A comon practice in punjab is to bring someone from village, or to ask around in the neighborhood.
Keep a few precautions in mind when you hire a live in maid, or any domestic help.
- Prefer someone who comes through a reference.
- Keep CNIC of the maid as well as of one of her family members.
- Background check her id credentials
- Have a surveillance system at home - they don't cost a fortune nowadays.
- Don't let her keep a mobile phone.
Keep in mind a few more things
1. A big chunk of thefts/robberies in lahore end up showing domestic employees being involved directly or indirectly.
2. Do understand that your domestic talks will not be safe, be careful when talking about finances in front of maids/chowkidars/drivers(with all due respect-worked as a driver myself so I know how much drivers know about you).
3. Keep in mind children raised by parents and children raised by maids are never the same.
Good luck in you search.