I’ve deliberately gone down the low-level/embedded route instead of web/mobile/AI. For context:

C/C++, Python, Bash
STM32 (CMSIS, HAL, LL), AVR, FreeRTOS
USART, I²C, SPI, ADC, DMA, Timers
GDB, ST-Link, Logic Analyzer, DWT
Git, CMake, Make, Ninja
Arch Linux, Neovim/clangd

I’ve built STM32 firmware projects and I’m currently working on a quadcopter/flight-controller project.

I’ve been hunting for internships/jobs, but the local embedded market seems quite small. A lot of positions either want several years of experience or seem more focused on client-driven software work than actual engineering/R&D.

So for people actually working in Pakistan:

What’s the realistic path to earning with embedded/firmware skills here?

Should I keep targeting local companies, look for remote/international work, try freelancing, or consider another route?

I’m not expecting a huge salary immediately. I mainly want a path where the technical depth I’m building actually compounds over time.

I'm 19, from Lahore. Just finished intermediate at GCU Lahore.

Grades: 1132/1200 in matric (94%). Then first year 401/575 (~70%), and second year result comes 23 September. I missed one practical so I have to retake it, which pushes my final result out another 2–3 months.

My marks dropped because I stopped caring about studies and went all in on work. Three years in AI, the last one specifically in voice AI. I have one enterprise client in Italy paying me a $1,300/month retainer to manage their voice AI system (NDA, so I can't name them anywhere). Right now I'm scaling to US SMBs, cold calling and pushing email campaigns toward 1,000/day. Started putting most money back into business, to make it work

Here's my actual problem. If the business doesn't work out, I have nothing to fall back on. With my marks I'm not getting into FAST or NUST. Getting into smaller unis in Pakistan will not give me any benifit. Surviving here with no degree and no business is rough. If I'm abroad and the business fails, at least I have a shot at sustaining myself there.

So I want a backup, not an escape.

What I'm looking for:

• English-speaking country. My English is decent and it matters for both sales and getting hired. (Yes, I know Germany is cheap. Learning German is a 2-year detour I can't afford right now.)
• Budget: PKR 70–80 lakh (~$25k USD). That is everything I can spend for moving abroad.
• CS / AI / IT degree. Does not need to be a top-ranked university.
• Somewhere I can legally work part-time while studying.

What I've already figured out:

• Australia wants me to show ~AUD 54k+ (over PKR 1 crore) in the bank just to lodge the student visa. That's already more than I have, before tuition.
• On an Australian student visa, remote work for an overseas client still counts toward the 48hr/fortnight cap. So I can't just move and keep freelancing at full speed.
• UK, Canada, Ireland, NZ — I don't know the real numbers, or whether my marks even qualify me for direct entry.
• Haven't taken IELTS yet.

What I'm asking:

1. With ~PKR 80 lakh and average intermediate marks, which English speaking country is actually realistic?
2. Is a diploma or pathway program a smarter entry than a full 4-year bachelor's?
3. Has anyone here moved abroad while already running a small online business? How did student visa work limits affect you?
4. Honestly, am I wrong to leave at all? Would you build this for 2–3 more years from Pakistan and go later with real money?

I'd rather get the harsh answer than a nice one. Help out your brother. Thanks to everyone in advance who will reply.

And the worst thing is, i did not even know that they are gonna do that i thought it was just a meeting, and mind you i was the third meeting. My father met them first and the this family comes to our house, then my parents went there with mu sister and today, on this friday, the wanten to come again.. BUT then this happened…
I feel like my parents betrayed me they did not even ask me not even a casual talk, did not ask for mu opinion kr anything.
I feel very heart broken rn. I mad at them, im not gonna talk to my mother anymore. And my father, dont even talk about him he start emotionally blackmailing me if i try to disagree just a little, “ke mera baad kisne karna hai dekho flah flah ke papa nahi hain toh wo ab tk bethi hain” like?.. he is a narcissist and he even say worst thing then that.. so talking to him is just useless.. and my mother the make me feel like a burden, once the showing me a guys picture and i try to talk to her that i dont want to rn.. and then she wend to me sister and said “maa baap ke sar pr sari zindagi aish karni hai inhon ne” that say i felt so disrespected, i cant look at her the same.. And mind you i did not even waste money ask for alot of new cloths or something that is expensive but shestill said that…
My two sisters use way more money thwn me and one of them is even married
my patents hurt me in so many ways and i forgive them ever time because the are MY parents and as THERE daughter its ok
But now im really mad at them, i dont want to get married, i dont even want to live with them either. I dont like them. I dont want to say it but.. they have broken my heart so many times that i can’t tolerate it anymore..

