This is what happens when there is democracy and government actually cares about their people. I know Indian has so many people but still their bureaucracy and government is way ahead of us.

People of subcontinent has a protein deficiency and you can clearly see difference in height and muscle mass whenever you travel to any develop country but no one cares in our country. No one is willing to educate people that the so called "Ghar ka khana" is actually killing us and it has most of the time no nutritional value.

We need more protein and healthy diet, no wonders people get diabetes at 45 and people are dying young.

Reference : https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=159370&ModuleId=2&reg=5&lang=1

Rehman Baba Express derailed near Sher shah railway station in Multan on 13th october. All 14 coaches were derailed, and a few even flipped upside down

Initial reports point to mechanical failure😵‍💫

Source- https://tribune.com.pk/story/2634718/passenger-train-derails-near-multan-seven-killed-50-hurt

Why is their no brand that sells affordable cream cheese man like its so expensive the cream cheese from the cow photo brand is for like 1k pkr and even the cheep ones are like 800 rupees.

I grew up in balochistan and we used to get irani cream cheese for like 100 rupees.

Also dosent make sense its 3x more expensive than butter when the ingredients are cheaper.
Just milk and viniger

The greatest sin of Zia was seeing how students toppled Ayub Khan and then Zia shut down the students forever.

It was roughly 120k in West Pakistan and 70k in East Pakistan - These figures are for higher education students.

High school students was slightly over a million, but joined a little later.

Rawalpindi on November 7, 1968 was the collision point, police opened fire on students who were protesting again high fees and one student was killed by police, Abdul Hamid.

Bangladesh in 2024 was 200k

Sri Lanka 2022 was 50k

To prevent a tragedy like Laiba Ijaz's from happening again, I have created a centralized portal for study abroad info for Pakistani students which is completely free, no sign up, no data required, free public service, please share in your circle of influence so that no one becomes a victim to these heartless study abroad consultants again.

Khudapplykaro.com

Note: Admins can visit the website themselves and judge it based on merit, it isn't self-promotion or anything but still you can reject th request if goes against rules.

Just read this application written by Principal of a Post Graduate college , why are these guys there looting shops and other people's assets?

Anyone with ground reality and some news of what’s going on ground now?

On 21 February 1952, Pakistani police opened fire on Bengali language protesters in Dhaka, killing students and others who were demanding official recognition for Bengali. The Pakistani state had sought to establish Urdu as the sole state language despite Bengali being spoken by the majority of the population.

Think about that: people were shot for demanding the right to have their own language recognised. Bengali was eventually recognised as a state language in 1956, alongside Urdu.

It makes you wonder how a country founded partly on the idea of a shared Muslim identity could end up shooting its own students over language. How did Urdu become so tied to national identity that the language spoken by the majority of the population was treated as a threat to national unity? And why do we still confuse imposing a common language with creating a common identity? A country cannot build unity by asking millions of people to subordinate their linguistic identity to someone else’s. If anything, this history shows how language policy can deepen divisions rather than bridge them.

I've seen people work 12 hours a day and barely move forward, while others work 4 focused hours and achieve more.

Effort matters, but choosing the right direction, having leverage, and knowing when to quit matter just as much.

Sometimes working harder is just a way to avoid admitting that your strategy isn't working.

What do you think? Is hard work really the key to success, or is that what we've been taught to believe?

olx pakistan has become unusable with all the featured spam, delivery junk, and banner ads.

instead of complaining about it I just wrote a tiny chrome extension that wipes all of it out. added toggles for featured and delivery ads in the popup so you can turn them off whenever. themed it in the old dark blue UI because the current site looks terrible.

not putting it on the store because google wants 5 bucks for a dev fee. if you want to use it or check out the code it’s open source on github:

https://github.com/AimVainx/OLX-Blocked

installing it: download zip -> extract it -> go to chrome://extensions/ -> turn on developer mode -> click load unpacked -> select the folder.

done. now you block them.

I've seen these kinda posts alot in general subreddits with alot of members and since im 23 rn, I'm really interested in the answers to know and recognize if there's a pattern of things I'm doing wrong... But alot of the answers are really specific to life in the west where there's previlege in doing alot of the stuff not possible here... And where somethings that are normalized aren't commonplace here...

