The purpose of this post is simply to show you some pictures of Pakistani brides. Also to comment a little on Pakistani conception of marriage and ask for your ideas about these girls.
If you have read my post on Pakistani girls (I also have recommendations where to find Urdu brides online), you know I think that Pakistan is a pretty good place in terms of women and brides. I think highly of Karachi brides and the traditions of marriage and I have respect for this culture which men and women treat each other with kindness, in most cases.
Why a Pakistani bride is not for me – but maybe for you
The women there are loyal and hot. However, for me it is too foreign a culture. I am a American European guy and a Catholic. Therefore, these Pakistani brides were never a serious consideration for me for love, maybe I should have, but I think the culture is too different from mine.
Further I would not want an arranged marriage. Can you imagine marrying some girl from your high school. No way. there is no way I would be happy with any girl in my past, I want to choose. Many of these Pakistani girls are required to be in an arrange marriage.
A Muslim bride will be be better off with a Muslim groom in most cases as they understand each other’s culture.
Marriage in Pakistan – Pakistani bridal customs
A marriage in Pakistan is seen a a joining of the two parents families. It bridges two clans. This is a very traditional view of marriage. I like the idea that when people get married they leave their parents to cling to their spouse. Again this is just a cultural difference. I would not want my parents involved in my relationship. It would make things very complicated.
Most marriages in Pakistan are arranged. I know a lot of guys from this area and they all have arranged marriages. their parents choose the wife based on family and even astrology (more Hindu – Desi) and spiritual signs. I think they have the option to opt out of the marriage if they want, but most get married to their parents first choice.
Many do not even meet their Pakistani bride to be until days before the wedding. However, they may have exchanged letters before hand written in Urdu or English.
Urdu bride after her wedding
Arranged Pakistani bride – a teenager boys fantasy
I like love marriages not arranged Pakistani marriages. However, to a teenage boy the idea that a bride will just be given to you, rather than going through all the dating rituals of western culture is not a bad idea.
He would not have to put up with about ten years of head games American girls put most guys through. Basically he does not have to worry about chasing his bride, she is just delivered basically to him when he is ready. Not a bad idea. And and perhaps most important Pakistani brides are totally hot., with few exceptions. Take a look at these pictures of Pakistani brides, they are beautiful, each one has her own quality to her.
However, I still like the idea of a love marriage better.
Pakistanian American bride - look at her beautiful face -round checks and full red lips and look of innocence.
Shaadi in Urdu
The wedding reception for Pakistani weddings are held at the brides house.
For about two weeks before the wedding the Pakistani bride to be goes under a process of beautification and seclusion with herbs and rituals. They have a mayoon or mayun (either spelling), which is like you imagine from a Bollywood film, that is colorful dancing.
A beautiful girl from Pakistan in a bridal dress
The herbs I think are turmeric and sandalwood mostly. I see these sold in Indian and Pakistani stores in Boston pretty cheap. I think they are not bad in terms of skin care and anti-oxidants. Maybe the next time I am in the States I will pick some up. I think turmeric is one of the best skin healers, the yellow color are flavonoids that is what rejuvenates the skin and why women use it.
Are Pakistani brides happy
I think most are, as this is what has been conveyed to me, through people I know personally. Although I can not look directly into their hearts. However, arranged marriage is not a bad, thing, just not for me. I again believe in love and marriage with love. People should be able to make their own choices and mistakes if the case may be.
Picture of another Paki bride
However, in Pakistani culture it seems to work very well. Hats off to these people to produce happy brides and grooms and marriages.
Pictures of a Pakistani bride
I hope these pictures of Pakistani brides inspired you. Which one is the best looking? Try some of the Middle Eastern and Indian dating sites I recommend on my website. If you look through my posts you will see many specific recommendations on where the best place to meet a girl is online or in person.
Please leave a comment about the photos or on your thoughts on marriage. However, do not use chat style, use grammar and proper capitalization and punctuation. But I would like to hear what you think of the photos of a these girls or ideas about brides in Pakistan in general.