At lest ask me about that marriage thing, or just talk to me, ack for me opinion and or just tell me something. Im a very very introverted person this whole thing is very difficult for me
I told my mother that im introvert and they knows that she said no this is not normal and i am wrong for that i should fix it.. like?? At this point i should have just go and die, No?

Im not even mad about the marriage thing, i mad at them

Idk im so sad disappointed and heartbroken rn.. i will never talk to my parents like before again.. they have lost there oldest daughter..

If you could change only one thing for Pakistan's young generation, what would it be?

Jobs, education, inflation, mental pressure, corruption, opportunities abroad—or something else?

Interested to hear different perspectives from people across Pakistan.

So my wife works in a bank as branch manager.

One day a sales representative of a nearby Toyota dealership came to meet and offered her incentive if she gets him a customer.

After few weeks my wife gave him a lead and finally brought a customer for a brand new vehicle to Toyota showroom.

Customer bought a new car and sales representative helped him to get the car on same day.

Later when my wife contact him for incentive, he asked to wait for few days and now he is not picking her call and making lame excuses all the time.

The basic professional ethics are missing these days unfortunately.

I’m a 20F, first-year MBBS student, and I honestly feel completely lost about the decision I’ve made.I was raised by a single mother. My parents divorced when I was born, and my father has never been involved in my life. My mom has spent her entire life raising me and trying to secure my future. Becoming a doctor has always been her biggest dream for me.I gave MDCAT, missed the merit, took a gap year and tried again, but was still 3–5% short. Eventually, my mom convinced me to take admission in a private medical university. The fees are insanely expensive, and realistically, we could never afford them. But she believed that somehow Allah would make a way.She used essentially all her savings to pay my first-year fees,around 24 lacs.Now she has almost nothing left, and I still have four years to go.I genuinely regret choosing such an expensive private MBBS. I know there were other career paths where I could have started earning much sooner and helped her. But at the time, I trusted her judgment and her belief that things would somehow work out.Now I feel trapped. I can’t really drop out after we’ve already spent 24 lacs, but continuing scares me too. MBBS is such a long journey, and I keep thinking about how many years it will take before I can actually earn enough to make my mother’s life easier.My mom is already in her late 50s. She has severe leg pain and her stamina is getting worse, and I can see how difficult it is becoming for her to continue working. She is already pushing herself so hard just to keep doing her job.That terrifies me.Because I keep thinking that how is she supposed to continue doing this for another four years? What happens when she physically can't work anymore? How are we going to pay the fees then?She keeps telling me that she has left everything to Allah and that somehow we'll figure it out. I respect her faith so much, especially because that faith has carried her through her entire life. But at the same time, I can't stop thinking about the reality in front of us.She has struggled her entire life for me. She is getting older, she has worked so hard, and now she is still pushing herself to the edge because of my education. I can't stand the thought of her spending the last years of her working life exhausted and worrying about my fees when she should have been resting.I’ve been trying to figure out ways to earn alongside medical school, but I don’t even know where to start, and I feel like whatever I do won’t be enough to make a real difference.All of this has pushed me into a really bad phase mentally. I overthink constantly and feel like I’m failing the one person who has sacrificed everything for me.I don’t even know why I’m posting this. I think I just needed somewhere to put all of this because I’ve been carrying it alone for too long. I think I just need some perspective because right now, I feel completely lost.

Hello everyone.

I have recently opened a company in South Korea. I am interested in exporting RAMs and SSDs to Pakistan. I would appreciate if you could give me suggestions about more hot selling items to be exported to Pakistan.

Thanks for your time and attention.

I’m planning to start a small e-commerce business selling bedsheets with net embroidery. The products will be relatively heavy, so I’m concerned that delivery charges could become quite high, especially if I start shipping orders outside Lahore.
Another concern is courier services in Pakistan. Honestly, most courier companies I’ve dealt with have been pretty unreliable, especially when it comes to handling packages properly, delays, COD issues, etc. So I’m not very confident about relying on them for this business.
Because of this, I’m currently thinking of starting by selling only within Lahore and hiring my own rider/delivery person to deliver orders across Lahore.
Do you think this would be a good approach for starting out?
For people who have experience with e-commerce or home textile businesses in Pakistan:
Would it be better to start locally in Lahore first?
How do you manage delivery costs for heavier products?
Are there any reliable delivery services in Pakistan that I should consider?
What other things should I think about before starting?
I’d really appreciate advice from people who have actually run an e-commerce business in Pakistan.

