► NOTE: This trip was filmed back in December. I had to take out a couple of parts of this video. Let me explain why. My goal in my work is always to go deeper into a culture and connect with locals to show things that can't just be read from Wikipedia. In this video, the guide touched on some taboo topics. First, the guide talked about the history of Mutahs (a traditional relationship agreement that a minority of people participated in). This was outlawed in the early 1970s and came from Persia. Secondly, he exposed the fact that there are "land gangsters" in Lahore that actually use their power and influence to take over apartments illegally from residents who might be out of the city. They pay officials, change documents, and use intimation to carry out their criminality. Yes, this exists. It took the guide great courage to say these things on camera; I triple checked with him that it was okay to use this content. Well as one might guess, some religious authorities, land-mob types, and the police went after him. He's been stripped of his tour-guiding license for 6 months and has had to deal with various forms of intimidation. For his safety, I removed these sections. KZfaq is notoriously a septic tank for people dropping their pain and hate if something is shown that they don't agree with. Perhaps some of the guide's content was exaggerated, he might not have gotten everything right, there are also some language issues since English isn't his first language, but a the end of the day he gave this tour of his city with deep knowledge, heart, and pride. And to make it very clear, there are probably 1 out of 1000 guides that you can make a 30-minute video with that will be interesting enough to watch. The vast majority of my content is positive--I focus on humanizing parts of the world that have been demonized by the western press--but I also like to present all of what I see. I don't want to sugarcoat things. Sometimes I don't always get things right but I try my hardest to show you the most authentic and truthful story I can find. This is not a vlog for telling you how cheap everything is and smashing a sandwich into the lens of the camera. And by no means do I expect everyone to agree with me on what I show. Criticism is fair game and some of it has really helped me make better content. My style often brings up certain cultural aspects that might be conflictive and I don't give clear answers. Just because I show something doesn't mean I agree or disagree with it. And it also doesn't mean it doesn't exist if it doesn't align with your values. It's for you to make your own opinion or challenge your own thoughts. That's what I like personally so that's the content I deliver to you. If you have any thoughts to add in regards to this situation with this video please do so in the conversation here with a comment and I'll try my best to return to all of them :) I have roughly 7 more episodes from Pakistan to come. I'm trying to post every Tuesday and Friday. I filmed this in December so I'm at home and tucked into my apartment with no travel plans. I hope you are staying safe and healthy :) Thanks for being part of this!

This guide is awesome. His talking is so lovely and so much energy.

Pakistanis, stay safe during those hard times! Respect from Poland! 😊

I'm going to Pakistan 🇵🇰 next year and I definitely, going to contact Adil. He so knowledgeable and I like his enthusiasm. He was born to be a tour guide. Thumbs up! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰 can't wait to go to Pakistan!

I am European and was living in Lahore for 4 years. City is very beautiful and they have amazing food. I am happy that i had an opportunity to learn about their cuisine. Beautiful video :)

Love pakistani people from TEHRAN❤🇮🇷

The guide was amazing. Such passion and love for his place.

Pakistan 🇵🇰 people are so nice!!! I've watching his videos and I can't stop. The world needs more people like Pakistanis. God bless you! Planing my trip already!

I cannot fully express in mere words how much I appreciate this realism depicted in this video. I believe every single word the tour guide speaks . He has guts and courage as do you Peter . .

Somebody: What’s your favorite food? My answer : Pakistan’s Biryani!😋 Greetings from Tajikistan 🇹🇯🤝🇵🇰

I love Pakistan from Mauritius because My Husband from Pakistan

Lots of love🧡for my pakistani brothers and sisters from India🇮🇳 I also want to visit lahore.

This guide is the boss in “LAHORE” 😂💪🏾👏🏽❤️

The guide was amazing. He was so honest and positive 🇵🇰♥️🙏

I'm an American been living in Pakistan for almost 7 years now NEVER EVER had a problem. I absolutely love it here Pakistan is my home now!!

the guide is literally having the wide knowledge ....he sounds like a HISTORIAN .

