Pakistan in pictures

Dawn.com Published March 17, 2012
An Afghan refugee boy Gul Zaman who fled from Afghanistan with his family, peeps from his make-shift tent in the outskirts of Karachi, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. ? Photo by AP
An Afghan refugee boy Gul Zaman who fled from Afghanistan with his family, peeps from his make-shift tent in the outskirts of Karachi, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani passengers sit on the rooftop of a bus while they look down to fruit stalls on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani passengers sit on the rooftop of a bus while they look down to fruit stalls on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani boy wears a mask as he stands among people waiting for free food distributed in Karachi, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani boy wears a mask as he stands among people waiting for free food distributed in Karachi, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. ? Photo by AP
An elderly pedestrian walks past a mural of a handgun in downtown Multan, on March 14, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
An elderly pedestrian walks past a mural of a handgun in downtown Multan, on March 14, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
Swiss couple David Och and Daniela Widmer wave upon their arrival at Qasim military base in Rawalpindi, on Thursday, March 15, 2012. A Swiss couple held captive for nearly a year by the Taliban in Pakistan turned up at an army post close to the Afghan border on Thursday, claiming to have escaped from their captors, the Pakistani army said. They were swiftly flown to safety by the military. ? Photo by AP
Swiss couple David Och and Daniela Widmer wave upon their arrival at Qasim military base in Rawalpindi, on Thursday, March 15, 2012. A Swiss couple held captive for nearly a year by the Taliban in Pakistan turned up at an army post close to the Afghan border on Thursday, claiming to have escaped from their captors, the Pakistani army said. They were swiftly flown to safety by the military. ? Photo by AP
In this photograph taken on March 13, 2012, Indian spiritual guru and Art of Living Foundation leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addresses an audience during the inauguration of the Foundation Center in Bani Gala, the outskirts of Islamabad. An Indian Hindu guru may be the last emissary the Taliban expect, but Sri Sri Ravi Shankar would love to teach inner peace to the world's most notorious Islamist insurgents. Visiting Pakistan for the first time in eight years, he basks in the diplomatic rapprochement that made the
In this photograph taken on March 13, 2012, Indian spiritual guru and Art of Living Foundation leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addresses an audience during the inauguration of the Foundation Center in Bani Gala, the outskirts of Islamabad. An Indian Hindu guru may be the last emissary the Taliban expect, but Sri Sri Ravi Shankar would love to teach inner peace to the world's most notorious Islamist insurgents. Visiting Pakistan for the first time in eight years, he basks in the diplomatic rapprochement that made the
Pakistani health workers visit a slum in Islamabad, on the last day of three-day anti-polio campaign on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Official of Pakistan Pediatric Association said a total of 198 polio cases had been reported in 2011 throughout the country out of these, 196 cases were of type-I and two cases were of type-III. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani health workers visit a slum in Islamabad, on the last day of three-day anti-polio campaign on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Official of Pakistan Pediatric Association said a total of 198 polio cases had been reported in 2011 throughout the country out of these, 196 cases were of type-I and two cases were of type-III. ? Photo by AP
Policemen carry the national flag-draped casket of their colleague, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack, for funeral prayers in Peshawar March 15, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest next to a police vehicle in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing one policeman and injuring seven, police officials said. ? Photo by Reuters
Policemen carry the national flag-draped casket of their colleague, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack, for funeral prayers in Peshawar March 15, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest next to a police vehicle in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing one policeman and injuring seven, police officials said. ? Photo by Reuters
Pakistani laborers are silhouetted against the skyline as they work on the top of a construction site in Islamabad, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani laborers are silhouetted against the skyline as they work on the top of a construction site in Islamabad, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. ? Photo by AP
A man fries papadum rolls for sale at a workshop in Quetta, March 13, 2012. ? Photo by Reuters
A man fries papadum rolls for sale at a workshop in Quetta, March 13, 2012. ? Photo by Reuters

This week in Pakistan, a Swiss couple is released by the Taliban, guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar wants to make peace with militants, a policeman is killed in a suicide attack in Peshawar and anti-polio campaigns wrap up. A glimpse of what Pakistan looked like this week. – Photos by Agencies

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G.A.
Mar 17, 2012 08:58pm
Pakistan is a beautiful country but Pakistani cities are amongst the filthiest. Is it so difficult to keep them clean like Dubai or Istanbul or Singapore.?
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Jason Dcruze
Mar 19, 2012 12:15am
Pakistan is really a beautiful country. The time has come that India and Pakistan should join hands and start a new dawn for the growth of the citizens of both the countries. I ope Aman ki Asha will bring bot the countries together.
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Imran Anwar
Mar 19, 2012 09:09am
This is the problem with simply posting a photograph of a mural in a foreign language without knowing what it actually says. The way the caption is written it sounds like the handgun has political significance. Instead, it is a trademark of a brand of soap there! Imran Anwar
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pathani mirjat
Mar 20, 2012 05:56pm
certainly our country is so beautiful and we should make effort to make it more strong and clean that other countries compel to give example of pakistan ,Insha ALLAH pakistan Zinda bad.
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