There are hundreds of Pakistanis in Indonesia, mainly of Punjabi

Punjabi people

The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...

 origin, who work in various textile and rice production industries. Statistics from the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation in 2004 outlined as many as 400 although numbers have grown; roughly 100 Pakistani families reside in Jakarta

Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

 and another 300 in other cities. Additionally, there is a large second and third-generation of individuals, originally descendants of Pakistani soldiers who came to fight in 1945 as part of the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

 alongside the Indonesian military against the Axis forces and the Japanese.

Notable people

• Mowahid Shah
  Mowahid Shah
  Mowahid Hussain Shah is an attorney-at-law, writer, and policy analyst. His articles are published regularly in English in both Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt...
  
  
• Asif Sandila
  Asif Sandila
  Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila, , is a 4-star rank admiral who is the current and 19th Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy...
  
  , attended Indonesian Navy's Naval Command and Staff College.