I love the spirit and the passion of this Pakistani tour guide Adil. He is really very excited to explain his country Pakistan's Culture & Traditions Love Pakistan 🇵🇰 from Tamil Nadu

Adil is a Very energetic and magical host he’s like a tour guider from a movie👌🏽

I’m living in Lahore too From Nigeria 🇳🇬

Was born in Lahore and left when I was 4 for the US. Going back to Lahore in July '21 after 40yrs and very excited. Thank you Peter for your amazing videos

Hello Mr guide You're amazing Now I want to visit lahore 🇮🇳

Respect my Pakistani brothers from Bangladesh. Inshallah, I wish one day I can visit Baltistan, Gilgit and Humza Valley.

Your guide is a knowledgeable and down to the earth gentleman. He knows more than what you can show on your coverage. This is the part of Lahore we East Punjabis wish to visit at least once in a lifetime. Thanks for your unique style of touching the ground realities of an ancient and royal culture. Kudos!!!

And then there was the ox 😲 Peter, I've never seen any KZfaq videos like yours. Can not get enough. Unique creator and gift for meeting the best people. Proof that if you give love you get love.

Wow this guy Adil is so passionate about his culture love the way he explains Pakistan Government Authorities should officially make him a Lahore Tour Guide He cleary explains everything really well

FINALLY, A KZfaq Traveler/Vlogger who digs deep and presents a culture with respect and awareness. I am interested in your videos as a diversity professional who travels the world to share the truth with others. Thank you for your cultural presentation. Big Question: How easy or difficult will it be for you to visit India, now that you have toured Pakistan???

I think the guide showed peter a lot of interesting places. He did a good job

I am actually there right now. Also vlogging. So strange watching this and a bit later seeing it for real. Good video. Cheers

What a beautiful cultured historical fascinating and welcoming place. Thank you Peter for these uploads, Pakistan seems extremely friendly the people are so warm.

Lived in lahore for 4 years and the guide showed "me" the real Lahore... He has done a great job

The guider so exciting full of energy xD This is the best guide i have ever seen in Pakistan

This was so interesting, love the culture!! sending love to the people of Lahore from Toronto, Canada

Kudos to the guide he is the encyclopedia of Lahore city Love from india 🇮🇳

I cry from the first time until the end of this video... I'm reminded of a friend from Pakistan who's now out of contact😭😭😭😭 thank you for post this. Thank you so much.... 💙💙💙 love pakistan from Indonesia 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Your travel guides a spunky character... has a lot of positive energy...

The guide is so brilliant enthusiastic about the traditional culture of our Pakistan . Brilliant vlog

I love how Lahore can be so diverse in history, religion, socials and even each alley or corridor has different story and keeps on amazing you. Old lahore is a hidden gem. Great content Peter , keep it up! And greetings to all my Pakistanis brothers and sisters from Sudan🇸🇩

Dam Peter you went in DEEP!!... you're probably the first tourist to do so

Bruh that guy is right. We’re losing our culture.☹️. I don’t even have traditional clothes. And most of the time I have to speak English. The only thing that’s is left is the Desi food and my language Urdu.

A fantastic coverage and the Guide had such an infectious energy in him ...all in all a very nice vlog.

This guide's an absolute lad, Also I've never seen any Travel vlogger going in so much detail about the Walled City of Lahore, Great vlog!

This is absolutely one of the most interesting videos I've seen in so long! Now I'd like to know more about the old city.

I really love this channel. Taking me places I can perhaps never see. Appreciating other human beings all over the world. Thank you so much.

All the people saying about the guide that he’s not representing the real image of Lahore needs to understand that whatever he’s shown is a very real aspect of Lahore , it is/was the true culture that is now almost fading. The guide has also cleared that this is only a minor part of Lahore shown as he has also told about the malls or other extravagant life of the city . Lastly kudos to the guide for literally showing this real old fading culture of Lahore as most of the Pakistanis have also not seen as most of the other guides do not show , they’re only interested in showing the the prominent sites as mentioned in this Vedio too .

