Sri Lanka Just Made Its Tourist ETA Free for Pakistanis
For years, a Sri Lanka trip started with a small annoyance. Fifty US dollars. Per person. Before you’d even packed
Ali Qureshi
June 1, 2026
For years, a Sri Lanka trip started with a small annoyance. Fifty US dollars. Per person. Before you’d even packed a bag. A family of
Turkish Airlines just pulled over a hundred weekly flights from its summer 2026 schedule. Not a rumour. The airline officially announced the suspension of flights
Three weeks ago a Karachi family WhatsApped us at 9pm. Two parents, three kids under 12, and a grandmother who refuses to fly anywhere it’s
Most Maldives “summer deals” are real. The 20-40% off is real. The empty house reefs are real. The kids’ clubs running half-full so your seven-year-old
A Karachi family lands at Velana International at 2am. The kids are asleep on the trolleys. The husband is holding four passports. The wife is
Maldives flight prices from Karachi just shifted under your feet. Most families haven’t noticed yet. Between January and mid-May 2026, Maldives tourist arrivals dropped about
Punjab schools close on May 22. That’s six days from now. And somewhere in a DHA living room, a mother is scrolling through Instagram, looking
The Ruet-e-Hilal Committee confirmed it last night. Eid Al Adha falls on Wednesday, May 27. Three public holidays. Plus Saturday and Sunday. A five-day break.
A Karachi mother paid Rs 18,000 last June for a “Maldives visa processing service.” The visa is free. Free on arrival. Zero rupees. Zero fees.
May 27. Wednesday. That’s Eid. Twelve days from now. If you’ve been staring at the calendar trying to figure out where to take the kids
A Dubai travel guide for Pakistanis who are done with the same five-photo weekend Everyone in Karachi has a cousin who went to Dubai. Probably
The couple trip Turkey from Pakistan guide that doesn’t assume you want the same itinerary as everyone else You’ve been talking about Turkey for three
You booked the trip to feel better. You came back feeling worse. Not because the destination failed you. Because the structure failed you. A rigid
The room at PC Hotel Karachi was full of dignitaries. Keynote speeches. National anthems. Governor-level guests flying in from Iran. The CEO of Pakistan International
You and your partner have been to Dubai. Probably more than once. You know the drill. The Burj Khalifa photo. The dhow dinner. The desert
You’ve seen the Dubai photos. The Turkey captions. The Maldives reels. And then someone sends you a Baku photo. Stone streets. Flame towers glowing orange
The number in the WhatsApp message was PKR 385,000 for a family of four. Seven nights in Turkey. Flights, hotel, sightseeing included. That number looked
I asked a Karachi travel agency to add one extra day in Cappadocia for my family. They said no. The package doesn’t allow it. I
I got played. Not by a person. By a model. A few years ago, I tried to plan a Turkey trip for my family. I had questions real ones. Can
For years, a Sri Lanka trip started with a small annoyance. Fifty US dollars. Per person. Before you’d even packed
Turkish Airlines just pulled over a hundred weekly flights from its summer 2026 schedule. Not a rumour. The airline officially
Three weeks ago a Karachi family WhatsApped us at 9pm. Two parents, three kids under 12, and a grandmother who