Fight for freedom

Published April 29, 2013
Men carry coffins of victims who were killed during late Friday night's bomb explosion outside an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP), in Karachi. At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion late April 26, 2013 targeting an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Karachi.—Photo by Reuters
Men carry coffins of victims who were killed during late Friday night's bomb explosion outside an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP), in Karachi. At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion late April 26, 2013 targeting an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Karachi.—Photo by Reuters
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Rescue workers and security official collect evidence outside the election campaign office of independent candidate Haji Nasir Khan Afridi that was damaged in a bomb blast in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
Rescue workers and security official collect evidence outside the election campaign office of independent candidate Haji Nasir Khan Afridi that was damaged in a bomb blast in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
A photograph of Syed Karam Darwesh, a candidate for the upcoming National Assembly elections, is seen among rubble at the site of a bomb explosion outside an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Karachi April 27, 2013. At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the explosion late April 26, 2013 targeting an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Karachi.—Photo by Reuters
A photograph of Syed Karam Darwesh, a candidate for the upcoming National Assembly elections, is seen among rubble at the site of a bomb explosion outside an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Karachi April 27, 2013. At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the explosion late April 26, 2013 targeting an election office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Karachi.—Photo by Reuters
Pakistani para-military troops cordon off the area of an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan. A bomb planted near the office of a political party threatened by the Taliban has killed many people in southern Pakistan, police said.—Photo by AP
Pakistani para-military troops cordon off the area of an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan. A bomb planted near the office of a political party threatened by the Taliban has killed many people in southern Pakistan, police said.—Photo by AP
A girl, who was injured in a bomb blast on University Road, waits to receive treatment at a hospital in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
A girl, who was injured in a bomb blast on University Road, waits to receive treatment at a hospital in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
A man weeps over the death of his brother who was a victim of a bomb blast on University Road at a hospital in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
A man weeps over the death of his brother who was a victim of a bomb blast on University Road at a hospital in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
Rescue workers recover the belongings of victims from the site of a bomb blast on University Road in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
Rescue workers recover the belongings of victims from the site of a bomb blast on University Road in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
Rescue workers collect the belongings of victims from the site of a bomb blast on University Road in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
Rescue workers collect the belongings of victims from the site of a bomb blast on University Road in Peshawar.—Photo by Reuters
Pakistani paramedics treat an injured man following a bomb blast in Peshawar.—Photo by AFP
Pakistani paramedics treat an injured man following a bomb blast in Peshawar.—Photo by AFP
Pakistani policemen inspect the site of a bomb blast in Peshawar. A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 45 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said.—Photo by AFP
Pakistani policemen inspect the site of a bomb blast in Peshawar. A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 45 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said.—Photo by AFP
Pakistani commuters drive under the flags and posters of political parties in Quetta.—Photo by AFP
Pakistani commuters drive under the flags and posters of political parties in Quetta.—Photo by AFP
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers search a car at a check point in Quetta. Two Taliban bomb attacks Sunday targeting the offices of election candidates in Pakistan killed at least eight people, officials said, the latest bloodshed ahead of polls next month.—Photo by AFP
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers search a car at a check point in Quetta. Two Taliban bomb attacks Sunday targeting the offices of election candidates in Pakistan killed at least eight people, officials said, the latest bloodshed ahead of polls next month.—Photo by AFP

In some perspective, in some reality, somewhere, it is logical to mark the historical transition of Pakistans’ current government to democratically lead to another by the ruthless brutality you will see in this gallery. From Kohat, to Peshawar, to Karachi the country is stained with the blood and tears of the unnamed innocents and the terrorized.—Images by Agencies

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