Why Visit Pakistan?

Pakistan is one of the countries that I had genuinely never considered visiting, nor was it on my travel bucket list, despite how much I love and find joy in everything different and new! I’d say the main reason behind that was the media and what we hear about how Pakistan is an unstable and dangerous place, and if you get its stamp on your Passport it will cause you trouble when visiting other places.

Last summer I met friends from Pakistan, and they encouraged me a lot to visit it and kept telling me how its a safe country and how beautiful of a place it is. After that I was delegated to a youth summit at the University of Lahore.. at first I won’t deny I was afraid and hesitated to go, however, I decided to contact the embassy and ask about the situation and the credibility of what we hear .. and they assured me that it was safe there and that there were no problems at all. So I decided finally to go to Pakistan and it was one of the best decisions i have ever made. Pakistan truly is a paradise

The summit was in Lahore, and I visited Islamabad as well. Such a beautiful, peaceful, wonderful place. Pakistani people are generous, hospitable, helpful, protective, and very respectful of their guests! Their food is absolutely delicious, every single dish I tried was amazing, their cultral dance and music is so beautiful that makes you want to cry.

Pakistan is one of the countries that is not treated fairly in terms if tourism... It needs more advertising because it simply is worth it!

This article was contributed by Yasmeen Abu Aisheh