So i wanted to ask all the late 20s and 30s or older ppl to add what they really think about often in their current life as a regret... I would really like to know to try to better myself :)

I'll help you find affordable materials and alternatives. 💗 I'll also be sharing bookbinding tutorials in about a month, so let me know if you'd like to join the community. I'll add you and

I honestly don't understand what has gone so wrong with Pakistani culture and our collective mindset. Sometimes, it genuinely feels like people have completely lost the ability to think rationally when it comes to issues like harassment, sexual abuse, and the so-called "izzat" of a family.

Over time, through various discussions and personal accounts shared online, I've come across a disturbing pattern in the experiences of Pakistani women. Many women have spoken about facing harassment from people they knew, including cousins, older relatives, domestic workers, or other people within their surroundings.

What disturbed me even more was learning how some of their mothers reacted when they were told about what had happened.

In several accounts I've come across, the mothers' reactions were deeply upsetting. Instead of supporting their daughters, they reportedly turned the situation into an issue of their daughters' "izzat." The girls were made to feel as though they had somehow brought shame upon their families, while the people who had actually harassed them were not held accountable in the same way.

And I genuinely cannot understand this logic.

If one person does something wrong to another person, why does the shame fall on the victim instead of the person who committed the wrongdoing?

Why is the daughter's reputation treated as the problem, rather than the behaviour of the person who harassed her?

I'm not saying that a victim should be forced to publicise what happened to them or announce it to the entire world. Absolutely not. Every person deserves privacy, and it's their decision how much they want to share.

But surely, as a parent, you can at least stand beside your daughter. You can tell her that what happened was wrong, that the person who did it is responsible for their actions, and that she has done nothing to deserve this treatment.

And if taking legal or other formal action isn't immediately possible, you can still listen to her, believe her, protect her, and find ways to ensure that the person responsible doesn't get another opportunity to harm her.

Why is even that so difficult for some parents?

What makes this even worse is that, in some of the accounts I've come across, mothers reportedly scolded their daughters, told them to remain quiet, or expected them to tolerate the situation. Meanwhile, the person causing the problem was not necessarily removed from the environment, and no meaningful solution was offered.

Just think about what that does to a girl.

First, someone violates her boundaries and makes her feel unsafe. Then, when she gathers the courage to tell the person she should be able to trust most, she is met with blame, shame, silence, or anger.

What is she supposed to learn from that experience?

That she shouldn't have told anyone?

That protecting the family's reputation matters more than protecting her?

That if someone harasses her again, she should simply suffer in silence?

And then we wonder why so many people are afraid to speak up about harassment and abuse.

We cannot keep telling girls to speak up while simultaneously teaching them that speaking up will make their own lives worse.

A mother should be someone her daughter can approach without being terrified of the reaction. A parent should be someone a child can tell almost anything to, without immediately fearing judgment, punishment, or humiliation.

I understand that Pakistani mothers may themselves have grown up in environments where family reputation, social pressure, and fear of gossip were deeply ingrained. Some may genuinely believe that keeping quiet is the safest way to protect their daughters from further harm.

But understanding where this mindset comes from doesn't mean we should accept it.

Protecting your daughter's reputation by silencing her is not the same as protecting your daughter.

Keeping an incident secret while leaving the person responsible in a position to repeat the behaviour is not a solution either.

And making your daughter feel ashamed of something someone else did to her is not parenting. It's adding another layer of pain to an already painful experience.

To every parent reading this, whether you already have children or hope to have them someday, please think about the kind of parent you want to become.

A few months ago, Nida Yasir made a comment during her morning show about Foodpanda riders and how they sometimes don't return change, seemingly expecting customers to let them keep it as a tip. She received a lot of criticism for saying that, and many people disagreed with her.

I want to share my own experience because, honestly, I've started to understand where she was coming from.

Whenever a delivery rider comes to my house, whether they're delivering food or bringing a parcel, I generally try to give them a tip. I've always felt that these people work hard, often in difficult conditions, and a little extra money from my side might make their day a little better.

A few months ago, when my stomach issues weren't as bad as they are now, I used to order food from outside almost daily, mostly from XYZ Cafe. It was one of the few decent options available in my area late at night.

Eventually, I started seeing the same riders repeatedly. They became familiar with me, and I became familiar with them. Since I used to tip them regularly, I guess some of them started expecting it.

