A Flashback to Childhood of Pakistanis born in - 80's and 90's.

[Azzurri]

I came across these pictures and decided to share them with you guys .
we can use this thread to remember the golden days of our childhood.

[Azzurri]

[Slog]

never understood the deal with bryan whatever-his-last-name-was

how did he become part of junoon and where did he disappear

[Nostalgic]

never understood the deal with bryan whatever-his-last-name-was

how did he become part of junoon and where did he disappear

O'Connell. Childhood friend of Salman at Tappan Zee High School in NY. Salman invited him to Pakistan for Talaash, circa 1993, and the rest is history.

I think his contribution to the subsequent albums was telling. Those bass lines on the Sufic songs aren't easy to play. He also embraced Pakistan, married Aisha Alam, and I was there at the concert in Islamabad in 2000 where he announced that he was finally a Pakistani citizen. He joked that it was almost as difficult as a Pakistani becoming a U.S. Citizen.

He left in the mid 2000's. Junoon were effectively finished, he was divorced, he had badly injured his arm, and the security situation was getting bad. He's in NY these days, and still keeps in touch with any touring Pakistani acts.

[Nostalgic]

Yaad-e-maazi azaab hai Ya Rabb
Cheen ley mujh se haafiza mera

I can talk about every single thing in the pictures. I will too, later. You've been warned.

[Azzurri]

Yaad-e-maazi azaab hai Ya Rabb
Cheen ley mujh se haafiza mera

I can talk about every single thing in the pictures. I will too, later. You've been warned.

Any thread without your insightful posts is incomplete .

I have many more pictures to post . Will do it tomorrow


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[sjahmed23]

[RWAC]

Pan Pasand was, is, and forever will be my favorite candy.

[sensible-indian-fan]

Swat Kats

Amazing amazing cartoon.

[Nostalgic]

Ik billi moti taazi thee
Jo mazay se Ding Dong khaati thee
Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong Bubble!

Choohon ne mil ker socha yeh
Billi ko dein gey dhoka yeh
Billi ko baandhein gey ghanti
Aur khayein ge mil ker Ding Dong

And so on and so forth. Notice please the reference to belling the cat, which is more of a Western thing, because we don't really find references to it in our literature.

[sjahmed23]

[Neferpitou]

Bro stop...too many memories coming back.

The lead pencils and patakhay wali gun and Jubilee, used to be my favourite chocolate. I can still taste it.

[Stewie]

To all of it... special special memories.. pa t akhey waali gun was my priced possession. Hajah.. urdu ki pehli kitaab... wild cats.. jubilee....dhuwaan.

P.s I was born in 77..

[Slog]

was never a fan of Ainak Wala Jinn. Legend has it that the show was about to wrap up but young Bilawal bhutto was a fan and threw a tantrum and it was renewed for one more year.

Also i think the PTV Khabrain wali Aunty is still doing the 9pm news

[Slog]

To all of it... special special memories.. pa t akhey waali gun was my priced possession. Hajah.. urdu ki pehli kitaab... wild cats.. jubilee....dhuwaan.

P.s I was born in 77..

maaan youre old

I had you as a 20 yr old youngsta beautyy

[Slog]

Swat Kats

Amazing amazing cartoon.

Yeah what a show that was. Also id suggest dont watch it ever again so as not to ruin the memories and start wondering how intelectually stupid you were to follow that.

happened with me and Pokemon last yr. i ended up watching an episode airing on TV for old times sake and i was left wondering how stupid could i have been to sit through that.

I promised myself not to watch any of my bachpan ke favorite shows again in order not to potentially ruin the nostalgia i associate with them

[Nostalgic]

I'm not sure if many of you young whippersnappers remember this. It is "Meena," a show that UNICEF developed, if I'm not mistaken. It tackles social issues in South Asia, and the characters are such that it is hard to pinpoint what part of South Asia the show is based in, although I suspect it is more Bangladesh or India than it is Pakistan. Nevertheless, it was still very relevant.

My American kids have discovered it, and it has been an eye-opener for them to see how things they take for granted matter so much elsewhere. They also find the accents hilarious.

[Nostalgic]

There were two types of people in this world. At least during early 80's Pakistan. Jubilee people, and Hero people. I was a Jubilee person, and to this day, refuse to fraternize with Hero people.

Hero was the only other chocolate bar available. It was filled with coconut, if I remember correctly. I'm not sure, because I never had it. As a child, I had to have a Jubilee every time we went for groceries. I can almost taste it right now. Those crunchy granules of sugar, that caramel, the chewy center.

[Nostalgic]

Also i think the PTV Khabrain wali Aunty is still doing the 9pm news

Ishrat Fatima, later Ishrat Saqib after she got married. I'm not sure if she's still reading the news, but she was on a talk show the other day, and has blossomed into a lovely auntie, far more easier on the eye than she used to be.

The fact that she wasn't being compelled to dish out government propaganda probably had something to do with it too.

