Don’t tell My Mother that I am in...Pakistan

Don't tell my mother that I am in Pakistan... by mewrote 2008 - National Geographic Documentary

Diego Buñuel travelled to Pakistan to break some of the stereotypes that have plagued this country. Roaming from Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Islamabad and to end finally in the Pakistani Himalayas. Diego's journey turns out to be a real eye opener. This episode has nothing to do with another trip through Pakistan carrying the same title as Don't Tell My Mother. It's a local production that has nothing to do with the series.
Diego Bunel's Don't Tell My Mother I'm in Pakistan originally aired on the National Geographic Channel as part of a television series where the journalist travelled to many 'troubled' countries (Colombia, Iran) and aimed to go beyond the headlines to discover the people and culture. The "Pakistan" episode is now available on DVD locally.
Get ready to see Pakistan like youve never imagined it before.

Diego Buñuel confronts prejudices about Pakistani religion and culture as he takes a one-month, 2,000-kilometre journey across the country.

For the past ten years Diego Buñuel has been a foreign correspondent for French Television covering all kinds of countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Congo. Every time he left for one of his stories, he would tell his production crew in the Paris office, “Don’t tell my mother I am in Colombia, it makes her really nervous.” After a few years of traveling repeatedly, Diego realized that the international news coverage, of which he was part of, only focused on the worst headlines possible. So Diego embarked on a rather unusual effort; to talk about countries that make headlines, but instead on focusing on the same three basic stories, he extended the reach of his eye to look at a more subtle vision of these countries, full of culture, people, interests that rise high above the daily news reports.