Sometimes, my orders were paid for online, and sometimes I paid in cash. Even when I didn't have change at home, I'd try to arrange some money from someone else because I genuinely wanted to give the rider something extra.

But over time, I started noticing something that made me uncomfortable.

For example, imagine your order costs Rs. 850 and you give the rider Rs. 1,000. Instead of returning the Rs. 150, the rider simply keeps the entire amount without asking you anything.

Now, if I willingly tell someone to keep the change, that's one thing. But shouldn't the decision be mine?

There were occasions when I didn't particularly feel like tipping, especially after experiencing this behaviour repeatedly. So I'd ask for my change, and sometimes the response would be, "Bhai, bilkul change nahi hai."

I understand that delivery riders might genuinely not have change sometimes. I'm not denying that. But when someone says they have absolutely no change, even though they're handling multiple deliveries and parcels, it does make you wonder whether they're being honest.

One incident that particularly stuck with me involved a rider who had delivered to my house several times before. I had tipped him on previous occasions, so we were already familiar with each other.

One day, he told me that someone had snatched his money.

I asked him, "Snatching hui? Aur tumhara phone nahi liya? Sirf paise le gaye?"

He said that they hadn't taken his phone.

I don't know what actually happened, and I'm not claiming that he was lying. But I remember feeling a little suspicious, especially because I had already tipped him multiple times before.

Then there's another side to this.

I do a lot of online shopping, so riders from XYZ Courier Company frequently come to my house with parcels. I generally try to tip them as well.

On one occasion, a rider handed me my parcel, and when I started counting the money, he stood right in front of me, almost as if he was waiting for me to hand him something.

Now, there's nothing wrong with a rider appreciating a tip. But when someone stands there expecting it, it creates a very awkward feeling. Even if I had initially intended to give them something, the expectation itself makes the interaction uncomfortable.

And here's another incident.

A few months ago, a rider from XYZ Courier Company came to deliver a parcel. I had actually intended to tip him, but when I asked about the change, he immediately said that he didn't have any.

I told him that I didn't have change either. After a little while, I said, "Bhai, aap dekh lein, shayad aapke paas ho."

Then I told him to wait while I went inside to get some money.

Without saying anything further, he took out his own wallet and returned the change to me.

And guess what? I didn't give him a single rupee as a tip.

I had initially intended to tip him, but the way he handled the situation completely changed my mind. Had he simply returned my change and let me decide whether I wanted to tip him, I probably would have given him something.

So why do people do this? Why turn something that could have been a kind gesture into an uncomfortable interaction?

Now, coming to what happened today.

For the first time in several months, I ordered food late at night. The order cost Rs. 700, and I paid the rider with a Rs. 1,000 note.

He told me he didn't have change.

I told him that I didn't have change either, so I suggested that he transfer the remaining Rs. 300 to my bank account.

He said he didn't have an Easypaisa account.

I suggested that he could use another option, but he kept saying that he couldn't do it. Eventually, I told him that if he couldn't return the money, he could take the order back.

At that point, I asked whether he could transfer the money to my bank account instead. He agreed, so I gave him my bank details, and he transferred the Rs. 300.

I took my food and went back to my room.

Then, a thought crossed my mind.

Wait a minute. Didn't he just tell me that he didn't have an Easypaisa account or any way to transfer the money? So how did he manage to transfer it to my bank account?

Now, to be fair, maybe I misunderstood him. Maybe he didn't have money in his account, or perhaps there was some other explanation. I'm not claiming that he was trying to cheat me. It's entirely possible that I'm overthinking the situation.

But after all these experiences, I can't help wondering why these situations keep happening.

And the thing is, I don't want to stop tipping people. I know how difficult delivery work can be, and I genuinely believe that people who work hard deserve respect and kindness.

But tipping should be a voluntary gesture, not something a customer is pressured into doing.

I've even had riders directly ask me for a little something extra, saying things like, "Bhai, thori bohat mohabbat kar dein."

I understand that they might be struggling financially, and I don't want to sound insensitive to their circumstances. But sometimes, even when you have the intention of helping someone, the way they ask for it makes you uncomfortable.

The point I'm trying to make is simple: there's a difference between appreciating a tip and expecting one as if it's your right.

If I give you Rs. 200 extra, that's my choice. If I decide not to give you anything, that should also be my choice. And if I give you Rs. 1,000 for an Rs. 700 order, I should receive my Rs. 300 back unless I explicitly tell you to keep it.

