What I saw during Ramazan. A collection of photos and videos from Karachi Walla’s daily trips to Karachi’s old quarters during Ramazan.
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City Landmarks – St. Andrews
St. Andrews takes your breath away. An oasis among the urban jungle ...
City Landmarks – The Eduljee Dinshaw Charitable Dispensary (Addendum)
The Karachi Walla was looking for the abandoned reading room in Jehangir ...
City Shopping – Antique Market in Saddar
A definite treasure trove. A walk down the memory lane. A refuge ...
City Landmarks – Karachi’s largest Cross
Gora Qabrustan is a personal favorite. And now it is home to ...
Symphony city – discovering Karachi’s oldest music shops
[originally published at Dawn.com] Karachi has a distinct soul. While the thriving ...
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Personal Spaces – Farrukh Naseem – Painter, Pakistan Chowk
Uber Talented. Watch out for Farrukh Naseem. He is going to go places with his craft. The Karachi Walla arranged to meet him at Pakistan Chowk, where we had met some months back for the first time. I was taking some people around and I noticed him along with other painters busy painting city life […]
City Nostalgia – Life of an Expat Student
Note: Thassim Akbar, A Sri Lankan student spent five years at NED from 1971 to 1976. Following is the second part of his experiences in the city. Read the first part here. As I wrote about my first year at NED after landing in Pakistan in February 1971. My time was spent between Studies and […]
City Nostalgia – Typewriter Shop, Frere Market Akbar Road
The Karachi Walla is highly susceptible to Nostalgia. Typewriters evoke Nostalgia. It was only a matter of time before I find my way to ‘Fine Office Machine’ – one of few shops in Karachi dealing in typewriters – situated inside Frere Market. Frere market has an interesting layout. I enter the market from Akbar road […]
City Portraits – Azeem – Craftsman, Bhit Island
I took a boat ride to Bhit Island to meet Azeem. I had seen some of his miniature boats on display at Roadside Cafe and wanted to meet him there at his work space. Tahir, who is associated with Roadside Cafe and also lives in Bhit Island agreed to help arrange this meeting. I met […]
City Portraits – Masoodul Hassan – Tailor, Pakistan Chowk
Masoodul Hassan is a man misfit for present day Karachi. The world around his “Tailor De Pak” has changed much quickly than he could have anticipated and adopted to. He has started finding refuge in his past, finding solace and comfort which is hard to come by these days. The Karachi Walla met Masood at […]
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City Landmarks – Goan Association Hall
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City Secret – Polish Connection
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City Landmarks – The Mitharam Hostel
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City Landmarks – Aram Bagh
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City Life – Cycling with Critical Mass
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Personal Spaces – Farrukh Naseem – Painter, Pakistan Chowk
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City Nostalgia – Life of an Expat Student
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City Nostalgia – Typewriter Shop, Frere Market Akbar Road
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City Portraits – Azeem – Craftsman, Bhit Island
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City Portraits – Masoodul Hassan – Tailor, Pakistan Chowk
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ali: plz mention prices of these cycles
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Zafar: hello, Received this blog on 15 jul 17. Excellent articles. I liked the Bhit Island article the…
- City Portraits – Farrukh Naseem – Painter, Pakistan Chowk | The Karachi Walla: […] Uber Talented. Watch out for Farrukh Naseem. He is going to go places with his craft. The Karachi Walla…
- City Nostalgia – Life of an Expat Student | The Karachi Walla: […] Note: Thassim Akbar, A Sri Lankan student spent five years at NED from 1971 to 1976. Following is the…
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Anonymous: Just passed Burns Garden and saw it in bad shape. Encroachment and construction in its precinct. Please do something about…
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