Karachi's original street art

Published September 20, 2013
A Pakistani artisan works on a design on the interior of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani artisan works on a design on the interior of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
An artisan meticulously works step by step on the interior design of bus in Karachi.
An artisan meticulously works step by step on the interior design of bus in Karachi.
A labourer works on the exterior of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
A labourer works on the exterior of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani labourer works on the body of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani labourer works on the body of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
A labourer decorates the interior of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
A labourer decorates the interior of a passenger mini bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani artisan carves a decorative design onto a thin metal sheet to be put together and fixed on the body of a mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani artisan carves a decorative design onto a thin metal sheet to be put together and fixed on the body of a mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani artisan creates a design by working on a thin metal sheet, which will be put together and fixed onto the body of a mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani artisan creates a design by working on a thin metal sheet, which will be put together and fixed onto the body of a mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani artisan carves a decorative design on a thin metal sheet to be put together and fixed on the body of a mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A Pakistani artisan carves a decorative design on a thin metal sheet to be put together and fixed on the body of a mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A cleaner dusts a deccorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A cleaner dusts a deccorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.
Pakistani passengers travel on a decorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.
Pakistani passengers travel on a decorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A passenger travels in a decorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A passenger travels in a decorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A cleaner dusts a deccorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.
A cleaner dusts a deccorated mini passenger bus in Karachi.

Bus art has been very much in vogue in this port city and the owners of buses spend hundreds of thousand of rupees to beautify the exterior and interior of the buses with glittering and colorful metallic and plastic sheets.

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