A face of Pakistan

Posted on November 19, 2007
Filed Under >Owais Mughal, Photo of the Day
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Owais Mughal

This photo is credited to famous photographer Fayyaz Ahmed.

According to Fayyaz’s notes, he found this subject at the tomb of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Clifton, Karachi. When he asked for the photo permission, the subject replied:

“Whatever you wish”.

I saw this photo for the first time a few days ago but I keep coming back to it again and again. There is something about this guy’s eyes.

40 responses to “A face of Pakistan”

  1. Viqar Minai says:

    Well, well, what do you know. I just tried in Google and got a hit. Her name is Sharbat Gual. Here is a link to the wikipedia article with her picture.

    http://tinyurl.com/5k9h8

    Take a look and compare.

  2. Viqar Minai says:

    “Let

  3. Owais Mughal says:

    @ mystic

    woh hai mushtaq aur hum bezaar
    yaa ilaahi ye maajra kia hai

  4. NT says:

    I tried to track this picture on Flikr. The person name is Khurshid Alam.
    Mera Pakistan, I believe this person’s eyes are breathcatching and I don’t see any signs of hypocricy, which one may find on the picture on the right.
    Thank you Owais Mughal for your idea.

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