A Sieve maker makes a sieve from straws for household use.
Category: Workingmen
Chajju traditional grain cleaner
A worker busy in preparing traditional straw basket to clean grains. APP photo by Muhammad Munir Butt. As plastics take over the organic tools the artisans are also becoming extinct but in Pakistan still people use these traditional handicrafts in their daily use.
Street vendor in Pakistan
The life in Pakistan has many colors. The bazaars and streets are full or wondering merchants and vendors who facilitate people with their merchandise. The sell on the streets carrying all kinds of daily use items on their backs. The image below is of one of such vendors in Lahore
Carpenters of Peshawar
A Carpenter in Peshawar makes an intricate floral carving on artificial wood for local doors
Block Printing Dyes Maker of Rang Mahal Pakistan
Mohammad Anwaar is an artist who makes dyes for block printing at his small shop in rang Mahal area of Lahore. He makes about Rs. 500 per day and is proud of his work. Dye making with hand is disappearing so are the artists . There are only few shops…
Journy from Suger cane to Gur
Gur or Gurr (in English Jaggery) is the boiled thikened balls produced from sugercane juice. Gurr is a replacement of Suger in many parts of Pakistan. It is estimated that 50% of sugercane in Pakistan is grown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwah while Gur is also produced in the rural areas of…
Donkey Cartsmen of Pakistan
Donkey is an animal which has been apressed by humans since ages. Today in third world & some economically rich countries donkey still has the same fate – busy in work all the times. In Pakistan donkeys are a bit better than the rest of the world, here the donkey…
Boat Builders of Karachi
Karachi is city of numerous artists and working men. The city although has not been promoted as such by the local media and the government of Pakistan has a lot to offer for tourists. One of the most hidden secret of Karachi is its boat building Industry. The gient wooden…
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