Haha the tour guide was sooo excited bless 😭

This guide rocks..... Very energetic and truly passionate about his profession

This is one of my favorite ones out of your series. Ive watched probably 90% of your docs so far

Thanks Adil and Peter for showing the older parts of the city, details of which we learnt from my father who came to study sanskrit in Lahore 90 years ago.

one of the best guide i have ever seen on youtube

Absolutely wonderful video!! You were 1000% correct in "These are the things we want to see." The history, culture, background and day-to-day are key to knowledge. Your tour guide was absolutely lovely and loved his excitement. I love to learn different cultures, styles, architecture and way of living so this was a hot bed of excitement. SO very different from the U.S. but so very wonderful in their own unique way. Once again, thank you for this content!

Excellent program Peter,loved your interpreter,guide.You’ve become my program for truthful views of the world,be safe ,keep reporting.Thankyou

I love the way a tour guide gave explanation of all.

Love your Pakistan series, excellent man!

The guide is something else. 10/10 He does so much more than you would expect. So lively and knowledgeable, so friendly and likeable as well. Awesome stuff !

The lady releasing the birds was such a beautiful gesture I teared up.

You such a find best Man for searching Old Lahore Pakistan 🇵🇰 soo much love u From Pakistan 🇵🇰 live in France 🇫🇷

This is the best video! Thank you so much for showing the Real Pakistan! I got to know about Lahore in very deep! It's just awesome! I hope someday I will also roam around that narrow streets (Gully) and All the Pakistanis will Welcome me! Sending love to Pakistan from India! 🇮🇳❤🇵🇰

Yes, this tour of the hidden inside of the city of Lahore was totally awesome and by far the more interesting. Thanks for taking the way least tourist-travelled!

This video is the textbook example of how much value a good tour guide adds to your travels. Namaskar to Lahor from Maharashtra, India.

Absolutely Amazing, interesting and Adel was a great guide. Although lots of negative comments about him, nevertheless it was an outstanding adventure!

Love Pakistan brothers and sisters from nabur Iran, we shares many history and cultures and as I know Pakistan national anthem is in Persian languages too I love Pakistan ایران زنده باد، پاکستان زنده باد 🇮🇷❤️🇵🇰✌️

You know, I had a decent life. Some good adventures but I am really envious of what you do. I am in my fifties now and am in really poor health hanging on by the proverbial thread and my days are numbered, sadly. I have no issues saying this. It's just life. Anyway, to anyone reading this, LIVE your life. Stop procrastinating. Do what you want to do. Visit places if you have the means and meet lots of people. Love lots of people and let those people love you. This sound so corny but you really start to think in this manner when you see the end coming. This may sound odd, I'm Canadian but I don't want to die in Canada. I want to have one last mini-adventure and die somewhere else that also feels like home. I have always felt like that might be on the continent of Africa, or South Asia like Pakistan, or India or somewhere in the Middle East. I can't explain this feeling. I love your videos and I want to say that you look identical to a friend of mine that is around twenty years younger than myself. And I mean IDENTICAL. He is a New York city native and when I first saw your video I thought you were him. I even sent your channel to him and he thought you were him. 😸 Take care Peter, and thank you for sharing you with us. Regards from Nova Scotia.

Man that guide seems like a super cool dude & someone fun & interesting to hang with. His enthusiasm actually made the whole video feel more enjoyable.

Peter, you really got historian eye, you know what needs to be documented. Lahore and Amritsar used to be the Main twin cities on India with thriving culture, harmony and growth. A lot of good things buried under these narrow streets. This is in fact lost empire of a great civilization. You can have a big documentary on that Oil Man with an Ox, called Teli.

