Old pictures of Pakistani Cities

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this looks a good location till 1930s

Peshawar was a clean green and good enough place till 1980. Then population explosion, the usual corrupt governance and the fallout from decades of war in Afghanistan and elsewhere in northeast Pakistan lead to the congested polluted chaotic dump Peshawar is today.

 

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Empire (Kismat) Cinema Karachi
The highlight of this cinema in Karachi, built in the British era, was that Pakistan's first Urdu film "Teri Yaad" was screened here, in which Nasir Khan was the hero.

 

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Abdullah Haroon Road Karachi in 1970s

 

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Bolton Market 1940, Karachi

 

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Gate of the Badshahi Masjid, Lahore, as seen from the Baradari of the Hazuri Bagh. c. 1908.

 

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1990's
The Light Sky Blue Color Building Which Is Famous Firdous Cinema. It Was Later Renamed Shabistan Cinema. Peshawar.
The Movie Theater Has Been Pulled Down Now And A Shopping Plaza Is Being Constructed On The Site.

 

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1982, Rawalpindi

 

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1950's Karachi

 

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1960's

 

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Lahore 1960

 

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Lahore