MyLifeDump

1. You get shocked when someone stops at a yellow light
2. You never really know what to say when someone asks you what there is to see in Karachi
3. You give “missed calls”
4. You’ve never really seen a tourist
5. Its December and you attend 5 mehndis/shaadis in one night and end up meeting the same [...]

It’s not a rare sight in Pakistan, especially Karachi where I am from, to see people trying hard to speak English even if they can’t. It’s a language you need to know to impress people, to make others feel you went to an English-Medium school and happen to know a language that existed in Pakistan [...]

Karachi used to be the capital of Pakistan. Checkout this rare collection of Photos taken during 1900s of Karachi’s some of the famous and oldest attractions.

Napier Mole Bridge to Kemari

Photograph taken by an unknown photographer in Karachi, c.1900, with a general view along the iron Napier Mole bridge connecting Karachi with Kemari.
The Empress Market

Photograph of [...]