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India-Pakistan
Pakistan Rusts in Its Tracks In a Journey on a Crumbling Railway,
2013-06-08
Posted by:3dc

#6  If you have an infidel mow your lawn, and you find a train...you might be a 'Stani.

If you are going to a wedding and hope to pick up your cousin as your next wife...you might be a 'Stani.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-06-08 19:44  

#5  One difference. In Caliphornia, this is not yet common:

Muhammad Akmal, a 20-year-old ice factory worker, was going home to Punjab for a wedding. “Hope to get married myself, soon — perhaps to one of my cousins,” he said.
Posted by: Bobby   2013-06-08 13:41  

#4  ...or California.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-06-08 08:21  

#3  Sounds like Greenhouses doesn't it, RJ?
Posted by: AlanC   2013-06-08 08:10  

#2  There's a part that tells all, "Inherited from the British when they left".

(And destroyed by riots since)

So, the British built it, and the savages destroyed it, typical of the region.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-06-08 07:55  

#1  An excellent article 3DC. Just about everything you need to know about Pakistan wrapped up in a pretty good travelogue.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-06-08 04:05  

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