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Shooting up Karachi

Dawn.com Published April 21, 2012
Heroin addict, Maqsood, 33, holds a syringe between his teeth after injecting heroin in the middle of a street near Kala Pull.
Heroin addict, Maqsood, 33, holds a syringe between his teeth after injecting heroin in the middle of a street near Kala Pull.
Children stand along a road in Machar Colony.
Children stand along a road in Machar Colony.
A street child sniffs glue in downtown Karachi.
A street child sniffs glue in downtown Karachi.
Heroin addicts rest at The Edhi rehabilitation centre.
Heroin addicts rest at The Edhi rehabilitation centre.
A street child lies on the pavement after sniffing glue in a street.
A street child lies on the pavement after sniffing glue in a street.
A heroin addict squats in a bathroom at The Edhi rehabilitation centre.
A heroin addict squats in a bathroom at The Edhi rehabilitation centre.

Iran-based AFP photographer Behrouz Mehri won two prizes in the photojournalism feature category in the Human Rights Press Awards  held in Hong Kong on April 21, 2012.

Mehri shot images of street children and heroin addicts in the strife-torn southern Pakistani city of Karachi. - Photos by AFP

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SK
Apr 23, 2012 04:35am
Govt of Pakistan is responsible for this mess and will be answerable to Allah Almighty if not to anyone else. This happens partly as there are either no laws or not implemented for safe needle disposal. Jungle law prevails in Pakistan.
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