Along the pavements of Pakistan

Dawn.com Published February 18, 2012
Pakistani health workers react after getting tear gassed by police during a protest rally in Karachi on February 15, 2012. The health workers were demanding permanent staff positions and an increase in allowances and benefits. ? AFP Photo
Pakistani health workers react after getting tear gassed by police during a protest rally in Karachi on February 15, 2012. The health workers were demanding permanent staff positions and an increase in allowances and benefits. ? AFP Photo
A man and child eat food that they begged for from a nearby food stall, outside a closed shop in. Pakistanis react to widespread hardship in many ways. Some head abroad looking for jobs. Others are drawn to militant groups seeking to topple the state. In the ten months to October of 2011, about 1,600 people decided that suicide was the only option, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Picture taken January 31, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A man and child eat food that they begged for from a nearby food stall, outside a closed shop in. Pakistanis react to widespread hardship in many ways. Some head abroad looking for jobs. Others are drawn to militant groups seeking to topple the state. In the ten months to October of 2011, about 1,600 people decided that suicide was the only option, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Picture taken January 31, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A woman holds her seven-year-old daughter Meena (L) and five-month-old son Jamil on a sidewalk as she begs for donations from pedestrians in Karachi. ? Reuters Photo
A woman holds her seven-year-old daughter Meena (L) and five-month-old son Jamil on a sidewalk as she begs for donations from pedestrians in Karachi. ? Reuters Photo
Workers pour molten iron into the cast for the shell of beams for sale at a workshop in Quetta, February 15, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Workers pour molten iron into the cast for the shell of beams for sale at a workshop in Quetta, February 15, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Pakistani children play on a swing in a refugee camp for displaced people looking for work in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, February 14, 2012. ?AP Photo
Pakistani children play on a swing in a refugee camp for displaced people looking for work in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, February 14, 2012. ?AP Photo
A Pakistani poor girl sells roses at a street on Valentines Day in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012. ?AP Photo
A Pakistani poor girl sells roses at a street on Valentines Day in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012. ?AP Photo
Pakistani children carry water pots up a steep stone staircase in Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat valley where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. ?AP Photo
Pakistani children carry water pots up a steep stone staircase in Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat valley where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. ?AP Photo
A Pakistani man prepares balloons for Valentines Day at a street in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. ?AP Photo
A Pakistani man prepares balloons for Valentines Day at a street in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. ?AP Photo
A Pakistani man talks to his son as they sit in front their tent selling oranges outside the town of Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat Valley, where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, February 16, 2012. ?AP Photo
A Pakistani man talks to his son as they sit in front their tent selling oranges outside the town of Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat Valley, where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, February 16, 2012. ?AP Photo
Afghan refugee children sit on a cart at dusk in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012. ?AP Photo
Afghan refugee children sit on a cart at dusk in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012. ?AP Photo
Two-year-old Shiraz, who is a kidney patient, is carried by his mother as they await their turn for a medical checkup outside the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi. ? Reuters Photo
Two-year-old Shiraz, who is a kidney patient, is carried by his mother as they await their turn for a medical checkup outside the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi. ? Reuters Photo
This September 22, 2010 file photograph shows Pakistanis displaced by floods as they queue for water at an army-run makeshift tent camp in Sehwan, Sindh province. On February 16, 2012 aid groups warned a feeble international response to Pakistan's second major flooding crisis in two years has left millions of people at serious risk of malnutrition and disease. ? AFP Photo
This September 22, 2010 file photograph shows Pakistanis displaced by floods as they queue for water at an army-run makeshift tent camp in Sehwan, Sindh province. On February 16, 2012 aid groups warned a feeble international response to Pakistan's second major flooding crisis in two years has left millions of people at serious risk of malnutrition and disease. ? AFP Photo
People listen to radio news reporting a supreme court proceeding in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, February 13, 2012. The Supreme Court charged Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt Monday for defying its order to reopen an old corruption case against the president, sharpening a political crisis that has shaken this already volatile country. ?AP Photo
People listen to radio news reporting a supreme court proceeding in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, February 13, 2012. The Supreme Court charged Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt Monday for defying its order to reopen an old corruption case against the president, sharpening a political crisis that has shaken this already volatile country. ?AP Photo
Pakistani men carry carpets through the streets in Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat Valley where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, February 16, 2012. ?AP Photo
Pakistani men carry carpets through the streets in Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat Valley where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, February 16, 2012. ?AP Photo

A display of various events prevailing in the streets of Pakistan. — Photos by Agencies

 

 

 

 

 

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