I don't know about this post. Depends when you were living, back in the 80's and early 90's bicycles were plenty popular in Pakistan.
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The workhorse of every working class household. Then in the early naughties, the cash deposite 70 cc scooter from Honda became very popular and as people started travelling more, taking children to school at longer distances and travelling wit family (pillion) - those blue collar workers who could afford it, swapped their bicycles for the scooter.
Bicycles are still popular in Pakistan. bicycles
In Pakistan, at least high-end mountain bikes and streamlined roadsters, are not produced locally. According to annual international trade statistics,
the value of imports of bicycles to Pakistan totaled $6.1 million in 2019. During 2019, Pakistan imported about
1.7 million bicycles and bicycle parts, and exported only about 12,000.
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