The Karachi Walla

KFC, Bata, Chottani Jewelers, English Boot House, Sputnik Footwear, Alimson Footwear, Optico, Atif Optical Store and Fitrite. Make sure to take your eyes off these distractions when you visit Zebunisa street next time. Rather spare time to have a look at the magnificent landmark currently known as Ideal Life Assurance Building. However it was inaugurated […]

Heavily Crowded. Severely Polluted. Revered like a shrine. Often used as a jumping pad by suicidals. The Native Jetty Bridge is in true sense people’s landmark. A daily ritual of feeding Kites, pigeons and crows has been going on for ages. The ritual could be as old as the history of the bridge itself. Who […]

Magnificent. Carefully detailed. Strategically placed. First major building in Karachi which was built in Italianate style. The Eduljee Dinshaw Charitable Dispensary is not only a classical landmark but a reminder of Karachi’s religious and ethnic diversity.

Photos by Mohsin and Text by The Karachi Walla. Red bricks. Fallen leaves. Blossoming Amaltas. Rusting garden tools. Green hedges and winding ditches. Date palms pregnant with sweetest of dates. Disappearing paint on the canvas of a backyard wall. A secret window full of promises. Radiant bloom of evergreen bougainvillea. Cracking sound of jammed backyard […]

Some people like the idea. Some people don’t get the idea. Some people are willing to die for it. Some people are willing to kill for it. The idea of land reforms and Debt cancellation in this country is as old as the country itself. T2F is often being accused of attracting elites only. But […]