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Hippie Tourists : Peshawar

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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NightClub : Karachi

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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Hotel Metropole : Karachi

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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 ‘Quratul Ain’ (1975)

A still from one of the most famous one-off plays on Pakistan television, ‘Quratul Ain’ (1975).

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Wedding : Peshawar

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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