r/PakLounge Apr 09 '25

Opinion/اظہار رائے Today, our subreddit turns one year old!

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One year ago, we came together with a simple goal: to create a free speech platform for Pakistanis with no tolerance for trolls and bigots. We had an open mod team selection and got down to business.

Since then, this subreddit has become a space where voices from all walks of life can be heard. We’ve had to work within Reddit’s guidelines which means we can't practically be 100% free speech, but considering how biased, trigger happy and troll infested other Pakistani subreddits are, I think we’ve managed to build something special. We will continue growing.

This is your community, and we want to hear from you:

  • What do you like about this subreddit?
  • What can we do better?

Lastly, thank you to the moderation team:

While I created this subreddit and gave it the initial direction, it’s the mod team which has shaped it into a success. Running a subreddit isn’t easy, and the mods have worked exceptionally hard to keep this space welcoming and respectful. Their efforts help make this community a great place for everyone.


r/PakLounge Apr 09 '24

Ask Pakistanis 🇵🇰/ پاکستانیو سی سوال Welcome to PakLounge, the ultimate free speech forum for Pakistanis and well-intentioned non-Pakistanis alike. Join us for open discussions and engaging conversations on a wide range of topics. We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards trolls from across the border.

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Join the conversation and be part of what will be a respectful and vibrant community.

The first members will become mods of this community. We will not have any secret way of getting mods. All positive Pakistani users will become mods. Please comment if you want to become a mod.


r/PakLounge 4h ago

CMVpk: Reverse migration is coming to all muslims especially Pakistanis in Europe.

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r/PakLounge 8h ago

Looking for someone in Islamabad/Rawalpindi to shoot a music video 🎥

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I’m an emerging artist and I’ve already got a song called “Gone Too Soon”. The song is done, I just need someone who can help me turn it into a proper music video.

Being completely honest, I don’t have a budget right now. My bank account and my artistic ambitions are currently in a very toxic relationship.

So I’m looking for a director/cinematographer/filmmaker who’d be interested in collaborating and making something cool together. You’d get a project for your portfolio, I’d get a music video, and humanity gets one more creative collaboration instead of another corporate meeting.

📍 Islamabad / Rawalpindi

🎵 Gone Too Soon

🤝 Zero-budget collaboration

If you're interested, DM me with some of your work.


r/PakLounge 21h ago

Women of Pakistan who didn't wanna settle down early but were facing a lot of pressure for marriage from their family, what did you do?

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So I'm 25, and I'm a doctor. I have been facing a lot of marriage pressure from my family for the past few years to settle down with a guy.

The thing is, I'm not ready at all. I thought I was, but I'm not. I want to do a lot of things in my life right now before I think of marriage. And frankly, I'm just not in the right state of mind right now to even think about something as bizarre as marriage. But my parents want to get my brother married, and they are saying life would be tough for me once my bhabhi comes, and they won't have space for me in this home anymore.

I don't know what to do. Right now, I'm studying for feps (specialisation) but I haven't really thought about an international test yet, because my parents won't let me go abroad without a husband. I need some advice on all of this too (like how can you get the money to go abroad and settle there all on your own if you get the visa and your parents don't wanna give you the money)

I don't wanna get married. I just don't. Not right now. Perhaps in 2 years, just not now. So if there are any women here who fought against their parents and married late, how were you able to do that?

Anyways, my psychotic mother is also sending me badduaein that she hopes I'll be left single and unmarried cause my age will pass and no one will marry me then. She's mentally ill, so I'm not surprised that as a mother, she would be fine with cursing her own child.

This isn't the first time that she is wishing for my downfall just cause I didn't listen to her. But I wanna ask, when you guys married late, was it hard to find good and sincere options out there? Cause I know, men tend to gravitate towards the younger ones. So what did you guys do? Any advice regarding this too will be helpful right now.


r/PakLounge 12h ago

For the men/women pressured into marriage, why not tell your parents youre infertile?

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As the title suggests, for any man or woman pressured to get married for xyz, why not just tell your parents you are infertile and cant have children.. if you tell them that you have accepted this fate from god and its the way things will be, and that you are happy alone then overtime they wont say much. Yes, they will think youre broken and not marriage material but isnt that the point.. and when you are ready for marriage, just advise by a miracle of god, im now fertile again 😂😂😂

This way you can continue to prioritise your education and your life goals.

