I'm a Pashtun from Balochistan. We have so many different ethnicities and languages. People from different regions speak different languages and have different way of living plus different colors mostly.
I'm From Balochistan 😊 Proud to be Pakistani..♥️🇵🇰 I'm The first RU-vidr from my province who completed 200k subs on youtube and Got Silver play button from RU-vid ✌️😊🇵🇰
I’m not Pakistani but find Pakistan fascinating. I think culturally it punches above its weight when it comes to music, fashion, language, food, design as it blends elements of the east and west so well. However it fails to reach its own potential and could be so much more if it was able to address its own issues and challenges
Totally agree with you Sara. Not to mention the diversity of scenery...just breathtaking. On day you could be walking through desert, next day be on ski slopes or climbing a mountain. There was a huge variation in beautiful places and everything is so cheap.
Yes it will look like Indian food..... Pakistan, North India and to some degree of South India have similar food versions as we were all together once ❤️ 🇮🇳💜🇵🇰
Hi Jim I am from the southern province of Sindh . Just wanted to tell you few things about Pakistan which you missed such as Pakistan has the world's 2nd tallest mountain K2 , Pakistan is world's 7th Nuclear Power County , We are the pioneers of world's most oldest civilization which Indus Valley Civilization , We produce more then 50% of footballs / Soccer balls of the world plus footballs used in previous 3 FIFA world Cup were made in Pakistan , We have World's most deepest seaport in the world which is in city of Gawadar in Balochistan province , we have world's 2nd biggest salt mine , we have also been in war with India 4 times since Independence , we have Asia's second biggest graveyard and also Moenjo Daro the oldest UNESCO site which predates Pyramid of Egypt . One more thing which you completely missed was the few major celebrities which you couldn't recognise and was shocker to me for example there was Atif Aslam one of the biggest singer we have even you heard his song Go and Sajan das na from coke studio . An other was Mehwish Hayat who has played a role in Ms Marvel show in which she plays Aisha great grandmother of Ms Marvel ( Iman Velani ) and also an other huge celebrity Fawad Khan who plays great grand father of Ms Marvel
Hi jim,if you want to explore more then try it yourself or at least watch american traveler's experience in pakistan there are so many youtubers who traveled through Pakistan & impressed by the hospitality & beauty, And 1 fact: everything for free in pakistan(for travelers)
6:07 you said you wanted to hear so here it is! I've been to that bridge (The hussaini bridge) back in march. It's mostly been reconstructed and made safe for tourists but it was still very scary for my liking. I took like 5 or 6 steps before deciding to head back because, well, i was freaking out. But, most of my friends made it through it completely, and then CAME ALL THE WAY BACK
@@burhandavid2920 you won’t believe it but one of my friends did pushups/ dips on that bridge 😩 i wish youtube had video comment options so I could’ve posted that video!
i am a punjabi but i live in sindh province. My grandfather migrated from India to Pakistan during which lot of bloodshed ocured. You can see a PG13 version of seperation in the Ms. Marvel Disney show. In Coke Studio they featured, Punjabi, Balouchi, Urdu, English and Shina language.
@@K1-Glory yes bro kpk and Balochistan has different varieties of food than in Punjab but still meat is common in those areas too similarly south Indian foods are somewhat different to ours
Lol it must be similar to north Indian food and that even to 40-60% The whole Indian food is out of the context for you guys so keep this comparison within yourself
Only North India is close to Pakistan. That's it. Rest of India is way diverse. So no its probably 10-15 percent. India is not comprehensible for your brain. So don't generalise.
My family would fall under the category of Other/Muhajir- my grandparents immigrated from India to Pakistan during the Partition (my parents then immigrated to the US). I am surprised to learn Muhajir are such a small minority in Pakistan! I still have distant relatives in India, as I’m sure many Muhajir families do. Also, Hindi and Urdu speakers can understand each other for the most part, but Urdu takes some vocabulary from Arabic and Persian and is written in Persian script.
I am Sort of multiethnic Half Seraiki, 5/16th Potohari, 1/16th (kohati)Hindko, 1/16th (Afghani) Pashtun, 1/16th Hindustani(North Indian) as far as I know.
