STEVE RAZZETTI MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!

"LONG LIVE PAKISTAN!" 

A miscellany of images of a country that has long been a favourite destination of mine 

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  • At a training centre in the Hazuri Bagh, LahoreBronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Wrestlers training in the Hazuri Bagh, Lahore. Wrestling, or koshti, has been practiced in Pakistan since ancient times, and here in the Punjab it is known as Pehlwani.Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Wrestler at a training centre in the Hazuri Bagh, Lahore. Wrestling, or koshti, has been practiced in Pakistan since ancient times, and here in the Punjab it is known as Pehlwani.Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • In the Hazuri Bagh gardens, next to Lahore Fort, wrestlers give displays to an incredulous publicBronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Velvia
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  • The entrance hallCanon EOS 500, 35mm, Fuji Velvia
  • At Rawalpindi Cantonment stationBronica ETRSi, 75mm, Fuji Velvia
  • These beautiful busses are built locally on vintage British Bedford truck chassis.
  • Hidden beneath all this Lahore embellishment there lurks a vintage British Bedford truck. Wagons such as this are common on the roads of Pakistan, especially on the Karakoram Highway in the north.Nikon FM2, 24mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Vegetable sellers in the old city of PeshawarCanon EOS 500, 28mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Pakistan and India may not see eye to eye on many things, but they do share passions for cricket and the cinemaCanon EOS 500, 28mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A fine example of the art of the sign-writer - each of these enormous displays is hand-paintedCanon EOS 500, 28mm, Fuji Velvia
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  • Completed in 1394 and lovingly restored by the Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department in the 1970's, this breathtakingly beautiful building lies at the northern edge of Multan Fort. The stunning tilework was painstakingly renovated by the Kashigars, or tile makers, of Multan. In his authoratitive book on the subject, Ahmad Nabi Khan describes it as {quote}the most conspicuous masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in Pakistan{quote}, and I found the place to be almost bewitching in its tranquility and beauty. Apparently it is on a tentative list at UNESCO for world heritage status, but I'll bet that few outside Pakistan have heard of it.Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Completed in 1394 and lovingly restored by the Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department in the 1970's, this breathtakingly beautiful building lies at the northern edge of Multan Fort. The stunning tilework was painstakingly renovated by the Kashigars, or tile makers, of Multan. In his authoratitive book on the subject, Ahmad Nabi Khan describes it as {quote}the most conspicuous masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in Pakistan{quote}, and I found the place to be almost bewitching in its tranquility and beauty. Apparently it is on a tentative list at UNESCO for world heritage status, but I'll bet that few outside Pakistan have heard of it.Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Completed in 1394 and lovingly restored by the Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department in the 1970's, this breathtakingly beautiful building lies at the northern edge of Multan Fort. The stunning tilework was painstakingly renovated by the Kashigars, or tile makers, of Multan. In his authoratitive book on the subject, Ahmad Nabi Khan describes it as {quote}the most conspicuous masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in Pakistan{quote}, and I found the place to be almost bewitching in its tranquility and beauty. Apparently it is on a tentative list at UNESCO for world heritage status, but I'll bet that few outside Pakistan have heard of it.Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A detail of this fabulous mausoleum, which dates from 1498Canon EOS 500, 28mm, Fuji Velvia
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  • Flower sellers at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Shah Rukn-i-'AlamBronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Velvia
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  • Qawwali musician at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Shah Rukn-i-'Alam
  • Qawwali tabla player at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Shah Rukn-i-'Alam
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  • Young boys at the Koranic school in the Eid Gah masjid, MultanCanon EOS 500, 28mm, Fuji Velvia
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  • A member of a community of fishermen living on the Indus river at PanjnadBronica ETRSi, 75mm, Fuji Velvia
  • This shot was taken while we were travelling the area filming fishing communities living on the rivers here. The Panjnad River is formed by the successive confluence of the five rivers of the Punjab - the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, some 10 miles north of Uch Sharif in Muzaffar Garh district. The combined stream then runs southwest for approximately 45 miles and joins the Indus River at Mithankot. The Indus continues and then drains into the Arabian Sea. A barrage on Panjnad was erected by the British, providing irrigation channels for Punjab and Sindh provinces south of the Sutlej and east of the Indus rivers.I spotted this magnificent old boat, sunk on a sandbar in the Panjnad River and stopped to photograph it. A fisherman spotted me and offered to take me out to see the vessel close up. I would be very interested to know how old such a boat might be and what it would have been used for!Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji RDP2
  • The interior of the sunken boat in the previous shot. This guy paddled me out to it in his boat for a closer look. Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Fuji RDP2
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  • Close to Bahawalpur on the edge of the Cholistan desert, there has been a fort here for 5000 years as it is on the ancient trade route from Central Asia to India. The towers are 40 meters (130 feet) high and there are ten on each of the four sides. The whole is over a mile in circumference. The site was captured by the Abassi family from Raja Rawal Singh of Jaiselmer in 1733, and the present fort dates from that time. The area was once watered by the Ghaggar (Hakra) river, which was known in ancient times as the Sarasvati, along the 300 mile length of which are numerous arcaeological sites dating from the Indus Civilzation. In the 18th century some 12,000 people lived in the town below the walls of this fort.
  • In the nineteenth century there were 12,000 people living in the town below the walls of Derawar Fort in the Cholistan Desert. Today they number just a few families, eeking out a living with their camels. Wandering the vicinity I met these kids who took me back to their houses to meet their families.Bronica ETRS, 75mm, Fuji Velvia
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  • This gorgeous white marble mosque was built in 1849 for the nawab of Derawar's personal holy man, Pir Ghulam Farid. It sits immediately in front of the fort, and in the background are the domes of the marble and tiled tombs of the Abassi family
  • The mosque at sunrise
  • Across the courtyard from the entrance
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  • The prayer hall
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  • A view across the courtyard out into the desert
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  • The terminus station on the Khyber Railway
  • This section, to Landi Kotal, was opened in 1925. The oil-fired steam locomotives were built at the Vulcan Foundry and by Kitson & Co in the United Kingdom. Sadly, security problems rendered the line commercially extinct and the heavy monsoon of 2008 washed away several sections of track. The line is now closed, but there are plans to re-open it and even to extend it to Kabul.
  • Locomotive Driver at Landi Kotal station
  • Standing on the crest of the legendary Khyber Pass, the most important and strategic link between Pakistan and Afghanistan for centuriesCanon EOS 500, 35mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Pakistani border post on the Khyber Pass. Through this desolate valley came Darius I, Genghis Khan and the Mongols on their invasions of India. The Sikhs under Ranjit Singh captured the Khyber Pass in 1834 and held it until they were defeated by the forces of Wazir Akbar Khan in 1837. Hari Singh Nalwa, who manned the Khyber Pass for years, became a household name in Afghanistan. Today it lies within the Khyber Agency - part of the federally administerd Tribal Areas of Pakistan. From Darius I to Pepsi Cola! Note the bomb detector for checking under vehicles.
  • Everywhere vehicles stop on the Karakoram Highway, local people provide sustainance to travellers. These boys are selling roasted corn-on-the-cobNikon FM2, 24mm, Fuji Velvia
  • On a jeep in BaltistanNikon FM2, 50mm
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