The Karachi Walla

High Podium. Iconic Portico. Grecian Style Pediment. Khalikdina Hall will surely mesmerize you when you whiz past it on noisy M.A.Jinnah road which despite multifarious problems, is exciting to travel on. It keeps throwing marvels of architectural and aesthetic undertakings which everyone seem to have forgotten. A favorite of Karachi Walla. But the way Our […]

Highly Recommended. Very well conceived. Well apart from the failure to conceive visitors’ need for car parking! But let’s forget it for the time being. Even if there was not any museum, The colonial building popularly known as State Bank Library would have demanded a visit. An edifice of royal splendor. A Pink sandstone structure […]

It is amazing how Karachi landscape and life style changes every kilometer. From Kemari to Clifton, From Clifton to Defence, From Defence to Korangi, From Korangi to Ibrahim Haidri. Vibrant and Colorful. Karachi at its best. Ibrahim Haidri is one of the oldest settlements in what became Karachi City. Due to the creek and abundant […]

Shakespeare consolidated. Life of PI Illustrated. Ramayan translated. Yusfi essays combined. Memoirs of Che Guevara showcased. Tom Sawyer’s adventures merged in one. Chicken Kiev’s recipe selling at one end and Manto looking from another. Buying books at Frerehall is one hell of an experience. One you cannot judge by mundane standards. The books you find […]

Taking you back in the Karachi Stone-age. A living edifice marking Karachi’s diversity and its residents’ philanthropy. Long Live Nadirshaw Eduljee Dinshaw! Long live Karachi! Visiting NED university’s city campus makes you nostalgic at the least. Although the campus building is humbled by the grandeur of its neighboring DJ Science College but the emotional value […]