**For only a fraction of Pakistan’s male population does marriage follow education. For others, it is a long and dreaded journey of meeting fathers, brothers, uncles, aunts of potential brides, having to answer awkward and downright insulting questions, being looked up and down rather obviously and then, a long string of rejections that destroy self-esteem and lead to depression. Can someone tell journalists that it is not so hale and hearty – that a wedding does not follow ONE interview and “glance” exchanged over a tea cup does not lead to a fairy tale romance?
***It is a shame that no journalist cares for sentiments of millions of Pakistani men who are probably prettier and more eligible than Sami Khan – and are still waiting for a good proposal (after being rejected multiple times on one pretext or the next).