Living outside Pakistan, any subtle or obvious reference to Pakistan, naturally catches our attention and make us feel proud.
In US at least I’ve noticed that if you go to any large retail place, you are guaranteed to see at least two items related to Pakistan. One is a made in Pakistan ’soccer ball’ and other are the music CDs of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Occasionally one also comes across textile items from Pakistan.
Recently I’ve also seen books related to Benazir Bhutto se
lling in front shelves of book stores across US, Canada and China. I am sure same is the case in many other countries too.
Tonight I was walking with my family in a large retail store in rural Missouri when we came across this whole section of towels which were made in Pakistan (see both photos). I was happily surprised and bought one.
What items have you seen with ‘Made in Pakistan’ label?
My husband’s jacket was bought here in the USA, NJ to be more precise. It wasn’t until it required cleaning that I checked the labeling to see if it could be washed or had to be dry cleaned. Immediately, I noticed that it was made in Pakistan! A very nice and well-made jacket at that! And, it is machine washable!
Aside for typical poor, backward country products, my eyes have starved waiting to see something advanced, manufactured item from Pakistan. I am afraid the day would come where I would start seeing electronic products from India with Pakistan no where in sight.
One T.V. weighing couple of kgs fetched 100s of dollars worth of export.
BUT…
To make 100s of dollars from mangoes, you need to sell much more than couple of kgs.