Bengalis in Pakistan are ethnic Bengali people who are either citizens of Bangladesh or those originating in the Indian state of Bengal, who had lived in either West Pakistan or East Pakistan prior to 1971 or who migrated from Bangladesh after 1971. Most Pakistani Bengalis, are bilingual speaking both Urdu and Bengali and are mainly settled in Karachi. Bengalis that arrived in Pakistan before 1971 have now assimilated with the Urdu-speaking people in Karachi. On the 18th January 2022, Nadra issued CNICs card to Pakistani Bengalis as Pakistani citizens, making them legal Pakistanis