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retropakistan · 11 months ago
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Hippie Tourists : Peshawar
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Taliban, who? No, this is not an image from a bygone hippie flick. It is a picture of real hippies enjoying a few puffs of hashish on the roof of a cheap hotel in Peshawar in 1972. Yes, Peshawar.
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retropakistan · 11 months ago
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NightClub : Karachi
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Tequila twist! One of the rare photographs available of Karachi’s famous nightclub scene of the late 1960s and 1970s.
Courtesy : Also Pakistan - I (Dawn News)
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retropakistan · 11 months ago
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Hotel Metropole : Karachi
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A 1960s shot of Karachi’s famous Hotel Metropole that was famous for its night clubs and bars. The hotel today is being torn down and turned into a shopping and office complex. Half of it has already been turned into a ‘wedding garden.’ Behind it was the Palace Cinema that was extremely popular with college and university students. The cinema was torn down in the 1980s and has since been operating as a ‘marriage hall.’
Courtesy : Also Pakistan - V (Dawn News)
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retropakistan · 11 months ago
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 ‘Quratul Ain’ (1975)
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A still from one of the most famous one-off plays on Pakistan television, ‘Quratul Ain’ (1975).
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retropakistan · 11 months ago
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Wedding : Peshawar
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Pushtun tribesmen with drums (dhol) and other traditional instruments lead a marriage ceremony and play their way through a crowded street of Peshawar in 1952.
Courtesy : Also Pakistan - V (Dawn News)
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