Pindi boy is a term used to refer to young men from the city of Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Originally coined as a pejorative term by upstarts in Islamabad, the term has since been appropriated by the young men of Rawalpindi to define a
sub-culture that represents grit, ambition, keeping it
real, and a sense of rebelliousness against any system that aims to indulge in classism to oppress people.
Over time national media has also used the term to refer to the powerful Pakistan Army which is
based in the city and has often conducted coups against corrupt and kleptocratic governments in Islamabad.
Pindi
Boys take a
lot of pride in their identity and consider themselves a band of brothers. The Pindi Boy identity transcends all ethnic, linguistic, provincial, tribal, sectarian, civilian/military divides that plague Pakistan. No matter where you are from if you have called Pindi home at any point in your life, you are a Pindi Boy.
Period.
Pindi
Boys are known for their strong bonds of friendship, often taking the fall for a friend or
literally getting beat up by a gang instead of abandoning their friend/s. Many one-
man stands are part of the Pindi Boy myth in which a
single Pindi Boy held his ground against a much larger group of opponents. "Marss Thapay" is a Pindi Boy battle cry during a fight. This cry invigorates Pindi
Boys while simultaneously demoralizing the opponent group with such speed that a fight is usually over by the time the words are uttered.
The Prime Minister is in
real trouble now, he has pissed off the Pindi
Boys.
Keep your daughter at home, Pindi Boys are in F-7 Markaz. She might run away with one.
We didn'
t stand a chance against Pindi Boys. Someone shouted "Marss Thapay" and it was over before we knew it
oooh I really
like him, he's SO bad, just
like a Pindi Boy
From an actual Venture Capital profile:
Jasim Haider will go down in history as the
man who helped Pindi boys take pride in who there are
like they never dared to before. Because the first thing that Rabeel Warraich told me was not that he is Pakistan’s first professional venture capitalist, nor that he graduated from MIT and worked as an investment banker at
Morgan Stanley or the private equity direct investing arm of GIC, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, though all of these things are true and impressive credentials. No, the first thing he told me was that he was a proud Pindi boy.
