Pakistan in focus

Published May 24, 2012
A Pakistani boy splashes water over cattle in a lake to cool off in Rawalpindi. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani boy splashes water over cattle in a lake to cool off in Rawalpindi. ? Photo by AP
Fishermen are silhouetted against the setting sun as they pull their nets to retrieve their catch at Karachi's Clifton beach. ? Photo by Reuters
Fishermen are silhouetted against the setting sun as they pull their nets to retrieve their catch at Karachi's Clifton beach. ? Photo by Reuters
A man transports vegetables on a donkey-cart through the streets of Lahore. ? Photo by Reuters
A man transports vegetables on a donkey-cart through the streets of Lahore. ? Photo by Reuters
A man uses a wooden paddle to shape a clay jar to be used as a water container at a makeshift factory in Quetta. ? Photo by Reuters
A man uses a wooden paddle to shape a clay jar to be used as a water container at a makeshift factory in Quetta. ? Photo by Reuters
A Pakistani mother cooks food for her family in a slum in Islamabad. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani mother cooks food for her family in a slum in Islamabad. ? Photo by AP
Pakistanis working at a steel mill, from right, Nazir Hameed, 42, Khalil Zada, 24, Azeem Ibrahim, 31, chat with another worker, not pictured, during a break, in Islamabad. ? Photo by AP
Pakistanis working at a steel mill, from right, Nazir Hameed, 42, Khalil Zada, 24, Azeem Ibrahim, 31, chat with another worker, not pictured, during a break, in Islamabad. ? Photo by AP

Images from around Pakistan, from fishermen at Karachi beach, to workers at a steel mill in Islamabad.

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