God it must be soooooooooo exciting.. of all the places to move to... Pakistan... love it :)
Re: Re: Moving to Pakistan
Thank you, you are very kind. I am in a hurry now, but I will have questions 
It is not absolutely sure that my application will be accepted, but hope the best, I would like to move there very much, it must be a beautiful country.
brgds
Dylan
Sounds like Pakistan is a beautiful country. Any advice for a single woman moving there? I'm going to a village in the Punjab for 2 years to do teacher training.
Sarah,
yes, pakistan is definitely a very beutiful country with a a huge variety of sceneries, climates. it’s just that the image has always been smudged due to the continuous political unrest since creation in 1947. but even the enemies of the current regime would find hard to disagree to the statement that the current atmosphere and leadership has been the best so far compared to the past.
are you a worker with any humanitarian org? which one? and what sort of work will it be? i mean you cant be stationed in one village fort 2 years…!?that’ll be too much. if you keep moving around i bet youll enjoy a great deal and gain a lot of valuable experience.
best of luck :k:
Dylan here is the info, I hope I get my “Dreher”.
you will be working for TelNor.(I think)
Competitor companies are.
1. Mobilink
2. U Fone
3. Paktel
4. instaphone (Non GSM)
66% of the Pakistani population lives in rural areas, none of the existing networks cover the rural areas.
They say it’s a non-profit area if people get mobiles the usage will be minimum, and the companies would never be able to break even.
some of the reasons are
1. very high Government taxes, nearly 2000 ruppees on each conection, bear in mind average pay of a person is 2500 ruppees.
2. Poor people wont use the phone as much , the lesser they are on air the lesser profit u make.
Now to devise a strategy and making loads of money for the company , I leave to u Dylan.
Take care.
SarahJoy: when u reach "Pind Dadan Khan" ask for MR Love Joy, he is a friend of mine , will show u around.:)
I’m working for VSO, and I do get to travel around quite a bit, which is fortunate according to what you say! I’ll be setting up teacher training programmes in 3 schools. Very different to what it sounds Dylan is doing.
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I'm working for VSO, and I do get to travel around quite a bit, which is fortunate according to what you say! I'll be setting up teacher training programmes in 3 schools. Very different to what it sounds Dylan is doing.
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You're going to have a very different experience to Dylan indeed, because rural pakistan is VERY different to urban Pakistan - a different world altogether.
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I'm working for VSO, and I do get to travel around quite a bit, which is fortunate according to what you say! I'll be setting up teacher training programmes in 3 schools. Very different to what it sounds Dylan is doing.
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yes sarah
your experience will be entirely diff from what dylan will have. life in islambad is luxurious and modern and not for a second will any non pakistani ever feel that it's a 3rd world city. its very urban indeed.
your profession is pretty adventurous and since youre in the profession i take that you enjoy this kind of work, so you'll probably have a great time moving around in rural pakistan and being in punjab, you'll be at the hub of culture and sceneries so that will be fun exploring and learning.
by the way, what is the VSO?
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I'm working for VSO, and I do get to travel around quite a bit, which is fortunate according to what you say! I'll be setting up teacher training programmes in 3 schools. Very different to what it sounds Dylan is doing.
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VSO to pind dadan khan? ....HHAhhahahahah
and the earth is flat.:)