The not so sad faces of Pakistan

Dawn.com Published October 29, 2010
Nasreen, 8, who has been displaced by floods, reads from a blackboard in a classroom after returning to her village of Siddique Solangi, some 18 km (11 miles) from Thatta in Sindh province, October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Nasreen, 8, who has been displaced by floods, reads from a blackboard in a classroom after returning to her village of Siddique Solangi, some 18 km (11 miles) from Thatta in Sindh province, October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
A man, who has been displaced by floods, waits for customers as he sells fish at a local market in the village of Saidpur, some 20 km (12 miles) from Thatta, October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
A man, who has been displaced by floods, waits for customers as he sells fish at a local market in the village of Saidpur, some 20 km (12 miles) from Thatta, October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Men who have been displaced by floods queue to register for second instalment of rations from the office of a local agency supported by World Food Program (WFP) near Thatta, some 100 km (62 miles) from Karachi. - Photo by Reuters.
Men who have been displaced by floods queue to register for second instalment of rations from the office of a local agency supported by World Food Program (WFP) near Thatta, some 100 km (62 miles) from Karachi. - Photo by Reuters.
Seven-year-old Aysha carries a bottle of water filled from a tap of a mosque as she returns to her home on the outskirts of Islamabad, October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Seven-year-old Aysha carries a bottle of water filled from a tap of a mosque as she returns to her home on the outskirts of Islamabad, October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Nawaz, 8, who has been displaced by floods, carries firewood on his shoulder while taking refuge with his family on an embankment near Thatta, on October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Nawaz, 8, who has been displaced by floods, carries firewood on his shoulder while taking refuge with his family on an embankment near Thatta, on October 27, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Afghan refugees and Pakistanis gather around a roadside food vendor on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Afghan refugees and Pakistanis gather around a roadside food vendor on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A roadside vendor, left, adjusts the fires in his stall as he prepares corn for his customers, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A roadside vendor, left, adjusts the fires in his stall as he prepares corn for his customers, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Food vendor Zaher Mohammed, 60, prepares meat for his customers on the roadside in Rawalpindi, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Food vendor Zaher Mohammed, 60, prepares meat for his customers on the roadside in Rawalpindi, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
An Afghan refugee girl, bottom right, looks on while gathering with other children around a youth selling corn in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
An Afghan refugee girl, bottom right, looks on while gathering with other children around a youth selling corn in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 27, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A worker collects scrap newspaper in Rawalpindi on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A worker collects scrap newspaper in Rawalpindi on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A boy holds onto a cart in a slum area of Rawalpindi on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A boy holds onto a cart in a slum area of Rawalpindi on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A boy plays with a balloon in a slum area of Rawalpindi on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A boy plays with a balloon in a slum area of Rawalpindi on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A group of girls react while playing as they leave their school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A group of girls react while playing as they leave their school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Children sit on the ground attending their daily school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Children sit on the ground attending their daily school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A student, second left, repeats after his teacher, unseen, during their daily school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A student, second left, repeats after his teacher, unseen, during their daily school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Waseem Abbas, 15, talks with his brother Ali, unseen, while arranging bricks where he works in a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Waseem Abbas, 15, talks with his brother Ali, unseen, while arranging bricks where he works in a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Karim Baksh, 55, collects firewood for cooking near his house in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, located in the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Karim Baksh, 55, collects firewood for cooking near his house in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, located in the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Seven-year-old Shamsa stands outside her house in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Seven-year-old Shamsa stands outside her house in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
A vender sells fruits at a roadside in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
A vender sells fruits at a roadside in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Two-year-old Tahira stands outside her house in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, located in the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Two-year-old Tahira stands outside her house in a village in Noor Pur Shahan, located in the outskirts of the capital Islamabad, October 28, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
A woman carries her belongings walking back home with her son as she finishes her daily work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A woman carries her belongings walking back home with her son as she finishes her daily work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A woman carrying a bed on her head reaches to carry her son while walking back home after finishing her daily work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
A woman carrying a bed on her head reaches to carry her son while walking back home after finishing her daily work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Oct. 28, 2010. - Photo by AP.
Women separate peanuts at a market in Lahore on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
Women separate peanuts at a market in Lahore on October 28, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A girl wearing a halloween costume walks through a slum area in Islamabad on October 29, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
A girl wearing a halloween costume walks through a slum area in Islamabad on October 29, 2010. - Photo by AFP.

Men, women and children. They are not angry and neither are they crying. They are just caught up in not so sad moments during a couple of better days in Pakistan.

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Comments (8) Closed
Khushbakht Abbas
Oct 29, 2010 08:04pm
This collection of amazing moments is remarkable. People of Pakistan really need this kind of reasurrance in such a hard days that someone in somewhere in Pakistan is enjoying the pleasures of world.
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Saif Ali
Oct 31, 2010 05:29pm
Though they are not angry and neither are they crying, but they still have some wounds that are to be looked after. So they may speedily get well.
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M. Asghar
Nov 01, 2010 01:15am
Seeing these images, one realises that life is a powerful gift that people cannot forget and let go under very trying circumstances, but as citizens they have to backed by all the public and private means.
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Jamil
Nov 01, 2010 04:49am
Are you kidding? Who comes up with your headlines? The saddest part of Pakistan is its poverty and the next saddest part of Pakistan is that nothing substantial has been done about it by those in power.
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sachin
Nov 01, 2010 09:28am
Really nice pictures.....I am from India....I wish all my pakistani brothers and sisters a happy and healthy life..Always keep smiling
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Aruni Basu
Nov 01, 2010 10:38am
The pictures are really emotional....I did not realise when my eyes got wet,,,I am from India...I wish all in Pakistan The very best in these tough times...hope they emerge strong from these trying situations... With Love From India
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Mystic
Nov 01, 2010 01:02pm
"They are just caught up in not so sad moments during a couple of better days in Pakistan."..... this just doesn't make sense.
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taufiq bazmi
Nov 01, 2010 05:16pm
To all readers Maximum suffering was in Sind can sind really stand up from this disaster Khuda hafiz
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