Karachi’s bedecked buses

Published March 21, 2014
A passenger sits in a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus in Karachi, March 19, 2014.
A passenger sits in a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus in Karachi, March 19, 2014.
The side view of a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus is seen in Karachi, March 19, 2014.
The side view of a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus is seen in Karachi, March 19, 2014.
A man gestures as he walks past decorated buses parked along a street near the terminus in Karachi, March 20, 2014.
A man gestures as he walks past decorated buses parked along a street near the terminus in Karachi, March 20, 2014.
A man is silhouetted against a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus in Karachi, March 20, 2014.
A man is silhouetted against a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus in Karachi, March 20, 2014.
The interior roof of a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus is seen in Karachi, March 20, 2014.
The interior roof of a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus is seen in Karachi, March 20, 2014.
A man walks past a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus in Karachi, March 20, 2014.
A man walks past a decorated bus parked along a street near to the terminus in Karachi, March 20, 2014.

Karachi has a huge network of decorated buses, a number of which are privately owned by their drivers. Owners spend thousands of rupees to decorate these buses, which are well-known for their colourful patterns and motifs.

Opinion

Editorial

Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...
By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...