March 30, 1924 is an unforgettable event in aviation history for Karachi.
Imperial Airways Limited, formed on 31 March 1924 by the merger of British Marine Air Navigation Company Limited, Daimler Air Way, Handley Page Transport Limited and Instone Air Line Limited, started the London to Karachi air service on 30 March 1929. What did It took just 7 days and included a flight from London to Basel, a train to Genoa and a short S.8 to Alexandria, flying boats to Calcutta, a train to Cairo and finally a DH.66 flight to Karachi. .
In 1986, the Karakoram Highway from Pakistan to China was opened for traffic.
In the fall of the same year I was fortunate enough to travel on a bus on this difficult 3-day road that started in Gilgit and ended in Kashgar in Xinjiang.
This photo was taken at the high pass on the border by Kai Cyranen.
Karachi - Section of Passenger Ghat
Munawrah Point, Karachi Harbour,
Note the time ball above the church tower, indicating a particular point in the ball.
Date: circa 1908
Minar Pakistan, Lahore
Minar Pakistan (under construction) during 1960s at Iqbal Park -
There is a public memorial at the place where on 23 March 1940, the All India Muslim League adopted the Lahore Resolution, the first official demand of a separate country. According to the two nation theory.
Attock mountain fort.. Punjab
1878-1879.
A pontoon bridge spans over the Indus River in the foreground.
Vintage albumen print. (
Photo by John Burke/Hilton Archives/Getty Images)
Adolgy Dinshaw Dispensary 1882
This charitable dispensary (located in present-day Saddar near Empress Market) was built with funds provided by a local Persian gentleman Adulji Danshaw who rose from poverty to become Karachi's biggest landlord.
Built in 1882, the city Kei was the first building designed in the 'Italian' style, inspired by the Italian Renaissance.
It was one of the three dispensaries in Karachi until the end of the nineteenth century and treated over a hundred patients a day.
Merewether memorial tower
This is MA Jinnah Road and I in 1886. Constructed at the intersection of I. Chandragar Road. It was designed by James Strachan, and built in memory of Sir William Locker Merwether, Commissioner of Karachi.
The building cost Rs 37,178. The tower, built in the shape of the Eleanor Cross, is 102 feet tall and has clocks everywhere.
