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On the road again: Pakistan

Dawn.com Published December 15, 2011
Pakistani Khan Badshah, 53, stands by his grocery store as he waits for customers on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. ? AP Photo
Pakistani Khan Badshah, 53, stands by his grocery store as he waits for customers on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. ? AP Photo
? Pakistani boys walk home after collecting dry wood for fires on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan Wednesday. - AP Photo
? Pakistani boys walk home after collecting dry wood for fires on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan Wednesday. - AP Photo
Pakistani farmers cook sugarcane juice in a field in Jalalpur Jattan, some 170 kilometres from Islamabad. Pakistan is Asia's third-largest user of sugar and the world's fifth largest producer of sugar cane, according to the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association. ? AFP Photo
Pakistani farmers cook sugarcane juice in a field in Jalalpur Jattan, some 170 kilometres from Islamabad. Pakistan is Asia's third-largest user of sugar and the world's fifth largest producer of sugar cane, according to the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association. ? AFP Photo
Memoona, 23, a survivor of an acid attack, poses for a photograph inside her residence in Karachi December 14, 2011. Memoona says the acid attack took place on August 13, 2002, when a boy threw acid on her face and body over an old family feud. Memoona, who is currently enrolled in nursing school, said she lost her eye but not her spirit. The Pakistan Senate unanimously passed the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill on December 12, recommending a 14-year to lifetime imprisonment sentences and levies fines u
Memoona, 23, a survivor of an acid attack, poses for a photograph inside her residence in Karachi December 14, 2011. Memoona says the acid attack took place on August 13, 2002, when a boy threw acid on her face and body over an old family feud. Memoona, who is currently enrolled in nursing school, said she lost her eye but not her spirit. The Pakistan Senate unanimously passed the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill on December 12, recommending a 14-year to lifetime imprisonment sentences and levies fines u
? A Pakistani man drives his donkey-cart toward the main road, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, early Monday.- AP Photo
? A Pakistani man drives his donkey-cart toward the main road, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, early Monday.- AP Photo
A Pakistani boy tries to control a horse during sunset at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday.
A Pakistani boy tries to control a horse during sunset at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday.
A policeman signals to a truck, transporting flour bags to Afghanistan, to stop at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Quetta. ? Reuters Photo
A policeman signals to a truck, transporting flour bags to Afghanistan, to stop at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Quetta. ? Reuters Photo
Pakistani vendors sit next to their fruits waiting for customers at a wholesale market on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. ? AP Photo
Pakistani vendors sit next to their fruits waiting for customers at a wholesale market on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. ? AP Photo
A Pakistani truck driver takes a shower in a reservoir on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. ? AP Photo
A Pakistani truck driver takes a shower in a reservoir on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. ? AP Photo
Pakistani youth are silhouetted against sunset as they play soccer at a dusty ground on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. ? AP Photo
Pakistani youth are silhouetted against sunset as they play soccer at a dusty ground on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. ? AP Photo
A young girl, whose family was making bricks, runs down a dirt road near the Pakarab (Pak-Arab) fertilizer factory in Multan December 14, 2011. U.S. lawmakers are ready to freeze up to $700 million in aid to Pakistan until Congress gets assurances that Islamabad is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties further. Many of the home made bombs are made using ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer smuggled across the border from Pakis
A young girl, whose family was making bricks, runs down a dirt road near the Pakarab (Pak-Arab) fertilizer factory in Multan December 14, 2011. U.S. lawmakers are ready to freeze up to $700 million in aid to Pakistan until Congress gets assurances that Islamabad is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain ties further. Many of the home made bombs are made using ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer smuggled across the border from Pakis
Pakistanis gather around a fire to warm themselves in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday. ? AP Photo
Pakistanis gather around a fire to warm themselves in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday. ? AP Photo

This gallery comprises images from different parts of Pakistan;  showing people running daily chores, each in their own capacity.

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dina hawwa
Dec 15, 2011 04:24pm
i think i've been 2 this store. i cant exactly remember, but i'm sure i've seen it.
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Umaira Sajjad
Dec 15, 2011 07:04pm
This is an amazing gallery. Just showed how much resilient and strong we pakistanis are. keep up the good and optimistic work.
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Jay patel
Dec 16, 2011 06:06am
The people especialy poor and living in rural,desert or remote area of the earth,need peace and chance to survive.Terrorism or jihad cannot give peace or prosperity to mankind,whatever the agenda or aims may be.Islam is very respectable religion with message to spread brotherhood,art and peace in world.I am very happy to see the 12 pictures after Pakistan on the road again situation.India always says,"Live and Let live" means Jio aur jine do.God bless all and hope all get prosper and smile even in the days of miseries or proverty.
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murali
Dec 16, 2011 08:55am
By all means they are Pakistanis, why mention it under every picture?
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