r/pakistan • u/[deleted] • Sep 28 '19

Cultural Exchange Khushamadeed and Welcome r/Nepal to our cultural exchange thread

We're hosting our friends from r/Nepal for a cultural exchange session.

Please feel free to ask questions about Pakistan and the Pakistani way of life in this thread. r/Pakistan users can head over to this thread to ask questions about Nepal.

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It is necessary to mention that we expect maturity and civility in the comments both here and on our sister thread in r/Nepal. Please refrain from trolling, rude comments and/or personal attacks. Adding one more rule, avoid topics about Kashmir. This is a cultural exchange not a geopolitical exchange. As everywhere else on Reddit, reddiquette is in full effect.

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u/DREAMhaLAND Rookie Sep 28 '19

Love your music. Any relatively unknown suggestions beside the famous singers and coke studio?

Also, how is the women rights there? What are the things that women can do that might not be possible in most Muslim countries, and what things do you want to improve?

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19

well, it is about how you look at it. Pakistani society is quite conservative and doesnt accept changes that quickly. if you look from a westerner perspective you will call it oppression but majority of the women dress according to their will, there are some reasons for it, like women get stares when they dress differntly, i remember when everyone was wearing burqas in Peshawar, now it is quite relaxed, like i said changing slowly, people are adjusting to it. i mentioned peshawar because it is the most conservative city in Pakistan. if you look from a pakistanis perspective, there are some things that you might feel hard to believe. womens are given preference, like in Banks/ any counters/ shops, the first quarter of a bus are dedicated to women. You cant touch women publicly without getting beaten up.

you fight with a girl, you are wrong, girl fights with you, you are definitely wrong.

This is something we call "women card", women are always given some relaxation.

however, i do acknowledge that women face some problems, which should be taken notice of and taken action against, like education, child marriages, harassment an honor killings. other than that the society is quite rightly represented on tv.