Classical Pakistan

[Karachiite]

Feel free to post pre independence and post independence (1947-1980s) pics of Pakistan. And if there is a similar thread out there then please merge this thread into that one.

Karachi, 1954

Karachi,1976

Government offices in Karachi in 1947

Murree in late 1800s

 

[Karachiite]

Lahore, pre 1947

Murree, 1920

Lahore,1864

Lahore Station, 1964

Karachi Cant. Railway Station, year unknown

 

[Karachiite]

Shahrazad Hotel, Islamabad, 1970s

Islamabad, 1970s

Lahore,1870

1928, Peshawar

Khyber Pass

 

[53fd]

Very nice! Where'd you get hold of all these images?

 

[Karachiite]

Lahore Railway Station ,1886

Bridge of boats and fort over Indus at Attock, 1863

Karachi 1947

The eight nations of SEATO performing their first joint manuvers for a crowd of spectators, Karachi 1956

Clifton, Karachi 1800s

Quetta

Karachi 1982

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Very nice! Where'd you get hold of all these images?

Over the past few months I've been compiling historic pictures from many different websites.

 

[Karachiite]

Karachi, 1982

Saddar, Karachi 1970s. Was known as the European part of the city

Nehru and Ayub Khan in Karachi in 1956

Lahore, 1863

Walled City and Shahi Qila

Tollinton Market,Lahore, 1910

 

[Karachiite]

Murree,1960

Manora,Karachi, surprisingly it still kinda looks the same

Karachi Street Barbers

Peshawar,1920

Trying to find old pics of my fav city Abbottabad.

 

[Jango]

Murree, 1920

The road going to the left leads to a Church. The building straight down has now been converted into a hotel, POPEYE'S is the name I think. All these buildings are now restaurants.

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Murree in late 1800s

The farthest hill is now very much over crowded, buildings all over the place.

 

[Karachiite]

^^
Slowly Murree is becoming a concrete jungle, they are cutting down the trees and making ugly lowrise buildings

Thandiani Abbottabad,1985

Abbottabad, 1983

Abbottabad, 1983

Abbottabad, Pre 1947

Lyallpur (now Faisalabad)

 

[Edevelop]

You made my day!

 

[Karachiite]

^^
Glad I could help
Karachi, 1900

Karachi Airport, 1943

Karachi, 1944

 

[Karachiite]

Sukkur, 1860

Quetta,1965

Quetta pre 1947

Jinnah Road, Quetta 1971

 

[GHOST RIDER]

Quetta Cantonment

 

[pak-marine]

i remember even until early eighties the minorities were living side by side with us , in our neighbourhood there were qadiayanis , christians and hindus ... no one uses to bother them .. than the mohallah and school kids suddenly started calling them kufar and non-muslims ..

 

[nitesh28]

fundamentalism increased after the eighties in India too.

cant understand why.