This summer I filmed a story about how a young American, Elizabeth Tschursin, journeyed to the Hunza Valley in Pakistan and fell in love with the place and its people. My documentary is about how her visit led to the plans to build a school in the small village of Murtazaabad on the Karakoram Highway.
Continue reading “Hands Across the Mountains – Building a Model School in Hunza, Pakistan”
New Devastating Pakistan Floods
Images of the recent flooding in Pakistan this year.
More Karachi Rain
Rains forecast till Tuesday, doubts swell that city will hold
Mahnoor Sherazee in The Express Tribune:
The battering began around 2pm and was laced with claps of thunder that are otherwise rarely experienced in Karachi. By the end of the afternoon, Saddar recorded the most downpour of 40mm and at least nine people were electrocuted to death, including five of one family. From Clifton to Gulistan-e-Jauhar thousands of people got stuck on the roads and there were reports that people were robbed at gunpoint in the traffic jams.
More here.
baarish main kharab
Out and about in the Karachi rains on September 10, 2011.
Karachi Rains
More than 40mm of rain fell in Karachi over two hours on September 10, 2011, leaving the entire city flooded.
City by the Sea – The future of Karachi’s Coastline (Urdu)
This documentary explores alternatives to haphazard development along Karachi’s coastline in light of the basic principles of urban planning. Watch the English version here.
Heading out of Shigar
After a month of filming in the mountains of Baltistan, I finally headed back to Karachi. It’s a short 45 minute drive on the metalled road to the airport at Skardu.