Freelancer’s Tour of Pakistan

Sohail Abid recently toured whole of Punjab on his motor bike. His tour spanned 27 cities in first phase, while he has plans to visit Northern Areas, Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan later this year, most probably with same transportation channel.

For those who don’t know, Sohail Abid is a freelance coder/developer based in Islamabad, a good friend, prominent figure in Pakistani blogosphere – he is also responsible for ProPakistani’s design.

There would be other people too, who were adventurous enough to roam the country, but Sohail Abid’s made his journey particularly special with the help of technology and the social media.

 Mian Muhammad Bakhsh Library, Mirpur

Clock Tower - Faisalabad

Bullaye Shah Mazaar, Kasur

Tablighi Markaz, Raiwind

Renala Khurad: This is from where you get all the Mitchell's goodies

Remainings of Harappa

A pre-partition house in Pakpattan

Infamous door to the heaven (Bahishti Darwaza) at the Shrine of Baba Farid.

Multan: Mausoleum of Shah Rukn-i-Alam (masterpiece of pre-Mughal architecture, built in 1324)

And jhoolas… of all kinds”] [Mela Kamir Sharif

Inside view of Centeral Library Bahawalpur. They're out of space.

Derawer Fort

Driver hotel near Rahim Yar Khan. You can eat, you can rest, you can sleep.

Masjid Ghazi, Bhong - Was built by Raees Ghazi around 1935

In very short span of time, he got over 1200 visitors – with no advertising, no struggle.

Sohail was equipped with an iPhone with facebook and twitter applications, to keep his fans posted about the happenings.

Here is what he wrote to us:

Mainly two things made it possible to share live tour pictures and updates easily: iPhone and Telenor Persona (with monthly GPRS/EDGE package)
I was taking 2MP pictures and uploading right from the location where they were being taken. And this involves small towns, villages, jungles (lal suhnra), desert (cholistan), and Derawar Fort. Telenor worked everywhere, even in Cholistan.