In original tittle "Valentine's Day in Pakistan"
Author : Happy Pig
Pakistan is an
Islamic country. In Islam, there is nothing wrong with a husband
expressing love to his wife and wishing a durable and everlasting
marital relationship. As far as singles are concerned, Islam does not
allow such type of relationship or gift exchange.
In Pakistan,
Valentine's Day was not celebrated until the onset of 21st century.
Recent Dictatorial regime came up with the idea of 'enlightened
moderation'. In the context of this ideology, "he introduced many
revolutionary reforms freeing women from the unjust and cruel clutches
of traditional degradation and religious fundamentalism". He passed
women's rights bill, allowed the wholehearted celebration of Basant,
allowed the maintenance of underground clubs and started celebrating
non-Muslim rituals. Valentine's Day is one of them.
Boys and girls throughout the country wish their Valentine and
exchange red roses and Valentine cards. Major picnic resorts in Pakistan
also make special arrangements for Valentine's Day. They decorate their
hotels and Restaurants with red
colored lightening, roses, curtains and other stuff. Some offer special
discounts and others arrange special Valentine's Day meals. However,
Valentine couples prefer to do all activities secretly. You can see no
Valentine dates roaming openly in streets and Malls joining hands and
making love with each other.
To tell you the truth, Valentine's Day is not celebrated as a
national holiday in Pakistan. Despite this fact, religious organizations
condemn the celebration of this day in
Pakistan. In 2004, a religious organization demanded ban on the
celebration of this "sex based" event (Corset for a sexual purpose).
However, many international flower service providers provide Valentine's Day flower delivery throughout Pakistan.
Rose, chocolate are requisite on Valentine's Day Besides, other
gifts like discount ugg, necktie are also OK. Since this day is not
celebrated in the true sense modifications should be made to keep pace
with the modern world. The day should be renamed as "Husband and Wife's
Day" or "the Life partner's day" so that who fall in this category may
celebrate this day wholeheartedly. In this way, the flower ,tourism and
hotel industry in Pakistan would also be able to make progress as per international standards.
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