Re: Have any of you been taken for
Yes all the time. In fact, more than just being called Pakistani, I’ve been instantly identified as Lahori just by the way I was dress (traditional attire) and my general mannerism. Now I took that as a massive compliment since in my eyes Lahoris are exquisitely stylish.
I honestly think Pakistanis are generally very attractive and elusive looking, and it’s always a pleasure to be identified as Pakistani. It makes me blush. Considering how I’m probably one of extremely rare group of people who get identified as Pakistani, I’m thinking of sending my picture to the Ministry of Cultural and Heritage slash Tourism of Pakistan, and basically just asking them to use my face as the face of Pakistan! Or just request Shahbaz Sharif to use my picture as as the face of Punjab, if nothing else. I mean forget Helen of Troy, try ‘a face that launched a thousand metro buses’. God blimey, that doesn’t sound so bad at all.
Great. Go for it.
You should definitely be the face for Pakistani and Punjabi tourism. You mentioned you were once mistaken for a Sikh girl so that will also help with tourism and bring many more tourists to the Sikh pilgrim sites in Lahore. Already many come everywhere but u can never have enough tourism.