[Nostalgic]

To all of it... special special memories.. pa t akhey waali gun was my priced possession. Hajah.. urdu ki pehli kitaab... wild cats.. jubilee....dhuwaan.

P.s I was born in 77..

And these guys think I'm old.

So, are you a tharki buddha or just a boring, plain vanilla buddha?

[kaayal]

I'm not sure if many of you young whippersnappers remember this. It is "Meena," a show that UNICEF developed, if I'm not mistaken. It tackles social issues in South Asia, and the characters are such that it is hard to pinpoint what part of South Asia the show is based in, although I suspect it is more Bangladesh or India than it is Pakistan. Nevertheless, it was still very relevant.

My American kids have discovered it, and it has been an eye-opener for them to see how things they take for granted matter so much elsewhere. They also find the accents hilarious.

I remember watching this cartoon in Doordarshan.

[Stewie]

Swat katz.. thats right... the thumping background music was awesome.


Budha tum logon ka....... I am 20 year old at heart. And yes.... extremely tharki .....

[Stewie]

Ishrat fatima used to me out me to sleep using her monotonic 9o clock ptv news voice.. I swear I credit her for helping me get up early during my school days.. lol

[Slog]

might be considered blasphemous by some but i personally think 2000s Pakistan was more fun

atleast Karachi was safer in the 2000s then in the 90s paradoxical as it may sound. and i was too young anyways then

2000s music,food and hang out spots were better

[Slog]

My brother tells me that elections also used to be big part of the culture then. with all the political festivals associated with it especilly considering in the 90s they were almost a biennial feature.

i remember 2008 and 2013 elections were a whole lot of fun so assuming it was similar

[Stallion__]

Currency notes










And this one is my favorite. Issued on Pakistan's Golden Jubilee.

[Stallion__]

There was another cartoon series 'Treasure Island' dubbed in Urdu.

The whole series was repeated 2-3 times on PTV and I missed the last episode every time.

Still don't know how it ended

[sensible-indian-fan]

Yeah what a show that was. Also id suggest dont watch it ever again so as not to ruin the memories and start wondering how intelectually stupid you were to follow that.

happened with me and Pokemon last yr. i ended up watching an episode airing on TV for old times sake and i was left wondering how stupid could i have been to sit through that.

I promised myself not to watch any of my bachpan ke favorite shows again in order not to potentially ruin the nostalgia i associate with them

Haha...

That happened to me with an episode of Mahabharatha serial.

Checked out a part on Youtube but then stopped cos I didn't want to ruin the memory.

[sensible-indian-fan]

The one show that still is amazing is Dragon Ball Z.

Just recently (a few weeks back) watched Gohan vs Cell and it was as good as ever.

Though they do drag out the scenes too much.

[Nostalgic]

There was another cartoon series 'Treasure Island' dubbed in Urdu.

The whole series was repeated 2-3 times on PTV and I missed the last episode every time.

Still don't know how it ended

So it was a mystery ending?

They say you can make any book a mystery book if you rip out the last chapter.

[Stewie]

Thunder cats.. silver hawks.. voltron.. fraggle rock... does anyone remember urdu tv show about alien robot boy.. dont remember the name.

Also bhoot bangla.. ca 85' I want to say.

Good times.. simpler times

[Stallion__]

So it was a mystery ending?

They say you can make any book a mystery book if you rip out the last chapter.

I don't know. But the curiosity remains how it ended.

[Nikhil_cric]

Yeah what a show that was. Also id suggest dont watch it ever again so as not to ruin the memories and start wondering how intelectually stupid you were to follow that.

happened with me and Pokemon last yr. i ended up watching an episode airing on TV for old times sake and i was left wondering how stupid could i have been to sit through that.

I promised myself not to watch any of my bachpan ke favorite shows again in order not to potentially ruin the nostalgia i associate with them

Yeah because that was Pokemon. Classic Caroon Network shows pre 2003 are still great. You just need to immerse yourself into it and forget about intellectualism etc. etc.

[junaid.ahmed]

ashir with nido in that dhuan picture reminds me my childhood adventures. Ashir is now a director custom intelligence & about to launching his movie "Malik". I must compliment on his fitness as most of the civil officers used to be fatty be he maintained his fitness very well.

[blinding light]

I feel a tear or two coming..

[LongHorn]

Did you guys get dubbed Japanese cartoons in Pakistan like Captain Majed?

[junaid.ahmed]

Thunder cats.. silver hawks.. voltron.. fraggle rock... does anyone remember urdu tv show about alien robot boy.. dont remember the name.

Also bhoot bangla.. ca 85' I want to say.

Good times.. simpler times

forget to write ninja turtles

[junaid.ahmed]

might be considered blasphemous by some but i personally think 2000s Pakistan was more fun

atleast Karachi was safer in the 2000s then in the 90s paradoxical as it may sound. and i was too young anyways then

2000s music,food and hang out spots were better

music was better in 90s sajjad ali, strings, ali haider, vital signs, collage with their popular song faasla, faakhr e alam, nadim jaffery's suno, ali azmat & great nusrat fateh ali khan (marhoom) they all were the product of 90's. That was the era of kumar sanu & uddit in bollywood, hundreds of duets & sad songs pouring honey in ears even today

[Watsupdoc]

The phataakey wali gun!

