Pictorial History - Cultural, Artistic, Natural Heritage of Pakistan

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This is MA Jinnah Road from Naz Nishat Cinema to Mazar Qaid before Qaid death.
Karachi 1946

 

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1937 A historical document: Nawab of Bahawalpur. Voucher of a Mercedes car bought by Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Khamas Abbasi for 1700 British pounds.

 

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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah With Mohammad Abdul Latif, Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif At Dera Ismail khan In April 1948.

Pir Abdul Latif Zakori (1914 - 1978)

Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif played a leading role in the 1945 NWFP Assembly elections and was instrumental in securing 17 seats for the Provincial Muslim League; himself returning from Lakki Marwat, Bannu District constituency.

During the crucial phase of Pakistan Movement he faced bravely a lot of hardships and imprisonment on many occasions. During the \'Civil Disobedience Movement\' he hoisted the Pakistan Muslim League flag after removing the Union Jack from the Deputy Commissioner's House in Bannu and was arrested soon after leading a procession against the British Rule. The arrest of Pir Sahib turned into a great public uproar and a large number of his followers turned up for voluntary arrest which almost filled the entire jails of NWFP; resultantly temporary prison houses had to be arranged at Serai Naurang, Bannu, and other places to lodge the protestors.

On his release on June 3,1947 he preceded to New Delhi on the special invitation of Quaid-e-Azam to participate in the All India Muslim League Council meeting at Imperial Hotel. He delivered there an impressive and forceful speech. Quaid-e-Azam had a great faith in Pir Sahibs political acumen and sagacity and reposed a great confidence in him to turn the forthcoming \'Referendum\' in NWFP a success.

Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif did, indeed, come to the high expectations of the Quaid and worked so tirelessly for the NWFP Referendum that the Quaid-e-Azam addressed him as \"Fateh Referendum\".

He was one of those luminaries of the Pakistan Movement who laid the foundation of Muslim League in NWFP and nullified the hold of all India Congress and other Anti-Pakistan forces in the Province. He remained a member of the NWFP Assembly from 1945 to 1950.

He died on February 2,1978 depriving the Country of a great freedom fighter and leaving millions of his followers to mourn his death.

To commemorate the Pioneers of Freedom (Series) Pakistan Postal Services Corporation is issuing a set of three commemorative postage stamps of Re. 1/- denomination on August 14,1993.

 

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Jan 1937

 

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Pakistan independence day at Razmak, Waziristan, 15 August 1947.

Indian and Pakistani independence in August 1947 spelled the end of the British Indian Army and its administration. The division of this force was overseen by Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck. Around 260,000 men, mainly Hindus and Sikhs, went to India and 140,000 men, mainly Muslims, went to Pakistan.

From a photograph album, collated and annotated by Lieutenant Frank Leeson, Sikh Regiment.

 

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The Partition Of British India Into Dominions Of Pakistan And India : A Voter Placing His Fingerprint On The Ballot Counterfoil At Peshawar, July 1947.

 

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Remarkable!

 

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A rare copy of Goods Arrival Notice issued at Rawalpindi Railway Station by North Western Railway.
Date: 4.12.1889.

 

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Image of the handwritten letter of consent of Accession to Pakistan rendered by the Governor of Puniyal on a plain paper in Urdu characters.
The valley of Punial is situated in Ghizer District in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Date: 04 November 1947

 

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A View Of His Imperial Majesty, The Shah Of Iran’s Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi State Drive To The Governor General House In Karachi, March 1950.

 

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