Dekho Pakistan

Sadequain Gallery, Frere Hall, Karachi.

March 8th to April 8th 2011.

The Citizens archive of Pakistan organized an interactive exhibition titled 'Dekho Pakistan' at Frere Hall, as part of the Hamara Karachi Festival 2011.

The exhibition celebrated the diversity of Karachi, the heritage of Pakistan, and the reopening of Frere Hall.

Karachi is a tapestry of several diverse stories that together form the story of a city. ‘Dekho Pakistan’ featured exciting installations and interactive games about Karachi and Pakistan to engage children and encourage their interest in history. A train installation, representing the train journey from Lahore to Amritsar in 1947, invited visitors who were present during the partition to come and record their stories, and become part of CAP’s flagship Oral History Project.The interactive section featured a walk-through map of Karachi with 3D monuments. Children took part in a map quiz to find important monuments and places of personal significance in their city.

‘Dekho Pakistan’ featured a photography exhibition of vintage photographs that presented a unique perspective into the creation of Pakistan and Karachi in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The exhibit also included a Hall of Maps a collection of very rare maps from pre and post-partition Pakistan. Additionally, a multimedia section allowed for visitors to experience CAP's Oral History Project.