I left the country over a year ago and it has become even more of a poop show. I guess my main source of news was social media and the algorithm shows me what's going on locally based my location so I miss a lot but dang bruh Family Vlogging, Betting Apps, the political landscape is through the roof? So much is happening so quick and I can't even keep track. One thing that really caught me off guard are the betting apps like how has that so easily infiltrated in my Islamic Republic of Pakistan?

Me and my friend run a small car rental business in Sialkot. Recently, a customer rented our Wagon R and took it to another city with a friend. At a police checkpoint, they were stopped for ID verification. Turns out, the guy’s friend was a wanted criminal with 14 cases against him. Police arrested both and impounded our car.

We noticed the car was at the police station for more than 12 hours and we got worried! We tracked the car via GPS and went to the police station. When we went to inquire, the police refused to release it and even threatened to link it to the case and criminal activities and lock up our car forever and put us on long court cases. After an entire day of pleading, they demanded a 3 LAC OF BRIBE!!!!!!!! We eventually negotiated it down to 1 Lac and got our car back.

That’s the reality of running a small business in Pakistan.

hello everyone, this used to be my gc that i made and was just overthrown and im petty so now i want to create a ruckus

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Is it really worth it to get expensive or branded underwears? Like are the Outfitter ones (2k) better than local(600 rps) ones?

So, I've befriended 2 Pakistani girls recently, and we've bonded very closely, as much as they say they would love to go with me to Pakistan somewhere in the future when we all have the money and time. The thing is, I am not sure how to convince my husband and parents that it would be safe for me to go with my friends. Aside from following the local customs and traditions in terms of clothing, behavior, respect and other things, what should be taken into consideration to ensure the safest traveling experience? What are the subtle/not-so-much-talked-about nuances that should be kept in mind?

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Hey everyone, I need some advice about my sister. She’s 24 now and looking for marriage proposals, but I worry about how something from her past has affected her.

We’re Pakistani and have lived in the UK since I was 5. She’s now considering marriage and wants someone from Pakistan, but I’m concerned about how her past might be perceived.

When she was 15, she used to spend a lot of time in the office of a married 26-year-old staff member at her school. Instead of studying in the library after classes, she would go to his office daily, and they would play fight regularly. He told her it was to help her defend herself if she was ever attacked by a stranger, but over time, it became clear that he was grooming her.

It eventually came out, and she’s since had therapy, but I can still see how it has affected her—especially when it comes to trust, relationships, and setting boundaries. Now that she’s considering marriage, I’m worried about how men from Pakistan might view her past. Will they look down on her experience or see it as something to hold against her?

Should I bring it up with her again, or just be supportive and let her handle it in her own way? Has anyone dealt with something similar in their family? Any advice would be appreciated.

So I heard a/c to STB in Pakistan crypto isn't illegal but it ain't protected either. In this regard, can legal action be taken against me? I mean it's not illegal so I can do trading, right?

Hey everyone! I’m half Sri Lankan and half Pakistani, and I’m curious what questions would you have for someone with this mixed background? Feel free to ask me anything!!

The only thing I can think of is the Multani Ajrak and it looks so good! 🤌🏻✨✨✨

Need some advice regarding a strange situation my wife is facing.

For the past few days, she has been receiving WhatsApp messages from different numbers (Pakistani, Canadian, Indonesian, etc.). The sender seems to have her name and address, which is obviously concerning. She has blocked more than 10 numbers, but the messages keep coming from new ones.

Now, since she has blocked so many numbers, the person is trying to get her attention by claiming to have her photos.

Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Could this be a scam where they randomly guess information to scare people?

Any advice on what to do next?

P.S Some of her close friends have also received messages from similar numbers and the messages are only coming from whatsapp number.

Journalist: Aap ne IK k khilaf VNC kiun karwai ? Hafiz: wo NoSir Baaz tha.

Had yet another conversation with mum regarding marriage. I'm a recent graduate Pakistani guy living in the UK and due to start work in few months for context. After all the nightmare stories I heard online and on this sub, I've decided I have to get to know a potential spouse before marrying, ideally for about 6 months.

In my family circles the general protocol is families meet, maybe the couple get food or coffee once together, and then exchange phone numbers after engagement(which can't be broken cos 'what will people say'). That's nowhere near enough time for me. I told my mum, I want to meet any potential spouse at least 10-15 times before deciding. She was like 'ok so you want to be like white people that just become friends and have a relationship and never marry?!' then she said becoming 'friends' before marriage is haram. I tried to tell her that it's only desi culture where you guys treat marriage like a gamble with just one meeting. Arabs, Malaysians or any other culture lets their kids get to know each other, but she didn't believe me.

Am I tripping, do arabs, turks, north africans or any other muslim culture not allow getting to know one another and 'becoming friends' before marriage like my mum says?

My mum told me 'no decent family will ever let their daughter just talk for ten meetings'. Also, she keeps bugging me to consider my cousin even though I told her no a million times. How should I deal with this in future. Of course, I will try to avoid the conversation in a respectful way as much as possible, and eventually move out so I have more independence. Apart from that, is there anything else I can do? Is there a way to make her see my pov too or is she too rigid? I would be open to arranged route if I felt I had enough agency to make my own choice but it doesn't seem like it's going to be that way. So I will probably try the apps or something once I move out and start working. Sure apps are terrible but at least it will be my own choice that matters there.

If anyone has gone through the same thing, any advice would be appreciated.

