The Name of Karachi in Strange Places

Posted on October 1, 2010
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Mohammad Ayaz Abdal I have always come across Karachi in places I can never expect. While walking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, I came across the Karachi Restaurant which was offering Nihari for breakfast. I was checking on Google maps, where I found out atleast 7 streets in the world named after Karachi (listed in Appendix […]

Pakistan’s Great Flood: Thank You, Italy

Posted on September 26, 2010
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Owais Mughal Amidst all the talks of donor fatigue, what I saw in Italy myself has made me very heartened. Last week I was buying coke in a store in Rome. A radio in the shop was blaring a pop song. After the song finished I heard the words of ‘Pakistan’ and ‘Emergency’ on the […]

ATP Quiz: Quetta-Chaman Railway

Posted on September 21, 2010
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Owais Mughal Several people have correctly guessed the following photo. It is the railway track in Pakistan on Quetta-Chaman section. The exact location is between the stations of Kila Abdullah and Shelabagh on approach to the longest tunnel of Pakistan called the Khojak Tunnel. The photo credits belong to one of our favorite photographers Agha […]

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