N.Siddiqui
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She was in tears! Not believing the honesty of a poor guy like him. Perhaps she's used to been scammed during her travels.
During my wife and mine recent trip to Pakistan in December 2019, we hired a local guy in Islamabad, sort of friends with the hotel management, to take us on day long trips in and around Islamabad. He narrated his own story about one similar event. He said he had some Western lady (maybe Norwegian) hired him for similar day-long trip. At the end of the day, he was given Rs. 35,000 instead of the agreed upon Rs. 3500. These numbers are just approximate--basically, the lady had missed a zero. He returned the money to her. She was in tears! Not believing the honesty of a poor guy like him. Perhaps she's used to been scammed during her travels.
December 2019: Here's the guy--with my wife, as we took off on our town trips from Islamabad. His name is Omar Khayyam--yes, named after the famous poet! He is associated with Delano Guest House in Islamabad. He's very poor, drives an old beatup small vehicle (maybe Suzuki Mehran), and is looking to upgrade his vehicle to some Toyota Corolla or better to take visitors to tours around Islamabad. Good chap from what our experience was!
There is still goodness in the world guys!!
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Our belief in the world and the hereafter, it is about the belief. I hear and see lost of stories about people scammed in our next door eastern neighbors and many foreigners travel first to India and then to Pakistan as otherwise they will be asked all sorts of questions and looked with suspicion, can't believe there is a special clause in the immigration form 'have you been to Pakistan and for what purpose'...can't believe how much paranoid and xenophobic they are against Pakistan.