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Card games in Pakistan

This page is part of the National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site.

This page is based on information from Dr Kamran Dodhy.

In Pakistan the standard 52 card pack is in general use. Popular games include:

• Sweep - a fishing game related to Casino but with important differences: all the cards are dealt at the start and the scores are: 12 for the 10, 9 for the 9, 1 for the 2, 1 for each ace and 4 for the majority of cards. Kings, queens and jacks have capture values of 13, 12 and 11, and builds are only allowed for a value of at least 9.
• Rang or Trumps - a whist-like plain-trick game for four players in fixed partnerships, in which a player chooses trumps on the basis of the first five cards dealt
• Double Trumps or Double Sir - an interesting variation of Trumps, in which tricks are only captured when the same player wins two tricks in succession. The player then captures all the unclaimed tricks up to that point. At the end, the winner of the last trick collects that together with any unclaimed tricks.
• Rummy, also known as Kharr Wanj - I do not know which kind of Rummy this is.

Some other less widespread card games played are:

• Black Queen - a version of Hearts
• Bank - equivalent to War
• Donkey - a competitive patience game similar to Pishe Pasha.
• Bluff - possibly a game similar to Cheat or I Doubt It.
• Flaash - described as similar to Poker - I do not know which kind
• Thank You Sorry - a game of the Quartet group.