'Love match' apps rival traditional matchmaking in Pakistan

The Manila Times

'Love match' apps rival traditional matchmaking in Pakistan  Pakistan's traditional matchmakers play a revered role in molding daughters into potential brides, but marriage apps marketing themselves as halal are offering women a new route to finding a husband.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #lovematch  #tradition

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00:00It's such an open suit.

00:05Drama boss.

00:06Action check.

00:07Action check.

00:28When I saw my colleague,

00:30he is very happy.

00:32He is from a very good family.

00:37He has a daughter.

00:39When I saw him,

00:41his life is going well.

00:44Then I said,

00:46where you have tried the relationship for so long,

00:504-5 years,

00:51let's try this one too.

01:02These are the ladies who have GPS.

01:05The one and only Miswari from Islamabad.

01:14They give you all these sorts of tick marks

01:17that they say before you meet a family,

01:19that okay, don't say this to them,

01:21don't say this to them,

01:22don't tell them that your hobbies are probably hiking

01:25or taking pictures, right?

01:27Tell them that your hobbies are cleaning or cooking

01:29and stuff like that.

01:31It makes you a very inauthentic person.

01:34You are just not being yourself.

01:36You are being this version that they want you to be.

02:01The first reaction is,

02:02I met her through a dating app.

02:04Okay.

02:05So, the mentality of boys,

02:07first of all,

02:08we have to think bad of everyone.

02:10This is the mentality of boys,

02:12that they have to think bad of everyone first.

02:14So, that's why we don't tell anyone.

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