Nostalgic

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Photo: Mehran Bottlers.


The original bottle of Pakistan’s first soft-drink brand, Pakola. It was launched on Pakistan’s third Independence Day in 1950.

 

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Photo: Askari Khan.


1950 launch poster of the country’s first 5-star hotel, The Metropole, in Karachi. The hotel was inaugurated by the Shah of Iran, thus the (Romanised) Persian copy.

 

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Photo: Dawn.


An ad announcing the introduction of traffic signals in Pakistan. They were first introduced in Karachi in the 1950s.

 

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Photo: Ameena NK.


The diary page on which poet Hafeez Jalandhari penned the country’s national anthem. The music for the anthem was composed by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949. The words were written in 1952 and adopted by the government in 1954.

 

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Photo: Pakistan Times.


Pakistan Tobacco Company’s launch ad for the Three Castles cigarette brand in the 1950s. The ad uses a quote from fictional Spanish romantic and libertine Don Juan in the copy.

 

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Photo: Umer Farooq.


Fast bowler Fazal Mahmood was the first Pakistani cricketer to be used as a model by a commercial brand. He appeared in a Brylcreem ad in 1955.

 

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Photo: Ameena NK.


The diary page on which poet Hafeez Jalandhari penned the country’s national anthem. The music for the anthem was composed by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949. The words were written in 1952 and adopted by the government in 1954.

What a treasure!

 

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Photo: Mehran Bottlers.


The original bottle of Pakistan’s first soft-drink brand, Pakola. It was launched on Pakistan’s third Independence Day in 1950.

I just had Pakola cordial in cold milk
I sometimes use Pakola cordial in my protein shakes instead of fruit.

 

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‏بچپن میں یہاں پکڑے جانا ایسا ہی تھا جیسے آپ لاش ٹھکانے لگا رہے ہوں،

اور المیہ یہ تھا کہ ابھی ٹوکن ختم بھی نہیں ہوتا تھا لیکن تھپڑوں کی بارش میں بیچ میں چھوڑ کر جانا پڑتا تھا،

تب اس ملال سے بڑا کوئی ملال نہیں تھا کہ آپ روتے ہوئے جا رہے ہوں

اور ایک بچہ خوشی سے

وہیں سے آپکی گیم سنبھال لے جیسے اسکے ہاتھ فری کا کوئی خزانہ لگ گیا ہو۔۔۔۔
شاید آپ میں سے بہت سے دوست اس دور سے گزرے ہوں؟؟؟​

 

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The class-2 report card of Dr Manmohan Singh preserved at his school in Gah chakwal village of Pakistan.…

 

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