Wonderful pictures, which gives a glimpse of a different life in our beautiful diverse Pakistan. What do these Nomads call themselves as in the North who move between Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa and Afghanistan are called "Koochis". Please note the term gypsies mentioned is only used for nomads from Europe.

They pray, they dance, they celebrate the gift of life. Nice pictures. Thanks.

Sooner they are sent back to their country, Afghanistan the better.

Amazing pictures. The carefree and simple life looks so unique to us living in urban jungles. In reality every human being is a nomad...here in the world for a very short period, ready to move to the next eternal destination. There is this saying ' journey is the destination' and it seems it is coined for these very people.

@Shuaib... They are home that is the land of Pashtuns Afghans for hundreds of thousand of years. It is unjust to punish Koochis Pashtun Afghans for the criminal division of the Pashtun land by English colonial occupier.

Afghans have devastated Pakistan in many ways. They should be returned to their country asap. would they tolerate Pakistani people wandering all over their country? Killed on the spot more likely. Pakistan allows all manner of people to set up shop and exploit the resources. Enough already.

Wonderful pictures and fascinating stuff ! I assume it is illegal for them to cross over into Balochistan? If so, is it because the Pakistani authorities turn a blind eye to this seasonal migration? Are they of Pashtun origin? Or, are they of the same stock as those of the European gypsies? Is the term "Koochis" used derogative? Would anyone care to comment on these questions? Thanks in advance. @Ahmedj - It is possible that the term 'gypsy' is only used for nomads in Europe. However, I am sure you will be aware that, the Gypsies are actually of Indian origin - and from a region (apparently) called 'Dom' from either UP or Madhya Pradesh. Even the name 'Romania' is apparently derived from the word 'Dom' (i.e. Domani / Romania). Their language still contains a lot of Hindi/Urdu words.

Very beautiful pictures!

...and that is how people use to live in stone age!

Gypsy from the word egyptian as they were mistakenly believed to be of egyptian origin.

My culture,my origin ,my roots my ancestors.I am Proud to be Afghan.we are on our land we are united, so called durand line cant divide us.

Environment friendly living. They live simple and hassle free life. The nomadic Pashtoon Afghans have been in this practice for centuries to best use the natural resources. They don't know the concept of borders as this is their own land the great Afghan territory. Proud to be an Afghan Pashtoon.

@Roger , the difference between gypsy and nomads is gypsys are modern people moving from place to place mostly in cars and other vehicles but nomads are people with animals as a means of living and move around in search of labor jobs and grass for their animals.

Their near relatives who migrated to india 800 years bk doing the same business and called Gaddis..

My culture, my origin ,my roots my ancestors.I am Proud to be a Kharoti.we were PASHTUNS before we were Muslims and therefore we are PASHTUN first. This is our ancestors land we are united with PASHTUNS of Pakistan, The Durand line never kept us apart and cant divide us.

@Khalida Khurshid Don't blame it on Afghans.

Why not settle down, buy some land, farm, learn a trade, send their kids to school to get an education, etc. How long are they going to live like cave men for? Why not try to be productive citizens instead of wandering around consuming other people's resources. Also, I might be mistaken, but isn't Balochistan for Balochis, why Pashtuns saying its been there land for 1000s of years and bringing up Durand Line etc.?

@Ahmed Why not leave them and let them live as they like without interferring in their personal and professional lives.

@N. Sid well said.

@mndokhail Laying claim to any land you walk on and pitch your ten on,stay out of Pakistan.

Nice photos...its very beautiful and depicts the original landscape and people...keep it up

@ahmedj The word "gypsy" has passed into common English usage with the meaning of "wanderer". The term derives from "egyptian" as they were wrongly thought to have come originally from Egypt. In fact their ethnicity is North Indian. These people are known as Romani, with subgroups Roma and Sinti. The name has nothing to do with the country Romania, though many Roma live there. "Sinti" may derive from Sindh. The Romani left India a thousand or more years ago, and travelled through the Persian and Byzantine Empires, then dispersed through Europe.

I absolutely love the Kuchis. I love everything about them. I hope they get all that they desire, water pumps, houses, schools. Food. Education if they want. And jobs. They are my favorite people.!!

@shuaib Agreed.

In persian/urdo/ it is awghan/kuchi but in authentic term they are the typical root of afghan race/tribe...we all know all lands belong to allah swt but these brave afghans have rulled these areas now knowns as Afghanistan/Pakistan/kashmir unfortunately the british divided them in khyber pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan then the russians and now American and Pakistan bleeding these same simple afghans...who knows maybe china and pakistan will be next...to invade these ppl until they are too weakened but afghan race have had it worse these calamity will pass and sons of hypocrites will pay for...when the afghans rise the enemy will fall

@Khalida Khurshid : I'd rather send you back to Gujarat rather than forcing these innocent nomads to Afghanistan...they been going forth and back in this area for last 5000 years, and you are here only since 1947...