Deep South

I stumbled across these pictures from someone's blog.

The first is for Macdonald's French Fries (man, they've really gone downmarket). The second is some random maulvi selling fruit. Love the flag! The third is from outside Hafeez Center, arguably south Asia's largest centre of illegal software and dodgy mobile phones. Hafeez centre is a modern dystopia, a veritable warren of dilapidated, tiny shops packed tightly together. The strange thing is that despite all the illegal stuff that is traded there the shopkeepers are the most sanctimonios, reactionary bigots you'll come across. Signs of 'no dealing with Ahmadis' are common and I am now told by a friend that they have Israeli flags engraved on the floor so that to enter the main shopping area you have to walk over the Israeli flag. Childish, really.

Also, you will never see any women at Hafeez Centre. In many respects it's worse than Peshawar.

On a more positive note: Halloween this Friday!