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The Pakistanee blog
What things are, where they come from, how Pakistanis use them, and how to buy the real thing from wherever you live.
Gifts & guides
What to bring back from Pakistan, what to send to someone who misses it, and what to order if you have never been. Twenty-eight gifts, from a two-dollar box of spices to an heirloom quilt.
Food & drink
The pink salt in kitchens from Texas to Tokyo is dug out of one range of hills in Punjab. Here is the mine, the 600-million-year-old sea behind it, and what the label leaves out.
Craft & culture
Peacocks, flying horses, eyes against envy and a line of poetry on the tailgate. How Pakistan’s working trucks became the country’s most famous folk art.
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For makers in Pakistan
If you already sell abroad, on Etsy, Amazon, your own shop or Instagram, we would like to tell your story. Listing is free.
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