The changing of seasons: Pakistan

Dawn.com Published December 23, 2011
A Pakistani vendor, bottom, looks on while sitting next to his vegetables at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market as a man, left, warms his foot up by a fire in the cold morning Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
A Pakistani vendor, bottom, looks on while sitting next to his vegetables at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market as a man, left, warms his foot up by a fire in the cold morning Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
A Pakistani camel owner waits for customers at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011
A Pakistani camel owner waits for customers at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011
A Pakistani boy looks on at a market collecting fruits and vegetables left by vendors, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, in the cold morning Friday, Dec. 23, 2011
A Pakistani boy looks on at a market collecting fruits and vegetables left by vendors, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, in the cold morning Friday, Dec. 23, 2011
A Pakistani snack seller waits for customers at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011.
A Pakistani snack seller waits for customers at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011.
Pakistanis working in a wholesale fruit and vegetable market gather around a fire to warm themselves up from the morning cold, on the outskirts of Islamabad,Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011
Pakistanis working in a wholesale fruit and vegetable market gather around a fire to warm themselves up from the morning cold, on the outskirts of Islamabad,Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011
Pakistani street barber Abdul Qadir, 70, gives a customer a haircut in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011
Pakistani street barber Abdul Qadir, 70, gives a customer a haircut in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011
Pakistani Mohammed Nazir, 71, sits on the ground wrapping himself with a shawl to avoid the morning cold at a market to collect fruits and vegetables left by vendors, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.
Pakistani Mohammed Nazir, 71, sits on the ground wrapping himself with a shawl to avoid the morning cold at a market to collect fruits and vegetables left by vendors, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.

As the golden sun rests its warmth and the cool breeze takes over in Pakistan, people pull out their winter clothes and set fire, embracing the rare cold and finding bliss in the simplest of things in their daily routine. - Photos by AP

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