Umair Ghani

Yellow sand and fine dust raise high in the sky, tractor trolleys encumbered with colorfully attired men and women, kids and older people throng from all sides and honk loudly to find parking place amid camel carts and motorcycle rickshaws scattered randomly in the outskirts of the shrine of Channan Pir in the heart of Cholistan desert.

The festival of Channan Pir, 45 km from Derawar Fort is yet to be established as an untainted Sufi festival, but its cultural impact has flourished every year since its inception. The legend is more or less related to the story of Moses along the banks of River Nile.

Owais Mughal

This post is a collection of photos showing diverse use of bicycles in Pakistan. In many of these photos, you will see how laws of physics on simple machines and center of gravity are tested to their limits. The post also shows how the bicycle is an important means of mobility and support for many Pakistanis. For those interested in different forms of recreational vehicles, there’s also a Manco go-kart for sale, offering a thrilling alternative to traditional bicycles.

The photo above defies our post title as balloons are not necessarily the heavy loads we carry but since ‘air has weight and occupies space’ we are techincally correct with our title. This photo was taken in Rawalpindi on February 9, 2009

Adil Najam

The military is never really out of the news in Pakistan. Nor is it ever far from the center of Pakistan politics. But recent event have brought the question of where the Pakistan military is headed into even sharper relief than usual.