Children of Pakistan

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A young girl waits for her turn during a food distribution for internally displaced people organized by World Food Program in Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, Tuesday, June 2, 2009.​

Boys, internally displaced from the Pakistan Army's offensive against the Taliban, in Swat and Buner, play on a swing at a relief camp on May 18, 2009 in Swabi, Pakistan.​

An internally displaced girl from the Swat valley region wears a food bowl over her head while standing in line for curry and bread at the UNHCR Yar Hussain camp in Swabi district in Pakistan on June 2, 2009.​

Boys sell tomatoes while sitting roadside in Mardan, Pakistan on June 6, 2009.​

 

[DaRk WaVe]

The people in the camps must get themselves registered so that they can get Flour & other things, this is one those long lines where people are getting themselves registered
but yet again when i went to these areas these camps were full there was no way it can accommodate more people so people of the city gave them their own homes and even shared their homes, the worst situation is with women, I meet two sisters they had no male member with them except their 12 year old brother & one of their brother was missing their father was killed by Taliban because he refused to pick up arms, but we arranged money for those sisters to keep them away from doing some Bad things & they did very Good embroidery work so some people from Islu have employed them they are getting money now , Dont know what happened to their Missing brother, God help 'em

And Hats off for the people of Mardan, they have done a great Job, some people there even took loans & donated money for the IDPs

Long Live Pakistan
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD

 

[owais.usmani]

Girls watch through a hole in the kitchen tent to see when the food will be ready June 2, 2009 at Jalozai camp in Pakistan.​

A girl stands next to her tent as wind and rain pound the massive tent city June 2, 2009 at Jalozai camp, 15km from Peshawar, Pakistan.​

A boy uses a sheet as a sail during a blustery storm on June 2, 2009 at Jalozai camp in Pakistan.​

Boys inflate their shalwar pants to help them float in a canal at the Chota Lahore refugee camp, at Swabi, in northwest Pakistan, Saturday, May 30, 2009.​

 

[owais.usmani]

Children splash and play in a canal alongside a relief camp on May 18, 2009 in Swabi, Pakistan.​

A girl, who fled the Swat valley region, bites on a piece of fabric while standing with other children early morning at the UNHCR Yar Hussain camp in Swabi district in Pakistan on June 7, 2009.​

A boy looks away as grieving family members and friends surround the casket of Umer Amin, age 23, at his funeral June 7, 2009 in the village of Phoolgrah, just outside of Islamabad, Pakistan. Amin was a security policeman killed during the previous night's bomb blast attacking a police emergency helpline. The suicide blast which killed two police officers and wounding 3 was the latest in a series of attacks on civilian and security targets seen as retribution by the Taliban for Pakistan's and on-going military operations.​

A displaced girl does the washing in a river next to her tent at the Chota Lahore refugee camp, at Swabi, in northwest Pakistan, Friday, May 29, 2009.​

 

[owais.usmani]

Boys, wearing headbands inscribed with the shahada, the Muslim profession of faith "There is no god but God and Muhammad is the prophet of God," are photographed on the sidelines of an anti-U.S. demonstration organized by the Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami in Karachi, Pakistan on June 7, 2009.​

A boy covers his head with a cooking pot during a sand storm at the Chota Lahore refugee camp, at Swabi, in northwest Pakistan, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.​

 

[DaRk WaVe]

Their Slides

 

[owais.usmani]

A Pakistani girl is held by her mother as Doctor Adnan Khan listens to her chest at a medical tent June 2, 2009 at Jalozai camp, Pakistan.​

Sameulllah Sahavzda, 13, recovers from injuries at a hospital in Peshawar, in northwest Pakistan, Saturday, May 16, 2009. The boy was injured by an air attack which hit his home in the Swat Valley.​

 

[owais.usmani]

A Pakistani paramedic moves an injured child - a victim of a suicide bombing on a mosque the day before - onto a stretcher upon his arrival at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, June 6, 2009. An attacker wearing an explosive vest blew himself up inside a packed mosque during prayers, killing at least 33 people and wounding 40 more in Haya Gai village in Upper Dir, a district next to Swat.​

Bena, a 12-year-old internally displaced Sikh girl, fleeing military operations in the Swat valley region, bends over to kiss a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikh faith, while seeking refuge in the Sikh temple Gurdwara Siri Punja Sahib in Hassan Abdal, Pakistan on May 31, 2009.​