I'm not saying all delivery riders behave this way. I've met plenty of decent riders, and I know many of them are honest, hardworking people who deserve far more respect than they receive.

But these repeated experiences have made me much more cautious.

So, coming back to Nida Yasir: maybe the way she expressed herself wasn't perfect, and perhaps people had valid reasons to disagree with her. But after experiencing these situations myself, I can understand the point she was trying to make.

Nida Yasir wasn't necessarily wrong about the behaviour she was talking about.

Have any of you experienced something similar with Foodpanda, courier companies, or other delivery riders? Am I overthinking these situations, or have some people genuinely started treating tips as something they're automatically entitled to?

And just to be clear, I'm absolutely not against tipping. In fact, I genuinely believe we should tip people for their hard work, and I personally do so almost every time, whether it's a food delivery rider or a ride-hailing service driver (I'd say 99% of the time, I pay extra). I'm not saying we shouldn't tip; I'm simply saying that there's a difference between giving someone a tip out of appreciation and being made to feel obligated to do so. I hope you guys understand what I'm trying to say.

First, about myself: I don't negotiate; I'll pay the price you tell me.

Why is it always like this with our people? If you give them the money first, they only do the work half-heartedly; if you demand the work first, they then come up with some kind of surcharge at the end?

It's impossible to work with the other party in this way; if I pay money, I know the work won't be done, and if I demand the work first, I end up having to pay double.

Well, everyone who did that to me has lost me as a long-term customer, and I can understand why Pakistan has so few investors. Even given the political situation, Pakistan has hardly any investors; how would anyone want to invest in such a country?

PS: Thanks for reading, it was helpful, maybe I'm just being irrational right now and have only encountered the bad apples so far.

Hey All,
I am planning to give IELTS and would love to hear your recommendations for the test center.
I have heard that IDP is more lenient when it comes to scoring. Do you think this is true?
Also which IDP or BC centre did you take IELTS test in? And how was your experience overall and were you satisfied with the grading?

But according to Governer KP Faisal Kundi and Mohsin Naqvi, everything is fine and the people of KP wholeheartedly accept this de facto Martial Law

What the hell is going on with internet home fiber is down since 3 am and now data is also not working properly. There is no news or notice regarding internet down time yet it doesn’t work cant run agents , can’t connect to vps , cant watch twitch, can’t play games due to disconnect and time
out. I cant freaking work stupid government.

not wanna get into the details but i got like 90% of my relative who i have witnessed with my own eyes are not sincere to either me or my parents yet my parents always helped them with xyz stuff. i know for a fact that they didn't even bother to return the favor yet felt like they were entitled so even seeing them makes me disgusted. i don't blame my parents but don't you think there should always be a limit to everything?

Aoa.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Just got a small issue. How to put front license plate on cd 70 without removing anything. There is no screws holder or mounts on front.

Also the number plate does not have holes.

How broiler farming actually works in Pakistan, including the antibiotic problem we need to talk aboutu/Shafiqmz asked me to make a detailed post explaining how chicken farming works, what we feed the birds and what vaccines or injections they receive. A few others asked how they grow so quickly without hormones.

Our family has been in poultry since 1985 and I am currently raising a broiler flock myself. Obviously that gives me an interest in the industry, so you shouldn't have to accept something just because I say it. I have included sources too.

The biggest misunderstanding is that we take an ordinary desi chick, give it some injections and turn it into a large chicken in a few weeks. That is not how a broiler is produced.

The fast growth comes mainly from generations of selective breeding, supported by balanced feed and the right conditions. Growth hormones and anabolic steroids are not part of standard commercial broiler production. UVAS Lahore addresses this directly in its poultry FAQs. This doesn't mean I can personally guarantee what every individual farm does. It means the rapid growth itself is not evidence of hormone use.

So what does selective breeding actually mean?

Imagine keeping records of thousands of birds. Which grow well? Which need less feed to gain the same weight? Which stay healthy? Which breeding hens produce more fertile eggs that successfully hatch? You select birds with desirable inherited traits to produce the next generation, then repeat that process for decades. Companies such as Cobb and Aviagen do this with detailed performance and family records. It is much more precise than simply choosing the biggest chicken.

There are several generations behind the chick that reaches a farm.

