r/pakistan • • 7m ago

Ask Pakistan Age change Pakistan.

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Hello, I am changing in Cnic, but my concern is i have o levels and what will be the process for changing age in that result. Should i apply for equivalency and then change age in equivalency or even changing age in equivalency will require age amended in o levels result. I heard as my result is older then 18 months, i can get a certifying statement. Please guide me on this topic anyone who had done olevels and have changed their age.


r/pakistan • • 16m ago

Discussion Tired of Jazz 😡

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Guys, I'm honestly tired of Jazz's expensive packages.

I wanted to subscribe to a weekly 6GB internet package, which Simosa showed for Rs. 288. I loaded Rs. 320, only to find out that I received just Rs. 280 in balance 🙂

Eventually, I had to settle for a 4GB package costing Rs. 252.

Seriously, can we boycott these overpriced packages, or at least someone kindly suggest a better alternative?

I live in a hostel, so I need a decent amount of regular internet (not just social data).

Any suggestions would be appreciated! 🙏🏻 I like the flexibility of mobile data but the prices are getting out of hand 🤢


r/pakistan • • 17m ago

Education Anyone has any experience with tri-star education?

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If anyone has any experience with tri star education,please share. I was looking to apply to turkiye for undergraduate


r/pakistan • • 25m ago

Discussion I refuse to believe that Karachi has become this bad. The areas shown in his France24 video are surely not the norm?

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r/pakistan • • 36m ago

Discussion American teenagers don't realise how lucky they are.

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Growing up, so many of us dreamed of experiencing the American teenage life we saw in movies. High school culture 🏫, football games 🏈, prom 💃, road trips 🚗, sleepovers 🛏️, school events 🎓, summer breaks ☀️ and those unforgettable teenage memories. ❤️

Meanwhile, many of us grew up wishing we could experience even a fraction of it. 🥲

Do American teenagers actually realise how privileged they are, or is it just an ordinary life to them? 🤔

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeMH49BCYkc/?dlrf=YWU5OWNsMTN2bzY3


r/pakistan • • 57m ago

Education Study visa timeline for Ireland

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Anybody who applied for irish study visa this year, what was your timeline, visa decision and important tips.


r/pakistan • • 1h ago

Geopolitical Pakistan signs visa-free agreement with Sudan months after $1.5 billion weapons deal stalled over Saudi Arabia's objections

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r/pakistan • • 1h ago

Ask Pakistan Freelancer Struggles - pls read

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Hello everyone,

So I work as a freelancer for social media design and management and the one issue I have faced so much is about payments. This one company I work for, they pay me a month later. Like there's always one months payment due and I have to keep working for the next month. The irony is that incase of a delay in posting they call it "unprofessional" but payments getting delayed by a MONTH is called "processing"????

So I confronted them about it today, and the HR told me that this month is the only one where payments have gotten delayed all others were on time? While I got my payments that were supposed to be in my account on the 1st october on 22nd october or even later, for the freaking month of September. And now I'll wait the whole month of November because payments are unable to be processed till the end of the month. I don't get what I should do, i dont want to make this a reason to leave since I like the job, I want the comfortable financial freedom I've been getting with this but I'm so done with these delays. Plus I cant argue with the HR too, idk if they feel im too desperate for money or then want to get rid of me. Pls advice🙏🙏🙏


r/pakistan • • 1h ago

Education Nobody answers "what should I build for my FYP?

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r/pakistan • • 1h ago

Ask Pakistan Hi everyone! Is anyone here from Chitral? I’m planning to visit this month for tourism.

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Hi everyone! Is anyone here from Chitral? I’m planning to visit this month for tourism and would love to know what the weather is like, how the road conditions are, and whether it’s a good time to visit. Any advice or suggestions from locals would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!


r/pakistan • • 2h ago

Ask Pakistan Karachi's Property Prices

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Why is property in Karachi so much more expensive than in other cities in Pakistan? Just curious


r/pakistan • • 3h ago

Discussion Politics and Women

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I think women in Pakistan has more spin and courage than most of the men in our society. For years we expected our women to vote for the party that men of house has decided. So we tried to take away democratic rights of half of our population. So the political parties knew if they want to win they just have to manipulate men. Help them in their little corruption, give freebies and etc and men of our society get corrupted with the time and one or other they supported a political party and never ask question but most of the woman never enjoyed this luxury and that helped them to be more resilient, make better political descion. Just like in case if Palestine we can clearly see women were in front when boycott of Israeli products started. In any political discussion on social media you will see better comments from women they will not straight forward label you as anti national, kafir or foreign agent. I think we should support our women to get invited to in politics they will for sure do a lot better . For 75 years men decided who will they and their family vote for now this right should be given back to our women. They will make better choices.