Peter, you said you were uploading an extra long one, this is only 33 minutes. Please upload more videos 😊 Enjoying the content 👌🏿

The BEST Guide EVER! Thanks for this content. I learned a lot. Great vibes too.

This guide is amazing! You saw more of the old Lahore in one day than I did in 5!

Peter throwing around Asalamualaikum as if he's been a muslim for months, hahahaha!

When I saw the streets and lanes of lahore, I felt that I am in Patna( Patliputra) India. Every lanes and houses are same in my city also, That time I forgot, I am in India or Pakistan, l appreciate the communication of muneeb bro. Very nice video sir and thank you for this💐💐

Hands down the best Pakistan series on the internet. Your editing skills are off the hook. New sub here but this is outstanding. Thanks for spreading the truth and positivity about Pakistan. The media and politicians don’t want us in peace. Keep your eyes and research open folks!

Such good guide! I love how he explains everything and love his vibes!!🙂😊

this video was actually mindblowing,thanks for that Peter and Pakistan!

The Guide is my childhood friend, Classfellow, and also my name fellow as well, we spent many years together in searching hidden parts of Lahore, mainly the days in Punjab Library were just amazing. Good Luck and keep it up Butt sb..

Really in love with this beautiful city hope i will be able to come one day... Love from India

This is so far the best vlog any tourist has done. The guide is the champion, no question about that.

Lahore is My grandpa’s town and I’ve spent a lot time in lahore but I was born in Rawalpindi near Islamabad but My father’s town is Peshawar man I miss Pakistan

This is the content i look forward to seeing! The tour guide did an excellent job in showing us Lahore. Thank you Peter. - new subscriber

This is awesome! Captures Pakistan so nicely. What a cool guide. This guy is a natural.

Wow! Great video! Luv this place and the people are so friendly❤️

I barely comment on KZfaq videos but just wanted to say that you probably got best and most honest person guiding you through the streets. Proper Lahori with a big heart. Missing my city right now :(

The guides fantastic, full of knowledge and enthusiasm

This guide is deadly honest and that's what not everyone can do Love Lahore love Pakistan. Keep coming peter

Awesome! Giant thanks to you and your guide😃❤

Salute to this Brave Guide, Love from 🇮🇳

May God protect Pakistan from the virus króna Kovid 19 brother from Yemen🇾🇪🌹🇵🇰

Great series of work Peter! Really enjoyed seeing the people of Lahore and their city!

What a fantastic tour! Thanks to you and the tour guide.

These words..."If you don't go to the downtown.You don't see anything." Love from India.😍

Pakistan is amazing! Love from Norway

Absolutely loved this program!

God bless Lahore and whole country I hope soon I can visit with my fiancé ❤️

I have spent almost 10 years of my life in Haveli (mansion) of Walled city , Lahore . That guide misguided you maybe because he didn't know much about the history of that place so he didn't want you to go there . He made up gangster story . You would have enjoyed seeing the real Lahore with ancient buildings and houses, streets and Havelis. Next time go there without any fear. Moreover there are no snipers at the roofs.

I cant stop watching the Lahore videos thanks so much for the content.

my favorite episode Ever! What an interesting place with interesting people. Your guide is amazing

This is the craziest most interesting 30 minutes I ever watched on KZfaq.

Actually the tour guide is really good. He is a person with knowledge. Appreciated!!!

This one video makes me one of the fans of this channel! Never saw Pakistan in such a detail manner, I am from Bangladesh but I studied in Sweden so I have a lot of friends from Pakistan and I heard a lot of stories about this city. For the first time, I just experience the beauty and culture of Lahore by watching this video. The tour guide is an awesome person and I admire his knowledge.

you have a great guide, how genius i like him alot

This guide was outstanding! Great job.

Love the video, this is the way I like to travel to see the unique places and how the locals actually live. I thought it was cool and courageous that every time you asked him if you could go further into the neighborhood he was reluctant but always said “sure why not”. It paid off and was a really cool video hope everything turned out all right for him