Common misconceptions about Pakistan

There is no denying the fact that Pakistan doesn’t have a very good reputation across the globe. However, today we are going to clear some misconceptions that the world has about this country:

1. Pakistan is in Middle-East:

Pakistan is in South-Asia and is a part of Indian sub-continent and not in Middle-East

2. Pakistanis are uneducated:

Even though education is still not available to a large number of Pakistanis, a considerable population here is educated and some have brought laurels to the country at the International level.

3. Camels and donkeys are the means of transport:

One might get to see bullock carts in some parts of Pakistan, other than that majority of the country has modern day transportation mediums.

4. Undeveloped cities:

Though Pakistan needs a lot of development, yet the situation is not so grave as portrayed by the western media.

5. All women wear burqa:

Wearing burqa is not a compulsion in Pakistan.  There are many women in Pakistan who doesn’t dress-up in burqa.

6. Pakistanis speak Arabic:

Pakistanis speak Urdu and not Arabic. More than 49% of population can speak intermediate or higher level of English too.

7. Pakistani men wear traditional dresses only:

Pakistanis are fashionable and keep up with the latest trends and much of their their dressing sense and style are  influenced by the Bollywood movies that they watch.

8. Pakistanis don’t party:

Pakistanis also like to enjoy their life and party a lot.

9. All Pakistanis are terrorists:

It is certainly unfair to say that all Pakistanis are terrorists. Because of a handful of miscreants the rest of the citizens of Pakistan is labelled as extremists.

10. Women are oppressed in Pakistan:

Women around the world are oppressed but magnifying it in the case of Pakistan, is unjust.

We hope that your misconceptions about Pakistan must have been cleared now!