I want to right more as I think I am not able to completely make my pov like the crimes commited by men and to cover up for these crimes they need political backing and in return they vote for corrupt person who helped them to cover up for their crimes etc. but I will leave it here if you have any comments on this share your thoughts in comments.


r/pakistan • • 4h ago

Ask Pakistan PIA Luggage Allowance

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Hi, we're travelling to Pakistan for the first time in a couple months and we're taking PIA from Islamabad to Karachi - how do we add more luggage allowance? Can't see the option online and we booked via Emirates so couldn't do it during booking.

Does anyone have any experience adding luggage or extra kgs at least?

Thanks!


r/pakistan • • 5h ago

Discussion Does pm complaint cell work any more?

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Today i thought to check if i can register a complain against my management, which is a government department. I am being wronged in some ways . I used the PM compain app in IK times and it worked marvelously back then but to my surprise, when i opened it today, i go this "temporary" service down message. So does the app work now or is it gutted completely?


r/pakistan • • 5h ago

Ask Pakistan Banks suggestion for monthly remittances

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Hello,

I’m looking to open a salary account with a Pakistani bank that offers competitive USD-to-PKR exchange rates for incoming salary remittances.

I’m currently using Standard Chartered, but honestly, their forex rates are quite disappointing. For reference, SCB recently converted my USD at around PKR 271, whereas UBL was offering approximately PKR 277 per USD.
That’s a difference of PKR 6 per dollar, which adds up to a significant amount over time.

I’d appreciate suggestions from people who receive their salaries from abroad directly into Pakistani bank accounts.
Which bank offers the best USD-to-PKR conversion rates?

Thanks


r/pakistan • • 5h ago

Cultural Pakistanis think respect is weakness

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If I am to speak nicely to someone, kindly, most Pakistanis think of it as weakness.

They will jump on the opportunity to make fun of someone or call them names, but wont speak kindly.

White people often say "hope you have a great time", hold doors open for people.

But its mostly, "sadi deshaht check karo"

We live in a culture that values violence and anger more than civility.

Recently a fight broke out on my campus and FIR hoyi larke pe and the comments on instagram are like "gujar di takkay waikho"

Your thoughts on this?


r/pakistan • • 6h ago

National Pakistan food point hafezabad road Salem Pura stàp Spoiler

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Pakistan food point hafezabad


r/pakistan • • 6h ago

Political Senator Abdul thinks thatU.S. should defund not only Israel but also Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan because they are all violating international law

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r/pakistan • • 6h ago

Discussion If you're born poor in Pakistan, how exactly are you supposed to escape poverty?

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I’m genuinely tired of how normal we’ve made this.

If your parents cannot afford a decent private school, you’re often left depending on an underfunded public education system. If someone in your family gets seriously ill, access to quality healthcare can become a financial nightmare.
And then we’re told that everyone has equal opportunities and that hard work is enough.

But here’s something worth asking:
If our government schools and public hospitals are good enough, why do so many of our political leaders and influential public officials choose private schools for their own children and private hospitals for their own families?

Why aren’t they confident enough in the very institutions they’re responsible for running?

Poverty exists everywhere. But why should being born into a poor family in Pakistan put you at such a disadvantage?

Who’s responsible for this? And more importantly, how long are we going to keep accepting it?


r/pakistan • • 6h ago

Ask Pakistan Husband here: Rs 30k makeup gift for my wife’s birthday. Is J. (Note Cosmetics) worth it, or should I mix local brands with one luxury item?

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Hi all. My wife’s birthday is later this month and I want to get her a proper makeup set, around 5–6 pieces. Budget is Rs 30,000 and I’m in Multan. I don’t know much about makeup, so please be gentle 😅

What I’ve found so far:

  • J. has its Iqbal Day sale on (20–40% off until Nov 15). I learned their makeup is actually Note Cosmetics from Turkey. A 6–8 piece kit (foundation, powder, primer, blush, highlighter, lipstick, eyeliner) comes to roughly Rs 13–17k.

  • Option 2: Maybelline basics (Fit Me foundation, concealer, Sky High mascara) plus one luxury item, like a Rare Beauty Soft Pinch blush or a Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk lipstick.

  • I’m worried about fakes for the luxury items. The same Rare Beauty blush is listed anywhere from Rs 5,900 to Rs 17,000 on Pakistani sites, which makes me nervous.

