Indus Journey

The story of Pakistan, as Imran tells it, is interwoven with factual history and myths. Not being a historian or a regular writer, his own interpretation of events gives a unique freshness to this account. Starting from the arid plains of Thatta, with his photographer friend, Mike Goldwater, Imran travels the whole course of Pakistan using The Indus River as his constant guide and companion. The photographic offerings in the book blend well with the image that Imran creates through his narration. Images of the notoriously famous Rock, providing shelter to the dacoits during the British Raj along with Mohejodaro, the Babylonian equivalence of Pakistan, have given credence to their respective claims. Quite preserved in this book one will find the now decaying Majestic Palace of Bahawalpur which until 1974, on the request of Bhutto, provided lodging and catering services to some 7000 guests. The red brick and marble shrine of Saint Shah Rukn-e-Alam clearly betrays its otherwise ordinar