“This extraordinary tradition of decorating trucks has it's roots in the days of the Raj when craftsmen made glorious horse drawn carriages for the gentry. In the 1920's the Kohistan bus company asked the master craftsmen Ustad Elahi Buksh, to decorate their buses to attract passengers. Buksh employed a community of artists from the Punjab town of Chiniot, who's ancestors had worked on many great palaces and temples dating back to the Moghul Empire.
It was not long before truck owners followed suit with their own designs. Through the years the materials used have developed from wood and paint to metal, tinsel, plastic and reflective tape. Within the last few years trucks and buses have been further embellished with full lighting systems.” (Peter Grant) These pictures were captured on the road from Islamabad to Lahore, and the drivers were very proud to show off their gleaming trucks. Pakistani Truck Art
Low Angle
Driver in cab
Driver and door
Pakistani Truck 1
Pakistani Truck 2
Trucker
Cab
Pakistani Truck 3
Pakistani Truck 4
Pak truck detail1
Pak truck detail
Truck steps
Sideview
Sidepanel 1
Sidepanel 2
Side skirting
Decoration theme 1
Decoration theme 2
Cab step
Decoration theme 3
Bird theme
Decoration theme 4
Decoration theme 5
Decoration theme 6
Side Panel 3
Side panle 4
Pakistani Truck 5
Proud driver
Truck stop garage
Shovels
Skirt
Pakistani Truck 7
Pakistani Truck rear 1
Pakistani Truck rear 2
Pakistani Trucks on the road
Pakistani Truck 8
Pakistani Truck 9
Pakistani truck front
Truck team