August 19, 2011, Bhutto family landed in the country of North America, Canada during night of summer. The family of six moved from Islamabad, Pakistan by air with hopes of better lifestyle of the family. Tanzeela and Suhail Bhutto arrived here with their three sons and one daughter. The family already knew a lot about Canada’s lifestyle as Tanzeela’s siblings had already been living in Canada for long period of time and the family had visited Canada several times before permanently staying in the country. Suhail was an executive engineer and worked for the government of Pakistan , whereas Tanzeela was a social worker, lending hand to people in need and help educating them for example the flood victims in Pakistan who lost everything due
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Canada’s Immigration policy has not changed much since 1988 when Canada passed down national law on multiculturalism making Canada the first country to have the law of multiculturalism. The government affirmed the value and dignity of every citizen in Canada regardless of their ethnicity and background. There are many ways for Pakistani citizens to move to Canada for example applying for permanent residency and sponsorship by Canadian citizen, and the SNIP program for people who are skilled workers and desire to live in Saskatchewan. The Bhutto family was sponsored by their relatives by the SNIP program to live in Saskatchewan, Canada who already resided there. During that time, there were 155,310 Pakistani in Canada in 2011 according to the 2011 Census …show more content…
Soon after I started my job at a Canadian bank, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. There was a lot of political unrest in Pakistan, and I felt like I was scrutinised at all times.” But gradually Hina was able to make inroads into the Canadian community and gain acceptance as a qualified professional with good work ethics. “To many, it was also a shock that a Pakistani Muslim can actually speak fluent English, that she can be educated and well-informed,” she adds. The Pakistani Canadians who move to Canada have to face complications at first they arrive no matter the qualification in spite that many work hard and get the recognition they desire although it may be hard path and require a lot of scarification in the process.
Pakistani only began to immigrate to Canada in 1960s when Canadian government finally abandoned the racial quotas in the country. Pakistani immigrants who move to Canada during 1960s and 1970s, who were majority all Muslims, were all well-educated and professionals who were exposed to Western culture in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and other major urban areas in Pakistan. According to Canadian census in 2001 there were well over 100,000 Pakistani Canadians in Canada with 97%| of the population being Muslims with great
Canada’s Immigration policy has not changed much since 1988 when Canada passed down national law on multiculturalism making Canada the first country to have the law of multiculturalism. The government affirmed the value and dignity of every citizen in Canada regardless of their ethnicity and background. There are many ways for Pakistani citizens to move to Canada for example applying for permanent residency and sponsorship by Canadian citizen, and the SNIP program for people who are skilled workers and desire to live in Saskatchewan. The Bhutto family was sponsored by their relatives by the SNIP program to live in Saskatchewan, Canada who already resided there. During that time, there were 155,310 Pakistani in Canada in 2011 according to the 2011 Census …show more content…
Soon after I started my job at a Canadian bank, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. There was a lot of political unrest in Pakistan, and I felt like I was scrutinised at all times.” But gradually Hina was able to make inroads into the Canadian community and gain acceptance as a qualified professional with good work ethics. “To many, it was also a shock that a Pakistani Muslim can actually speak fluent English, that she can be educated and well-informed,” she adds. The Pakistani Canadians who move to Canada have to face complications at first they arrive no matter the qualification in spite that many work hard and get the recognition they desire although it may be hard path and require a lot of scarification in the process.
Pakistani only began to immigrate to Canada in 1960s when Canadian government finally abandoned the racial quotas in the country. Pakistani immigrants who move to Canada during 1960s and 1970s, who were majority all Muslims, were all well-educated and professionals who were exposed to Western culture in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and other major urban areas in Pakistan. According to Canadian census in 2001 there were well over 100,000 Pakistani Canadians in Canada with 97%| of the population being Muslims with great