Checklist of things to Purchase from PAKISTAN

Important Points:

Go to the market with planning and keep this list with you while shopping with extra Photostats

Check the allowed weight of luggage from your airline before having things (20 or 25 or 33Kg & 7Kg Handbag)

Try to have just 2 bags, 1 big (35Kg Capacity) and 1 shoulder/college bag

Be careful about your luggage, documents and money while traveling, u can have theft chance at airports or Stations. Try to come in
Germany from Monday to Thursday as mostly people go on leave from Friday noon to Sunday night and nobody from university or
hostel will help you on weekends. It is also better if you can reach here in day time (optional but not a big problem). Before coming
here, you must have telephone numbers of concerned persons in your pocket and the person who have your room keys, you must tell
him regarding your flight so that on arrival, you can get keys from him.

This is general list of things, but you can bring things according to your need and usage. In Germany everything is available but more
expensive than in Pakistan. Some people purchase a cutting machine and do cutting themselves.

Keep in mind the luggage weight issue while shopping

Haircutting is very expensive here (10-15 Euro) so have short hairs before coming

Normally people do washing once in a month and rarely use iron for pressing the cloths. So buy such things, which do not require press
and require very less washing

Dressing Items

S NO Description Qty Procured From Pakistan

1 Jeans pants 4 In Germany about 20Euro

2 Shirts full sleeves (Winter stuff) 4 15Euro

3 T-Shirts Half sleeves (Summer stuff) 4 15Euro
2 for Winter and 2 for
4 Shalwar Kameez 2+2
Summer, for prayer etc

5 Banyan ( Vest) 4

6 Inner (lagan) 3
7 Underwear 6

8 Sweater 2 Bonanza or Oxford

Jacket (Parachute) having optional cap, water proof & A Wind-breaker Jacket (if
9 possible) 1 20 to 40Euro

10 Hand Gloves 1

11 Head cap (Winter) which can cover ears 2

12 Socks (Winter+Summer) 5+5

 Joggers of good quality for wearing with jeans (For Walk and able to wear even in
13 rain) & for sports 1

Preferably should not

14 Shoes for Jeans and Shalwar Kameez 1 require Polish. Borjan is
better

15 Slipper of good quality to wear outside room, to go mosque and bazar 1

16 Slipper (Chapel) for room or Washroom 1 here 10Euro

17 Towel 2

18 Leather Belt 3
Shaving Kits
19 Razor Gillete Blue2 5

20 Shaving Cream 1

21 Body Spray 1
22 Perfumes 1
23 Chip Stick for Lips 1

24 Tooth brushes 2

25 Tooth paste 2

26 Hair brush (Comb) 2

27 Nail cutter 1
28 Under shave kit 3
Bring some medicines like Augmenton, Flagel, Calpol, Cough syrup, Gestofil
29 Tablets(for indigestion, v imp, or Phakki etc) etc
Prayer Kit

30 Cap for Namaz, Taasbeeh, Sajda'gah, etc 2

31 Quran Sharif 1

Personal Daily Use goods

32 Leather Purse (capable to keep coins, so must have zip) 2 Here 10Euro price

College bag (very important, very expensive here). It should be shoulder bag must Buy 1 and 2nd is
33 because u can put all stuff like food, water, books & (Laptop optional, bcoz you will 2
have to carry it in university) at a time optional

34 Ball pen, Stapler, File cover, Punch and others things here 1Euro for each thing

Software and Hardware

Software CDs of all necessary programs, like windows, Office etc .

although it is illegal. Normally no checking but if checked then may face
problems. Even if on your shirts, adidas or Nike is written but they are not of
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Nike or adidas (mostly in pakistan, you can find such shirts) then if you are
checked on airport then they will take all these things and u will have to pay
fine also.

