Pakistan's Wild Frontier in 1977
Posted: September 28th, 2013, 9:51 am
From January 1977 edition of National Geographic.
Chitral
Nomadic group of Pathans called powindahs. After a spring of harvesting wheat in Punjab, the caravan passes the town of Miram Shah
Peshawar Fire Brigade truck vintage 1920's
Heroin being cultivated
Truck passing through a flooded road near Peshawar
Grain being moved by cable car across the River Chitral (right)
Fisherman in Swat
A group of Chitral shepherds and farmers
Left- Cramped marketplace in Chitral. Kalash girl (right)
Ammunition being made in Darra
Novelty weapon emporium in Darra.
A powindah boy rocking his nephew.
Defying the surroundings, a patch of wheat survives high in the gnarled mountains of D.I. Khan where farmers rely on irrigation canals stretching as far as ten miles from the water source.
Chitral
Nomadic group of Pathans called powindahs. After a spring of harvesting wheat in Punjab, the caravan passes the town of Miram Shah
Peshawar Fire Brigade truck vintage 1920's
Heroin being cultivated
Truck passing through a flooded road near Peshawar
Grain being moved by cable car across the River Chitral (right)
Fisherman in Swat
A group of Chitral shepherds and farmers
Left- Cramped marketplace in Chitral. Kalash girl (right)
Ammunition being made in Darra
Novelty weapon emporium in Darra.
A powindah boy rocking his nephew.
Defying the surroundings, a patch of wheat survives high in the gnarled mountains of D.I. Khan where farmers rely on irrigation canals stretching as far as ten miles from the water source.
