r/pakistan

براہِ کرم پڑوسیوں سے بچنے کے لیے انگریزی کے بجائے اردو کا استعمال کریں۔

This is for those who try to paint the Pak-Afghan war as a Muslim vs Muslim war. These cavemen have the nerve to label Punjabis as non-Muslims.

Just to put things in perspective this man has his hands on the trigger of the most destructive arsenal in the history of human kind.

Pakistans Landscape never disappoints

no foreign account” claim ignores the facts zardari family’s own paper trail reveals:

• 4‑bed penthouse in 23 Marina, Dubai (88‑story tower), bought 2014 for AED 11.5M, still registered & rented (OCCRP)

• Bilawal Zardari & Zardari joint apartments in Al Saffa & Jumeirah, officially declared to ECP under Election Act (OCCRP)

•Citibank Geneva accounts & offshore firms, SGS‑Cotecna deposits of $11M+, money laundering case with suspended sentences and fines (Dawn)

•Rockwood House, Surrey UK mansion, bought via Panama/BVI/Isle of Man shell companies; UK court noted reasonable prospect of corrupt funds (Business Recorder)

•~$60M Swiss assets frozen, later released after NRO (Irish Times)

seems to be aircraft with propellers

Trump has actually lost it I guess.

Afridi is not much educated, this is always reflected whenever he opens his mouth about anything be it cricket or politics or society. He often played cricket without using any brain, even got to know abbreviation for LBW after his retirement. The worst part is he even never tried to improve his IQ throughout his life.

Recently, in support of current regime he created video about high inflation in Pakistan especially about the possible big increase in petroleum prices. He asks to support the current regime in the video as they did perform for miracle in comparison with other countries. Which countries? He himself does not know. When criticized for defending current govt and its failed policies, he says he created a video at the request of Tarar who otherwise no sane person can take serious, especially after he shot one of the most derogatory and pathetic video against Afghanis. Anyone with slight education would know that you don't commit the support for corrupt installed govt, but rather to the country. Would he start creating shallow videos about anything at the request of Tarar or Muneera or some Sharif or Aleem Khan. By the way, there are reports about him being rewarded a lot by Aleem Khan.

And now he is angry at those who criticized him for this video are wrong, and his video was good appeal for the country. Would not he be better person if he was a bit educated?

This needs to be read carefully because there are two very different stories being told right now and only one of them is accurate.

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Iran refused to meet US officials in Islamabad and that Pakistan’s mediation had reached a dead end. That story was picked up everywhere and the narrative became that Iran walked away and Pakistan’s diplomatic moment was over.

Today Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi posted on X directly contradicting this. His exact words: “Iran’s position is being misrepresented by US media. We are deeply grateful to Pakistan for its efforts and have never refused to go to Islamabad. What we care about are the terms of a conclusive and lasting end to the illegal war that is imposed on us.”

So what actually happened?

Iran didn’t refuse the venue. Iran refused the terms. These are completely different things. The US 15 point plan demands Iran dismantle its nuclear program, halt missile development, and effectively hand over control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s counter conditions include war reparations, guaranteed non-aggression, and the end of all US military presence in the region. The gap between these two positions is enormous and has nothing to do with whether the meeting happens in Islamabad or Doha or Istanbul.

The WSJ framing that Iran refused to come to Islamabad was a deliberate misrepresentation that shifts blame for the impasse onto Iran’s attitude rather than onto the impossibility of the US demands. Iran is publicly correcting that record and importantly doing so while explicitly thanking Pakistan for its efforts. That’s not the statement of a country that wants to embarrass Pakistan. That’s a country that wants the mediation to continue under better conditions.

Turkey and Egypt are now exploring Doha and Istanbul as alternative venues. The mediation isn’t dead. The specific round of talks collapsed because the terms weren’t agreed, which is completely normal in any negotiation.

Pakistan’s role is intact. The narrative that it failed is largely a US media construct designed to manage expectations at home before Trump’s April 6 Hormuz deadline.

Was just watching a recent YouTube short by Foodie Sultan where he tries food at the Rawalpindi Railway Station.

Right at the beginning of the video, he mentions that the station entry ticket is Rs. 30. But instead of just buying it, he proudly announces that he and his friend got in for free because the ticket collector knew him.

Link to the video: Trying Rawalpindi Railway Station Food (he says it right around the 0:10 mark).

I know 30 rupees is basically nothing, but that’s exactly why it’s so frustrating. We spend all day cursing politicians and elites for corruption and VIP culture, but the second a regular guy gets a tiny bit of jaan pehchaan (clout), he does the exact same thing on a micro level.

Pakistan Railways is already a struggling state institution. Why is an educated guy, who makes decent money off his platform, flexing about dodging a basic civic fee for personal PR?

It’s not a flex to cost the national exchequer money just to look cool in front of your subscribers. We complain about the country going down the drain, but we celebrate these little favors and normalized micro-corruption every chance we get.

Stop celebrating this cheap "I know a guy" culture. Just pay the 30 rupees, man.

this is my cat of 3 years. my love my life my will to live. the only reason I got out of bed. I adopted him when I was at the lowest point in my life. and he show me otherwise every day since then. unfortunately, today he went missing. some context is that we had guests over today. my cat, bugu, roams around the house a lot. so I kept him in my mother's room which is directly beside mine. it had been maybe 2-3 hours since I hadn't seen him. by then the guests had left, they have two little kids that are irritating and try to barge in my room every chance given to play on the PS5 or annoy bugu. khair I had the room locked so they had no success this time. now after they're gone I leave my room to find bugu and I couldn't find him. my mother didn't know where he was either when she's the one who usually knows. it wasnt anything weird I assume he ran out. all the exit doors in my house have to be forced open with quite some force for bugu to go outside. even then, he doesn't. he's a scaredy cat type of cat. anyway, I search my entire house. the cabinets the heights the terrace even my society and all the alleyways in between. none.

I have cameras in my home covering almost every inch of my home outside and a little bit inside so I review the footage and he wasn't visible anywhere. that meant he didn't go outside... so I search the house again. from 5:30 PM to now 8:52 PM. no luck. I made this poster and will be spreading this all around my society. please, if you see him. I doubt anyone will. but if you see bugu, please refer to the details on the poster. that person will answer fast. please. thank you.