There's a lot of things that people say and think about
Pakistan that may not even necessarily be true and some of the stuff is just straight-up lies
Welcome to another episode of FTD facts
My name is Leroy Kenton
And in this episode I'm showing you ten of the biggest misconceptions stereotypes and just straight-up lies
About the country of Pakistan. So starting off at number 10. It's very dangerous
Emphasis on the word very yes, of course. There are some parts that definitely you may want to avoid
Especially if you're going by yourself
But in general Pakistan is completely fine. Of course, it's seen bad years over the past decades but the last few years
Especially have seen a lot of increase in safety
The government of course is doing what it can to make everybody feel welcome in their country
Also remember that it's a 36 largest country in the entire world as well as a 6 most populous country
So when you look at the proportion of things
there's no more of an increase of crime or
Safety hazards when you compare it to a country that has a lot smaller population
Now the next thing is all women wear burkas, okay
Okay, that is not true at all completely false like all societies
Pakistan is divided into those who are more conservative while others are more liberal
And of course female dressing, is that same way as well
So based on where you're going you're gonna see women wear all sorts of different stuff
So like the street fashion is completely diverse and it differs
Based on whether you're in a rural area or in an urban area line number eight
Pakistanis are uneducated and illiterate. All right guys, so let me break this down for you
There are a hundred and sixty-three thousand primary schools in Pakistan. There's
1267 colleges and hundred and seventy four universities
Pakistan has a seventh largest pool of engineers and doctors in the world and to mention one Muhammad Abdul Salam was a Pakistani
theoretical physicist he was a major figure in the 20th century in the field of theoretical physics, and he shared the Nobel Peace Prize in
1979 in physics with Sheldon Glashow as well as Stephen Weinberg for his contributions to the electroweak unification
now I can go on about the different facts that I found, but I actually have an entire video just about
Surprising discoveries and inventions from Pakistanis. So you definitely want to check it out. I do have a link to that video below
Trust me. It'll like change your whole perspective
So just go watch that and I'm going on to the next line and number seven the whole country is underdeveloped
So Pakistani cities are not exactly like what you see on the TV shows a lot of shows just show like the real bad
Stuff, but in reality a lot of place in Pakistan are very clean and vegetation is in
abundance in the country people in Pakistan speak Arabic or
pakistanian
Alright, a lot of Pakistanis know basic Arabic because they recite the Quran which is the holy book of Islam
And of course Pakistan is a Muslim majority country
So to understand it clearly you definitely got to learn some Arabic now
The term pakistanian isn't a language is used by people who have no idea
that her do or do is the official language of
Pakistan they are do in English as well
Now the country also has several regional languages including Punjabi Pashto Cindy Bellucci gujjar II
Kashmir II as well as several others men are running around wearing turbans in Pakistan. You look at men in Pakistan, right?
They're pretty much wearing what we wear over in North America, you know, you'll see people in t-shirts jeans
Jackets, all sorts and yeah some of that Pakistani fashion like I'm feeling it
I really am now. One thing to point out guys Pakistan is not in the Middle East
it's not like it's it's it's not it's located in South Asia and you know, some people believe that
Camels and donkeys are a form of transportation over in Pakistan
Okay, that's not completely false because yeah
You may find some people in rural areas riding on a camel or a donkey
But Pakistan is a modern country with modern means of transportation
You look at cities like Lahore Islamabad Rawal Pindi
They all have a metro bus sir this as well as Lahore has an Orange Line train, which is under construction, I believe
Oh, yeah, some of these public transit services are still under construction
but either way they have a very organized motorway system and they're still working on it and improving on it because you know
There's a lot of people in that country. So there's a lot to manage
Of course, you're gonna get some traffic and all adapt, but most people don't right wrong on donkeys and camels now
Here's a big one people believe that child marriages is a common thing in Pakistan Pakistani children
They go to school like every other child and that's like pretty much it and finally the biggest
misconception stereotype and lie about Pakistan is that they are completely
Anti India, according to many people they feel that Pakistan like on a whole has like this huge hate for India
So ever since the time of Independence a lot of people yes have fostered that hatred but has a relationship
Improved. Well, yes, of course over the years it has this might be because people are just you know,
Completely tired of fighting and of course, it's always that rivalry but in cricket, especially India vs
Pakistan those are always like the best matches but to say the country is completely anti
India is just not a fair statement at all
Are there Pakistanis that don't like India, of course, are there Indians that know like Pakistanis? Of course?
But as a country anti Indian, no, okay guys
So that's all I have for you in this episode a little bit of a lighter tone than most of our other videos
So hope you guys saw a totally different side of Pakistan
This was 10 of the biggest lies and missing sections and stereotypes about the country. Let me know
What are some that you've heard?
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