Hey Jim, you knew another one of the singers, Atif Aslam. He was in the song Go of Coke Studio Season 14 that you covered. Also, to answer your question, I’m a Punjabi 🤘. But it doesn’t matter to me because we are Pakistanis first and Punjabis later. Actually, I’m a dual national so I take pride in both countries I belong to… I loved that you took a deep dive into learning about Pakistan. I wasn’t expecting it actually. That’s pretty admirable. If you want to see the food videos, you have to watch the foreign famous travellers / food enthusiasts who visit other countries and try their cuisines. One of the people whose series actually went viral for Pakistani food is Mark Wiens and the way he brought light to Pakistani hospitality and cuisine from different regions, nobody else did. He’s one awesome narrator for sure and a foodie at heart hehe. He’s got a whole playlist .. first video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7mIzRYh8jGA.html I was raised knowing 4 languages. My mom knows 7. So I feel like I don’t know enough and should have learned more. It’s pretty common there. The one thing that I feel sad about it country’s literacy and poverty levels. That’s where improvement is required. However, the hearts are big and the warmth is never ending. Even a poor guy who barely makes anything selling street food in the market is generous enough to give a freebie of food item to any foreigner visiting as we treats guests impeccably well. You can spend a night hungry but if there’s a guest at home, you better make sure that he gets fed over yourself. That’s the hospitality there. Islam is the predominant religion. While the people of India and Pakistan share similar (not same) culture, I do have to disagree that Urdu and Hindi are the same languages but different in scripts only and some words being borrowed from Persian and Arabic for Urdu. I have got enough linguistic background to understand that both languages are starkly different in their roots. Yes, they have many “similar words” but the dialects, scripts, linguistic roots and the etiquettes going in their speech are quite different. Hindi comes from the old ancient language Sanskrit & Prakrit, Urdu literally drives it’s origin from Persian and Arabic. Hindi had borrowed some Persian words too but not a direct descendant of it. Even though both kind of speakers can understand each other well, the etiquettes of speech is very unique to both languages. Anyhow, amongst the regional languages, Punjabi is the predominant language. You have seen a few songs in Punjabi language in your review of Coke Studio Season 14 songs such as Pasoori, Thagiyaan, Nerey Nerey Vas, etc. Other songs there like the song Go, Phir Milenge, Ye Dunya, were primarily in Urdu and English mixed in them. Hope this helps. The only way to experience Pakistan is to visit it. You should totally check out FTD facts videos about Pakistan. You will gain more understanding about Pakistan from it. I’ll leave some links here for u in case you are interested..😊
Not enough linguistic background apparently-Urdu has its roots in Sanskrit. Every linguistic scholar agrees. More trustworthy than whatever “background” you have.
@@RavinderSingh-ty8od That’s debatable. It is not agreed upon by every linguist out there. Anyhow, there was no need for you to be sarcastic even if you thought otherwise.
I'm a Karachiite, from Sindh. Ethnically,our ancestors migrated from India's Delhi when Pakistan gained independence on 14th August 1947. But I, like my fellow Pakistanis, don't identify by our ethnicity, but our religion, Islam, as that is what Pakistan is made for. That is what makes us distinct from India, our religion, Islam. We're all Pakistanis and muslims. And the non muslims here are our Pakistani brothers and sisters as well. Our flag represents both muslims and non muslims in its green and white colour. We're very proud of our religion Islam and try to follow it and get close to God.
13:53 Half Kashmiri, quarter Punjabi, quarter Urdu speaking, with one British ancestor three generations ago and one Italian ancestor even further back 🤣 I guess now we know what a melting pot really is!
Loved your reaction. I am from Karachi. It is the city where your favorite Coke Studio is located. About 90% of Pakistan's entertainment industry is based in Karachi as well. Artists from across the country come and settle here to make a living. Most never return and become 'Karachiites'.
And depressingly it's being neglected by the both the Sindh and Federal governments. Just look at Karachi from 1960's and 70's to the one now present day.
13:50 Punjabi (Indo-Arians) demography. 21:38 blasphemy laws are anti-hate-speech laws. To shut people up disrespecting any religion. It is a kind of anti-free speech.
Jim lookup Indus Valley Civilization. Said to be 5000 years old but more recent carbon dating is suggesting 8000 years old. The north of Pakistan is home to the highest peaks in the world. It also houses the largest glacial ice body in the world outside of the polar regions. These glaciers are fast melting due to climate change and are going to have a tremendous effect on water supply of Pakistan and India. My father was Punjabi and my mom Sindhi and now I am a Floridian
I'm Muhajir ( Urdu Speaker ) From the Largest city Karachi my Forefathers migrated from Rajasthan province India. I've born in Karachi Pakistan my Father and my Grandfather too. I'm Pakistani I speak the national language of Pakistan which is Urdu. And I'm also Muhajir.