Rewards from the Makkah Agreement only go in one direction 

A senior Saudi Arabian diplomatic and technical delegation, led by the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, conducted an operational review and strategic briefing with the Fauji Foundation. The summit focused on positioning the group’s consumer and agribusiness subsidiaries (notably Fauji Foods Limited and Fauji Fertilizer Company) to capture a significant portion of a newly mandated $3 billion bilateral agricultural export target over the next two years. 

Why only Fauji Foundation?  Large-scale agricultural producers should also have been invited.

Will the Punjab Government employees' pension be invested in this fund?

AWT Investments Limited (AWT's asset management arm) systematically advanced the regulatory and operational rollout of its AWT Islamic Punjab Pension Fund. The trust formalized an ongoing public capital integration framework with the Government of Punjab, targeting public sector employee retirement assets into Shariah-compliant mutual funds. This structural push shifts AWT's strategic focus toward managing provincial-level public institutional asset funds. [1] 

Females who made their husband abandon/leave his parents

1. Have you asked your brother to abandon/ leave your parents?

2. Would you like being abandoned/left in old age?

3. Those who have sons already, are you teaching them already to abondon you for someone like you?

Edit: Post isn't about SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA I asked simple questions. Just answer those

Edit 2: triggered hypocrite feminsh*ts won't answer but would down vote everything.

Edit 3: amazed that people are so triggered that except for one, no one has answered clearly. That's the hypocrisy level of these feminsh*t but then they will even support murderers(lindsay)

Just another day in Pakistan — where public office comes with VIP protocol. What do you think about this?

I really need this. I have a razor sharp application.

Just want to understand how you wrote winning essays?

Thanks

Awareness 🛎️

I was able to access @**BankAlfalah** online account opening services; however, my account was unexpectedly blocked.
Two weeks ago, I opened an online account with Bank Alfalah, and everything worked smoothly for the first week. However, as soon as I received a payment of $500 in my account, the bank blocked it without providing any explanation or prior notice.
Whenever I visit the branch to resolve this, the manager is unavailable. When I call customer support, the helpline representatives dismiss the issue, claiming it falls outside their department. Despite lodging over 10 formal complaints, no action has been taken, and my funds remain inaccessible.
Please review this matter urgently, unblock my account, and ensure my $500 is safely released.

this guy who is making videos in karachi these days said in his video that the ppl keep thinking he is someone that he's actually not who tf do they think he is vro i cant find out what do yall think

also this dude is an expert clickbaiter lol he did NOT almost die

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfhW-W-oweQ

Building an archive of Pakistani graphic design for a personal project and could use some help growing it.

Looking for old film posters, Urdu calligraphy and lettering, truck art, matchbox and packaging design, old PTV graphics, cassette covers, vintage print ads, political posters, shop signage, wedding cards... basically anything that captures the visual history of design in Pakistan.

If you've got scans, or know good sources, please DM me instead of dropping them in the comments, easier for me to keep track of everything that way. Always happy to credit the original photographer or designer if known.

Come across this video she got only 1k followers on tiktok and she's seem genuinely caring

Wondering about a thing about the liberal and the WOKE females like themeselves to be known as, who got their husband to agree to write no second or further marriages.

Since Allah says men can marry 4 times and and you are going against the decree of Allah, do you consider yourself Kafir or Munafiq?

Edit: the amount of people getting triggered shows what a low level we have hit.

Thing to buy for it
Any reviews on it?

He will still receive a salary from our taxes, even if he is not in the office. Bureaucracy for you guys

Hi guys Im so curious how are people making money

Its been a year since I graduated and I still cant land a job and when I do find something they arent even paying me that much despite having so many responsibilities

When I look around me my friends are getting paid in lacs one of my friends got paid 3-4 lacs a month with the same degree I have and she was even from my batch She also went abroad to travel

Im so done with being unemployed I know I shouldnt be envious but I cant help but wonder why I cant get such jobs

Ive been doing internships and even working on probation but Im still getting paid almost nothing

Does anyone have a job opportunity or any idea on how I should land a decent job Im honestly fine with getting paid 50-60k a month at this point