2006

  • The recent investigation was ordered with the government of Pakistan consequent to the disturbing disclosures and evidence by some countries to international agencies relating to alleged proliferation activities by certain Pakistanis and foreigners over the last two decades.

    The Point of No Return 2006

  • ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials have finally registered a criminal case against the administration of the Lal Mosque in Islamabad for kidnapping seven Chinese, six of whom are women and two male Pakistanis from a Chinese-owned massage centre in the heart of federal Capital on Friday night.

    Pro-Taliban Mosque vigilantes kidnap 7 Chinese, 6 are women 2007

  • Over the short-term Pakistanis are really stuck, but over the long-term the onus falls onto the "non-aligned" professional class within Pakistan and the diaspora to bring about comprehensive political solutions and alternative religious practices and discourses to supplant the authority of the current political and religious leadership.

    altmuslim 2009

  • Over the short-term Pakistanis are really stuck, but over the long-term the onus falls onto the "non-aligned" professional class within Pakistan and the diaspora to bring about comprehensive political solutions and alternative religious practices and discourses to supplant the authority of the current political and religious leadership.

    altmuslim 2009

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