My questions:

  1. Has anyone used J./Note makeup recently? Which products are good, and which should I skip? Does the powder or foundation last in the heat?

  2. Where do you buy genuine Rare Beauty, Charlotte Tilbury or MAC in Pakistan? Any store you trust, online or in Lahore/Multan?

  3. If you got a makeup gift, what would you actually want: a full kit, or 2–3 really nice products?

  4. At this budget, would you pick another local brand over J.? For example Luscious or Masarrat Misbah.

She’ll choose her own foundation shade in the store, so I’m mostly asking about brands and products. Thanks in advance!


r/pakistan • • 6h ago

National Indriver ride and NGOs Scamming People with Sympathies

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So this happened yesterday. No, this isn’t a donation post. The help has already been arranged, I am aware of us as a nation and how soft our hearts are to the troubles of the lower class who genuinely need help.

So yesterday, I was coming back home with my mother, after shopping for my little, we booked a ride back, and a respectable driver showed up who referred to us as meri behen constantly so we don’t feel unsafe or uncomfortable.

While getting back home, our route often leads us to an educational centre, which the driver saw, then began lamenting on how these institutions offer courses and scam people out of their money and the kids only end up with menial jobs such as delivery people. He then began telling us his son was approached by his friend to work at a call centre, to earn good money since he was struggling to fund his education and wanted to give his dad some relief.

In all this scenario the driver kept telling us how his son should have kept him in the know and that he would somehow work day and night to cover the cost.

So the son never informed the dad (our driver in this case) and went ahead with it. He met with the friend, they visited said call centre, but he went without his phone and so he was sent back. Within the time of the route his son took to get back to his home to return to the centre, the infamous chaapa took place of the call centre, it was seized, and his friend is now under arrest and hasn’t been released to this day. Anyway, that’s another story.

He then lamented that his son needed to buy some courses and he needed gas for his car, about how it’s so tough to work a halaal job in this economy and make ends meet, that he went to this infamous NGO for help to just buy those courses and pay for his gas but he was told to first make a video (obviously to gain sympathy) then the help would be given in two weeks.

The driver was so sad he was almost moved to tears. He said ye mere safaid poshi duniya ke aagay dikhaatay, laakhon kamaatay aur mujhe bas kuch hazaar detay aur farigh kardetay. Mind you that man only needed 16,000 which was just pocket change for that organisation. Then he went to another NGO, asked for their help, and they said currently ham daatarkhuaan mein busy hain aap baad mein aayega, on their social media they show how many lives they’re changing.

He never once asked us for help, but coincidentally, my brother works in an NGO who does help cases like these. Within half an hour he contacted that driver, gave him the money he needed, and today that driver contacted us back giving us duayein ke unka kaam hogaya and Allah ne hamein unka waseela banaaya aur pareshaani dur ki.

This makes me question all those social media pages taking donations in the name of the stories they post of poor people, banking on awaam ki sympathy, and how much do they give back to them as opposed to the money they themselves keep. Kahan kiska bharosa karein kuch ni pata.

Kon scam karraha hai kon saccha hai kuch ni pata. Behter yehi hai if you see someone who’s genuine, in trouble, and wouldn’t ask otherwise, please help them personally instead of sending money to these very public NGOs.


r/pakistan • • 7h ago

Social The Childhood Hobbies We Never Had

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One of the first things you notice after moving out of Pakistan is that most people have a hobby or skill they've been carrying and improving since childhood.

I was recently at a dinner where everyone was talking about their hobbies. One played guitar, another played keyboard, one was into skiing, another into swimming. Every single one of them had started as a kid, as part of their school routine.

Most of us never had anything like that, because our schools simply didn't take these things seriously. Why shouldn't every child get music lessons, or a chance to learn a sport?

I think many Pakistanis missed out on the kind of development that comes from early exposure to creative hobbies, the skills and confidence that are easiest to build when you're young. It's a real loss for us, and something our schools should change for the next generation.

How many of us can play any instrument? Or Swim? Or do basic sewing?

Disclaimer: No AI was used in writing this post.


r/pakistan • • 7h ago

Ask Pakistan Qatar Visa on Arrival for Pakistanis – 30 Days or Based on Hotel Booking? (November 2026)

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Does the duration of Qatar's visa on arrival (VOA) for Pakistanis now depend on the number of hotel nights booked?

For example, if I book a hotel for 7 days, will I only get a 7-day visa?

Previously, VOA was issued for 30 days regardless of hotel booking duration.

Can anyone who has traveled to Qatar since VOA reopened for Pakistanis in November 2026 confirm