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ATP Quiz: What Is This? Where? Whose?

Posted on July 31, 2008
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Darwaish

The subject of this photograph has great historical importance. It requires immediate conservation effort to save it from complete collapse which is imminent. But lets first see how many ATP readers can guess a) what it is, b) where, and b) to whom it belongs? Happy guessing.
Answer and info about original photographer coming up in [...]

Show Pride in Product… Print Proprietor’s Photo

Posted on July 30, 2008
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Owais Mughal
One sales technique that Pakistani grocery stores have mastered is that they put saunf (fennel seeds), chaalia/supari (betel nut) and pan masala (English translation unknown) packets near the cash register. When you think you are all done, your hand invariably goes towards the jar full of these products and the result is you end [...]

The Party is at the Motorway

Posted on July 30, 2008
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Owais Mughal
Our good friend Umar Marwat sends this photo to be shared at ATP. Maintenance crew is seen using construction cones as hats on Motorway M2 (also see here and here). I wish the company who has hired this staff can atleast provide them with decent hats to save themselves from breeze and sun.

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SBP in Oblivion over K2’s Name

Posted on July 29, 2008
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Asma Mirza

Seems like every Pakistani child knows that it’s Karakoram Range and K-2 peak; though State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is in doubt. On top of it, proof reading culture is not very popular in Pakistan. In the latest release of Rs 50 note the K2 peak has been written as the ‘Karakoram Peak’.
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Taking Off at Hyderabad Airport Runway

Posted on July 29, 2008
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Owais Mughal
Hyderabad used to have a decent civil airport with a 7054 ft long runway and regular flights to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The airport got closed in 1998 due to losses. There was an announcement recently to reopen the airport on July 26, 2008 but the event got postponed after the runway was declared [...]

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