Pakistan's traditional matchmakers play a revered role in moulding daughters into potential brides, but marriage apps marketing themselves as halal are offering women a new route to finding a husband.
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00:00When I saw my colleague, he was very happy, where he got married, he was very happy.
00:29He is from a good family, he has a daughter.
00:33When I saw him, his life was going well, then I said,
00:40where you have tried for a long time, 4-5 years, let's try this one too.
00:48They give you all these sorts of tick marks that they say before you meet a family,
01:13don't say this to them, don't say this to them,
01:16don't tell them that your hobbies are probably hiking or taking pictures,
01:20tell them that your hobbies are cleaning or cooking and stuff like that.
01:24So it makes you a very inauthentic person,
01:28you are just not being yourself, you are being this version that they want you to be.
01:43I have so many pictures of myself that I like,
01:45it's such a difficult decision for me to make.
01:47It's such an open proof.
02:10It's such an open proof.
02:12It's such an open proof.