Shocking number of people have ‘love marriages’ in Pakistan: Survey

In Pakistan, marrying a person of choice is usually looked down upon considering the shame attached to it and lack of option and privilege to interact with people.

Which is why the result of Gallup’s new survey comes as no surprise.

Gallup Pakistan, the well-known public opinion polling agency, has released a new survey on social attitudes, according to which only five per cent of people in Pakistan get married to people of their choice, aka love marriage.

Whereas 85 percent of the country’s marriages are arranged.