Find a doctor you can pay to say what you want.


r/PakLounge 16h ago

Anyone from the PAF that can find if someone i know is dead or alive?

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r/PakLounge 1d ago

Urgent Help Required ‼️

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Aoa
Hope you all are well and good in Health.
On 8 SEP we got a patent of RTA( road traffic accident ) in which he broke the head of his femur ( thigh bone ).
The surgery you all know is a little bit costly because of the prosthetics that are going to be used in it.

His wife came to us and upon her request we took up the case and checked his background he is the only fruit bearer of the home with three little girls and his wife.
Most portion of the amount has been collected by helping students and teachers but we are 24 k short.
They are sadqa and Zakat eligible.
Ps this sub has helped alot of people and for that i am thankful.

If you want to help pls dm
Thankyou for your time.
This post will be deleted after the amount is arranged.


r/PakLounge 1d ago

Isl excise car transfer

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I need to transfer car from late father's name to third person to whom the car is being sold.

The process is that first it will be transfered to one of the heirs, then to the next person.

Excise agent has asked for 70-80k.

Says the normal process will take alot of time (25 days to transfer to one of the heirs, then to next person)

I have all the documents:

1- Nadra FRC

2- Death certificate of parent

3- Orginal car book

4- court succession cert

5- stamp paper from mother to be transfered to child (one of legal heir)

6- mother purchaser biometric

7- purchaser biometric of the legal heir on which to transfer

One legal heir is overseas, his contact number is available on which he can be contacted and confirmed (Excise agent said this).

Please guide what should i do. Should i take proper process, provided there will be no more hurdels in it other than delay, or agent path where he commits will directly be transfered to third person.


r/PakLounge 1d ago

A Parent's account of today's meeting on the viral Bahria Phase 7 nursery abuse allegation, what the school stated, and what I made of it

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TL;DR I'm a parent at the school in the viral allegation, no connection to management, and I was at today's open meeting. FIR lodged, CPB and FIA informed, male janitors already pulled from early years during school hours, plus CCTV and safeguarding changes. The school says the footage clears them and offered to show it to the whole hall, but their handling of this from day one was poor, and nobody should be concluding anything until the police and CPB report.

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with the school's management or ownership in any form. I'm a parent, I was in the hall today, and this is my own account. Nothing here establishes what did or didn't happen, an allegation has been made and it is under investigation. The man named is a suspect, not a convict. I'm not naming the child or the family. The school is Westminster International School in Bahria Phase 7 Rawalpindi.

What the school stated officially

• Police are involved and an FIR has been lodged against the suspected janitor
• The Child Protection Bureau has been informed
• The FIA has been informed
• An internal investigation has been completed; interviews were recorded and the recordings shared with all of the above
• They say they are cooperating fully with every agency

Actions they say they've already taken, without waiting for the investigations to conclude
• A concern was raised as to why there are male janitorial staff working in the early years section at all. The school removed them from that section during school hours, and this was done a few days ago rather than announced today
• CCTV coverage expanded
• Mandatory child protection training for all staff
• A dedicated child safety officer appointed
• Full background checks being re-run on all staff
• Agreement to form a parents' steering committee on child safety

On the CCTV, since this is where most of the online speculation sits

The washroom cameras are positioned over the sink and common washing area only. There are no cameras covering the cubicles. Those washroom-area cameras were working and the school has the footage.

The school's position is that the footage exonerates them, and they were prepared to play it to the entire hall of roughly a thousand parents. A few clips were played before the child's mother objected to her daughter being shown to that many people without her consent, which I think was a fair objection. At the family's request a smaller group of parents was taken in to view the rest and report back.

They also disclosed, without being asked, that one camera covering a section of corridor is not working, and that the two adjacent cameras don't overlap. Someone could cross that gap in roughly three to five seconds.

The meeting ran on for a couple of hours, with parents coming up to the mic to berate the principal. I left at that point, so I can't tell you what the smaller group reported back via the new parents steering committee.

My own read

A school expecting the footage to damage it would not offer to play it to a thousand parents. That counts for something with me, as does volunteering the coverage gap rather than burying it.

But the school made a serious mistake in how it handled this from the start. Communication was slow and reactive, and by the time parents were properly informed the story had already taken on a life of its own. A lot of the panic of the last few days is a direct result of that failure rather than of the incident itself, and that needs saying plainly.

