Pakistan before 90s

c. 1954: Prime Minister of #Pakistan Mr. Mohammed Ali, Bogra with Mr B.K. Acharya Deputy High Commissioner for India in Dacca, during the former's visit to the Publicity Stall of the Information Services of India at the Pakistan Industrial Progress Fair which was inaugurated at Dacca in January 1954.

Photo Courtesy: Mr. Bakhtiar Khalid



c. 1960: A View of Dacca (now #Dhaka) city - East#Pakistan (now #Bangladesh)



c. 1971: USIS building in Dacca (now #Dhaka) after being bombed by Mukti Bahini - East #Pakistan (now #Bangladesh)



c. 1969: Student holding an anti-government demonstration at Dacca, East #Pakistan (now#Bangladesh)



Pakistan Railway at #Karachi c. 1979-80

Amazing pics. Really good old memories

Bridge of Boats and Fort over Indus at Attock, 1863

Bridge of boats and Fort was taken by William Baker in 1863. In 1883 a fortified railway bridge replaced the pontoon bridge. The location continues to have great strategic importance today. Next to the bridge flows a pipeline that carries natural gas to the people of the NWFP. Attock Fort belongs to the Pakistani Army.The bridge over the Indus River at Attock is the gateway to the North-West Frontier from the Punjab. This thin row of boats on the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Kabul was a vital artery for British forces during their invasion of the area and later campaigns in Afghanistan( Alexander used a similar bridge in 328 B.C.E.). The sprawling fort on the Punjab side was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1581 support his own wars in Afghanistan. Famous Hindu mathematician Panini was born in Attock in 520 BC.

Peshawar Fort 1860

This early photograph shows how the language of the new medium was developing. The composition-the tree and the use of figures to create diagonal lines-dramatically enhances depth of field. The men carefully placed along the road also add to the information being conveyed by the shot. The road is a portion of the Grand Trunk Road. Today, the foreground area is one of the busiest traffic intersections in Peshawar.

Peshawar Bazaar 1870

This shot would have required serious organizational efforts on the part of the photographer. People in the foreground would have had to have been kept still for many seconds to permit a sharp image. Horses, however, could not be controlled and left most of the ghostly blurs on the image.

bruce road (now jinnah road)........ Quetta
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Really I am amazed to see and hear that Karachi city had progressed even more than what Dubai had in the 90s. I would like to see and hear about the development of Karachi since the Independence 1947.

monitor said:

in the left is now sonali Bank head office still holding the same pattern today . third middle plaza now have this following

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Thanks brother for sharing this.

Karachi

"Guest House" one of the best drama in history of Pakistan....you wont get bored even if you watch it over and over again...

Some old pic of Imran khan




Khan saab sharing jokes with aqib javed (1989)




Wasim and Waqar, the night mare of batsmen, the best fast balling pair that Pakistan has ever produced and the world has ever witness.

Sadr-e-mumliqat Zulphiqar Ali Bhutto inaugurating PTV lahore branch in 1972




This is how Lahore looks like back in 1969

ghazi52 said:

The iconic Mausoleum of Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, under construction in Karachi. This picture was taken in 1965. The imposing structure was finally completed almost five years later.
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Wow thats an amazing picture its also a testiment to our Chinese friendship I believe they helped us construct and fund the mausoleum they built the chandelier.

I would like to see a separate post on Karachi from 1947 till to date.........

I am making one.

please join in and share what u have..........