It’s all about the timing!

Dawn.com Published May 16, 2011
Unfortunately, the man who brought glory to the district of Abbotabad was the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Ladin. Major James Abbott who founded the town and district in January 1853 after the annexation of Punjab wrote a poem for the city before he went back to Britain, in which he expressed his fondness for the town and his sadness at having to leave it. Osama might have felt the same fondness but shook the lives of its ordinary people which remain the same as they may have been during the times of Major Ja
Unfortunately, the man who brought glory to the district of Abbotabad was the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Ladin. Major James Abbott who founded the town and district in January 1853 after the annexation of Punjab wrote a poem for the city before he went back to Britain, in which he expressed his fondness for the town and his sadness at having to leave it. Osama might have felt the same fondness but shook the lives of its ordinary people which remain the same as they may have been during the times of Major Ja
Pakistani artists perform a play about the refugees of Swat valley at the Pakistan National Council of the Art in Islamabad. The play showcases the life of a Pakistani artist who lived in the northwest of the Swat valley under the Taliban, where the military claims to have stemmed an Islamist uprising. Taliban fanatics set fire to music and DVD shops, closed cinemas, killed and threatened dancers and banned people from even listening to music, plunging the once relatively liberal, northwest tourist centre into fear
Pakistani artists perform a play about the refugees of Swat valley at the Pakistan National Council of the Art in Islamabad. The play showcases the life of a Pakistani artist who lived in the northwest of the Swat valley under the Taliban, where the military claims to have stemmed an Islamist uprising. Taliban fanatics set fire to music and DVD shops, closed cinemas, killed and threatened dancers and banned people from even listening to music, plunging the once relatively liberal, northwest tourist centre into fear
Hafiz Saeed, center, the leader of religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, and wanted by the Indian government on different counts including the Mumbai attacks, joins hands with other leaders at a rally to condemn the United States for the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Saeed called bin Laden a martyr and demanded the Pakistani government to break ties with the United States.
Hafiz Saeed, center, the leader of religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, and wanted by the Indian government on different counts including the Mumbai attacks, joins hands with other leaders at a rally to condemn the United States for the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Saeed called bin Laden a martyr and demanded the Pakistani government to break ties with the United States.
Supporters of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, listen to their leaders during the rally.It's an all men's affair. There is no place for women in the ideal Islamic state that Saeed dreams of.
Supporters of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, listen to their leaders during the rally.It's an all men's affair. There is no place for women in the ideal Islamic state that Saeed dreams of.
An activist of Jamaat-ud-Dawa.Note the young boy behind him.Click next to see boys like him.
An activist of Jamaat-ud-Dawa.Note the young boy behind him.Click next to see boys like him.
From another place: Two other boys, Ghulam Farooq, left, talks to Mohammad Yunis, at the Kabul Juvenile Rehabilitation Center. The orders from their religious teacher were clear-cut ? Go to Afghanistan, strap on a suicide vest and kill foreign forces. With that, 14-year-old Ghulam Farooq left his home in Pakistan with three other would-be boy bombers and headed into eastern Afghanistan. They were told there would be two members of the Taliban waiting for them at the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar province?
From another place: Two other boys, Ghulam Farooq, left, talks to Mohammad Yunis, at the Kabul Juvenile Rehabilitation Center. The orders from their religious teacher were clear-cut ? Go to Afghanistan, strap on a suicide vest and kill foreign forces. With that, 14-year-old Ghulam Farooq left his home in Pakistan with three other would-be boy bombers and headed into eastern Afghanistan. They were told there would be two members of the Taliban waiting for them at the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar province?
A grown up activist of Jamaat-ud-Dawa at a rally in Lahore. Of course, he must have been a boy at some point.
A grown up activist of Jamaat-ud-Dawa at a rally in Lahore. Of course, he must have been a boy at some point.
Here, the man next to his other comrades is seen protesting. Yet again you notice a boy, in fact almost a child on the left.Children pay the ultimate price in this war of madness.
Here, the man next to his other comrades is seen protesting. Yet again you notice a boy, in fact almost a child on the left.Children pay the ultimate price in this war of madness.
But even among the children, girls are the ones who are left to help their parents in a country like ours.An Afghan refugee girl holding a basket waits to collect water at a water point in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad.Then again, children always manage to steal a few moments of fun in the worst of calamities. Click next to see for yourself...
But even among the children, girls are the ones who are left to help their parents in a country like ours.An Afghan refugee girl holding a basket waits to collect water at a water point in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad.Then again, children always manage to steal a few moments of fun in the worst of calamities. Click next to see for yourself...
Siblings sit on a weighing scale at a wood saw mill in Abbottabad, the infamous city known to have housed OBL for over five years.
Siblings sit on a weighing scale at a wood saw mill in Abbottabad, the infamous city known to have housed OBL for over five years.
And then suddenly there were rallies supporting the powerful army and ISI in more than one city despite the fact that Pakistan's intelligence chief, Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, admitted ?negligence? on the part of authorities in failing to find bin Laden during a closed session in Parliament on Friday.Military officials, including the powerful army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, said they would improve the country's air defenses, which did not detect the high-tech US choppers used in the raid which killed al
And then suddenly there were rallies supporting the powerful army and ISI in more than one city despite the fact that Pakistan's intelligence chief, Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, admitted ?negligence? on the part of authorities in failing to find bin Laden during a closed session in Parliament on Friday.Military officials, including the powerful army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, said they would improve the country's air defenses, which did not detect the high-tech US choppers used in the raid which killed al

Sunday was just another day for many Pakistanis who struggled to carry on, completely unaware of what was going on in the world. While these ordinary men, women and children were immersed in the daily melancholy and occasional smiles of their own lives, there were others who thought it was all about the timing. – Photos by agencies

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naeem
May 16, 2011 06:28pm
Another gem from dawn.com!
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Manish Mishra
May 16, 2011 08:50pm
How helpless a sane man must be feeling in these kind of situations...and those at top, what are they thinking?
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Warren Larson
May 17, 2011 01:48am
These images show tin a very clear way the conflicting interests in Pakistan: Mosque vs. military; and moderates vs. militants. I like the pictures and what they tell us.
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Madhab
May 17, 2011 11:23am
I think that media has huge role in creating the awareness among the common people. Countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, can only develop when we will have good education system and make sure people do not fall beyond poverty line. Time has come, to forget the conflicts and only go for development. Thats the way, we south asian can rise.
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Ashok - Singapore
May 17, 2011 01:27pm
i agreed with @Madhab. Dawn is one of the best matured news paper in asia. they are doing good job. i always spend some time to read their news and articles. As an Indian i would like to see Pakistan more develop so that we can also grow more. Media has great role to aware all those things. I met many matured and talented pakistani in Singapore and hoping after few years we can find same kind of mature people in Pakistan with the help of media like dawn. my best wishes to dawn and all pakistani.
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