Pakistan - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

it was a very helpful resource for a paper I was writing.

I have bought others in the series. These are great books if you are traveling or know people from another culture. VERY informative on all aspects of life.

This is an excellent informative book about Pakistan. I read this book for my personal pleasure and personal knowledge. I liked this book because I learned some new things that I did not know before reading this book. Some of the interesting information that is mentioned in this book include the following information: The traditional eating places in Pakistan evolved from teahouses. Today, roadhouse eateries sell kababs and/or dal-roti (lentils and bread) from a clay oven. Pakistanis are great bread-eaters. In Pakistan, people will find many varieties of bread throughout the country. Frozen foods are expensive in Pakistan and most people in Pakistan cannot afford them. Almost all Pakistani people in Pakistan have thick tea for breakfast with bread. The average Pakistani city dweller shops daily for food.

Easy to understand and very educational & informative.

If you are intending to travel to Pakistan, and have never been there and/or have no further connection to Pakistan, I would say this book is almost an essential reading, and this applies to the tourist, the business person and someone visiting family there. But not only for the traveller, but also if you are interested in different cultures this makes a very interesting read.Understandably maybe, Pakistan has a very bad press and is not associated with a country to go on holiday to, which is a shame really as it has so much to offer. The book is keeping neutral whilst getting the right balance in introducing us to this amazing country, really waiting to be discovered. But, at the same time, it is important to know about cultural differences (not necessarily to do with religion) and also simple security measures.Living in a European country, Pakistan couldn't be further different from my current surroundings. I have a Pakistani husband who left his home country many years ago and even he found many interesting facts he didn't know. I have been to Pakistan before I read the book and often thought 'Yes, exactly' but also still found facts where I'd wish I'd known it on my previous journeys.Short enough, this is the ideal book to download on your E-reader and browse before you travel and re-read on the plane.One of the issues with travel guides like this is that the situation in the country can change quickly, so one of my concerns was also to find the most current travel book on Pakistan, and this one from 2013 is the newest one I could find.The book covers following: land and people; values and attitudes; customs and traditions; making friends; private and family life; time out; travel, health and safety; business briefing; communicating.I am very much looking forward to my next trip to Pakistan.

I bought it from eBay but I wanted to rate it here. I enjoyed reading this book!I enjoyed reading this book but the formal is small. I wish this book was more larger.

This is small and uninformative. Not a good look at Pakistan

If you are intending to travel to Pakistan, and have never been there and/or have no further connection to Pakistan, I would say this book is almost an essential reading, and this applies to the tourist, the business person and someone visiting family there. But not only for the traveller, but also if you are interested in different cultures this makes a very interesting read.Understandably maybe, Pakistan has a very bad press and is not associated with a country to go on holiday to, which is a shame really as it has so much to offer. The book is keeping neutral whilst getting the right balance in introducing us to this amazing country, really waiting to be discovered. But, at the same time, it is important to know about cultural differences (not necessarily to do with religion) and also simple security measures.Living in a European country, Pakistan couldn't be further different from my current surroundings. I have a Pakistani husband who left his home country many years ago and even he found many interesting facts he didn't know. I have been to Pakistan before I read the book and often thought 'Yes, exactly' but also still found facts where I'd wish I'd known it on my previous journeys.Short enough, this is the ideal book to download on your E-reader and browse before you travel and re-read on the plane.One of the issues with travel guides like this is that the situation in the country can change quickly, so one of my concerns was also to find the most current travel book on Pakistan, and this one from 2013 is the newest one I could find.The book covers following: land and people; values and attitudes; customs and traditions; making friends; private and family life; time out; travel, health and safety; business briefing; communicating.I am very much looking forward to my next trip to Pakistan.

this is one of the better guides from this series. having afterwards been to Pakistan, this book has proven both useful and realistic.

ok

Some insightful but other out dated info

It's a good book but too general in my opinion