I've been given the opportunity to work in Pakistan

T345 · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:46

Robbo said:
Hills full of terrorists? I wouldn't much fancy that.

??? People go there to hunt, my Uncle does tours in some mountains, they go hunting.

Glaucus · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:47

So many people would turn an opportunity like that down :eek:

, as long as follow home office advice or security if need, I would jump at such opportunities. It's also only a week.

asim18 · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:48

Robbo said:
Hills full of terrorists? I wouldn't much fancy that.

Umm. Wow.

I went to Muree about 2 years ago. It's not "full of terrorists". :rolleyes:

I'm not denying there's terrorism in Pakistan, but it's very localised. To see a pic of a massive mountain and call it a "hill full of terrorists" is stupid.

Stolly · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:48

Yeah if i don't agree to go there we'll go to another place. We have business in lots of countries and most of them don't need to have armed guards posted 24/7.

Robbo · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:49

asim18 said:
Umm. Wow.

I went to Muree about 2 years ago. It's not "full of terrorists".

Hah, you thought I was being serious?

In all seriousness though it doesn't sound good.

Curio · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:49

Stolly said:
Yeah if i don't agree to go there we'll go to another place. We have business in lots of countries and most of them don't need to have armed guards posted 24/7.

nice - what are the other possibilities then? I feel a poll coming on

G-MAN2004 · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:51

Cleeecooo said:
Lahore.

There was an explosion at the train station there only a few months ago. Three people killed.

T345 · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:52

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar

G-MAN2004 · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:54

Moses said:
He wouldn't be using trains, would he!

He'd be isolated from such risks, assuming his company/the bank he'd've gone to aren't run by jokers!

Doesn't necessarily have to happen on a train.

RoboCod · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:54

Stolly said:
Yeah if i don't agree to go there we'll go to another place. We have business in lots of countries and most of them don't need to have armed guards posted 24/7.

I failed to tell you that the lads I referred to are in the military though, so armed guards were a necessity really. As said I also think it depends what region you will be visiting. Maybe contact our high commission over there?

Heliospherez · 3 Jul 2012 at 21:57

G-MAN2004 said:
There was an explosion at the train station there only a few months ago. Three people killed.

There's an explosion in Northern Ireland almost every week - Doesn't stop the hundreds of thousands of people going there for holidays every month

asim18 · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:02

G-MAN2004 said:
Doesn't necessarily have to happen on a train.

He doesn't necessarily have to even be wandering around in public.

Car to and from the office. Car+bodyguard for sightseeing.

Chances of being involved in a suicide bombing can be easily reduced to zero.

nydryl · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:06

I'm fairly surprised by the number of responses saying no. I'd go and experience the place first hand.

Cleeecooo · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:09

G-MAN2004 said:
There was an explosion at the train station there only a few months ago. Three people killed.

So? Tourism to America didn't stop after 9/11

Ahleckz · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:16

I'd love to go there, such an interesting and vibrant country. You're being pretty short sighted in my opinion. The only country I'd be slightly cautious about visiting would be Somalia, anywhere else I'm game for.

The Chemist · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:18

From my experiences of travelling to the motherland, the white man gets the "yes sir!" treatment definitely! 5 class all the way!

Hicks · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:19

nydryl said:
I'm fairly surprised by the number of responses saying no. I'd go and experience the place first hand.

I'm surprised by the lack of responses saying no and I've only been here a while....

Some really beautiful places in Pakistan and I would go tomorrow...... mainly because I'm not a small minded ill educated idiot.

Cleeecooo · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:20

The Chemist said:
From my experiences of travelling to the motherland, the white man with money gets the "yes sir!" treatment definitely! 5 class all the way!

FTFY

Jordw · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:38

When you have to hire private security with guns to walk the streets, you know it's a crappy place to go.

Ahleckz · 3 Jul 2012 at 22:50

From the FCO - "275,351 British Nationals visited Pakistan in 2010 (Source: Ministry of Tourism). 245 British nationals required consular assistance in Pakistan in the period 1 April 2010 - 31 March 2011 for the following types of incident: 27 deaths; four hospitalisations; and 28 arrests, for a variety of offences."

So, 245 out of 275351 trips in a year had problems. Really not that many.

Jordw said:
When you have to hire private security with guns to walk the streets, you know it's a crappy place to go.

Where's that then? It's not Pakistan.