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Agencies Published August 19, 2011
Liaquat Mohammed, 55, an Afghan refugee, reads verses of the Quran, following taraweeh prayers, in a Mosque during the holy month of Ramazan, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Thursday, Aug. 18. - Photo by AP.
Liaquat Mohammed, 55, an Afghan refugee, reads verses of the Quran, following taraweeh prayers, in a Mosque during the holy month of Ramazan, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Thursday, Aug. 18. - Photo by AP.
A Pakistani family prays to break their fast in Islamabad Thursday, Aug. 18. - Photo by AP.
A Pakistani family prays to break their fast in Islamabad Thursday, Aug. 18. - Photo by AP.
A Pakistani boy collects food to serve people gathered to break their fast in Islamabad on Thursday. - Photo by AP.
A Pakistani boy collects food to serve people gathered to break their fast in Islamabad on Thursday. - Photo by AP.
People break their fast in Islamabad on Thursday. - Photo by AP.
People break their fast in Islamabad on Thursday. - Photo by AP.
Women reach out to receive bread that were donated for Iftar in Peshawar on Wednesday. - Photo by Reuters.
Women reach out to receive bread that were donated for Iftar in Peshawar on Wednesday. - Photo by Reuters.
Pakistani Muslims break their fast at a mosque in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. - Photo by AFP.
Pakistani Muslims break their fast at a mosque in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. - Photo by AFP.
A man prepares vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan, ahead of Iftar on Monday the 15th. - Photo by Reuters.
A man prepares vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan, ahead of Iftar on Monday the 15th. - Photo by Reuters.
Pakistani Muslims pray prior to breaking their fast on Wednesday. - Photo by AFP.
Pakistani Muslims pray prior to breaking their fast on Wednesday. - Photo by AFP.
A Pakistani man arranges food for observers of the holy fasting month of Ramazan at sunset in a mosque in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. - Photo by AFP.
A Pakistani man arranges food for observers of the holy fasting month of Ramazan at sunset in a mosque in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. - Photo by AFP.
A man carries dried vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan, at a factory in Rawalpindi on Monday. - Photo by Reuters.
A man carries dried vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan, at a factory in Rawalpindi on Monday. - Photo by Reuters.
Men attend Friday prayers in Faisal mosque, Islamabad during Ramazan. - Photo by AP.
Men attend Friday prayers in Faisal mosque, Islamabad during Ramazan. - Photo by AP.

Karachi has seen some of it's worst ever violence in recent days, but life elsewhere in Pakistan moves on, with the holy month of Ramazan taking main stage. The following pictures show various aspects of Ramazan from all over Pakistan.

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