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

[Ragnar]

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

Jehadis hate donuts. Khan chacha from Khan Market will supply kakori rolls and mutton korma when they come to red fort.

 

[Windjammer]

Wonderful news.


Now maybe they will stop sending Terrorists too ...... we would really appreciate that much more than the offer of free doughnuts to Indians foolish enough to visit pakistan.

We should take a leaf out of Indian hospitality and serve a glass of acid along with doughnuts.
I guess Indians only visit Pakistani forum due to a special invitation.....damn, it gives a whole new meaning to a blind telling others to watch where they are going.

 

[raktaka]

We should take a leaf out of Indian hospitality and serve a glass of acid along with doughnuts.
I guess Indians only visit Pakistani forum due to a special invitation.....damn, it gives a whole new meaning to a blind telling others to watch where they are going.

Does it mean you will stop recruiting, training and sending Terrorists into India ?

 

[Zibago]

Does it mean you will stop recruiting, training and sending Terrorists into India ?

Nope we will increase their numbers and divert them from Afghanistan to India or kuch

How about free donuts for visiting your forum???

You are more than welcome to leave

 

[Windjammer]

Does it mean you will stop recruiting, training and sending Terrorists into India ?

Colonel Purohit insist, he never left India.

 

[raktaka]

Nope we will increase their numbers and divert them from Afghanistan to India or kuch

No doubt. Hence the need for Baloch freedom.

 

[jaunty]

Great, so Dawood Ibrahim gets free meals for life?

 

[raktaka]

Colonel Purohit insist, he never left India.

Nope. So NOW will you stop recruiting, training and sending terrorists into India ?

 

[Zibago]

No doubt. Hence the need for Baloch freedom.

From iran and afghanistan hmm maybe

Great, so Dawood Ibrahim gets free meals for life?

Yep along with free bmw,s

 

[bdslph]

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.”

a good move my dunkin donut of Pakistan and i support this kind of ways
good politics should be aside and hated should be a side
indian and pakistan when they are in each other countries should be treated like a guess
and peace and love
off course many Pakistani many not love this but this is a part of peace process

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

and also a very gesture by india side
wish to see this kind of effort from both side
always remember there are bad people dont want this kind of relationship
so beware of them

 

[Windjammer]

Nope. So NOW will you stop recruiting, training and sending terrorists into India ?

You see birds and animals like Pigeons and Camels can't differentiate between borders, but then it's also in human nature to play Ostrich.

More Kashmiri youth joining militants becoming a source of major worry - The Times of India

 

[raktaka]

You see birds and animals like Pigeons and Camels can't differentiate between borders, but then it's also in human nature to play Ostrich.

More Kashmiri youth joining militants becoming a source of major worry - The Times of India

Are you saying pakistanis are like dumb animals and cannot differentiate between borders ?

As for the news article, muslims have shown tendency to become terrorists and this is a global phenomena. You should know, you are terror central.

Now stop wasting my time by replying to me. This conversation is over.

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Good way to teach hospitality to Indians

 

[my2cents]

Nope we will increase their numbers and divert them from Afghanistan to India or kuch


You are more than welcome to leave

There you go. It does not take a lot to show your other face. Now you understand why Mumbaiites behaved the way they did.

 

[Zibago]

There you go. It does not take a lot to show your other face. Now you understand why Mumbaiites behaved the way they did.

Yeah now you see this face take a picture it will last longer