Adil Najam
Pictures of overloaded vehicles are nothing special. Not in Pakistan. And our fascinations for rickshaws (here, here, here, here, here, here) is also well known. So, why yet another rickshaw picture?
Unless I have it terribly wrong, what we have here is really an ordinary motorcycle - probably not 7occ, maybe more like 140cc (what do you think, Owais?) - that has been retrofitted to become a people-carrier. All very good till here.
But the question is, how many people are riding on this, well, motorcycle? And did they just break any records without even knowing about it?
By my count, there are at least 9 people on this (3 in the front, four in the back, at least 2 hanging), and maybe as many as 12!
Even by Pakistani standards, that is impressive (and really really dangerous!).
Has anyone here seen worse? Or better? [Depending on what you consider worse, or better!]
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i really like this pic, because they way the woman are holding themself……..it makes me feel that they have freedom…….. and they are ready to face any Challenge…………….it reminds me of me. when we used to sit on the truckter in hunza gilgit.
Sir,
I was reminded of, a similar remodelled junks of harley davidsons of worldwar2 or 3, i donot know which used to ply between Old delhi’s chandini chowk to connaught circus and used to be called PHUT-PHUT. Recently they vanished due to bank loans for better vehicles.They also used to carry a lot but later restricted to 12.
i was in a piaggio rickshaw in gurgaon (delhi) with four hanging off the back, three next to me, four facing me, two next to the driver and one hanging out the front side (16).. even the delhiites thought that was funny.
“This is one more “saza” for me for committing the crime of moving back to Pakistan, forget about loadshedding, inflation etc.”
This is just ATP’s way of telling you to go out and do something else instead of spending time online; I know I found myself visiting this site while I was on a trip home last year…which is kind of weird. Also, you can try using Firefox…
Shazia it is not just you. I see the pictures one day later and I am in US. Also either the Spam Protector does not know math or I am loosing it but it rejected my first ever comments on my alma mater CCH. This is the kind of stuff that makes you throw up both hands and shout, “I am never writing again on this broken site”.
Do they drive these things at night also?
I am looking at the little lights in the front and wonder just what good they could do?
I would not be surprised if one of these things was carrying as many as 15 people.
@Nadir,
No, you’re not the only one. I never had any problems with this blog while I was in the U.S but its been a pain since I moved back home. The images never show up. I have to refresh the page several times and then once in a while, the images do show up. Also, the spam filter keeps telling me that 2+3 does not equal 5 when I’m trying to submit a comment. This is one more “saza” for me for committing the crime of moving back to Pakistan, forget about loadshedding, inflation etc.
All I can say is “Ik sitam aur meri jaan, abhi jaan baqi hai”