Communication Accessories
 Mobile phone having good battery timing (with charger). Here GSM/UMTS netwoks
exists, not CDMA. After coming here, take O2 connection becoz almost all
Pakistanies have O2. If you are in small city and u most of time then ur homezone
36 will work so 5Euro/month package is better (free calls on all fixed number and O2, 1
when u r in ur homezone about 3Km radius circle from home), but if u r living in a
big city and u r moving daily on distant place, then take 15Euro/month package
(free calls on all fixed number and O2, from whole Germany)

37 If your eyesight is weak and you use glasses then make two sets of glasses 2 Here 100Euro/1set

Multani Sohan Halwa, Tulsi, Sweets etc for pakistanies and Shalwar Kameez for gift
38 to Arabisch persons, if you can afford and can carry

Sports Kit
39 Track Suit 1
40 Sports Shirts 2
41 Joggers 1
42 Socks for Sports 4
Here 20Euro badminton
43 Badminton Racket n Shuttles, Playing Cards etc, if have interest 1 Racket, 10 Shuttles in
12EUro, 15Euro Football
Football n Volve n Pump to fill air, Frisbee, Table Tennis Racket n balls

Miscellenous
Jay Namaz (for prayer) 2
Bed Sheet 1
Blanket (It can creat Wieght Problem, so it is better to ask some pakistani who is
already in the city, where you are going, to purchase you in advance or do some 30Euro
arrangement for you on your first day)

Timer (Alarm stop watch) 1 Optional, Not necessary

Umbrella (can survive in winds, heavey rain) 1 Good Quality, here 10-
20Euro

Laptop and Laptop bag. If u have not weight problem, then purchase from Pakistan,
otherwise u can order from here, it will take almost 4 weeks in delivery (Dell). 2nd
Option is, that order from pakistan (Dell, online), and give address of some pakistani
friend who is in ur city in Germany so that when u will come here, u will get laptop Optional
otherwise, it will take almost 4 weeks after putting order. On shops in Germany,
normally Sony vio or other companies laptops (Not Dell) are available and you may
or may not like them.

Headphone (Microphone) (if u laptop has build in, then don’t need, but if u are
sharing room with someone, then it is required). Optional

Network Cable 5 Meter along with RJ45 Connector for laptop internet Must

USB 16GB Optional Here 10Euro

USB Hard Disk upto 250GB for massive data transfer Optional 60Euro
Normally u can get here
Not
required from some pakistani, so no
Plates, Cup, Glass, Spoons & forks, Cooking Pane, Frying Pan, etc
need to bring

Masalas (Garam Masal, Red Chili, Haldi, All powered) / National/Shan Masalay Not here available also, so no
(Biryani+Quorma at least) required need to bring
Multi Plug: which can be inserted in 2 pin Socket and have multi interfaces, to
powerup laptop, extenision, tube light etc 2 Must

Learn how to cook chicken, vegetables, rice n Daal. If u learn to make Chapaties
then it will be also better but here u can get ready made chapaties also

Kokab Khawja Cook Book, so that u can do cooking according to it.

Iron: light weight for press, not necessary, but if u can Optional Here 15Euro

Cigrates, if u r a smoker, here 1 Packet is of 5Euro, very expensive but u can carry
limited no of cigrate packets in airline.

Read for your general information regarding travelling: www.fbr.gov.pk -------- forms
and publicaitons ------- customs --------- download baggage rules Optional

Documents
All Academic Documents/Degrees Original

All Professional Documents

NIC (Get English Translated if possible, not necessary but useful) Optional It takes 4 weeks to get from
NADRA
Passport (keep in pocket as it is required on Airport) V Imp
Admission Letter (keep in pocket as it is required on Airport) + NOC if you are Govt
Employee + Air Ticket V Imp

International Driving License

􀂉 Insurance Documents

Cash Money in Euro only Euro, no dollar

Traveling Check

Try to bring test books, if u can. Optional

Dictionaries, English-Deutsch Collins Optional Here 15Euro

Your passport size pictures in different sizes (make 6 sets), especially for Visa becoz
after arrival in Germany, u need this for Visa extension Must Here 10Euro