Do you have what it takes to be a true, devoted Pakistani elitist? Or, are you faking it? After much scanning on facebook pages, for various characteristics of the average Pakistani, my software came up with the following characteristics of success. Have fun:)
Answer Yes or No to the following questions.
1.You practice yoga, but you make fun of Modi doing yoga.
2. You travel the world, but you tell everyone Pakistan is the best, with your second or third citizenship tucked away
3. You hate America, but your real money is in US Dollars or British pounds.
4. You routinely hide your real political opinions or better still don’t form any. You know that life is about saying one thing, but doing another.
5. You talk about how great your religion is in terms of equality, but that doesn’t mean that you actually pay a decent salary to your domestic help.
6. If you are a man you go abroad to find girls for your extra marital or pre-marital affairs, but you find a wife at least 10-15 years younger to settle down with.
7. You dislike intellectual feminists and opinionated women, because you are sure they have some kind of agenda, and you stay away from radical thinkers unless they blame America for everything. Pakistan is a victim of global conspiracies for oil. There is no gender issue. There is only equality. Even if there is a problem, it isn’t your problem!
8. You support Pakistan, that is why you only share positive things about it on your facebook page. That way you avoid every controversial subject and taking serious political interest. You are so good at the art of the superficial that everyone is your friend. You never know when your network will be required.
9. You at least have 4 children before you stop.
10. Since you long since figured it out that the only way to live in Pakistan comfortably is to support the army or Nawaz Sharif, until such time that PPP gets its dynasty together, you make the best of the situation.
11. Your children speak better English than Urdu, yet you make sure their values are grounded in being Pakistani.
Mark 1 for every Yes.
Score:
9-11: Royalty. You are an elitist to the core. Pakistan is where it will be for you, now and forever.
5-8: Well-connected. You have it very good in Pakistan.
4-7: Working class professional. You see how the royalty and the well-connected live, but you aren’t sure if your values entirely synch up. You can’t see the old ways surviving much longer. You may be an activist for PTI.
0-3: Faqir: There’s no other way to put it. You are poor my friend. Join the hordes of ordinary people and struggle on the global platform.
PS: feedback welcome!
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