Pakistan: Struggling for a better future

Published March 13, 2012
A commuter rides his motorbike during sunset in Multan in Punjab province on March 12, 2012.  Pakistan invited Islamist militant groups including the Taliban for peace talks and said banned organisations would be delisted if they "closed down their militant wings", a news report said. Islamist militants have killed more than 4,900 people across Pakistan since government troops raided an extremist mosque in Islamabad in July 2007. The military says more than 3,000 soldiers have died, and there were about 120 bomb at
A commuter rides his motorbike during sunset in Multan in Punjab province on March 12, 2012. Pakistan invited Islamist militant groups including the Taliban for peace talks and said banned organisations would be delisted if they "closed down their militant wings", a news report said. Islamist militants have killed more than 4,900 people across Pakistan since government troops raided an extremist mosque in Islamabad in July 2007. The military says more than 3,000 soldiers have died, and there were about 120 bomb at
A man sweeps courtyard of Pakistan's historical Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, March 12, 2012. ?AP Photo
A man sweeps courtyard of Pakistan's historical Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, March 12, 2012. ?AP Photo
Pakistani scavenger children paint their faces with talcum powder that they found in the garbage in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, March 12, 2012. ?
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Pakistani scavenger children paint their faces with talcum powder that they found in the garbage in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, March 12, 2012. ? AP Photo
A man awaits customers while selling eggs on a sidewalk in Quetta March 12, 2012.  ?
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A man awaits customers while selling eggs on a sidewalk in Quetta March 12, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A girl sits on a weighing scale at a wood saw mill in Lahore March 9, 2012. ?
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A girl sits on a weighing scale at a wood saw mill in Lahore March 9, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A young shepherd escorts his herd in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ?
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A young shepherd escorts his herd in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ? AP Photo
A girl looks back while she and other children attend a daily class to learn how to recite verses of the Quran, in a Mosque in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ?
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A girl looks back while she and other children attend a daily class to learn how to recite verses of the Quran, in a Mosque in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ? AP Photo
A Pakistani vendor sells toys at a beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, March 9, 2012. ?
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A Pakistani vendor sells toys at a beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, March 9, 2012. ? AP Photo
Children from Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region, shelter from a sandstorm on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ?
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Children from Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region, shelter from a sandstorm on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ? AP Photo
A boy from Pakistan's Mohamand tribal region pushes a handcart loaded with water containers as he heads home during a dust-storm at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ?
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A boy from Pakistan's Mohamand tribal region pushes a handcart loaded with water containers as he heads home during a dust-storm at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ? AP Photo
A child from Pakistan's Bajur tribal region plays outside his house at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ?
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A child from Pakistan's Bajur tribal region plays outside his house at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ? AP Photo
Pakistani women carry pots as they walk back home after getting drinking water from near by point on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ?
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Pakistani women carry pots as they walk back home after getting drinking water from near by point on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 12, 2012. ? AP Photo
A Pakistani vendor sells corn at a beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, March 9, 2012.
A Pakistani vendor sells corn at a beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, March 9, 2012.
Pakistani children look an infant receives polio drops from a health worker in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, March 12, 2012. Pakistani officials vow to eradicate polio by the end of 2012.
Pakistani children look an infant receives polio drops from a health worker in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, March 12, 2012. Pakistani officials vow to eradicate polio by the end of 2012.

Bringing you a compilation of photographs from various parts of Pakistan, mainly highlighting the under privileged and their simple efforts in hope for a better future.

— Photos by Agencies

 

 

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