Old Karachi

Some Photos of RAF 31 Squadron - MAURIPUR based at Karachi:
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Air Traffic Control ( The Rank Slide on this operator reads WAR : Woman Auxiliary Reserve) A force raised comprising of Women to fill the manpower shortage during WWII. They were lovingly referred to as "Jennies" by Fighter Pilots.
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The Flying control room: This building would become the terminal for Pakistan's first airport after partition.
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Karachi Grammar School, where many elites of Industry, commerce, academia and politics entered and left to serve:
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HRH [Late] Prince Phillip of Great Britain on a tour of KGS:
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Prince Phillip was an avoid promoter of education and he was so enamored with the students and staff at KGS that he visited not one but during two of his state visit's: Once in 1959 and again in 1961.
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A photo from Karachi Beach circa 1960's shows foreign tourists sunbathing on the sand
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1970's saw an influx of "hippies" to Karachi, many would live in the low rent hotels in the city.
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When the Beetles came to Karachi:
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An artist's rendition of the metropolitan in Karachi 1960's
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An advert for an entertainment show at the Beach Luxury Hotel 1960's
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Karachi was labelled the beating heart of the nation. And a strong part of that beating heart was the thirst for knowledge. Karachites pursued their desire to read at an immense scale, for the common man books were available on stalls to purchase outside Frere Hall, that tradition in still alive in Karachi today:
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Bookshops both large and small are dotted all around Karachi, but perhaps the most famous of those has to be Pioneer
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This is the oldest and most famous book house in all of Karachi. People come from the world over to visit this little slice of Karachi literary history:
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View of the Bunder Road (now M. A. Jinnah Rd.) The Max Denso Hall (completed 1886) can be seen in this picture. Karachi,

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A 1920s rare photo shows a birds eye viee of the Frere Hall Karachi.

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Karachi in the 1960s .photo shows a motor cycle rider passing the Chhepa sweet shop in Karachi .


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now its a slum because lahore happened and Alpha mafias love for dhas and corrupt politicians!
 

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