Nadeem Omar Tarar
The frequency of terrorist attacks in Pakistan has dampened their shock value. Sadly, it is not the news of the attack, but the body count of the dead and injured that captures the headlines and stir the national conscience from slumber. Contrary to news hype on the terrorist attacks in the media [...]
Nadeem Omar and Adil Najam
Nadeem Omar and Adil Najam
The scenes we are seeing in the current lawyers movement for democracy, including the ones seen most recently at the Long March to Islamabad, reminds one that our memories are short but are struggles for democracy are not.
These two news photographs from the F.E. Chaudhry of protests outside the Lahore High [...]
Nadeem Omar
This photographs from F.E. Chaudhry depicts Chacha’s ability to turn a news story into a human story.
A narrative photograph of the Punjabi victims of the 1950 flood in the wake of which nearly three thousands perished. Their villages and homes submerged, a family has taken refuge in a railway bogey, which serves as a [...]
Nadeem Omar
This set of photographs from F.E. Chaudhry depict the news journalist side of Chacha’s portfolio.
In February 1961, Queen Elizabeth II, toured India, Iran, Nepal and Pakistan on her first ever tour of countries outside Europe. She arrived in Pakistan on 11th February, and was received at the airport by Govenor, Nawab Kalabagh Khan. As [...]
Nadeem Omar
Much like the last photograph in our series on the F.E. Chaudhry Collection, this photograph is also about women at work. But in a different way.
This photograph, taken in Lahore probably in the 1960s, brings to light many Pakistani realities; some of which have changed, and some not.
