To post or not to post: Teens' growing dilemma

A pretty 15-year-old girl strikes a pose and pouts at the camera on her phone, so far so Generation Z, but unlike her teenage counterparts in the West, she stops short of posting the photo on social media, restricted in part by Pakistan's social mores.

It is a confusing time for the nation's youth - the arrival of 3G and 4G in Pakistan and a massive surge of smartphones has seen social media use surge, making information about largely taboo subjects such as love and dating more accessible than before.

For the many in the conservative Muslim nation, strict religious and familial controls still dictate behavior - the "duck-face" selfie shot, which is almost ubiquitous on the social media pages of teens in the West, can present a hazard in Pakistan.