The arid beauty of Tharparkar

Tharparkar is an arid area of the Sindh Province. It comprises four administrative units: Deplo, Chahro, Mithi and Nagarparkar.

Tharparkar is a historic place with rich biodiversity. Cattle farming and agriculture are main sources of income for the Thari people. Various Hindu and Muslim communities live here, and their houses are made of clay and dry grass. These simple homes are called Chaunwra.

Thar is a place where water is considered as the most precious commodity. - Text and photographs by Hussain Afzal/Dawn.com

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Zeeshan Jaffri

Jun 25, 2011 01:36pm

Great Work Afzal Sb. Really refreshing to see our beloved Thar. Thanks

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shaukat USA

Jun 25, 2011 07:06pm

Great pictures. Could you please add captions. Beautiful photography. Reminds me of the movie Ramchand Pakistani.

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Danish Nawaz

Jun 25, 2011 08:24pm

The angles are somewhat strange, hopefully these simple people were not photographed without their knowledge and permission

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Palak Gosht

Jun 25, 2011 11:00pm

Thar is the natural extension to Rajasthan. The division of 1947 is a disgrace.

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Syed Zeeshan Ali Sha

Jun 25, 2011 11:34pm

Well done. I belong to Umerkot which serves as a gateway to Tharparkar. Truely amazing beauty...!!

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Jai kuamar

Jun 26, 2011 09:58am

Thar is really a beautiful place for visit but now days there will be too hot..

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Virendra

Jun 27, 2011 09:30am

There should be captions with each photo describing the photos itself and the depiction. Some body who has never seen such places will have lot of queries about them.

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Hotchand

Jun 27, 2011 01:55pm

I belong to Thar. Thanks Dawn for highlighted my native land's beauty.

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S.M

Jun 27, 2011 04:56pm

Lets just keep this limited to Thar's beauty please.

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Syed Aman

Jun 27, 2011 06:24pm

Lovely pictures. I would love to see more pictures of this magnificent part of Pakistan. Are there any roads, highway systems in this area. What about a master plan for this region? Are there any colleges / universities in the region to service the population?. If you have any links for me to educate about this region please share.

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