After creating quite a buzz on the Pakistani Internet scene, Brandon Stanton has concluded his ‘Tour of Pakistan’ series. And what a series it was! Brandon brought Pakistan’s highs and lows to the world and we Pakistanis couldn’t be more proud. He says on his final post “It’s not that terrorism, patriarchy, and violence aren’t real problems in Pakistan. They exist and the country is battling these issues every single day.”
See his final post from Pakistan below:
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Moreover, the man managed to collect a staggering sum of $1.4 million for the Bonded Labour Liberation Front headed by Syeda Ghulam Fatima. View the complete Brick Kiln series below:
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Read on for his previous posts on Pakistan.
While everyone was waiting for Brandon to visit Pakistan, it seems he has already reached and has started posting pictures since July 30th. The latest pictures on his page are from the beloved metropolitan city of Karachi.
Take a look at Behind-the-scenes shots of Brandon Stanton interacting with the Pakistani people:
See his posts below:
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Brandon has visited Northern Areas of Pakistan and majority of his posts are from Hunza Valley and Passu. Seems like he is still capturing the beautiful side of north Pakistan which is reflected in his pictures. he posted some posts which are as follow:
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After gaining a tremendous fan following in Pakistan, Brandon Stanton, the creator of famous photo blog ‘Humans of New York’ has finally announced to visit the country in August.
Humans of New York or HONY is one of the top most blogs that is being followed by millions of users on Facebook and Instagram. Brandon recently announced on a Facebook post that he will be visiting Pakistan this time in the month of August:
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For most of the Pakistanis who are the die-hard fan of Humans of New York, it seems like a wish came true. HONY has a big following in Pakistan and many people are willing to share their stories to HONY as well. The blog has 14.2 million followers on Facebook and more than 3.5 million followers on Instagram.
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Brandon saw how eager Pakistanis were to meet him and wanted him to collect stories and portraits, he told in a response that he wanted to visit Pakistan but due to Visa issues he couldn’t make it but promised to visit soon:
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We all can see that Stanton has fulfilled his promise. Fans are very excited about this news and have shared their views on social media as:
humans of new york is going to pakistan…momma we made it!!!
— Ahsan Syed (@AhsanNSyed) July 30, 2015
Humans of New York is going to Pakistan!!!! #hyped#rarenationalprideshowing — Muzzammil Ali (@Muzzyali93) July 30, 2015
it’s so exciting that humans of new york is going to pakistan, their stories are going to be really moving and inspiring 💚 — imaan إيمان (@noodleimaan) July 29, 2015
Appreciating Brandon, Fans also sent him wishes for his travel and also suggested places that Brandon should visit on his trip to Pakistan:
Brandon from Humans of New York will be coming to Pakistan. My God make his trip a safe and wonderful one! 💜#hony — Almas (@AlmasisKhan) July 30, 2015
So the guy from humans of Newyork is visiting Pakistan. He must visit Peshawar & Lahore because of it’s rich culture. I am so happy :’)
— Alveena (@Alveenahassan) July 30, 2015
Let’s get your quotes ready, people. Humans of New York is visiting Pakistan.
— Basit Saeed (@basit_saeed) July 30, 2015
‘Humans of New York’ is a photo blog that was created by Brandon Stanton in 2010. The blog shares interviews and street portraits of people in New York. With the passage o time, Brandon has shared many stories from different parts of the world.
