During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, some 30,000 Polish refugees from Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 migrated to Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, at the time a part of the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

. Many of these migrants later settled. About 58 Polish graves exist in the Christian

Christian

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 Gora Qabaristan graveyard of Karachi. In memory of the 58 Polish citizens who died in Karachi in the 1940s, a memorial has been erected by the Polish government. It lists the names of all 58 individuals.

Notable Pakistan citizens of Polish descent

• Władysław Turowicz
  Władysław Turowicz
  Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz, SP , SK , TP , SQA [MI], SI [MI], usually referred to as Air Cdre. W. J. M. Turowicz, was a prominent and noted Polish Pakistani military scientist and an aeronautical engineer. He is considered as one of the chief architects of the Pakistan Air Force...
  
   - One of several Polish pilots to relocate to Pakistan after World War II. He obtained Pakistani citizenship and became an Air Force officer as well as a space scientist at SUPARCO.
• Anna Molka Ahmed
  Anna Molka Ahmed
  Anna Molka Ahmed was a famous Pakistani artist and pioneer of fine arts in the country after its independence in 1947. She was a professor of fine arts at the University of the Punjab in Lahore.-Background:...
  
   - artist and professor of fine arts
• Ilona Yusuf
  Ilona Yusuf
  Ilona Yusuf is an English language poet. She is the citizen of both Pakistan and United Kingdom. She was born in London, England, to a Pakistani father and a Polish mother. A business woman, she lives in Pakistan with her husband and two children. “Picture This…” is her first book of poems.A...
  
  - poet