Pakistani Girls

Eid ul-Adha is a festival celebrated by the muslims throughout the world. This religious festival is celebrated on the 10th day of Dul Hijja right after the Hajj day, to remember the sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim.

Like other muslim countries, in Pakistan eid day starts with the special eid prayers in the mosques. After the prayers the commemoration of qurbani took place, which is the foremost part of eid ul adha. Men, women, and children all dress up in new clothes and arrange gatherings to share the joy of eid with each other.

Pakistani girls also take part in the celebrations of eid. They wear new and beautiful dresses on the festival and also put on churrian and mehndi. Apart of dressing, cooking is also the main job of girls and women on eid ul-adha. They cook different meat dishes which increase the enjoyment of the day. On this eid we pray to Allah that may the coming year will bring peace in our country and we celebrate every eid with happiness and joy.

Pakistani girls are aghast at the destruction of schools in the Waziristan region.  “The nihilistic Taliban are bent on taking the country back to the stone age,” laments Shazia Orakzai from Peshawar. “These barbarians don’t even care for theri own mothers and daughters. They do not respect the womb that gave them birth.” The girls of the land of the Indus are watching in horror as their country slowly falls prey to the obscurantist ideology of the terrorists. “We must do something, we can’t just stand by and twiddle our thumbs,” asserts Maria Maqbool, a fourth class teacher from Lahore.

The whole of Pakistan is furious over the denial of womens education in the tribal areas. While schools have been closed across the country, the women of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas bear the brunt of the Taliban’s reign of terror. Taliban have been known to blow up schools and even kill female teachers. “We resolve to resist these brutal oppressors and continue with our lives,” writes in Sarah Khan from Bannu, a town just next to Waziristan.

Much depends on the success of the Pakistan Army in Waziristan. With the destruction of the Taliban strongholds in FATA, the people (and especially the females) of the region are sure to breath a sign of relief. Education of females in developing countries is a must to fight poverty, but much work needs to be done in Pakistan where the majority of girls still can’t read and write.

Pakistan  as a country is  known for producing sportsmen who are renowned across the globe. From the legendary squash players to the cricketing eleven, Pakistan’s atheletes and sportsmen have made a mark in their chosen fields. Pakistani girls also take a keen interest in sports, much like their male counterparts. Sports popular among the girls in Pakistan include the ancient game of badminton. Badminton is actually a sport of subcontinental origin and was originally played with a wooden ball.

Over time it evolved to include a feathered shuttlecock. Pakistani girls enjoy badminton especially in the northern plains of the Punjab.  In the summers the wind in the Punjabi plains is not as severe as other places in the world, and badminton is therefore often played outdoors in Pakistan.

The corporate culture in Pakistan has come a long way to maturity. With the advent and now saturation of large businesses including multinational corporations in the three cities of Lahore, Islambad and Karachi, the young professionals of Pakistan have plenty of avenues to prove their mettle. Pakistani girls are no strangers to the corporate rat race. Many employers prefer to employ females over males because the former are perceived as less distracted and more dedicated to their work.

Karachi is the economic powerhouse of Pakistan with the maturity of large businesses headquartered in the metropolis. New graduates make it a point to try and get into a large multinational corporation as salaries are high and perks are aplenty. However, corporations are known for getting every ounce of worth out of their employees. Pakistani girls working in corporations know this reality and are no strangers to long work hours and overtime.

Mela is a famous festival held in many cities of the world where the Pakistan diaspora resides. In every summer people come together to enjoy and celebrate the South Asian cultural heritage. Pakistan communities hold the mela in cities all over the world ranging from Toronto to Sydney. also holds various melas every summer. These melas are of great importance especially for the younger generation as they make them familiar with their cultural background. Desi food, traditional dresses, jewellery and desi music, distinguish the festival from any other party or gathering held in their home countries..

Here are some pictures of girls at a mela, where they are enjoying and also remembering their homeland, as we can see girls wearing Pakistani flag.

Girls dancing together at mela.

Pakistani babes enjoying the desi music

Interior designing is the fast growing professional field in Pakistan. The field is getting famous especially among the girls. Creativity and artistic ability are the main requirements of the profession. Many institutes and schools are offering interior designing courses in all the cities of the country in which National college of arts Lahore and Indus valley institute of art and architecture of  Karachi are famous.

Saira and Fareeha are also studying interior designing and they are enjoy it too.

Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims the world over, wherein they fast from  dawn till dusk. The month culminates in a festival called Eid ul Fitr marking the end of a successful fasting period.

Pakistani girls, like the rest of their countrymen, celebrate the month with full gusto. Even before Eid, lifestyle changes are readily apparent. The preparation of special dishes involves lost of work and meticulous care. Some Ramadan specialities made in Pakistan and among Pakistani diaspora the world over include samosas, pakoras, kachoori, dahi ballay, dahi boondi, etc.

Cooking takes a special meaning during Ramadan, as household ladies go to great efforst to prepare delicious snacks and dishes for the Iftar, dusk  or fast-breaking.

We wish all Pakistanis the world over a happy 14th of August. Women are half the nation, and Pakistani girls around the country are bent on proving that they are second to none when it comes to working for the development and uplift of their dear country. Today, Pakistani men and women around the world stand proud in celebrating the 62nd Independence Day of Pakistan.

Imran Tarar writes in from the Western hemisphere wishing everyone  a Happy Yom e Azadi. Huzaifa Abrar also chimes in from Lahore, telling us how watching the sun set behind a silhouetted Minar e Pakistan made her all sentimental as tears welled up in her eyes.