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Jamia Millia Malir, Karachi Jamia....! the word sounds familiar, yes we often hear in news from India most recently. Although, very few of masses knows that there is another Jamia Milia in Karachi at Malir which has deep historical links and association way back in before partition British India with the Jamia Millia Dehli. Jamia Millia Karachi This should be told to the people that once there was a mega educational project named Jamia Millia in Karachi as well. Background Jamia Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. Jamia means 'University', and Millia means 'National'. Its inception goes back to the British India times in the early 1900s. Under the colonial British Raj, two different campaigns contributed towards the birth of Jamia Milia as an institute. One was the anti-colonial Islamic activism led by Khilafat movement (the one in support of declining sutanat e Usmania) and the othe...

Villages of Karachi- Haji Shah Ali Village Karachi is generally considered to be a Metropolitan city and among the top of urban lifestyles in Pakistan. It is a general perception that there is no village life left inside or nearby Karachi and all the old villages have been cultivated into the urbanization spring, whether converted into housing colonies or into industrial complexes. Well somehow, the perception is correct, yet we can still find the glimpses of village life right in the middle of city. The only point is to explore them and it can only be done by someone who has genes of travel in their blood😊 In normal word you can say, a true musaafir can only wander and explore such things. Few people might have been aware of the fact but the general population is not much informed about it. The reason is that vey less has been written on it in the perspective of travel. Major information published is with the need of Livestock, Dairy and Vegetable sector either by govern...

12 Feet Grave At the historical Jamia Milia graveyard located in malir Karachi, there is a 12 feet grave,  (بارہ فٹ کی قبر) which is believed to be more than 100 years old, nobody knows the exact period. The grave is present in Jamia Milia graveyard at the Malir nadi (river) side. Elders of the place said it to be more than one century old. The name of person who is buried is also not known. However, the burial stone laid at one side, is of old fashioned yellow rock stone type which was used to build historic Chokhandi graves. Significance of Jamia Milia graveyard: I live nearby and has witnessed it changing from an old wide graveyard into cozy and jam packed one. Our elders said that this graveyard is centuries old. In my childhood i also saw few graves with stone markings and some alike the famous Chokhandi style. It was believed to be of the soldiers who came along with Muhammad Bin Qasim team who died and buried here. Graveyard is adjacent to the legenda...

Kashmiri Kulcha On our way back to Islamabad  from Kutton-Neelum valley Azad Jammu Kashmir, everybody was  tired due to non-stop 4 hours drive. We stopped for a while at main bazaar of Muzafarabad city for Zohar prayer and have something to eat in between. We were unaware like a strange explorer where we are heading to, in this Grand and old bazaar. As we were about to explore one of a hidden specialty of  Kashmir,  an unknown delicacy for us. Kids were hungry and we had a long journey ahead, we were searching for something to eat. As we entered in old market and narrow streets we saw a number of shops where people were selling very beautiful looking and colored biscuits.  But they were not normal bakery biscuits, something was different. First they were making them in open to roadside hand made clay ovens (we call them bhatti or tandoor in urdu) and Second thing unique was that, they were only making those biscuits (like in two varieties sweet and sal...

Russian Beach A lovely and unique travel experience in the creeks of Arabian sea, a not so known spot to people outside Karachi. Not limited to the calm beach-walk but a wonderful boat ride experience in the creeky waves of Kadiro creek at Bin Qasim Town near main Karachi city. You can find local people with their small wooden boats beautifully coloured with small propellers and hand ridden engines supplied by deisel generators. The local sailors are very freindly and dont cost a lot for a hour n half boat ride deep into the creek and nearby baby mangrove islands. A must visit place full of serenity where you can buy peace of mind on very low cost and get a temporary escape from the busy life of metro cities. Find some more exciting pictures and details on my facebook page at the below link. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=108173910882692&id=100171241682959