Love against Hate: Dunkin Donuts Pakistan offers free meals to Indian visitors

[Providence]

feed the poor. thats the motto i think..

Embassy enclave in pakistan ?

 

[BATTLE FIELD]

feed the poor. thats the motto i think..

no need to feed others, feed your own peoples for free that would be good one for any country.

 

[Ragnar]

I would really like to know how many Indian tourists (non-media professionals, non-embassy staff) visit Pakistan each year. That number would be an interesting one.

I like the "short term visitors" part on the display. Obviously Dawood is not eligible.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

For one incident of hate towards Pakistanis, there are tens of incidents of love and brotherhood. Only you guys chose to highlight hate, and ignore love.

Indians raise funds for Pakistani girl's medical treatment

And this happened in Mumbai too

Please dont let me highlight what else happend in Mumbai.

 

[my2cents]

Love against Hate: Dunkin Donuts Pakistan offers free meals to Indian visitors - Daily Pakistan Global

How about free donuts for visiting your forum???

 

[shah1398]

For one incident of hate towards Pakistanis, there are tens of incidents of love and brotherhood. Only you guys chose to highlight hate, and ignore love.

Indians raise funds for Pakistani girl's medical treatment

And this happened in Mumbai too

Sir we always appreciate and Thank each and every goodwill gesture by Indians. Mr Burni also saved many Indian sailors only for humanity and we also did shift Indians onboard our Naval vessels from Yemen and India did reciprocate. But that was for sake of humanity. Its not that we are criticizing India for sake of criticism but just in short time after Mr Modi came into power the Hindu extremist parties like Shiv Sena, RSS etc have gone on rampage.They do what they want to do and nobody is stopping them and that is why below incidents happened in quick succession.

1. Turned away by a dozen hotels, Pakistan family in city spends night on street - The Times of India

2. Kashmiri students beaten, forced to shout anti-Pak slogans in Greater Noida - The Times of India

3. Shiv Sena activists storm BCCI headquarters - The Hindu

4. India v/s South Africa: Now, Shiv Sena threatens Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

And many many more. Likes of these incidents were almost zero during Congress Rule and now such incidents against other minorities are spreading fast. Musnt it ring some alarm bells?
PS: I ve not even touched upon recent killings of Muslims esp in beef related issues and how Eng Rashid has been dealt with.

 

[IndoCarib]

We always appreciate and Thank each and every goodwill gesture by Indians. Mr Burni also save many Indian sailors only for humanity and we also did shift Indians onboard our Naval vessels from Yemen and India did reciprocate. But that was for sake of humanity. Its not that we are criticizing India for sake of criticism but just in short time after Mr Modi came into power the Hindu extremist parties like Shiv Sena, RSS etc have gone on rampage.They do what they want to do and nobody is stopping them and that is why below incidents happened in quick succession.

1. Turned away by a dozen hotels, Pakistan family in city spends night on street - The Times of India

2. Kashmiri students beaten, forced to shout anti-Pak slogans in Greater Noida - The Times of India

3. Shiv Sena activists storm BCCI headquarters - The Hindu

And many many more. Likes of these incidents were almost zero during Congress Rule and now such incidents against other minorities are spreading fast. Musnt it ring some bells?
PS: I ve not even touched upon recent killings of Muslims esp in beef related issues and how Eng Rashid has been dealt with.

That is a myth that is pushed by our 'secular' media. You can search for tons of such incidents that happened during Congress rule. Shiv Sena is a fascist party whose main influence is only in Mumbai city. Despite that there are many Pakistanis living in Mumbai. Do you think they all live on the streets ?

Pakistani celebrities make beeline for Bollywood - The Times of India

Pakistani beauties cross the Indian border to storm Bollywood - Emirates 24|7

 

[Archie]

Please dont let me highlight what else happend in Mumbai.

We can do the same
But that will crash PDF servers

 

[Imran Khan]

How about free donuts for visiting your forum???

joota chapal donuts ?

 

[Areesh]

Shame on Dunkin Donuts. I always hate this bullsh!t show of love that we Pakistanis show for these guys. I hope Dunkin Donuts would spend some money on feeding the poor in Pakistan.

 

[Archie]

People often Forget that it is as difficult for people from India to travel to Pakistan as it is for a Pakistani to travel to India,
Their are higher level of scrutiny and suspicion

I mean if you have proper documentation then no one will say no to you in westernized part of Pakistan and India, same can't be said about other areas
Let me share my experience, I visited your country in 2010, a few months before joining this forum.
And frankly if I didn't know people their including some big shots from MQM, then my stay would have been a lot more unpleasant mainly because I used to work in a middle eastern construction company which as it turns out was involved in massive corruption in India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Qatar

 

[SrNair]

26/11 changed the mind of Indians once and for all.
Of Course we also had some concession in our hearts before that massacre.
Now you situations are changed forever .There wont be any turning aback.

