Pakistan: No Place Like Home - Witness
In the remote Pakistan village of Hakimwala, farmers battle a deadly pest that is ruining their cotton crops. Many find it difficult to afford the pesticide and face mounting debts. The elders of the village encourage the young men to travel abroad to earn better pay and help lift the village out of poverty. Twenty-eight-year-old Sharif has lived in Hakimwala all his life. He is an only son and drives the only car in the village. He is responsible for driving the sick to the city hospital three hours away. But with the infestation of his cotton crops and rising debts, Sharif decides it is time to seek his fortune elsewhere. Sharif decides to go to Dubai despite warnings from his friends. The villagers sell the car and his family sells their hard-earned lands to cover his expenses. For the first time in his life, Sharif leaves his village, flies in an airplane and experiences a foreign land. In spite of mounting debts, Sharif is about to learn that there is more to life than money. Or is there? More from Witness on: YouTube - http://aje.io/witnessYT Facebook - https://facebook.com/AJWitness Twitter - https://twitter.com/AJWitness Instagram - https://instagram.com/ajwitness/ Website - http://aljazeera.com/witness
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I'm loving now Pakistan.😊💚
love from the Philippines.😊❤ -
I suspect being this poor affects marriage possibilities. He does seem to have a good attitude, despite his situation.
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woww love that guy's simplicity
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nice really
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i always need a friend like him
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Instead of wasting billions of dollars at roads /metro/amusement parks in cities , CM punjab should be investing more in village , they are the backbone of Punjab 's economy , Same goes for The CM of Sindh/baluch/ KhyberPukhtoon province. There Should be Islamic system Of Zakat /Usher for poor like in Jordan .
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Go NawaZ Go
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These people get treated like slaves once they get to the UAE. So sad.
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Amazing people
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very nice video.. typical pakistani village same as typical indian village!!
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Really nice yar. God bless sharif & people like him living in both India & Pakistan.
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Al jazeera must give him money for this wonderful content
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Poor guy :(
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I am an Indian and this video is very special to me because the language which they are using is the same which my Parents use sometimes when we go to our native town Panipat. I know they migrated from Pakistan during partition, but this is the first time I've heard someone else using this language. I don't even know the name of this language :-(
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Simply wonderful documentary. Main character has such a personality!
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Love from India for people like Shareef..
Keep ur spirit up Shareef.
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If you have money its doesn't mean you r rich..love sacrifices humanity left in only our villages...
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May God bless true and kind people of Pakistan. Well wishes from Punjab India
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He is not alone...Many poor people from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal make the mistake of going to Dubai for work only to be overworked and cheated. Emirati's have no soul only gold.
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Innocence and simplicity at its best
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