By Rafia Zakaria
Daily Dawn Blogs Inside every Pakistani city, are three other cities. The first is the city of walls, the second is a city without walls and the third the city that exists between the walled city and un-walled city. The city of walls is the most noticeable, not because of its size or its beauty but because of its concrete wrought, strength and its well defined boundary; one that defines those inside it and those outside it. If you walk along the many walls of the walled city in Karachi or Lahore, you can peer over the tops of shorter walls. Standing on tiptoes you can even snatch glimpses of the life beyond the walls. It seems like the good life, the life of verdant gardens bursting with well-tended flowers, of tea-trays resting on the arms of faithful servants, of easy laughter and fitful hospitality. Read story in daily Dawn
Daily Dawn Blogs Inside every Pakistani city, are three other cities. The first is the city of walls, the second is a city without walls and the third the city that exists between the walled city and un-walled city. The city of walls is the most noticeable, not because of its size or its beauty but because of its concrete wrought, strength and its well defined boundary; one that defines those inside it and those outside it. If you walk along the many walls of the walled city in Karachi or Lahore, you can peer over the tops of shorter walls. Standing on tiptoes you can even snatch glimpses of the life beyond the walls. It seems like the good life, the life of verdant gardens bursting with well-tended flowers, of tea-trays resting on the arms of faithful servants, of easy laughter and fitful hospitality. Read story in daily Dawn
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