Sigh those were days, when your biggest worry was what toy to get next!

[JaDed]

was never a fan of Ainak Wala Jinn. Legend has it that the show was about to wrap up but young Bilawal bhutto was a fan and threw a tantrum and it was renewed for one more year.

Also i think the PTV Khabrain wali Aunty is still doing the 9pm news

[JaDed]

The one show that still is amazing is Dragon Ball Z.

Just recently (a few weeks back) watched Gohan vs Cell and it was as good as ever.

Though they do drag out the scenes too much.

'too much' is an understatement on top of that i remember Cartoon Network showing 52 episodes of Dragon Ball Z for atleast 2-3 years on repeat they never moved to kill Freeza or whatever his name was.
Its one of the Soaps of Anime for sure.

[Adil_94]

The one show that still is amazing is Dragon Ball Z.

Just recently (a few weeks back) watched Gohan vs Cell and it was as good as ever.

Though they do drag out the scenes too much.

Haha i did the same and it still is dramatic as ever. The new Battle of Gods film was a bit childish though because it was written in the style of Dragonball rather than DBZ.

[Azzurri]

Eid Gift

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The most precious gift of our childhood

[Azzurri]

Sega games ( i think it was around 100-120 rupees in 1999 )

[Azzurri]

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Prince Biscuits ...

[sensible-indian-fan]

This was one of my favourite games though i wasnt that good at it.

But Mario will be the most iconic of them all.

[Azzurri]

The most dangerous weapon of our childhood

[Azzurri]

This was one of my favourite games though i wasnt that good at it.

But Mario will be the most iconic of them all.

Yeah Mario was the best of the whole lot

[Azzurri]

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The ' Sui Dhaga' Box

[Azzurri]

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When our only entertainment used to go down

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[junaid.ahmed]

have anyone played chee chee paa paa aka snow bros

[Deosai]

80s and 90s seemed like good times in Pakistan, though I didn't live in Pakistan back and was too little to hear about it.

This that did live in those times, what was the electricity situation, how was the crime rate,infrastructure and economy back them?

According to my parents who lived in Pakistan between the 60s and early 90s, everything was nice but I guess they're just being nostalgic.

[Azzurri]

[Deosai]

I think those are from the early 2000s

[Azzurri]

80s and 90s seemed like good times in Pakistan, though I didn't live in Pakistan back and was too little to hear about it.

This that did live in those times, what was the electricity situation, how was the crime rate,infrastructure and economy back them?

According to my parents who lived in Pakistan between the 60s and early 90s, everything was nice but I guess they're just being nostalgic.

infrastructure and electricity were worst . Economy was more or less the same comparitively and crime rate was way lower But we were happy

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[Deosai]

infrastructure and electricity were worst . Economy was more or less the same comparitively and crime rate was way lower But we were happy

Well according to my parents, there was almost no power outages in the 80s, they claim it only started somewhere in the 90s.

The first time I came to Pakistan in 2001, the power situation was really bad but I think it's gotten better now.

[Azzurri]

Qari Sahib

[Azzurri]

Well according to my parents, there was almost no power outages in the 80s, they claim it only started somewhere in the 90s.

The first time I came to Pakistan in 2001, the power situation was really bad but I think it's gotten better now.

I was born in 1994 so yeah when i opened my eyes we had electricity , Man Whatever the situation was those were really good times

[Azzurri]

[Azzurri]

@Nostalgic You are a genius sir , We are honoured to have you around

[Deosai]

I was born in 1994 so yeah when i opened my eyes we had electricity , Man Whatever the situation was those were really good times

Oh okay, you're only a year older then me, so you wouldn't know more about those times

Those did seem like good times, especially PTV seems so much better than all the crappy channels we have now though they're wasn't much free speech or dissent.

[Azzurri]

Oh okay, you're only a year older then me, so you wouldn't know more about those times

Those did seem like good times, especially PTV seems so much better than all the crappy channels we have now though they're wasn't much free speech or dissent.

Yesterday after looking at these pics i found an online streaming of PTV . It's still the same classy PTV which we used to have before but it seems like no one is interested in it anymore

[tempus123]

Awww.. this is too good..

[Red Devil]

Every single picture brought back some wonderful memories.

Magazine wala pistol

[the Great Khan]

anyone remember Thundersub? or how can we forget Knight rider!! lol...Jaado ki gari!!! lol

[the Great Khan]

1 2 1 Honey candies, mnnhmnn Pineapple..aur milked cream mnnnhhhh Montgomery Montgomery sweets Montogomery Montgomery sweets!! lol..

[No_Username]

Haha I remember that. Wasn't there also a similar Lion King game?

[tempus123]

Also cricket matches used to have an innocence attached to them, since the match fixing wasn't quite in open till late '90s.