In a speech delivered by Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, last year he said his father was from India and his mother from Pakistan. This makes him a person of Indo-Pak origin rather than one of wholly Indian or Pakistani descent.
The general perception, though, is he is Pakistani. Certainly the Pakistani High Commission thinks he is. So, if he is included in the category of MPs of Pakistani extraction in the House of Commons, the number of such persons rises to 10, thereby equalling the tally of lawmakers of Indian heritage, if Javid is excluded from their list.
In the previous house, there were seven Pakistani origin MPs. One of these - Anas Sarwar - lost in the constituency of Glasgow Central. Four new candidates, though - Imran Hussain, Nusrat Ghani, Naseem Shah and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh - were elected. This enlarged the group to double figures.
Indian origin MPs numbered nine in the outgoing house. Among them, Paul Uppal lost in Wolverhampton South West, but Rishi Sunak and Suella Fernandes won for the first time to boost their list to 10.
In the modern era, Indian origin MPs in the UK enjoyed a 10 year head start over their Pakistani counterparts. Keith Vaz entered the Commons in 1987; whereas the first Pakistani MP - Mohammed Sarwar (Anas's father) was not elected until 1997. But the Pakistani community, although half the size of the Indian diaspora in Britain, has clearly drawn level with the latter in terms of their presence and strength in the House of Commons.
Extrapolating from the research carried out by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council, today political participation in Britain among Pakistanis as a whole is greater than among Indians. "Regular attendance at a place of worship increases minority political participation," is the finding of the research. Among British Indians, Sikhs are the most organised as voters. But are yet to break through as MPs. Uppal's defeat means there are no Sikh MPs in the Commons.
It can even be interpreted that while Indians have made impressive progress towards attaining economic power - some of the richest people in the UK are Indians - Pakistanis have in the past two decades concentrated on obtaining political clout and succeeded.
