Tag: Pakistan
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Tribal Women, Sindh
These women in Interior Sindh (a province in the South-Eastern corner of Pakistan) are lining up to collect food parcels. The number of rings they wear on their arms denotes their status within their tribe. A number of different tribes are represented in this picture alone. -
Royal Mosque, Lahore
Until recent years the largest Mosque in the World, the Badshahi Masjid (Royal Mosque) was constructed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1673. It is located in the Pakistani city of Lahore. -
Literature
Yesterday I was reading Urdu literature. These books were for children. How I wish I could read more difficult books than these!
With time I will be able to understand these books.
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Food
Pakistani food is much spicier than the English food
I like qorma, bhunna ghosht (meat) with naan and my favourite prepared foods are vegetables, chicken and rice. You’re not to drink water here because it upsets your stomach! Luckily, I can buy bottled water.
Edward Mortimer, January 2013
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My Scholarship in Pakistan
To this day I have never seen so many people. Karachi choked and spluttered under the weight of her traffic, pandemonium personified. Men, women and children (but mostly men) from all walks of life thronged the dusty streets, buying, selling, drinking chai; trade seemed to be happening everywhere I looked. There was something almost mediaeval about the place; a busy port city standing guard on the Arabian Sea, bringing in commodities from places too far away to mention.
Each building had its own individual charm; dilapidated shops protruded outwards into the street, electrical cables hung dangerously low above my head, makeshift washing lines.
I meandered through a labyrinthine bazar
it exclusively sold electrical appliances, and after that an entire thoroughfare dedicated to the sale of wristwatches, each vendor competing with the man next door selling exactly the same thing. I wondered how each shop got enough business to stay afloat, until I remembered that Karachi had a population approaching 20 million, making it one of the largest urban agglomerations in the World. That’s 10 million wrists needing to tell the time. The few ‘Western’ establishments in the city seemed out of place, an armed guard stood outside Pizza Hut in the hope of putting prospective customers at ease.
- Sometimes it took 5 minutes to cross a single road, due to the density and speed of oncoming cars, motorbikes, and donkeys.
- It seems even the most submissive Pakistani throws caution to the wind the moment they get behind the wheel.