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15 responses to Pakistani brides
Dear administrator…… I read your blogs about Indian and Pakistani brides. Sorry to say but you lack a lot of information about them. I am an Indian but I know many things about Pakistani cultures too. It will be my pleasure to share if u want. The thing that I felt very uncomfortable is that you really don’t have any idea what exactly an arranged marriage is. Its not like a deal or any girl that parents like and one has to marry. Its not even any girl from high school. Pakistani don’t match Astrology signs. Correct it. Hindus match astrology signs, time of birth and position of planets. They have calculations which are scientifically correct. These calculations are based on time of birth and they determine whether the couple will be happily married or not. But its not in Muslim religion. This is in Hindu culture.
I stand corrected and I need to correct my post. I guess when I see 10 Hindu guys I know, in the USA and all 10 were happy (maybe one was only somewhat, but he grew up in the USA) with their arranged marriage, it is not a bad thing at all. I need to rewrite this and if you want I can do a separate more accurate post.
Pakistan its Pakistan, no offense I am not with you
Wow please go take some lessons on culture and regions before you go state your opinion.. First of all Urdu is a language that Pakistani people speak and Pakistan is a country, got that? Another thing there’s a lot of differences between Pakistani weddings and to Indian wedding (including major cultural and religious differences) STOP COMPAIRING THEM! For the love of God it’s humiliating so stop!
Ugh.. and these pictures? The lady in the red looks more like a hindu bride because Pakistani brides don’t wear that DOT on their forhead!
Arranged Marriages.. it’s a lot like eharmony, except other people find a husband/wife for you and you get to know them and decide whether or not you want to get married.. kapish? It’s not forced like you might think it is. AND not many people even have arranged marriages anymore, times are changing.
Leave the culture talk to the people within the culture, please and thankyou
Are you sure you know what you are talking about? Look up the statistics please. 80% to 90% of the Pakistani brides are arranged. Look up the facts it will confirm it. To say that it is not common any more is not true. You are just talking. How can 80% of the marriages in Pakistan be arranged but it is not that common any more?
Urdu is a language of course, but it is like saying Arabic girls. Why all the hostility?
If you have read my other post I say the same thing about arranged marriages as you. That is, people have a choice.
My friends that are Indian have arranged marriages. The Pakistani brides also. The differences is in the ritual and ceremony but the idea of strong family connections and arrangement is similar. I think both cultures are nice but different. Remember it was the same country once and people should promote peace and love between all cultures.
But again, how can you say that arranged marriages are not common when 80% almost 90% of the marriages?
Hi nice to see your blog.
well I must say Pakistani and indian both % of arrange marriage is about more than 70% but in pakistan it goes up to more than 87 to 90%.
well Pakistani girls in Dubai are player to be frank with you.about indian girl i must say they are also player but u find them rare case. well, I have personal experience they lied about there name there address they want to play with you and get married with arranged form.
means come on after that incidence I made my self as player.
and for miss. nela Pakistan is Pakistan plz. grow up.
are Pakistani brides are happy after marriage no no way at all. when you find the women who don’t even had freedom to show there face how you can say. Pakistan is Pakistan huh.
now about india come on guys need to clear you also 10% indian girl never play with the person they choose for religion or for country
recent example
sania mirza and shoib malik
very first thing about the Pakistani brides are big players.
Mr. Joshi,
I think you have no idea what u r talking about! I live in US and believe me you don’t want to date a Indian girl because they are corrupted. Please have your data correct before stating your option. As as far as, Pakistani bridals not showing their face, well that’s not correct. Because these days Pakistani bridals even dance on their wedding day. Please don’t state your option against Pakistani bridals – because good/bad marriages are in every and any culture.
I definitely agree with the posts above, you have slightly confused yourself with Pakistani and Indian cultures, but what really bugs me is that you’ve written this article on arranged marriages without properly understanding the concept of them.
The only difference between an arranged marriage and any other marriage is that parents suggest potential partners to their children, so we don’t have to go through years of bad dates and ex-boy/girlfriends, and still not find ‘the one’.Also, I really cannot understand why in one caption you’ve written “Urdu bride” beneath the photo, and in another caption you’ve written “Paki bride”. What’s going on here? Use the correct term and use it with consistence. Pakistani bride. Im sure you aren’t out to offend anybody so please don’t use the term paki.
