Pakistani police; originally posted on Flickr.com by themexican. ‘Thulley Raj’ is what some at my alma matter (UET, Lahore) would call this. But it is really so much more; and less. I look at the body language, the facial expressions, the way they hold their laathis, that look in their eyes… and it is so […]
Adil Najam PIA print advertisement from the 1960s (Originally uploaded by PakPositive.com which is a blog that highlights the positives aspects of Pakistan). Let me continue with the ‘Image Pakistan’ theme in choosing the picture for today. I find this advert for PIA absolutely fascinating; both for what it says about how PIA (Pakistan International […]
Adil Najam The Pakistani Piggy Bank (from Flickr.com by Umair Mohsin; by the way, Umair has a very interesting blog of his own called ‘Writings of an outsider looking in‘). These baked clay ‘kujjas’ or ‘gallaz’ are the first piggy banks for many children in Pakistan; certainly was for me. Since money could only be […]
