Archive for October, 2010

Port Grand (Food Street) Karachi, Pakistan

Port Grand is the upcoming Food Street and Entertainment complex in Karachi. I had been trying to get permissions from Raania Durrani who is the director of Port Grand Culture & Arts (PGCA) and finally last Saturday when they held a pre-opening meetup I was allowed to take the pictures of this wonderful place. For [...]

Size doesn’t count at Nando’s, Karachi

Have you been wondering where is the famous Nando’s creativity that they show from time to time on their billboards? Well, you haven’t been looking in the right places. Recently I went to the newly opened Boat Basin outlet of Nando’s in Karachi. I had to use the washroom and when you sit there to [...]

The power of a hint

Following are two newspaper clippings, one is from October 24, 2010 where the “PM hints at holding LB polls next year”. The second one is from today’s paper (October 26, 2010) where the Administrator of Karachi Fazlur Rehman approved three more flyovers to the two already announced, bringing the total number of flyovers to be [...]

Boo!!

Port Grand Culture & Arts (PGCA)

Finally after a long long time, Port Grand, which was supposed to be Karachi’s answer to Lahore famous food street, will be open to public soon. And from the initial news, pictures and snippets that have been coming out, it is going to be much much more than just a food street. Case in point [...]

Student Biryani Family Hall

Jo bhi tha kya thora tha?

A really beautiful poem about immigrants who left their country for greener pastures… Anyone who has lived abroad will surely be able to relate to this one…