Pakistan - The Common Misconception

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Hi. I am a Pakistani and while using facebook and other social media platforms, I have interaction with many people of different races and nationalities. Most of them consider Pakistan a really backward and unsafe country. They seem to think that everyone in this country is a Terrorist. It truly breaks my heart as what the image of my country is to outside world. In reality, we are a really peaceful nation. I agree that in the past there have been many terrorist attacks here, but those are some bad people which do not represent this country. 

Pakistan is a country that has seen Her fair share of terrorism and extreme incidents. We have lost millions in terrorism attacks and wish that all that stops forever. 

One of the most shocking and sad incident was the Attack on Army Public School Peshawar. It was an extremely coward effort by the terrorists to scare us but it proved to be the threshold of Pakistanis. After the incident and Operation was started against these sick and coward people. The operation proved to be a tremendous blow to the terrorists and Pakistan started to prosper. But still, the loss Pakistan has suffered over the years is irreparable.

That incident was one of the lowest point in the history of Pakistan but when you hit rock bottom, you can only get up. As a whole nation Pakistan showed impeccable unity and tackled the odds.

Now Pakistan has much better security and is prospering. Some amazing things about Pakistan are : 

  • Pakistan has the 4th highest literacy rate.
  • It is the world's 26th largest economy.
  • Edhi has the largest ambulance network.
  • Amazing place for tourists.
  • The Pakistan Army is the leading army in UN Peace Keeping Missions.
  • The Inter-Services-Intelligence (ISI) is one of the top Intelligence Agencies.
  • The Karakoram Highway is the highest paved road.
  • CPEC is a milestone in the way of economic success.
  • Gwadar Port is the biggest warm-water deep sea port.
  • Amazing fertile soil.
  • Islamabad is the world's 2nd most beautiful Capital.

I must recommend everyone to visit Pakistan and see themselves what a beautiful country it is. The people of Pakistan are very nice and our hospitality will surely leave a mark on you. 

The woman who traveled the world, Cassie de Pecol, rated Pakistan as her favorite place. My cousin's wife also visited Pakistan from Holland and her insecurities were also finished and she admired Pakistan. Her thinking was different for Pakistan. All the people who feel insecure and feel Pakistan is a really backward and unsafe country should visit it once. Kindly do not defame Pakistan before you yourself visit it.



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mujtaba-afzal

I am a student in a great nation like Pakistan.

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