Owais Mughal In the past we’ve had posts of Pakistani print advertisements from 1960s and 1950s. Today we’ll go another decade backwards in our continued travel of Nostalgistan in Pakistan. Few days ago a good friend of mine forwarded me an email which turned out to be a very nostalgic collection of Pakistani print ads […]
Owais Mughal khayaal-e-Khatir-e-ahbab chahiye har dam Anees Thes na lag jai aab-ginoN ko The truck here is transporting earthen clay pots (called ‘matka’ – singular) which are used to keep drinking water cool. Being made out of clay, one would imagine not to try transporting them without any packaging BUT that is the beauty of […]
Owais Mughal This photo is courtesy of S Akif. This vehicle which is seen near Karachi’s landmark teen-talwar only mentions the town of its owner on a tri-coloured number plate indicating association with the ruling Party. Is it a customized plate or is this a license enough to ply a vehicle on the roads of […]
