Osama's dead, life goes on…

Agencies Published May 11, 2011
A damage control strategy must be figured out: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani addresses the Parliament. ? AP
A damage control strategy must be figured out: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani addresses the Parliament. ? AP
Sovereignty must be spoken about: Pakistan's army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, center, presides the Corps Commander conference. ? AP
Sovereignty must be spoken about: Pakistan's army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, center, presides the Corps Commander conference. ? AP
A hero must rise: US President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee (DNC) event at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. ? AFP
A hero must rise: US President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee (DNC) event at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. ? AFP
Hearts must be won: Supporters cheer as President Barack Obama speaks in Austin, Texas. ? AP
Hearts must be won: Supporters cheer as President Barack Obama speaks in Austin, Texas. ? AP
All this while our children continue to search for water: A girl pushes a wheelbarrow near her home. ? AFP
All this while our children continue to search for water: A girl pushes a wheelbarrow near her home. ? AFP
The appetite remains intact: A man carries on his head a bunch of bananas that he bought from a wholesale vegetable and fruit market in Abbottabad. ? Reuters
The appetite remains intact: A man carries on his head a bunch of bananas that he bought from a wholesale vegetable and fruit market in Abbottabad. ? Reuters
The bomb blasts continue: A policeman adjusts a yellow police barrier tape cordoning off the site of a bomb blast in Nowshera district, northwest Pakistan on May 10, 2011. The explosion outside the district court in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday killed a female police constable and at least one other person. ? Reuters
The bomb blasts continue: A policeman adjusts a yellow police barrier tape cordoning off the site of a bomb blast in Nowshera district, northwest Pakistan on May 10, 2011. The explosion outside the district court in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday killed a female police constable and at least one other person. ? Reuters
Communication and earnings remain vital: A vendor waits for customers at his stall. ? AP
Communication and earnings remain vital: A vendor waits for customers at his stall. ? AP
Lessons must go on: Children holding copies of the Quran listen to their teacher, not pictured, during their daily Islamic religious class in a Mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad. ? AP
Lessons must go on: Children holding copies of the Quran listen to their teacher, not pictured, during their daily Islamic religious class in a Mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad. ? AP
And at the end of the day, exercise must continue: US First Lady Michelle Obama exercises on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington during an event announcing the creation of a program to promote military family wellness on May 9, 2011. ? AFP
And at the end of the day, exercise must continue: US First Lady Michelle Obama exercises on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington during an event announcing the creation of a program to promote military family wellness on May 9, 2011. ? AFP

As the Pakistani leadership tries to pacify the nation by making statements which barely tell the world anything, the US officials continue to pose questions which no one really seems to have any answer to. While major developments unravel in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing, life continues to go on as per usual in the neighbourhoods of Pakistan. Not better. Not worse. Just as per usual. – Photos by Agencies

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Mohsin
May 12, 2011 06:07am
a beautiful and thought provoking array of images..... so true, so realistic.... but does anyone care to change lives of those not so privilaged
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Parmoon shuja
May 12, 2011 08:46am
Our Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is very right in saying that we need unity in every department. Divided we are weak, united we are strong. Let the world know that we are Pakistanis. As far as the Usama Bin Ladan case is concerned, I strongly feel that the time has come to jointly ( Pakistan, Usama family ) put up a case in New York courts to prove Usama's innocence. Because truth always prevails. Regards. Parmoon (A Pakistani).
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Hindustai
May 16, 2011 04:13pm
How easily you have said that Osama is innocent? analyze truth in Afganistan and you will no longer with Osama. He was murderer of millions of people not only other but ofcourse major people were his own.
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