In a typical four-line breeding system, there are four separate breeding populations, which we can call A, B, C and D. These are the “pure lines.” They are maintained and selected separately, with different emphasis on different traits.

The breeding chain goes through great-grandparents, grandparents, parents and finally the commercial broiler. GP means grandparent stock. In the simplified four-line example, crossing A with B produces the male parent line, and crossing C with D produces the female parent line. Those parent birds are then mated to produce the broiler carrying genetics from all four lines. Each stage multiplies the numbers, so a relatively small breeding population eventually supplies huge numbers of commercial chicks.

The male side generally puts more emphasis on meat production and efficient growth. The female side also needs strong reproductive performance. A bird that grows beautifully but whose mother produces very few chicks would be expensive to supply. So breeders have to balance growth, egg production, fertility, hatchability and health. These are hatching eggs for producing broilers, by the way. The hens producing your everyday table eggs belong to separate layer breeding programmes.

The parent flock lays fertilised eggs, which go into a hatchery. Incubators provide the conditions for development, and the chicks hatch after about 21 days. They then go to broiler farms to be raised for meat.

What do they eat?

Commercial feed is a formulated mixture. Typically that includes maize for energy, soybean meal and other protein sources, oils, vitamins, minerals and added amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. The exact ingredients vary. Starter, grower and finisher feeds have different nutrient balances for different stages of growth. “Feed” is not the name of a mysterious growth drug.

Feed alone also cannot compensate for everything. Water, temperature, ventilation, litter condition and enough feeding space all matter. A chick with good genetics can still perform badly if its environment is wrong. This is a large part of the actual daily work on a farm.

Then there are vaccines. Birds are vaccinated against diseases such as Newcastle disease and infectious bursal disease, commonly called Gumboro. Depending on the vaccine, it may be given through drinking water, spray or injection, including at the hatchery. The programme depends on local disease risks and veterinary advice. Seeing someone inject a bird does not tell you that the syringe contains steroids. Vaccination is disease prevention, and it is different from giving antibiotics.

Now antibiotics are where I do agree there is a serious problem.

They are used in Pakistan's poultry industry, and it would be dishonest to dismiss all concern about them as a conspiracy. A study covering 100 farms and 225 flocks in Punjab documented extensive antimicrobial use. Antibiotics can be used to treat disease, but routine preventive use and their use as growth promoters also need scrutiny. Some are added at the feed mill, so saying “I haven't put antibiotics in the water” does not establish that a flock is antibiotic-free.

Misuse encourages antibiotic-resistant bacteria. There is also the issue of withdrawal periods: after a medicine is given, the required time must pass before slaughter so residues fall within permitted limits. That period depends on the particular product. A small Punjab survey found that more than half its participating farmers did not follow withdrawal periods. That is a real concern, though it isn't a national estimate.

Broilers can grow rapidly without antibiotics. Antibiotics did not create the inherited growth potential I explained above. But that is no excuse to avoid checking what is actually being used.

I would much rather people ask us which medicines were given, why they were needed, what was in the feed and whether withdrawal periods were followed. Those are questions the industry should answer properly. Saying the hormone story is wrong doesn't give us a free pass on everything else.

I had my family come back from Umrah and they had purchased the standard zam zam bottle from the airport.

But when they arrived in Islamabad international airport, they were told the zam zam was lost/delayed. Around 200+ people were affected.

They gave my family member a number to contact and wrote it down on their ticket and told them to come back the next day to receive it... And we've been calling and the number is always busy.

Im wondering how is it reasonable to ask passengers to come back after 24-48 hours when people may have to go back to their hometowns hours away from the airport??

If they lost luggage, they should arrange having it delivered...

It's crazy how flights are the most expensive part of the journey and they treat us like they are doing a favour!

Baluchis, Punjabis, Kashmiris and now Pakhtoons. Actually second time on Pashtoons and but first time within KPK. They did it again. Opened fire on Pakhtoons. There are many videos making rounds on the internet. I even saw an 8-10 year old kid injured with a bullet.

Of course this is the strategy of the establishment to open fire and kill a bunch of them to scare away everyone. This strategy did not work on Kashmiris and Pashtoons. I see this getting worse, Pashtoons will probably pick up arms.

The greed of rare earth minerals have made the establishment blind.

I hope this nation gets united and start Civil Nafarmani movement.