And i've travelled this road, so called Karakoram highway between China-Pakistan in Gilgit Baltistan. If you are from Balochistan or sindh, you'll feel very cold here.🙏
Pakistan is so beautiful. Hunza valley is up in the mountainous regions, u can see glaciers ect. The country is so diverse, humble and welcoming. It's worth a trip out there. There are a few youtubers who have blogged their visits if you want to see more. Jay palfrey has some really beautiful ones on his channel. We are not too far from the capital Islamabad. Therefore come under punjabi region. Thanks for this reaction.
I am not sure if you have noticed it or not, but the "Geography Now" episode on Pakistan was a hastily put together piece with lots of errors and subtle insults and sarcasms thrown in. Makes sense because that "Geography Now" guy is staunch Indian supporter. For example, Hasaini Bridge (the dangerous bridge) is not located in Punjab, but Northern Pakistan. Pakistanis took millions of Afghan refugees not just because of "terrorist conflicts", but because of Russia's invasion of Afghanistan which started in 1980s.
First of all i love your reaction, as you pay attention to every detail. Secondly if you want to know more about Pakistan you can check the following bloggers around the world: Eva zu beck ( Swedish blogger) Drew Binsky ( Traveled the whole world ) Mark Wiens ( food blogger ) Rosie Gabrielle ( Canadian Pakistani blogger) Luke Damant ( Australian blogger) Ukhano, Mooroo, Irfan Junejo, Maimoona Shah ( Pakistani bloggers).
Hey Jim, I'm watching your videos from Punjab but I'm sindhi. I live to watch your reactios on travel videos or there is 6 mint video about Pakistan. You will love it.
I'm Punjabi because my parents come from the Punjab region(specifically Lahore) and can speak Punjabi as well as Urdu. But the thing is Punjabi is more of a culture/language identity, there's alot of mixing of ethnicities here so some Punjabis really have Pashtun or Sindhi ancestry or mix of them. That's probably why some people in my family look like they could be Persian or Afghan and others look more like northwestern Indians. I guess it's like how a lot of people in england are actually descended from the scotts/irish but they are culturally british. But the difference is here you can easily tell some people look more Iranic or more similar to Indians. Either way we're all Punjabis now. It's just alot of diversity in general. My dad moved here to get his masters degree in Computer Engineering at Syracuse in the 80's(he saw Back to the Future in the cinemas and went to watch it a second time immediately after it finished lol). He always tells me about 1985 being the best year for music and alot of other stuff. And then he married my mom back in Pakistan and came back to the US to settle in California, and that's how I started existing.
I'm from Jhelum City in Punjab, known as The City of Soldiers. I have an Army family background. My grandfather participated in World War 2. He died in 2020. Jhelum is the city full of heritage and hisorical places.
I'm a Christian subscriber from Lahore Punjab, most of the music youve reacted to is from Lahore.. almost 90% of musicians on coke Studio are Punjabi.. Ps: most welcome to stay with us if you ever plan to visit Lahore..
The diet of hunza people heavily include apricots and apricot oil If you want to see Pakistani clothes visit online stores like J. , Sapphire, Bonanza Satrangi etc The bonds between Turkish and Pakistani people go back to before the war of independence (the south Asian one in 1857)
Im persian ... living in KPK , peshawar .....we understand each other by our official language URDU ...💖 BTW ur video is just amazing... really love it ...💖👌💕
Spoken Hindi and Urdu are 80-90% same and fully intelligible however, on literary side there is a stark difference. Grammer is exactly the same in both languages.
They come from a common Hindustani zubaan During the time of Hindu-Muslim tensions, the Muslim started to write in Arabic script and used more persion and Arabic words and on other hand hindu started writing the language in devnagari script with more of Sanskrit influence.
@@ADITYASINGH-it6xb True but I dont think the reason was the tensions but the fact that Muslim Mughal rulers came from Persia and because of Quran's language being Arabic, Urdu came into being with the influence of these two languages within Muslim majorities in the Western parts of India.
@@legendofnothing1 Earlier many hindus used to the write in Arabic script but as hatred spread they changed to devnagari (hindi) And punjabi(gurumukhi)
I am from Kashmir, Pakistan. 74 language are used by atleast a million people. But, there are approx 126 more. Infact, in North & North East; language changes after every 25 Kilo Meter.... 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Im a Sindhi and Punjabi who can speak Urdu and English, trust me you need to dig deep to know us Pakistanis and Pakistan. It's a cliche even to me living in Pakistan lol. I was just amazed to see you so curious about Pakistan. You look all pumped up knowing about it but not everything is true what you saw in the video. Find something more genuine to know better. Cheers!!
i am from mohmand(now a tribal provinceof khyber pakhtunkhwa)......geoghraphy now has missed some important information like...1 khyber pass,oldest gateway for invasions of the Indian subcontinent from the northwest. PESHAWAR.....the oldest city back to 539 BC.......3rd.....the pushtoon comprises more than 30% of all the population in pakistan......khewra mines...the2nd largest salt mines in the world etc etc....
