Laborers with their shovels wait to be hired at a roadside in Islamabad. Unemployment has increased from 5.2 per cent to 5.5 per cent over the period, according to government statistics released in 2010. – Photo by AFP
Civil society activists hold placards as they chant slogans against Rangers during a protest in Karachi. – Photo by AFP
The activists of Pasban hang an effigy of a paramilitary soldier as they chant slogans during a protest. – Photo by AFP
A man holds a placard during a demonstration outside the Rangers headquarters in Lahore. Dozens of protesters gathered to protest against the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad and the death of Sarfaraz Shah – the young man killed by the Rangers. – Photo by Reuters
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Local residents gather at the overnight twin bomb blast site in Peshawar. – Photo by AFP
Markers are placed over the graves of unidentified bodies at the Edhi graveyard in Karachi. – Photo be Reuters
Residents carry the casket of a Chechen, killed by security forces last month, to a burial site in Quetta. The provincial government last month ordered an inquiry into the killing by security forces of five Chechens, including three women, after the media said they were unarmed. The group was killed last month, with authorities saying they were al-Qaeda-linked suicide bombers. – Photo by Reuters
Aslam Hazrat, 63, is seen while carrying a customer's vegetables over his head at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Islamabad. – Photo by AP
A girl sits on the front bumper of a truck carrying fruit supplies at a wholesale market in Rawalpindi. – Photo by Reuters
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