Pakistanis in Kuwait
Encyclopedia
Pakistanis in Kuwait are either Pakistani people who live in Kuwait
, Pakistani immigrants to Kuwait and people born in Kuwait of Pakistani descent. The population of Pakistanis in Kuwait, according to the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, is estimated to be around 100,000.
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
, Pakistani immigrants to Kuwait and people born in Kuwait of Pakistani descent. The population of Pakistanis in Kuwait, according to the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, is estimated to be around 100,000.
Notable people
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- Ramzi YousefRamzi YousefRamzi Yousef was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot. In 1995, he was arrested at a guest house in Islamabad, by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence and United States Diplomatic Security Service, then extradited to the...
- Faizan R. CheemaFaizan R. CheemaFaizan Riaz Cheema is a Pakistani radio and TV host. Independently, Cheema has an M.Phil on molecular genetics and is studying forensic DNA typing.-Early life:...
- Abu Ahmed al-KuwaitiAbu Ahmed al-KuwaitiSheikh Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti , also known as Shaykh Abu Ahmed, Arshad Khan and Mohammed Arshad, was a Kuwait-born Pakistani al-Qaeda member and courier for Osama bin Laden. According to secret documents, al-Kuwaiti was one of the few men Osama bin Laden completely trusted and was said to be his...