@@yahyakhsn8982 no Pashtun are not 30% of population and 2nd recently govt blocked 2lac fake id card of afghan refugees. after excluding fake afghan refugees Pashtun are not more than 20%
Hello?? Neray Neray Vas, thagyan, sajan das na, tu jhoom are in punjabi completely.. what is wrong with you, dont inform others when you yourself are so uninformed..
Hey Jim!!! Really enjoyed watching your reaction to my country. I'm from Karachi, Pakistan and I'm a Balouchi Khan. You should totally look into more things pertaining to Pakistan because we're nothing like the stereotypical stuff showcased in movies and TV shows in the west. Lots of youtubers have visited and done travel vlogs you can check those out too. A very important food item missing from that video is Biryani, Karachi has the best Biryani ever. If you ever plan to visit do visit Karachi. It's the cosmopolitan city. Best months to visit Karachi and tour Sindh are November and December the weather not as hot. Look into ShahJehan Mosque, you'll love the architecture. It has a 93 domes and it's an architectural master piece from the Mughal Era. We have lots of food streets too. Pakistan street food like bun kebab, pani poori, chaat etc are chef's kiss. I mean there's so much really. We're very hospitable people and you're always welcome 🙏 🤗 it was refreshing to see someone from the US react to the video.
I'm Punjabi and live in Gujranwala city of Punjab province. Born in Sialkot city and lived for almost 5 years there. Then moved to the neighbouring city Gujranwala. I can speak 4 languages: Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki and English
Currently i live near Islamabad Federal Capital. I belong to Punjabi family, my dad being a banker used to live in all four provinces near provincial capitals, like Quetta (capital of Balochistan province), Peshawar (provincial Capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shortly named KPK) and Karachi (capital of Sindh Province). He also resided in Lahore as well (biggest cultuaral city in Pakistan and capital of Punjab province as well). Naturally we are able to speak and understand all four languages such as Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Balochi. National language is Urdu but to your surprise Pakistan's medium of education is in English language. Don't get confused. It's bascially because of British colonials who ruled for 200 years in India-Pakistan.
I'm a pashtun from KPK and I am able to speak two accents of pashto, urdu, english can understand panjabi and speak a bit panjabi and read arabic. And this is not just the case with me but almost everyone in pakistan knows at least two languages which are the native language of the people and official language urdu.
Hi, Saraiki here 👋, from Southern Punjabi. And about " how do you communicate with each other ?" 😂😂😂 I really don't know how but I literally know I know almost 5 languages and I can Guess other languages bcz if Urdu itself is a mixture of many languages. We can find alot of similar words in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hindi Btw I can Urdu • Speak • understand • read • write English • understand • speak • read • write (still struggling with punctuation & some Grammer though) Saraiki • Speak • Understand ° never tried to write it ( bcz never needed to write ¿ It might have a same script as Urdu) Hindi • understand (bcz of watching Indian dramas) • Speak ( it's almost the same as Urdu) ° Can't read the script or write it. Punjabi • understand • read ° can't speak or write it This is me 😂 most of Pakistanis can understand eachother's language easily
My Family refuged to Pakistan in 80's because of war. I lived in Peshawar till 2000 and then i refuged to Germnay. Now at the Age of 30 i am confused where i belong to.
