Guest Post by S A J Shirazi The Karez system on irrigation is one of the traditional engineering wonders of Pakistan. West of Indus Plains and out of monsoon zone is Balochistan – the largest landmass in Pakistan with an area of 343,000 square kilometres. Balochistan is scarcely populated, mainly due to its daunting arid […]
Owais Mughal Building on the first part of this exploration, today we will focus on the Sheedi Jaat festival celebrated by Afro-Pakistanis at Manghopir and also the Sulphur Springs Public Baths. The image to the right shows live feeding of Manghopir crocodiles circa 1870s. Karachi has a sizable population of people of African origin. They […]
Bilal Zuberi Karachi has a wonderful history that is neither discussed nor celebrated as much as the history of Mughal Lahore (see ATP post here). As we saw from the earlier ATP post on ‘whistling’ in Karachi (here), there is much interest in this, certainly from me. As someone who grew up in Karachi, the […]
