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?
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.
Being a single college student, I procrastinate on my laundry. This one time I had to be somewhere and I remembered I had no ‘clean’ socks at home. Rushed to the campus bookstore (in Utah, USA) and bought 3 pairs of socks. Pleasantly found out later that they were made in Pakistan. It made my day.
How can we forget Shan Masala, Rooh Afza, Basmati Rice, Ahmed Saiwayyan & Achaar or Dawn kay Parathay? I usually buy Pakistani food items.
Some of my t-shirts are made in Pakistan. Some of the clothing brands whose clothes I have seen from Pakistan are IZOD, George (Walmarts clothing range), Nike, American Eagle & Cherokee.
Aamir, Invisalign is one example; alas, it’s not manufactured in Pakistan anymore (look up the story, it’s quite interesting).
salaam , living in the uk, i was pleasently suprised to find clothes labels with “made in pakistan” on it.. and the colour didnt run when it was washed!!
Eidee Man:
I am afraid I have never seen anything advanced from Pakistan. The stuff I have bought consists mostly of textiles and sporting goods, and I have seen instruments used in bathroom and in dentistry, surgery etc. I have never seen an electronic or mechanical device, or a toy that was made in Pakistan.