Vibrant Pakistan! Dawn.com Published June 22, 2011 0 A man sells outdoor plastic pools along a roadside in Peshawar. – Photo by Reuters An artisan makes mats to be used for seating as well as shielding windows from sunlight on a street in Lahore. – Photo by AFP An instrument repairer Anwar Ahmed, repairs a used musical instrument - a tambura, a long-stringed eastern lute, at his workshop in Karachi. – Photo by AFP Aman Al-Deen, 70, a vendor who sells dolls on a roadside, in Islamabad. – Photo by AP A man cuts steel bars at his shop in Lahore. – Photo by Reuters A labourer carries a basket against the rising sun in Lahore – Photo by Reuters A child looks at an epidiascope projector operated in a slum area in Lahore. – Photo by AFP A man ties straws, used in making huts and caps, at a shop in Lahore. – Photo by Reuters An Afghan refugee boy aims a toy gun at other boy as they play in the slum area of Islamabad. – Photo by AP Afghan refugees wave from a truck as they prepare to depart from The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registration centre on the outskirts of Peshawar. – Photo by AFP A boy leaps into a watercourse, as he and other children cool off, as the temperature rises, in Lahore. – Photo by AP An artisan makes hand drums at a musical workshop in Lahore. – Photo by AFP Join our Whatsapp channel
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