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This is an archive article published on May 8, 2010

Edgy Pakistanis pose as Indians

Pakistani merchants and job seekers in the US are posing as Indians to avoid discrimination in the wake of the Times Square bomb attempt.

Pakistani merchants and job seekers in the US are posing as Indians to avoid discrimination in the wake of the Times Square bomb attempt.

In Brooklyn,home to one of the largest Pakistani populations,business is scant at grocery,halal meat and cake shops. Over 100 businesses along Coney Island Avenue have closed.

In Washington,an American man of Pakistani descent told of coming under suspicion this week when he tried to buy garden fertilizer. The Times Square car bomb contained fertilizer.

A lot of Pakistanis cant get jobs after 9/11 and now its worse, said Asghar Choudhri,chairman of Brooklyn’s Pakistani American Merchant Association. They are now pretending they are Indian so they can get a job.

 

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