The Karachi Walla

Photo and Text by SaFire: Find Original Post here Let me introduce you to twenty two year old Humaira Bachal. The first time I saw her was in the Heroes Session of the Rahbar Program of the Citizens Foundation (“TCF”). Rahbar is a program which focuses on the development of students studying in TCF schools as [...]

Wo Log Bahut Khush Qismat The, Jo Ishq Ko Kaam Samajhte The, Ya Kaam Se Ashiqi Karte The, What wouldn’t you give away to get a job purposeful and well paying at the same time? What wouldn’t you give away to get a bit more meaning out of your work? A little promise? A little [...]

Thick beard. Sharp gaze. Smiling face. He was friendlier than what I thought. Muhammad Saleem is a trained teacher and has under his belt more than 15 years of experience. But this is not the most exciting part of his story. He has grown up in Lyari studying in a school where English was taught [...]

Allah Dino is the chowkidar of Chowkandi graveyard. He takes care of our heritage which is at grave risk of disappearing due to lack of funding and infringement. Allah Dino has been doing it for past 25 years. He is from Khairpur district but has settled in Karachi for his professional duties. Allah Dino has [...]

I met him at Avari Towers chowk. I thought he was trying to sell me morning newspaper. I told him that I am not interested. He did not mind and requested me to drop him at the next stop. I hesitated. Even newspaper hanging in his hand were full of kidnap and ransom stories. I [...]