 

[ganesh623]

Thats stupid from dunkin douts. Instead of preparing for ghazwa e hind they are alloting free meals to indians. Idiots !

 

[shah1398]

That is a myth that is pushed by our 'secular' media. You can search for tons of such incidents that happened during Congress rule. Shiv Sena is a fascist party whose main influence is only in Mumbai city. Despite that there are many Pakistanis living in Mumbai. Do you think they all live on the streets ?

Pakistani celebrities make beeline for Bollywood - The Times of India

Pakistani beauties cross the Indian border to storm Bollywood - Emirates 24|7

No Sir they dont. But i still remember how openly many media related persons demanded that all Pakistani actors should be sent back and there is no room for them. And all Pakistani beauties are being given work in India only because they bring good dividends back to the producer who has signed them. Its not that they took petty on Pakistani actors and gave them work for two waqt ki roti. Having said so i really do not recall any incident (must be one odd forsure) where Indians in Pakistan are dealt harshly bcz of their nationality.

 

[Ray_of_Hope]

Love against Hate: Dunkin Donuts Pakistan offers free meals to Indian visitors

• Pakistan
• Khawaja Daud
• October 19, 2015 4:10 pm

LAHORE (Web Desk) – Last week, the family of Karachi-based Inayat Ali was denied accommodation in the hotels of the Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai.

The family visited 40 hotels, but none of them welcomed them because the family did not possess the draconian Form C.

Read: Unwelcoming Mumbai hotels deny rooms to Pakistanis

The news may have sparked suitable outrage among the public, but one man decided to take a stand.

Iqbal Latif, who runs 26 franchises of international food outlet Dunkin Donut in Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar, took a step to show how Pakistanis welcome their neighbours, which also emulates Gandhi’s teachings.

In the next few hours, the food outlets had banners with an announcement offering free meals to any Indians visiting Pakistan on a short-term visa. The banner was inscribed with Indian and Pakistani flags as well. The offer went into effect from Friday last week.

“I felt bad when I saw this that family had to spend part of [the] night [on a] footpath near a police station and another part at a pavement at the railway station,” shared Latif.

“It’s not a big deal, but an effort to invoke the teachings of Gandhi Ji who preached love and coexistence all his life,” Mr Latif told a Pakistan daily Dawn by phone from London.

The response to Latif’s initiative was overwhelmingly positive.

“We served 2,432 people in Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore. They all loved it,” Latif revealed.

Sales went up by 30 per cent since the day the offer went into effect.

On the first day of the offer, 17 meals were served to Indians in a Dunkin Donut outlet in the Diplomatic Enclave of Islamabad.


“This is the place where US State Secretary John Kerry took breakfast last year. But we feel great honour [in hosting our] Indian friends,” said Mr Latif.

Elsewhere in Lahore and Peshawar, no Indian visited to avail a free meal.

“We’re waiting to treat Indians with a big heart and a big smile,” said Tehmina, who works at the Liberty Market outlet in Lahore. She shared that a couple of passersby glanced at the poster and waved a high five at the staff.

Mr Latif is elated by the response to the offer, and sees it as vital for promoting love among the people of Pakistan and India. He says he was slightly apprehensive about the reaction in Peshawar to the display of the Indian flag, but visitors and passersby waved at the staff, a sign of approval.

“Where is the hate and stone throwing of Shiv Sena? Only a degenerated mind does it. We need to tell Shiv to grow up. Love conquers all,” he added.

Though the Pakistani and Indian public are more willing to be friends, states and armies on either side don’t see eye to eye and often hit the headlines for trading shells and accusations at borders and international forums.

On Saturday, intelligence reports were in the media that India intelligence RAW could target Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Jamaatud Dawa head Hafiz Saeed.

Read more: RAW planning to assassinate PM Nawaz Sharif, Hafiz Saeed

Earlier last week, former foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri was the target of threats from hardliner Shiv Sena activists on October 12 in Mumbai ahead his book launch, while the host, Sudhera Kulkarni, was painted black.

And Shiv Sena hurled threats, which resulted in the cancellation of the planned performance of Ghazal legend Ghulam Ali in Mumbai on October 8.

Read more: Ghulam Ali’s Mumbai concert cancelled following Shiv Sena’s threats

Vajee Vee, an Indian commentator, says it is the scar that was left by “Kasab and ISI post-Mumbai serial blasts”.

Latif, however, says his pro-peace and amity initiative has not met with any interference by any Pakistani intelligence agency.

“No ISI, no intelligence came to us to ask about the display of the Indian flag,” he said. He added that some of his friends in the army even called him to appreciate his gesture.

He says Pakistan has shown its love for Indians.

“Across the border, there is no hate. We all love India. 1.4 billion people love each other. We are only marginalised by a few hate mongers on both sides. I propose such initiatives on the people-to-people level [to] help make bridges,” he said, adding that both Pakistan and India are nuclear countries that cannot afford strained relations.

“I suggest that Indian food chains put this (offer) on display in India, and see if [their] business goes up or drops.”

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