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Tequila twist! One of the rare photographs available of Karachi’s famous nightclub scene of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Pushtun tribesmen with drums (dhol) and other traditional instruments lead a marriage ceremony and play their way through a crowded street of Peshawar in 1952.

Courtesy : Also Pakistan - V (Dawn News)

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A 1960s shot of Karachi’s famous Hotel Metropole that was famous for its night clubs and bars. The hotel today is being torn down and turned into a shopping and office complex. Half of it has already been turned into a ‘wedding garden.’ Behind it was the Palace Cinema that was extremely popular with college and university students. The cinema was torn down in the 1980s and has since been operating as a ‘marriage hall.’

Courtesy : Also Pakistan - V (Dawn News)

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A 1968 press ad of Coca-Cola. This ad also appeared in American newspapers.

Courtesy : Also Pakistan - V (Dawn News)

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#Rawalpindi in the 80's

#Rawalpindi in the 1970’s

GT Road, also famously well known as Grand Trunk Road

Going through these pictures is like embarking on a nostalgic voyage through the vintage alleys of Rawalpindi like stepping into a time capsule, where each cobblestone held tales of a bygone era

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