Walking down the streets of Pakistan

Published April 26, 2012
A man has his hair cut at a barber shop in Abbottabad. – Photo by Reuters
A man has his hair cut at a barber shop in Abbottabad. – Photo by Reuters
Security personnel escort Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's car as he leaves the Supreme Court after a verdict in Islamabad. Pakistan's prime minister was convicted of contempt of court by the country's highest court. – Photo by AFP
Security personnel escort Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's car as he leaves the Supreme Court after a verdict in Islamabad. Pakistan's prime minister was convicted of contempt of court by the country's highest court. – Photo by AFP
Supporters of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) shout slogans against the contempt of court verdict, in Multan. – Photo by AFP
Supporters of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) shout slogans against the contempt of court verdict, in Multan. – Photo by AFP
Rickshaw drivers sit inside their vehicles waiting for customers in Rawalpindi.–Photo by AP
Rickshaw drivers sit inside their vehicles waiting for customers in Rawalpindi.–Photo by AP
Osman, a two-year-old boy, sits on a weighing scale at his father's timber yard in Quetta.– Photo by Reuters
Osman, a two-year-old boy, sits on a weighing scale at his father's timber yard in Quetta.– Photo by Reuters
A motorcyclist rides on a street covered with roses spread by wholesale dealers who are drying them to supply in a market, on outskirt of Lahore.–Photo by AP
A motorcyclist rides on a street covered with roses spread by wholesale dealers who are drying them to supply in a market, on outskirt of Lahore.–Photo by AP
World Bank Documentation Mission led by Diana Coulter visiting cash grant beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme at Vilalge Sohrab Palari, Rahimabad Detho in Karachi.–Photo by APP
World Bank Documentation Mission led by Diana Coulter visiting cash grant beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme at Vilalge Sohrab Palari, Rahimabad Detho in Karachi.–Photo by APP

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