Bicycle, A Necessicity Of Life In Pakistan

(Photo: Jamal Daudpoto)

Bicycle, the cheapest mode of transport for the poor around the globe, has a very different usage in Pakistan.

The people here, especially in rural areas, not only travel on bicycle to and from workplace but use it as cargo-carrier.

(Photo: Jamal Daudpoto)

In this picture, a man carries four heavy wooden cots, the traditional beds with four legs to deliver it to the buyer after the carpenter finished his job.

These traditional cots are used after they are woven using a very thin ropes made of wild plant leaves.