Karachi

Olivier Martin, Roger Cashmore & Les Cottrell flew from Geneva around 8:00am through Zurich and Dubai to Karachi on Saturday 21st June, 2001 on SwissAir. We arrived in Karachi airport around 10:30pm. We stayed at a Western style hotel, and on Sunday morning were picked up by a guide, Shagnawaz Akhter of the Karachi Nuclear Power Complex, and his driver. They took us to see Islamic tombs about 27km outside Karachi to the East, to an Air Force museum and to a place we could see and buy carpets. We left for Islamabad around 4pm.

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Coming into land at Dubai on way from London to Karachi
Chaukundi Islamic tombs 27km E of Karachi
Most are believed to date from the 13th to 16 th centuries
They are 1 to 3 m high with 100 or so at the main site
The tombs are constructed of slabs of rock stacked into oblong pyramids of cubical stone
Two large domed mausoleums appear by size & ornamentaion to be those of a king & queen

Arabic & Hindu writing carved into the stone.
Chaukundi means cubical
Several motifs give clues to sex, station or rank of the incumbent
The wals are carved with reliefs so smooth they appear like wood carvings

Ancient swastika symbols
Traffic scene in Karachi
Donkey drawn cart on road.
Painted bus
Air Force Museum in Karachi
North American Sabre jet.
MIG 19

Nose of Starfighter with cheeky bird.
MIG 21
Canberra medium bomber
MIG 15 trainer

Lockheed Starfighter
Sponsored by...
Rug/carpet making
Laying out carpets for viewing

More carpets
Waseem Khan of Afghan Carpet Karachi. Bought 350-380 knot per sq inch.

Coming into land at Dubai on way from London to Karachi		Chaukundi Islamic tombs 27km E of Karachi	Most are believed to date from the 13th to 16 th centuries	They are 1 to 3 m high with 100 or so at the main site	The tombs are constructed of slabs of rock stacked into oblong pyramids of cubical stone	Two large domed mausoleums appear by size & ornamentaion to be those of a king & queen
	Arabic & Hindu writing carved into the stone.	Chaukundi means cubical	Several motifs give clues to sex, station or rank of the incumbent		The wals are carved with reliefs so smooth they appear like wood carvings
Ancient swastika symbols	Traffic scene in Karachi	Donkey drawn cart on road.	Painted bus	Air Force Museum in Karachi	North American Sabre jet.	MIG 19
	Nose of Starfighter with cheeky bird.	MIG 21			Canberra medium bomber	MIG 15 trainer
		Lockheed Starfighter		Sponsored by...	Rug/carpet making	Laying out carpets for viewing
More carpets	Waseem Khan of Afghan Carpet Karachi. Bought 350-380 knot per sq inch.