Roadside Barbers are very popular in Pakistan. They are considered good for the laborers. It is believed that blades or the strops for cutting and shaving; these barbers use are not hygienically clean thus not safe. As these instruments are the careers for germs of several transmitting diseases and using same blade for everyone can be detrimental in spreading disease.
However on other hand these barbers are playing their role in economy by shaving and cutting hair of poor who can not afford famous hair dressers.