Hi Jim thank you for an awesome reaction video.. I'm from Lahore but in Canada for many years.. I can best describe the place as multi color pallet of not only different skin but also different languages we have regional languages + urdu + english Tomorrow is 14th August 75th anniversary of Pakistan but full history goes back 1000s of years.. always been on cross roads of civilizations.. wish we had our own civilization other than indus civilization only those guys were OG they started around 3400-3200 BCE and vanished around 1900 BCE
One thing that he mentioned but didnt give detail about is that Pakistan is the area where worlds first civilization was born The indus valley civilization They existed before pyramids around 5000 years ago According to archeologist they were the supepower of there era as they had paved streets and sewerage system that resembles modern times According to research they were the first CIVILIZED people
By Blood I am Kashmiri, But when Pakistan was established, Because of the Indian army attacks my Grandfather left Indian-occupied Kashmir and moved to Lahore city which is in Pakistan, Punjab. So I fall into two categories I can say I am Kashmiri and Punjabi as well. I was born and raised in Lahore. Man, I suggest, If you ever visit Pakistan, you must visit Lahore because It's Pakistan's most famous city with the most famous and delicious food and a lot of amazing places to visit here. You should also visit the Capital city Islamabad because Islamabad is called the world's second most beautiful capital city after London. and lastly, don't miss northern Pakistan because rich in its nature. 🍁
Been to the wagah border ceremony a couple of times, it's actually crazy... There's indians on the other side there's pakistani's on the pakistani side. our armies both lower their flags shouting and stamping there feet in the flag lower ceremony and it's like a mock battle of sorts, who can stamp the hardest and who can shout the loudest during the ceremony. Both indians and pakistani audiences from the stands add to the noise, it's literally the noisiest border flag lowering ceremony in the world in my opinion. Almost feels like the last over of a cricket tournament final between india and pakistan considering how loud the people get on both sides. It's all good fun tho. You can also get a lot of souviners from that border. And any indian travellers to pakistan or vice versa actually travel through that border when it's open for travel between the countries. As far as what feelings Pakistanis have toward Indians and vice versa... There's tons of youtube channels that explore this where a pakistani would dress up and present as an indian and get a reaction out of pakistanis and indian youtubers do the same thing. we're generally very congenial toward each other and most of that has to do with the fact that Urdu and Hindi are mostly by almost 80% the same language, to the point that Indians can all easily watch Pakistani dramas and understand 100% of what's being said and we can watch Bollywood movies and understand 100% of what's being said. So yeah... We aren't as cut-throat towards each other as some might have you believe, however the internet is the internet and the comments section on youtube where there are extremist pakistani and indians will surely be 100% lit at all times... :D Oh speaking of how similar indians and pakistanis are... The typical insult is Motherfucker or SisterFucker in both countries and the same words are used to say these insults in urdu and hindi... Madarchod and Bhenchod Respectively... just thought i'd throw that out there.. :D
wow hej det rart at se endnu en dansker i kommentaren. jeg havde en veninde da jeg var mindre som var fra pakistan plejede at spise hos hende og hendes 9 familie medlemmer😁 det var meget larmende men yderst velsmagende mad 🤤
13:58 I am from Kashmir, the most heavily militarized are in the world, there are almost a million + troops here. But also my region is the most beautiful in the entire Asia.
I am from Punjab and based in Sargodha. And what we are famous in the world for Oranges and for being the Elite Pak Airforce base having the title of Little Dragons in the world's Airforces Ranking.
Thanks for sharing - one anomaly though - Hussaini bridge is in Hunza and not Punjab. Wazwan and dampukht are also from our neighbors and are certainly available and really yummy. Also 80,000 people lost their lives and not 30,000 and this number might be not correct either
I have remotely worked for 10 years in different positions for US companies while residing in Lahore Pakistan. I have a lot of friends over there now because of my work. But man I gotta say...I had to pop that bubble for 95% of you guys. 😂
Am from Urdu speaking comunity living in Punjab , descendents of North Indian Muslims who migrated during partition of India in 1947.. world largest forced migration in recorded human history we are multi ethinic community initself as migrants came fom many different ethinic groups of India .. Urdu speaking is umbrella term used to group them making up 7-8% of Pakistan mainly urban middle class group centered in urban areas of Sindh and Punjab
hey Paksitani here from Lahore, 5:47 that's called Hussani Bridge and this is becoming NO 1 destination for tourists from abroad and domestic origins, why because they challenge themselves and corss this bridge do find some videos on Hussani bridge, it's really even fun watch others cross it and someday i will also
The secret of the Hunza people is Apricot and Figs.... They eat em with everything even the savory foods, Apricot oil is also a mainstay of Hunzai food, I've been to the Hunza valley quite a few times, and I have to say their old people can beat young people anywhere in athletics... Not to many cars in Hunza as well, barely any air pollution to the point the air feels very very different compared to metropolitan cities like karachi where I'm from... Also a thinner atmosphere, they are like 2.5k meters above sea level and when you are in the hunza valley, there's literal mountains on all sides... If you are not suited to cold climates NEVER GO THERE IN THE WINTER... you are likely to freeze your ass off... but honestly it's one of the most beautiful sceneries you will ever see in your life.. Just google pictures of hunza valley in autumn and hunza valley in winter and you'll see.. Tons of rivers, lakes and just all around stunning scenery. Heaven for high altitude trekkers and mountain climbers.. You can't throw a stone without hitting a peak you might want to scale.