Thanks for the clarifications. I am for sure not out to offend anyone. I really am a peace and love type of person, not trying to rub anyone the wrong way. I have not problem with arrange marriages. I will have to go read through my post to see if I have conveyed something that would say I do. My friends that have arranged marriages are very happy.
Yes it does save lots of productive time and energy on finding a mate. In the west many guys and girls are serial daters, that is they spend about 15 years dating and at the last minute find someone, and many times it is just someone good enough.
I like the idea of finding your one and only and not having to date every girl out there. I mean in Boston I think most people connect with dating sites. I think the parents who have some wisdom is not a bad idea.
However, it is not for everyone.
I am a guy who is traditional values and romantic ideals. I believe in destiny and even fate with love and marriage. I also believe there is one person for everyone. How you get to find your other half, there are many ways. However, I believe asking God for help does not hurt.
I can understand how arranged marriages don’t appeal to you, it’s totally expected. I would say it’s mainly because our cultures are so completely different. For most asians, arranged marriages work because we don’t go through the whole dating process, whether it’s due to religious/cultural or any other reasons, and this method of finding a partner proves to be generally really successful when we look around us. With most of us, our parents, relatives, friends etc have had arranged marriages and when we see them work out so well it assures us that we really don’t have so much to worry about.
Finally I’d just like to say how impressed I am by how much respect you show towards our culture, and towards the opinion of the other readers who have left comments. It’s nice to know there are still some intelligent, broad-minded, tolerant people out there!
Do not Trust Pakistanis for marriage, they scam you to get Green Card, most victims are USA Citizens. Largely most scam marriage come from Pakistan,if you still want to look for Pakistani women for marriage, you might want to watch out for Punjabis and Pathans, and most offent they would ask you to get “Greed Card” for them, don’t fall for these scams.
Is that true? I think Pakistani girls are pretty ethical and even if there is a bride scam – this is lower than most countries in the world including the USA.
HAAA.. Mark.. Please listen to this guy.. He knows exactly what he is talking about. Pakistanis are not so ethical in reality. As well, there are many desperate Pakistanis who are trying to get out of Pakistan. The situation there is quite dire. I, myself have had marriiage proposals from three Pakistani christian girls and they ran me around. There was something funny about how desperate they were and when they saw I woudl not marry them, they later petitioned me to send money to their dying mothers. Pakistan is a country with lot of troubles.
There are great Pakistani women, but the chances of you meeting them online are so slim. Pakistani society is even stricter than Indian society with the women and for a woman to be advertising herself to western men is considered the “ultimate taboo”.
Fraud Marriage.. You are correct.
Yonatan, thanks as always for the update on this, I am a little surprised, but on the other hand I am not as Pakistan is a poor country. I would have hope the morals would have been stronger than less noble motives.
I’m think most of the people that have commented on this article are male.
I am a muslim Pakistani female.
It is true that men have much more choice and go to people’s homes for dinner with their parents in order to view potential brides.
However, the girls have very little choice; they cannot go to people’s homes specifically for this purpose and are not supposed to be the ‘viewing’ party. It is frowned upon.
They are the ‘viewed’ party. In addition, once someone asks their hand, the parents put a lot of pressure on the girls to accept the offer, regardless of whether or not the girl is happy.
This is because the parents are afraid that there may not be more offers and that the girl could become a burden if left with them etc.
When I was 19, I was shipped off to Pakistan and forced to marry a poor cousin whom I had nothing in common with.
My cousin is a beautiful and educated banker and at the the age of 30, she was forced to marry an illegal Pakistani relative (who was not great looking at all). She was not allowed to ask for his photo beforehand (in case she looked desperate) and did not see his face until all the preparations had been made and his mother had come over to stay.
The ‘groom’ on the other hand, a chicken shop worker, insisted a on picture of the bride before the marraige. All this when he was getting the much better deal in every way!
So, yes, arranged marraiges do happen and it is mostly the females that bear the brunt.
Only a very few women are happy with arranged marraiges and most of these have been where they have secretly met and chosen the guy beforehand.
I completely agree with the author of this article and yes, the forced narraiges are still happening to this generation! It will take atleast another 2 generations to be rid of this ‘forced’ culture.
Thanks for reading,
Shazia, London, UK.
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