I am from Scotland, they call me Scottish. People from Wales are called Welsh. So how come i can not call?

Erm, really? Come on now. I am from Scotland too, and grew up knowing that the term "Paki" is often used as a racial slur or insult. You must have known this too, seeing as you gathered it is "frowned upon". Calling someone "a Paki" is very different to calling someone Pakistani. Its more like calling someone " a Jew" or "a ******".

To Be Honest. If Pakistani's dont like being called Paki's where is the issue? We simply just dont call them it. It's not so much that its frowned upon - Pakistanis just dont like it. Therefore this should be respected. It also shows a sign of lazyness. Pronouncing the whole word is only 2 sylables longer haa :P Just as a Wales person is called a Welsh. A pakistan person is called a Pakistani A welsh may get annoyed if u called them a 'Wel' cus you couldnt be bothered to put the 'sh' on the end haa :) BY THE WAY, just for everyone reading, this comment in no way was aimed at the person asking the question. I just felt like witing a little essay ;)

Because that is generally a slur in the UK, as you well know. There are also rude words people use for the Scots that aren't used in polite conversation. Would you be fine being called by those? Just use Pakistani. Or perhaps their names?

I think it depends on how you say it. You might object to a non-Scot calling you "Jock" if they meant it in a derogatory way. However, a non-Scot friend calling you "Jock" in fun would not be offensive.

you would say a pakistani you can say paki but they might get offended

i guess they are not proud of where they're from.

nice questions, races are messed up and life's unfair i don't know what ti tell you

I've kinda wondered this before. The suffix 'stan' just means 'land'. Scotland=Land of the Scots, England=Land of the Angles, Poland=Land of the Poles. Just as Pakistan=Land of the Pakis, Afghanistan=Land of the Afghanis, Uzbekistan=Land of the Uzbekis. You get the point. However, I think the problem with Pakistan doesn't so much come from themselves. It comes from all the other nations people from that neck of the woods being called 'Paki'. Just like I don't appreciate being called English when I'm actually Scottish. It just doesn't really offend me that much, I certainly don't deem it a racial slur, and that's why I have a problem with calling someone a 'Paki' being deemed a legal racial offence. It should be as much of a legal offence if someone calls me English i.e. none!

Because its 21st century British political correctness gone mad. "Paki" is just an abriviation of Pakistani like I would call you a "Scot" being Scottish would you be offended? I seriously doubt it.