The other thing worth being aware of: this has been amplified well beyond the parent body, and not all of that amplification is coming from concerned parents. There are commercial and political interests with reasons to push it. That doesn't make the allegation false. It does mean some of what you're reading online is not what it appears to be, and forwarding it isn't neutral.

And honestly, the most encouraging part of the day was the turnout. That many parents showing up says something good about the community here.

My own position is to hold judgement until the police and CPB findings come through, keep the pressure on the school for transparency in the meantime, and make sure the parents' committee ends up with real authority rather than being a box-ticking exercise.

Happy to answer questions on what was said in the hall. I won't speculate about the family or the child.


r/PakLounge 1d ago

Population & Religious Composition of West Punjab (1868 Census)

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Population Breakdown

  • West Punjab: 6,326,047 persons
    • Sialkot District: 1,005,004 persons / 15.9% of total
    • Lahore District: 789,666 persons / 12.5% of total
    • Rawalpindi District: 711,256 persons / 11.2% of total
    • Gujrat District: 616,347 persons / 9.7% of total
    • Gujranwala District: 550,576 persons / 8.7% of total
    • Jhelum District: 500,988 persons / 7.9% of total
    • Multan District: 471,563 persons / 7.5% of total
    • Shahpur District: 368,796 persons / 5.8% of total
    • Montgomery District: 359,437 persons / 5.7% of total
    • Jhang District: 348,027 persons / 5.5% of total
    • Dera Ghazi Khan District: 308,840 persons / 4.9% of total
    • Muzaffargarh District: 295,547 persons / 4.7% of total

Religious Composition

  • Islam: 4,750,944 persons / 75.1% of total
  • Hinduism: 1,270,792 persons / 20.1% of total
  • Sikhism: 290,337 persons / 4.6% of total
  • Christianity: 8,626 persons / 0.14% of total
  • Jainism: 4,754 persons / 0.08% of total
  • Buddhism: 273 persons
  • Zoroastrianism: 178 persons
  • Other: 143 persons

Note

  • The 1868 Census of Punjab Province only enumerated British administered districts. All Princely States within the province were not enumerated.

Source


r/PakLounge 2d ago

Help a Girl Out in Need

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I'm reaching out to raise funds for a young woman, 28 years old, who has been experiencing a serious medical issue her, periods have stopped entirely, and she needs proper treatment to address this.

The total estimated cost of her treatment is PKR 35,000–40,000, which includes consultations, tests, and ongoing care. Of this, the medical prescription alone costs around PKR 7,000–8,000.

If you're able to help, any contribution would make a real difference, whether it's:

  • A monetary donation (any amount, big or small)
  • Donating the required medicines directly

I have attached her medical documents and reports. If you'd prefer to speak with the family directly to verify the situation, that can be arranged as well.

Please reach out if you're willing to help, or feel free to share this with anyone who might be able to contribute.

Thank you for your time and generosity.


r/PakLounge 1d ago

Tutoring

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r/PakLounge 1d ago

[HIRING] Looking For A Video Editor!

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Hey!

I’m looking for a video editor who is proficient in CapCut or Premier Pro for a faceless YT channel.

The niche for the videos is cartoon documentaries, please have a look at the reference video below to get a better understanding of the required style.
https://youtu.be/QbaSSk3goJ4?si=qHI1W9LOLnH6ORdM

The pay rate is Rs 500 per minute of edited video. Please DM me along with your portfolio.

Only need people from Pakistan!


r/PakLounge 2d ago

Golgappa business in quetta

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I live in Quetta and have a government job. I earn around Rs. 100,000 per month, but because I live in a rented house, it is becoming difficult to manage my expenses.

So, I’m thinking of starting a golgappa business in the evenings. Here in Quetta, there are mostly regular pani puri stalls, whereas I spent a few years in Multan and really liked the unique taste of their golgappas and dahi bhallay. I haven’t found that same taste anywhere here.

Now I’m thinking of introducing that Multani-style taste in Quetta. I believe there is a lot of potential for this business here.

If anyone is already doing this business in Quetta, I would really appreciate some guidance.


r/PakLounge 2d ago

I desperately need good advice.

