Owais Mughal
This photo is courtesy of Mr. Raja Islam. The place is Gadani’s Ship Breaking area some 40 km west of Karachi. Ships of all sizes and shapes are broken down into small pieces of scrap here using mostly the hand tools. It is a work of sheer labor. When I first saw this picture [...]
Pervaiz Munir Alvi
Our sixth grade teacher meant business when on the very first day of the school he informed us that no talking or horsing around would be allowed in the classroom. To further enforce the discipline he also declared that no one will be allowed to sit next to his friends but in the [...]
Owais Mughal
This photo was posted in the daily Dawn on October 18, 2007. It announces 2006 Monsoon season ‘Sukh-chain’ tree plantation in Islamabad. The only thing is that nobody has heard of ‘Moon Soon’ season. Have you?
Our other Pinglish Series posts: here, here, here, and here.
by JayJay
The life of a Pakistani woman is not easy. It is not a hidden fact that she is subjected to discrimination and harassment, within and without the so-called sanctuary of her home. However, harassment and bullying becomes more intense and blatant when she steps out of her home for work or education. From catcalls [...]
Owais Mughal
This photo was posted in Daily Times of October 19, 2007. These signs are at a traffic interesction in Lahore.
Our earlier posts tagged as ‘picture of the day’ can be seen here.
Owais Mughal
While the dieselization of Pakistan Railway Network is complete, there remains three little bastions of old-fashioned steam railway still in operation. One is the on-demand Khyber Pass Railway (a portion of which got swept away in 2007 flash floods), second is the on-demand Meter Gauge Network of Sindh province and the third is a [...]
