Picture of the Day: Flying Karachi to Baghdad

Posted on December 5, 2006
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Owais Mughal We at ATP like rickshaws and tongas; but we like flying machines too; and not just those from PIA. Here is a picture of a Handley-Page biplane of UK’s Imperial Airways which was used as a weekly air service between Karachi and Baghdad in 1932. This particular photo shows this plane at a […]

In the Land of Kunhar

Posted on December 4, 2006
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Owais Mughal Clicking on most of the photos here will take you to their source and larger image size. It was August 1992 and the second year exams at NED’s Electrical Department had just finished. To celebrate the big relief that came after hard work of many months, my friend Umar and I decided to […]

College Cricket: Adamjee vs DJ – 1989

Posted on November 21, 2006
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Owais Mughal Rivalry between Karachi’s two prominent science colleges; Adamjee and Dyaram Jethmal (DJ) goes back many decades. DJ college was founded in 1887 and is named after the famous Sindhi philanthropist, Mr. Diwan Dyaram Jethmal. Adamjee College was founded in 1955 by Pakistan Memon Educational and Welfare Society. Both colleges compete each other not only in […]

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