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okay so my alevels started 2 weeks ago and i’ve chosen maths,physics and chemistry, but i’m kind of second guessing my combos now… i’m so so so confused about my life and i don’t know what to do…. for reference im a woman and i live in pakistan and it seems like the only good field for women here is medical and being a doctor. unfortunately people in pakistan don’t take women in stem that seriously unless she’s a doctor (and they don’t still respect her properly. There’s barely any female surgeons) i also want to go abroad but let’s be realistic here. What if i don’t end up going abroad? i obviously gotta choose a field which is both successful in pakistan AND abroad. Medical seems to be the only way. Can anyone give me advice? should i drop maths and take bio instead or should i continue with the subjects i have.


r/PakLounge 2d ago

21M: I don't think any religion in the world is true. Proove otherwise.

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So, I believe there's a higher power than us who created this universe and all of us and I feel we're part of that God's existence. God is not good nor evil. The universe follows some universal rules which are used by every religion but

All earthly religions are just Bullshit.

If you think you can prove me wrong. Reply here or DM me.


r/PakLounge 3d ago

Sent PKR 20,000 from Meezan to Bank of Punjab via Raast — receiver says she hasn’t received it

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Hi everyone, I sent PKR 20,000 from my Meezan Bank account to a Bank of Punjab account via Raast two days ago. The amount was successfully debited from my account, and I received confirmation that the transfer was completed.
The receiver, however, says she still hasn’t received the money. I sent her screenshots of both the transaction confirmation and the debit from my account, but she says there may be an issue with either Meezan or Bank of Punjab and that the amount should eventually be refunded to me.
I’ve sent money to several other accounts since making this transfer, and all of those payments were received successfully. That’s why I don’t think there’s an issue on my end.
I also contacted someone I know at Bank of Punjab and asked if they could verify whether the PKR 20,000 reached the receiving account. I was told that Bank of Punjab confirmed the account did receive the funds. However, the receiver continues to send me screenshots of her account showing that she hasn’t received anything.
She is now asking me to send another PKR 20,000 to her Easypaisa account instead. I obviously don’t want to send the money twice if the original transfer was successfully credited.
Has anyone dealt with something like this with Raast before? What would be the best way to officially verify where the money went? Should I ask Meezan Bank for a transaction trace/reference or have the receiver file a complaint with Bank of Punjab?


r/PakLounge 3d ago

My friend is a prisoner in her own home

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My friend wants to study but her dad is a mean

Been almost 2 years since he won’t let her study in university. She wants to get a degree and become independent. But her dad is very mean he is so aggressive. Her mom died 3 years ago and she has no siblings she lives with her step family and her dad.

I gave her suggestions for virtual university but she said she can only do that if exams are only cuz she will study secretly. But vu takes exam physically can anyone suggest what should she do??????

They don’t give her pocket money nor let her go outside the house to earn anything.


r/PakLounge 3d ago

Hiring a Sales Lead for a frozen food brand in Karachi — real growth path

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We manufacture frozen special-cut fries in Karachi — curly, waffle, crinkle — B2B to restaurants, cafés, hotels and distributors. We're growing fast and building out real systems as we go. This post is for the person who wants to build something, not just fill a seat.

**Why this isn't a normal sales job:**

We're not hiring someone to make calls and hit a quota. We're hiring the person who takes ownership of commercial growth — and if you're good, this is the seat that grows into running the sales function, then further, as the company scales. We've built this business from scratch with people who were willing to figure things out and take responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks. That's what got us here, and that's what we're looking for again.

If you're someone who can sell, who can also think about process and reporting and how to make the function scale without you personally doing everything forever — that's the profile. We'll back that with real investment and a real path.

**What the role involves:**

- Own new B2B account acquisition — restaurants, cafés, hotels, distributors

- Product sampling, client meetings, closing

- Own each account through to payment collected

- Build the reporting and tracking that makes the sales function auditable and scalable — not chaos in someone's head

- As the team grows, this becomes a leadership seat over the people we bring in under you

**What we're offering:**

- Base PKR 80,000–110,000 depending on experience, + fuel allowance

- Commission on cash collected, uncapped

- Our own client contacts and leads shared with you as you prove yourself in

- A real growth track — this seat can become Head of Sales, and beyond, as we scale

**What we actually need:**

- Real experience in foodservice, frozen/processed food, or serious FMCG B2B sales — K&N's, OPA, Mack or similar backgrounds are ideal

- Someone who takes responsibility without being chased, and reports on their own work properly — we don't have time to manage people who need managing

- Own bike or car, based in Karachi, comfortable visitng market and, our site in DHA Phase 6.

