Before & After – Pakistani flooding as seen from space: an explosion of water!! “You’ve probably seen the horrifying pictures of the 20 million victims of Pakistan’s unprecedented flooding of the Indus River. But this image from NASA’s Terra satellite really drives home the extent of the devast…ation wrought by rising water levels.” Before After

I recently had the opportunity to spend a month in Pakistan, which is something I haven’t been able to do in the past ten years. I decided to make yet another trip to Chitral, which turned out to be a trip of a lifetime. Below, I have attached a few of my favorite pictures from […]

Kalsoom Lakhani is the Director of Social Vision, the venture philanthropy arm of ML Resources. Social Vision essentially provides the seed funding and support for innovative initiatives and social entrepreneurs/enterprises in their earliest stages. A few days ago, ML Social Vision, in partnership with Pakistani Peace Builders (PPB), a new initiative of Pakistani-Americans and concerned […]

I recieved a message yesterday from a friend who works at Interflow, Karachi. She asked me to check out Ufone’s Ad for Pakistan Day and I didn’t have any time to look at it. I finally got a chance to check it out right now and the ad has left me speechless.   Yes, Pakistan isn’t perfect. Yes, […]

My cousin just sent me a link, which directed me to the comic above. His exact words were that “this reminded me of you” and he was absolutely right. It’s my second week on the job and there is so much to learn with such little time.  I’ve been to a few commercial shoots, worked on […]

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’re probably already aware of my love / hate relationship with cab drivers in Dubai. Dubai is not particularly pedestrian-friendly and cabs are the best way to travel around the city. They are relatively cheap and can be found outside hotels or hailed almost anywhere around the city. […]

Danish Farid Khan, my cousin, recently made a trip out to Islamabad and took some great shots. This one, in particular, was one of my favorites. CDA didn’t allow him to go inside Faisal Mosque with the camera but he still managed to take this amazing picture from a distance. Thought I’d share it with […]

Time doesn’t stand for anyone. Life moves on, and there are certain cities & certain people that stay with you forever. They change who you are how you view life; and that is exactly what London and its people have done for me. I was a wreck when I was leaving London. I was dreading […]

Times are tough and the recession continues so I decided to avoid taxis and explore Dubai’s’ Metro instead for the first time this past weekend. After all, I am now living in “Dubai, Dubai”; a city like no other, so might as well explore it all while I’m here. It was quite an experience, to […]

Despite dodging the constant recession cuts, I decided to leave the banking world a few months ago on my own terms in order to follow my dreams & explore the world of advertising. You may call it stupid, risky, or even intelligent but yes, I did trade in the wet, gloomy city of London for […]