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In Pakistan, we love looking back at our glorious history. So for all the history buffs out there, here are 25 vintage pictures that will show you a side of Pakistan long forgotten.

1. Quaid-E- Azam’s passport!

2. A plane hijacked by Salamulla Tipu who is hanging out from the cockpit in 1981

3. Che Guevera standing with Pakistani President Ayub Khan

4. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first men on the moon, visit Pakistan during a tour around South Asia.

5. The premier of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at Nishat Cinema

6. Yasir Arafat, Mujeebur Rehman, ZA Bhutto and Col M Qaddafi at Shalimar Gardens in Lahore on February 23, 2025

7. Popular poet Habib Jalib being manhandled by the police in an anti-Zia rally in Lahore 1981

8. Cabin crew and pilots of PIA meet Chinese leader, Zhou Enla

9. A list of wines and spirits available on PIA

10. Construction of Habib Bank Plaza in Karachi in 1963

11. A child polishing a European man’s shoe in 1940

12. Karachi before partition

13. Monkey tamer

14. Jinnah’s mausoleum under construction in 1965

15. Faisal mosque in 1983, the largest mosque in South Asia

16. Karachi airport 1943

17. Karachi in the 1960s

18. Overcrowded train leaving for Pakistan during partition

19. Parliament house under construction in Islamabad in 1976

20. Abdullah Shah Ghazi mazaar in the 1900’s

21. The voices behing PTV’s popular puppet show Kaliaan

22. In 1955, Fighter planes making a crescent in Lahore

23. A hotel and pub in Malir in 1955

24. Public flogging during Ziaul Haq’s regime

25. A young Nawaz Sharif

The pictures used were taken from here and here.