Hofstede: Pakistan and Canada

Pakistan's societies can be considered restrained, indicating societal pessimism and cynicism. People within these societies consider indulging themselves to be wrong due to the region's social norms.

I disagree with this score. People in Pakistan do indulge themselves to an extent. Not to say that every desire is satisfied, but on occasions such as Eid for example, it is common to see people enjoying leisure time and bringing gratification to certain desires such as shopping or eating out.

Power Distance is describing the difference in class, as well as inequalities financially and socially.

I disagree with the score, as I have personally experienced and seen the difference between families. This is why I believe the score should be at least 75 as if you are not part of the middle or upper class, you are definitely living in poverty, which a huge population of Pakistan is.

Canada is considered a normative society. People of this society tend to value their traditions more than the future, worry about determining what's right from what's wrong and yearn for quick results.

I agree with this score to an extent. My parents feel the need to keep a connection to Pakistan, even having lived here for 20 years. They don't disregard the future and are always thinking about it. The decisions they make for themselves and for the family are wise and I can tell that they keep the future in mind when making this decisions.

Individualism is describing how people do things for themselves and only look out for their own self interests

Canada scores 80 on this dimension (its highest dimension score) and can be characterized as an Individualist culture, basically complete opposite of a collectivist society.
I believe that this is accurate as although many people are friendly and nice, under the surface everyone has their own self-interest or a goal that they want to reach to better themselves