A Look at Life in Pakistan, Part 1/2





Soniya, 6, whose family moved to Islamabad from Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to look for work, stands outside their house on the outskirts of Islamabad January 1, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)




A bird flies over a shrine as the sun sets in Karachi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A bird flies over a shrine as the sun sets in Karachi December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
Pakistani boys take part in a rally marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, January 4, 2015. Thousands of Pakistani Muslims celebrated by participating in religious ceremonies and distributing free meals for the poor. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)
Pakistani boys take part in a rally marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, January 4, 2015. Thousands of Pakistani Muslims celebrated by participating in religious ceremonies and distributing free meals for the poor. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)
Pakistani women and children wait their turn to receive rice during a donated food distribution on the occasion of Prophet Muhammad's birthday at a shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, January 4, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)
Pakistani women and children wait their turn to receive rice during a donated food distribution on the occasion of Prophet Muhammad's birthday at a shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, January 4, 2015. Food donations usually increase on Prophet Muhammad's birthday, the 12th Rabi-ul-Awal month on the Islamic calendar, with traditional festivities and religious fervor. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)
A man is silhouetted as he rows a boat during sunset at Sardaryab River in Charsadda, near Peshawar, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
A man is silhouetted as he rows a boat during sunset at Sardaryab River in Charsadda, near Peshawar, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
A man pauses to smoke a cigarette while cleaning fish at Karachi's Fish Harbour December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A man pauses to smoke a cigarette while cleaning fish at Karachi's Fish Harbour December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A man is silhouetted as he pulls a boat during sunset at Sardaryab river in Charsadda, near Peshawar, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
A man is silhouetted as he pulls a boat during sunset at Sardaryab river in Charsadda, near Peshawar, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
A man carries samosas to sell along Karachi's Fish Harbour December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A man carries samosas to sell along Karachi's Fish Harbour December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A man is silhouetted next to a boat during sunset at Sardaryab river in Charsadda, near Peshawar, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
A man is silhouetted next to a boat during sunset at Sardaryab river in Charsadda, near Peshawar, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
Boys play on a swing at a slum on the outskirts of Peshawar December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
Boys play on a swing at a slum on the outskirts of Peshawar December 31, 2014. (Photo by Khuram Parvez/Reuters)
A man eats his lunch of boiled rice at a makeshift stall in Karachi's Fish Harbour December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A man eats his lunch of boiled rice at a makeshift stall in Karachi's Fish Harbour December 31, 2014. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
Soniya, 6, whose family moved to Islamabad from Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to look for work, stands outside their house on the outskirts of Islamabad January 1, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
Soniya, 6, whose family moved to Islamabad from Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province to look for work, stands outside their house on the outskirts of Islamabad January 1, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A bride and groom sit together during a mass marriage ceremony held in Karachi January 2, 2015. A total of 50 couples from the Hindu community across Pakistan took their wedding vows during the mass wedding ceremony organized by the Pakistan Hindu Council. (Photo by Athar Hussain/Reuters)
A bride and groom sit together during a mass marriage ceremony held in Karachi January 2, 2015. A total of 50 couples from the Hindu community across Pakistan took their wedding vows during the mass wedding ceremony organized by the Pakistan Hindu Council. (Photo by Athar Hussain/Reuters)
A bride holds her purse with hands that are decorated with henna patterns, during a mass marriage ceremony held in Karachi January 2, 2015. (Photo by Athar Hussain/Reuters)
A bride holds her purse with hands that are decorated with henna patterns, during a mass marriage ceremony held in Karachi January 2, 2015. (Photo by Athar Hussain/Reuters)
A Pakistani Hindu groom wears a traditional cap at a mass-wedding ceremony in Karachi on January 2, 2015. Some 50 Hindu couples participated in the mass-marriage ceremony organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP Photo)
A Pakistani Hindu groom wears a traditional cap at a mass-wedding ceremony in Karachi on January 2, 2015. Some 50 Hindu couples participated in the mass-marriage ceremony organised by the Pakistan Hindu Council. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP Photo)
A bride and groom sit together during a mass marriage ceremony held in Karachi January 2, 2015. A total of 50 couples from the Hindu community across Pakistan took their wedding vows during the mass wedding ceremony organized by the Pakistan Hindu Council. (Photo by Athar Hussain/Reuters)
A bride and groom sit together during a mass marriage ceremony held in Karachi January 2, 2015. A total of 50 couples from the Hindu community across Pakistan took their wedding vows during the mass wedding ceremony organized by the Pakistan Hindu Council. (Photo by Athar Hussain/Reuters)
Men and children queue up to get charity food distributed to mark Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, in Karachi January 4, 2015. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
Men and children queue up to get charity food distributed to mark Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, in Karachi January 4, 2015. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
A boy carries his sibling as he walks to Saidpur village in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A boy carries his sibling as he walks to Saidpur village in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A girl sits in front of the doorway of her family dwelling in a slum in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
A girl sits in front of the doorway of her family dwelling in a slum in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
A girl stands at the corridor of her house in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A girl stands at the corridor of her house in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A boy plays with a tyre at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
A boy plays with a tyre at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
Farwa, 13, prepares vegetables at her house in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
Farwa, 13, prepares vegetables at her house in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A boy is seen at the entrance of his house in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A boy is seen at the entrance of his house in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A barber shaves a customer at his shop in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A barber shaves a customer at his shop in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A street vegetable seller waits for customers in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A street vegetable seller waits for customers in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A boy plays with his brother as he sits in a crate at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
A boy plays with his brother as he sits in a crate at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
A man walks past an open sewer in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A man walks past an open sewer in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A handicapped woman is seen at a narrow alley at a slum in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A handicapped woman is seen at a narrow alley at a slum in Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
Women walk in a street at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
Women walk in a street at a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad January 6, 2015. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
Pakistani brick factory worker Ghulam Mohammed, 41, arrives to work in a brick factory in Mandra near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)
Pakistani brick factory worker Ghulam Mohammed, 41, arrives to work in a brick factory in Mandra near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP Photo)
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