Pakistan is more than 60 years old and a lot has changed since then. The roads, monuments, old cities, small towns..these things don’t look the same anymore. Karachi, the 8th largest city of the world, has changed massively with time. You might have heard your parents or grandparents saying ‘Karachi tou aisa tha jawani main’ but can you experience it?
Here’s where MangoBaaz comes in. Here are some vintage pictures of the time jab Karachi jawan tha…
A Girl’s School In Karachi – 1873
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/k3.jpg)
The Empress Market, Karachi – 1890
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/k5.jpg)
Sindh Club, Karachi – 1890
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/k6.jpg)
Nappier Barracks, Karachi – 1890
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/k7.jpg)
Victoria Road, Karachi – 1900
![Source: Native Pakisstan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/k8.jpg)
And now some of Karachi ki galliyan for you
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/m1.jpg)
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/m3.jpg)
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/m4.jpg)
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/m5.jpg)
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/m6.jpg)
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/m8.jpg)
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/m9.jpg)
And what is Karachi today?
The city is called “roshniyon ka shehr” with a reason
![Source: Google Images](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KN1.jpg)
With its tall sky scrapers.
![KN2](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KN2.jpg)
And the crowded neighborhoods
![KN4](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KN4.jpg)
The tortuously long traffic jams
![Kn5](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Kn5.jpg)
And the huge sprawling expansiveness of it all.
![KN4](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KN4.jpeg)
After all, it is one of the biggest cities in the world!
Here’s a glimpse of some of the important landmarks of Karachi back then and as they are now.
A Rare Photo Of Karachi Port – 1906
![Source; SkyScraper City](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KH2.jpg)
And Karachi Port now
![Source: SkyScraper City](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KH3.jpg)
Under constrution Mazar-e-Quaid back then:
![Source: Native Pakistan](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/A1.jpg)
and Mazar-e-Quaid now:
![Source: Pakistani.pk](http://cdn.mangobaaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/A2.jpg)
What a massive change! We now know the city that has long, arduous traffic jams, a fast paced life and lots of upheaval. Back then it was a small town that started off as a fishing community called “Kolachi”. How time flies, indeed.