Ok overseas Pakistani here, and I realize this applies to Arabs and other Muslims, but I wanted to post here to get a perspective from our people specifically

I’ve noticed people have started citing nazr and evil eye way too much nowadays. Especially Pakistani friends. For example I asked my friend what she plans to do after graduation (we graduate in 2 months) and she refused to tell me saying “she wants to avoid nazr”. Lol afterwards she didn’t even do anything, she’s taking a gap year. Next, I had friend who cut me off completely for no reason, but then invited me to her wedding, and she said she just didn’t want nazr until everything was final.

I understand nazr but it is really necessary to bring it up like this. These same people will ask me my plans and I will tell them. I believe in nazr too, I get it, I dont tell people when I’m interviewing or about a scholarship or something. But, if 500 people are getting interviews for dental school or something you’re not exactly special to put nazr on. Additionally, if u get married why assume everyone has to put nazr on you? You are engaged, both of you agree, so …? Will you hide from the world when you’re married so people’s nazr doesn’t cause you to divorce? I don’t get it.

Nazr can be avoided by not showing off, but literally existing and saying normal things is not going to give you nazr lol. If I say I have black hair someone’s nazr isn’t gonna turn it white. Also, even if these people didn’t want to share they could’ve just given a general answer without accusing or implying I would put nazr on them. Sorry, but I have better things to think about than getting married right now or taking a break than my education or your dental interview. No one is really jealous of any of these things.

Now a day’s it’s very common to see people, specially those counting themselves in a progressive community, to flex marrying late and being offended of people asking about them not getting married. Like how do you fill in for companionship and also what’s cool about it???

starting a calorie deficit diet, but majority of low cal recipes i see online that are easy to make are well not exactly desi food. im having trouble with counting calories for desi foods as well (i dont cook the food myself so cant really measure every ingredient to count calories).

pls suggest me some low calories (250-300) desi food recipes that i can make. by desi i mean food with ingredients that are easy to find here.

What 3rd party payment gateway options do we have in Pakistan that supports JazzCash and EasyPaisa? I know Payfast. Are there any other?

I currently live and work in US as a data scientist, I have a very good career with good money. I thought to also guide my brother to join my line of work and maybe end up in USA. Sadly, he got unlucky and didn’t study that much in his matric and fsc and just had 50% to get into a university.

Islamic was the only university where he could study, he was able go get into BS Business Analytics but over here there are different issues where professors are rude. They don’t show mids/quizzes/final paperchecking where my brother can find out what were his mistakes. But anyways he also didn’t give his level best in his first 3 semesters in Islamic.

He got 1.17 in his first semester, 1.72 in his 2nd and 1.77 in his 3rd. He just got results of his 4th semester and got 2.61 gpa. Apparently his marketing professor did bad marking in finals and gave him D+. I think now his CGPA is 1.8 and he has last chance with Islamic. He needs to score more that 3 gpa in his last 4 semesters otherwise he may not graduate.

I am just so worried for him, I want him to stand up on his feet but i cant help him more from thousands of miles away. What should i do? My brother is 20 year old.

Thanks for reading my emotional rant.

Edit1: is there any point of him going to a new university and start fresh? I am not even sure if he will get admission into bahria etc for BBA. My brother is very good in coding and has B+ grades in all technical courses.

Hi - I have a genuine question - I decided to buy 24K gold from ARY but they have refused to give me any receipt. They are claiming that there is no receipt for 24K. Now, as a tax filer, how on earth do I show this in my returns?

I recently came across a news article headlined "Cash strapped Pakistan discovered massive gold deposits" on the discovery of Gold in Punjab. Even before looking at the source my sixth sense knew it was from across the border and I was right. What was the need of adding "Cash strapped" in the headline? Not just the headline but the entire article was filled with rubbish like how Pakistan has to constantly beg to IMF and years old news of wheat shortages blah blah meanwhile the actual news covered just 2-3 lines of the article.

My question is if Indians claim to have so much better living standards (also claimed by many Pakistanis tbh) then it be us who should get jealous of them not the opposite, right? I have never seen any Pakistani mainstream news media such as Dawn or Tribune using such kind of language for news about India.

Its not just the media and politicians there that spew hatred against Pakistan but common people as well. I guess everyone is aware of the toxic behaviour Indians show on social media on anything related to Pakistan, be it music, culture or Gilgit/Kashmir. Lets not the forget the constant thirsting ugly Indian men show towards Pakistani women on social media. I have seen comments under Pakistani wedding dance and university students videos like "Kash partition na hua hota", "mujhe bhi Pakistan jana hai" which make me disgust thinking about them (and I have filtered a lot more here for sanity).

So, I have one savings account. I get my salary in it. I keep spending from it, and the end-of-month profit rarely covers the leakage. I have ONE mutual fund that I put money in as well. Even savings accounts are not safe because you can easily transfer money from them and use it... mutual funds, however, are perfect. It is hard to extract money from those readily.

Which is why I do not TOUCH the money in there.

I can increase the amount of money I put in that mutual fund to avoid wasting money. BUT - I would like a different investment option. I tried stocks - they are not for me. And the brokerage firm I was buying stocks through has now put some monthly maintenance money and whatnot on all accounts. Also, stocks require research and everything. Stocks are not for me. I was thinking of buying a good stock that gives nice dividends. Will need to look that avenue up.

I need suggestions for national savings - which account can I open with them and what is the process? What would be the BEST possible product for me with them?

All suggestions are appreciated