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1984 - PIDC building and PC chowk....

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PIB colony Bus stand.. 1960
Bus # 8A, 8B , 8C, 8D

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Karachi Saddar 1982

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Zebi street , Saddar in different era... 75 years apart

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This is Ratan Talao in the lane opposite Saeed Manzil.
 
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(((Buckingham Palace of Karachi))))

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A beautiful building (or you can call it mansion) in front of petrol pump and embargation headquarters on the way from Kemari Jetty to Tower. W-11 last stop at the end of this building when W-11 minibus started in Karachi The last breath of W-11 was recognized in Kemari. This building was also connected to this building. Now it has become Kemari C Foods Street.

This building in Kemari is known as the Kaus G Building, but its real name is Mules Mansions, but it is not The famous Mules Mansion (Mules Mansion). In English, "S" is not written or read for pluralism, nor in Urdu, mentions with "Z" are written or read. Mules Mansion is the columnist of Daily Dawn, Anjahani Ardshir Kaus Ji's grandfather Fakir Ji. Kausji constructed by Karachi's famous architect Moses Soumek.

Construction of the Moulis Mansion of Anglo Oriental architecture borrowed from the West began in 1914 and the building was completed in 1917’ If you look at this building closely then type in Buckingham Palace in Google Images and you will see the British royal family The residence of Buckingham Palace will be quite similar to Buckingham Palace. The building is named after Charles Mewles, the chairman of the Karachi Port Trust, MA This is the third and first residential building of Moses Soumek on Jinnah Road which has the exterior (Main MA towards Jinnah Road) in excellent condition.

Currently, the owner of the Meulis Mansion is the brother of Anjanhani Ardshir Kausji, Cyrus Kausji, says where at the time The Mawlis Mansion is present.

The area was named Willingdon Island before Camari.

After construction, there was no residence in this building until 1935, however, it was inhabited after the Quetta earthquake. After that, the Moulis Mansion was handed over to the Royal Indian Navy with the start of World War II and World War II.

A cannon was installed on the roof of the Meulis Mansion facing the south towards the sea to defend the port in case of an attack on Karachi port. 'During World War II, a temporary hospital was also established in Meulis mansion. This building September The Royal Indian Navy was in use until 1945. After the establishment of Pakistan, the main office of Pakistan Navy was in the same building for some time.

In 1948, at the request of the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah, this building was given to the staff of Daily Dawn including Muhammad Ashir Sultan Ahmed (Editor of Daily News and Morning News and Assistant to Don), MA Zubiri (Founder of Business Record), IH Bernie (Don and Outlook) "Apart from Ishaq Sahib and Suleiman Sahib of Menai family, Pirzada Qasim Sahib, Vice Chancellor of Karachi University also had residence in Mewlis Mansion. All these writers lived here till seventy-two's'.

For some time, shipping companies were on the ground floor of this building. تر There was also a shipping office office that still exists here. In the sixties this was Winser Public School. It was the second private English medium school in Kemari before that Sacred Heart School was the only English medium school in the area. Kemari sold pizza and fast food. The launch and free home delivery started from the same building.

Fast food Z facility is on the first floor named "Pizza Wala". The only spacious clinic in Kemari was in Mewles Mansion and the clinic was under the supervision of the only Persian doctor in Kemari. Meno Sakhiya. It was going on 'The clinic was closed after the death of the doctor, however, the room in which the clinic was still written 'Dr. Menu Sukhia Camari Clinic'.

Mewlis Mansions are not as beautiful as it looks from outside. In 1997, the country's leading architect and founder of Pakistan Heritage Foundation, Ms. Yasmeen Lari launched a campaign to raise public awareness about Karachi's ancient buildings and the building And A white cloth was laid out on a large table with a stall in the middle of the Kimari Kalak Tower and the public was invited to write with marker pen on their ara white cloth for the improvement of Moulis Mansions. Iron grill on the stairs of the building raised drug addicts. Done.

Like other historic buildings in Karachi, it also has the words written in iron molds, 'The construction on the east and south sides of the building has been destroyed since 1917 due to collapse. Now it has only 197 stickers.

The roof is also good. Not in a condition. This building has also been affected by the destroyed Karachi sewerage system. The building gets washed and cleaned after rains, but the rain water accumulates to the south and east sides of the building for weeks.
 
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Karachi, 1980's ..
No mobile phone, only talk to each other...

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