Tourists/Foreigners in Pakistan

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Some gori's childhood pic from Pakistan

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So hard to guess where she is from

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[taseer121]

singapore or china i guess...

[insomniac00]

picture is ooolllldddd

[Pakia]

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[taseer121]

where is this place, pakia?

[Pakia]

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[Pakia]

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[Intoxication]

Originally Posted by Intoxication

Himalaya with Michael Palin

This was an amazing documentary that I really enjoyed watching, as it was one of the few times, that something on Pakistan was shown on terrestrial TV here.

However, unfortunately, no one has uploaded the parts on Pakistan! Even though, the parts on Pakistan were HUGE, just like the parts on India, Nepal, Tibet & Bhutan. The part on Bangladesh was very small & not given much importance, but its been uploaded!!

Only this little bit has been uploaded:

Michael Palin on the Khyber Railway - BBC



Video not working, link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyv5OKXZgVs

Michael Palin at the India-Pakistan border ceremony - BBC

More videos regarding Michael Palin in Pakistan:

Michael Palin discovers the origins of polo - BBC

Palin travels through the Shandur Pass and attends a match in the birthplace of Polo. Footage from the BBC

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhLvhggQXQg



The beginning of the 6 part Travel show on BBC by Michael Palin about The Himalayas.

[Pakia]

[taseer121]

they look like 3rd class goris

[siamu maharaj]

German band on South Asian Tour

In Karachi:

[brightside.]

I was gonna ask you to post a pic of that concert, I read about it in Dawn. But the pics here are almost the same as the one accompanying the article. How did these guys have the balls to come here anyway.

[oogabooga]

Originally Posted by brightside.

I was gonna ask you to post a pic of that concert, I read about it in Dawn. But the pics here are almost the same as the one accompanying the article. How did these guys have the balls to come here anyway.

No marketing and indoors concert with a limited crowd.................most probably

[siamu maharaj]

Originally Posted by brightside.

I was gonna ask you to post a pic of that concert, I read about it in Dawn. But the pics here are almost the same as the one accompanying the article. How did these guys have the balls to come here anyway.

It was strictly invitation-only. The tickets were not up for sale. Even then though, these Germans (not the band, but the attendees) were walking on roads and stuff without fear with their families. And I was thinking wow man, they got balls. Also, they had no security.

[brightside.]

I saw a white lady walking along Khaiban-e-Rahat a couple of months ago at the crack of dawn and wondered how dangerous that was for her to be alone at a deserted time like that. I guess goras here now must be here because they are being paid a lot of money, otherwise I don't see how we can have any left.

[siamu maharaj]

Well, like I've said before you can see a lot of goras around, there're at least a few at Ebco no matter when you go. I think I posted one time when I saw this blonde in a nice mini in khadda market. About a year ago I think.

[Intoxication]

Originally Posted by siamu maharaj

Well, like I've said before you can see a lot of goras around, there're at least a few at Ebco no matter when you go. I think I posted one time when I saw this blonde in a nice mini in khadda market. About a year ago I think.

This is a general question, but it specially goes out to Siamu.

What I don't understand is, how come there are a lot more foreigners visible in Karachi, than in other, safer cities, of Pakistan, such as Islamabad or Lahore? You've talked a lot of the times, about seeing White people, South East Asians, not to mention, Bengalis, Afghans etc etc

Plus, I've also read about Nepalese, Sri Lankans and Indians making their way for Karachi.

I also have this:

Owing to the scale and diversity of the immigrant population, estimates of its size and composition remain rough. In Karachi, the largest segment – about 1.3 million – hails from Bangladesh, while totals from Africa, Burma and India reach into the hundreds of thousands. Most Bangladeshi migrants travel overland to Pakistan via India, where they are sometimes able to make arrangements in advance for work in Karachi, where supposedly pays are higher than anywhere else in South Asia. Karachi is also home to 80,000 Afghans, who are counted as refugees rather than as aliens on the assumption that they will return to their native country once conditions improve.

http://www.himalmag.com/

Where as, in Islamabad and Lahore, you'd mostly just see Afghans. You would only see other foreigners, if some other country came on a diplomatic visit. Atleast thats how it is for Islamabad. Is it because Karachi is the Financial Capital of Pakistan? Yes or No?

[Menec3]

Originally Posted by Pakia

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That loooks like INDIA!

[Menec3]

Originally Posted by Intoxication

This is a general question, but it specially goes out to Siamu.

What I don't understand is, how come there are a lot more foreigners visible in Karachi, than in other, safer cities, of Pakistan, such as Islamabad or Lahore? You've talked a lot of the times, about seeing White people, South East Asians, not to mention, Bengalis, Afghans etc etc

Plus, I've also read about Nepalese, Sri Lankans and Indians making their way for Karachi.

I also have this:

Owing to the scale and diversity of the immigrant population, estimates of its size and composition remain rough. In Karachi, the largest segment – about 1.3 million – hails from Bangladesh, while totals from Africa, Burma and India reach into the hundreds of thousands. Most Bangladeshi migrants travel overland to Pakistan via India, where they are sometimes able to make arrangements in advance for work in Karachi, where supposedly pays are higher than anywhere else in South Asia. Karachi is also home to 80,000 Afghans, who are counted as refugees rather than as aliens on the assumption that they will return to their native country once conditions improve.

http://www.himalmag.com/

Where as, in Islamabad and Lahore, you'd mostly just see Afghans. You would only see other foreigners, if some other country came on a diplomatic visit. Atleast thats how it is for Islamabad. Is it because Karachi is the Financial Capital of Pakistan? Yes or No?

Yeah but Islamabad is boring, dunno about lahore.
Ive seen ALOT of afghans in lahore.