I’ve been using Pakistan Post regularly for about three years; I use it to send letters to my penpals, and contrary to what others might think, Pakistan Post is a great service. Their normal mail takes about a week or two, but if you send something within Pakistan using their UMS service it will be there in about 3 days. And they’re super affordable compared to private courier services; using UMS within Pakistan costs about Rs. 60, whilst sending it abroad costs Rs. 200; courier services charge more than Rs. 200 for sending letters within Pakistan! Even if you don’t send something by UMS, it will still get there, it just takes a little longer that’s all. And when that thing is a letter, I don’t mind; I think it adds to the special feeling of it—it adds to the experience of writing and exchanging personal letters.

 

I love using Pakistan Post; their staff is so respectful; they’re working really hard to improve every day; the fact that some staff members have been working in our area for years makes everything feel so personal and special. They’re an organisation I’m proud to use and call our own.

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-Mushba Said

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I'm a pathan and belong to the tribe of Wazir. We are known as toughest among pathans and live in hard areas. The areas I'm referring to are tribal and backward areas of KPK where the means of communication are weak. We don't have quick access to mobile communication nor do we have TCS facility there, we are all dependent on Pakistan Post.

It's been serving since long my father and grand father have used it for communication such as letter posting and sending parcels. It has gained our trust and now, even when I'm living in Rawalpindi , I send my parcels and documents to Bannu and such areas via Pakistan Post and its trust worthy as always. 

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-Shahrukh Khan

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I have been using Pakistan Post for sending parcels to my sister who lives abroad. It has been 15 years since I have been using it's service of international parcel delivery and not once have this organization failed to impress me.  

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-Abida Aslam

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This is one of my favourite stories, maybe we even the most narrated one: how I can became an avid letter writing, corresponding with penpals, friends and family through Pakistan Post.

It started with a chapter called "Makaateeb-e-Ghalib" in my Urdu's course back when I was pursuing my matriculation degree. The chapter was a compilation of letters Mirza Ghalib wrote to friends and family. In one of his letters to his friends, he expressed the joy of receiving a letter: "Tumhara khat aya aisay kay jaisay tum tashreef laye."

That was a defining point for me and my letter writing tendencies. I pulled out pages from my cupboards, addresses from my friends and family and poured out on them what I had to say. By the end of the day, I would have a wad of envelopes bursting through my sling bag that I would pop inside the gleaming Pakistan Post Letterboxes spread out in the city.

I regularly correspond with my people through Pakistan Post. Often I send out letters, postcards and greeting cards. Occasionally I drop in a parcel for friends and family. [A parcel is a bag of pure joy!] Over the years, this post mail correspondence has given me one of the most amazing friends i know with whom I have a regular cultural exchange of ideas and what's going on in each of our parts of the world. Communication and words bridge even the most farthest of distances and then they bring you closer to each other, helping you understand the diversities and respecting each other's beliefs. This is what post mail did for me.

It's 2016 and I'm still writing letters. In fact, a little pile in my drawer awaits to be responded to and sent out. A friend would sometimes ask me, "But why write?" Exasperated at the effort requiring task of writing, posting it to an address and then anticipating it's successful delivery. Sure, each mode of communication has its own charm and significance but when it comes to letter writing, I say, "Why not?"

Post mail is slow but intimate. The effort that goes into producing, sending and finally receiving a post is nothing less than  gratifying. 
It is a thoughtful vibe resting on your deskthat lingers on with you for a good while. It is a couple of words that gets you through another week. It is a hope that doesn't die. It is a cheer that makes up for the rest of the day.

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Attaching a photo of a pile of postmail I have received and to which I respond using Pakistan Post's services.

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Mehreen Qayas

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