Ever wonder what will happen if the reverse exodus happens and Americans
rush to Pakistan! (Masoom loogo kee masoom Khawaahishay - Innocent Desires
of innocent poeple)
SCENE: TWO AMERICAN EXECUTIVES AT IBM, USA.
Alex : Hi John, you didn’t come to work yesterday?
John :Yeah, I was at the Pakistani Embassy trying to get a visa.
Alex : Oh really! What happened? I’ve heard that these days they have
become very strict?
John : Yeah, but I managed to get it.
Alex : How long did it take to get it stamped?
John : Oh! It was a long queue. Bill Gates was standing in front of me and
they really gave him a hard time the poor guy had even brought the
property papers for his house in Seattle to show them that he will come
back.
I went there at 4 am to get in the queue and there were tons of people
ahead
of me!
Alex : Really? In Pakistan, at the US Embassy it only takes an hour to get
a visa.
John : Yeah! But that’s because who in Pakistan would want to come to the
US except Americans who have now taken Pakistani nationality and want to
bring their kids here.
Alex : So, when are you leaving?
John : As soon as I get my tickets from the company in Pakistan. I am so
excited, I will be getting a chance to fly Pakistan International
Airlines.
Sort of a dream come true.
Alex : How long are you planning to stay in Pakistan?
John : What do you mean by how long? I will try and settle in Pakistan.
My company has promised me that they will process my Green Book (Paki
Passport)
Alex : Really! You lucky person, man, it is very difficult to get a Green
Book in Pakistan. Last year my cousin and his family went there on a
tourist visa and they are now not coming back.
John : Yeah, that’s why, I am planning to marry an Pakistani girl there
and then sponsor my parents and my brother and sister.
Alex : But you can find lot of American girls in Karachi & Lahore.
John : Yeah! but , I prefer Pakistani girls they are so much superior to
ours and what a great tan!
Alex : What city are you going to?
John : Samarsatta, the company has it’s office downtown, yeah, the salary
is good but the cost of living is quite high because of all the people
flocking to this high tech mecca.
Alex : I hear the exchange rate is now $100 for a Rupee! That’s just too
much! What about Quetta & Peshawar?
John : No idea, but it is cheaper than Samarsatta. It is like the world
headquarters of technology.
Alex : I hear that the quality of life there is incredible?
John : Yes, you can get a BMW car for Rs 30,000, and a Mercedes for less
than Rs 45,000, but my dream is to purchase Suzuki FX-800, which costs
Rs.90,000 but what a sexy design, great curves and it purrs to the touch!
Alex: By the way, which company are you going with?
John : Jallalpurjattan Technologies, a pure Pakistani company,
specialized in embedded software.
Alex : Oh really! You are lucky to be able to work in a pure Pakistani
company, they are really intelligent and unlike American body shops who
have opened their fly by night outfits in Pakistan. Pakistani companies
pay you even when you are on the bench. My friend Paul Allen used his
bench
time to visit the Makran coast, the most gorgeous place in Pakistan.
John : Yeah man, you are right. I hope the US learns something from them
and follows in their footsteps. It seems all we do is borrow more and more
money from Askari Bank.
Alex : How are you going to cope with their language?
John : From my school days I’ve been learning Urdu. I always dreamed that
one day I will go to Pakistan ever since my uncle brought me that T-shirt
from Islamia College. At the consulate they tested my proficiency in Urdu
and were quite impressed by my score in U-FEL (i.e., test of Urdu (like
Tofel).
Alex : Boy! You are so lucky!
John : Yeah, I will be traveling in the world’s fastest train, Tezgam,
world’s largest theme park, Charialand, and visit the famous Lollywood
where you can see actors like, Nadeem, Shaan, Anjuman, Reema, and the not
so sharif Barbara.
Alex : You know, Gen. Musharraf is scheduled to visit us next year and I
hear that he may increase the number of visas.
John : That’s true. Last month, Infosys - Naswar Khan Pakhtoon visited
White House and donated Rs 20,000 for Infrastructure development at
Silicon valley and has promised more if we follow the model of high tech
city of
Mian Chunnu and Bill Gates also got a chance of meeting him. Very lucky
person.
Alex : Will you be visiting Dave? I hear that he has made it big there and
now has a beautiful house on the Lyari river in Karachi. Good luck John.
John : Same to you Alex, and don’t go to the Pakistani consulate in a
Shalwar Kameez (Pak. Dress) because they will think you are too
Pakistanized and may doubt that will ever comeback and your application
may be rejected. And, yes, don’t forget to say Asalam-o- Alaikum, aap
kaisay hain" to the visa officer it will show them that you are a cultured
person.