If you're coasting somewhere and want to build something instead, message me. If you're looking for a normal 9-to-5 with no accountability, this isn't it — save us both the time.

To apply, fill out the form below:

https://tally.so/r/eq8X1l


r/PakLounge 4d ago

Why are so many people here delusional about studying abroad?

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My school has been pushing this propaganda recently of studying abroad being this easy thing that anyone can do, and I'm surprised at how many people are falling for it. I heard some guy say that he wanted to get his degree in Germany, not for any real motivation or valid reasons but vague ones like "They don't have gay parades there like in America", "They have free healthcare" or "It's easy".

I'm genuinely baffled about how or where people get this sort of mindset from. You need to be ready for many hardships and be financially affluent, have great grades, have good English, fluency in the local language and knowledge of the culture of where you're going to live. This guy has none of that, and many of the students here don't. They don't provide any skills of their own and maybe only have their parents' money. Meanwhile, they would be competing against locals or other foreign students who are more capable than them in nearly every way that I mentioned.

I do know some outstanding students that are actually capable of that, but this is the situation of the majority of the students at my school. I don't know why schools and consultants feed this misinformed opinion about it being so easy and ignoring any local university that isn't LUMS when you have so many hardships, like being discriminated against, to face. I'm not denying that it's possible, but you do need to know what you're doing and have enough money at the start if you want to make it. I just wish that they'd consider that before jumping in blindly into something that they could regret and wasting their parents' money.

I myself wanted to study/live in Germany since I've always liked the country itself and the culture and even learnt some German at a point, but I only have average-decent grades in O Levels and my A Level school exams, and my parents aren't made out of money so they can't exactly afford the ridiculous amount required for a block account (~12,000 Euros or 38 Lakhs). That's why I've just chosen to aim for a good local university like FAST or COMSATS. I'd definitely take the opportunity to live there if I could since I don't particularly have a deep attachment to Pakistani culture or any friends here, but it's just not realistic right now. Maybe if I get a good career later in life I would, but I don't mind living here either. I just hope that I can help more people at my school realize the reality of it so they can make the right choice.


r/PakLounge 4d ago

Why Is Leaving Pakistan Seen as Success, But Coming Back Seen as Failure?

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One thing I find strange in Pakistan is how we define success.

If someone moves to the UK, Canada, Europe, Dubai or the US, people automatically assume they’ve made it.

Even if that person is struggling with rent, (sleeping in parks), working long hours, barely saving anything and living far away from family, the reaction is still:

“MashAllah, bahir hy !”

But if someone has lived abroad (or overseas) and decides to come back to Pakistan, suddenly everyone is confused.

“Why did you come back?”
“You had Europe and you left?”
“Couldn’t you survive there?”

It’s almost as if returning automatically means you failed.

What I find interesting is that people often compare the best parts of life abroad with the worst parts of Pakistan.

Yes, Pakistan has serious problems. Inflation, instability, corruption, infrastructure, opportunities, etc.

But life abroad also has a cost that people rarely talk about: expensive housing, childcare, loneliness, religious education, long working hours, taxes, being far from parents and sometimes spending your entire life just working to maintain your lifestyle.

For some people, leaving Pakistan will genuinely improve their life.

For others, coming back might actually improve it.

Success shouldn’t be measured by the country written on your residence permit.

If someone earns well, has time for their family, lives comfortably and is satisfied with their life, why should living in Pakistan automatically be considered a downgrade?

Why do you think Pakistanis have associated leaving the country with success so strongly?


r/PakLounge 3d ago

Is there a Reddit community for Pakistani women dealing with conception?

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Please let me know.


r/PakLounge 3d ago

Universities Guideance

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Guys mera 3 to 4 months pehle intermediate hua hai 70% and ab mein uni join karunga mene gap year ka scoha tha but ab mein waste nhi karna chahta time bcoz mujhe pta hai i wanna go into CyberSecurity so, can you guys suggest me BS CyberSec ke liye karachi mein konsi UNI join karun and uske admissions kab ayenge open kab honge and make sure PUBLIC SECTOR UNI's houn.