A displaced girl collects water from a water truck in Shah Mansour refugee camp, in northwest Pakistan,Tuesday, June 9, 2009.​

A girl stands next to her tent as wind and rain pass through the tent city at Jalozai camp on June 2, 2009, 15km from Peshawar, Pakistan.​

Displaced Pakistani boys and girls memorize the Quran, the Islamic holy book, in a madrassa in Shah Mansour refugee camp, in northwest Pakistan, Tuesday, June 9, 2009.​

A displaced boy from Swat valley sleeps under a mosquito net outside his tent at the Jalozai refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.​

Displaced children give chase to a truck spraying insecticide through the UNHCR Sheikh Shahzad camp in Mardan, Pakistan on June 6, 2009.​

Pakistani children wait for hours in line for dinner at the Yar Hussain camp June 1, 2009 in Swabi, Pakistan.​

 

[PlanetWarrior]

May God grant Pakistan , its people and its children the strength during these trying times. "Suffer not the little children for they shall come unto Me" is all I could think off when I saw these photos.

 

[abbasniazi]

With the grace of ALMIGHTY, things have normalized in swat now, i have seen above scenes myself coz i was a part of the relif team (Incharge) for district charsadda for IDPs.

i am in contact with many of those people and they have all(almost) returned to their homes now, i talked to some of them even today (Telephonically) and they told me that peace has been restored by the army , however, basic infrastructure has been destroyed by the talibans.

hospitals have been restored to some extant, schools etc however have been destroyed and they are trying to carryout the educational activities in the open.

despite the destruction of basic infrastructure people were satisfied with their return to their homes.

most of the houses were either partially or completely destroyed during the operation and people are repairing them because tough winter is about to come.

MAY ALLAH BLESS ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH COURAGE AND PATIENCE TO REBUILD THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LIVES EVEN BETTER THEN BEFORE...AAMEEN.

 

[DaRk WaVe]

God Forgive the mistakes of this nation, we have paid enough :-/

may Peace prevail in our country

Ameen

 

[khanz]

With the grace of ALMIGHTY, things have normalized in swat now, i have seen above scenes myself coz i was a part of the relif team (Incharge) for district charsadda for IDPs.

i am in contact with many of those people and they have all(almost) returned to their homes now, i talked to some of them even today (Telephonically) and they told me that peace has been restored by the army , however, basic infrastructure has been destroyed by the talibans.

hospitals have been restored to some extant, schools etc however have been destroyed and they are trying to carryout the educational activities in the open.

despite the destruction of basic infrastructure people were satisfied with their return to their homes.

most of the houses were either partially or completely destroyed during the operation and people are repairing them because tough winter is about to come.

MAY ALLAH BLESS ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH COURAGE AND PATIENCE TO REBUILD THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LIVES EVEN BETTER THEN BEFORE...AAMEEN.

thats really great news thank you for all your effort god bless you and all the innocent children of our nation.

 

[adrenalin]

God Forgive the mistakes of this nation, we have paid enough :-/

may Peace prevail in our country

Ameen

God has already left Pakistan!!!

It is only you Pakistani Citizens, who can bring about that change. For that, having a WILL to do is a must.

My heart goes out to those helpless victims.

 

[DaRk WaVe]

A boy, who was fleeing a military offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan, stands in line for a handout of food supplies for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at a camp on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, October 23, 2009. — Reuters/Faisal Mahmood





A girl from one of the displaced families who fled fighting between security forces and militants in Waziristan arrives at the Janikhel check post near Bannu, on Friday, October 23, 2009.



A boy, who was fleeing a military offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan, stands waiting for his family at a registration point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, October 23, 2009.



An internally displaced boy, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in South Waziristan, waits for transport after receiving relief food supplies outside a distribution point on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan on October 23, 2009.



A young girl and her dog look out from a vehicle as she and her family wait for security clearance at a checkpoint on the outskirt of Bannu, a town on the edge of the tribal region of Waziristan, October 22, 2009 as they flee a military offensive in South Waziristan.



A boy fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan carries his relief supplies at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Paharpur, 40 km by road from Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, October 22, 2009.

 

[PlanetWarrior]

Such beautiful children. Such unnecessary distubance in their lives