Pakistan in Pictures

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Snow Leopard's Cub, North Pakistan

 

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Shangrilla Skardu

 

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Shangrila Skardu

 

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Khunjerab - Sust

 

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Sadpara lake

 

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Sadpara lake

 

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Sadpara lake

 

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Sadpara lake

 

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Shangrila Skardu

 

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A newspaper featuring mugshots of radical cleric Maulana Fazlluah (top-R) and other militants hangs on a tree at a road side stall in Islamabad. Pakistan offered cash reward of five million rupees (62,250 dollars) for the arrest of Fazlullah, the architect of a Taliban uprising in the Swat valley. The government listed names and published mugshots of 20 other militants, including Swat Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan, who are wanted dead or alive as the military pressed a month-long offensive against militants in the northwest.-AFP Photo/ Aamir Qureshi.




Pakistani Roman Catholic nuns visit the site of the suicide car bomb a day after the attack in Lahore. Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Lahore to avenge a military offensive in the northwest and vowed further deadly strikes. A van carrying high-intensity explosives hit a police checkpost outside the offices of the Rescue-15 and the Inter-Services Intelligence on Lawrence Road killing 26 people and leaving more than 251 injured.-AFP Photo/ Arif Ali.

 

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Children displaced from the violence-torn Swat valley, shout anti-Taliban slogans during a demonstration. Dozens of internally displaced persons and their children, who moved to Sindh from the troubled districts of Swat and Buner, condemned the Taliban for forcing them to leave their homes and demanded that the government help them resume a normal life. afp


ISLAMABAD: A sniffer dog and security officials check a vehicle upon entry to the city at Faizabad Interchange. shabbir hussain

 

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A farmer carries part of his wheat crop in a field alongside army artillery in the village of Pir Baba in this troubled NWFP district on Sunday, where the military had launched an operation against the Taliban. The defence secretary said on Sunday that a month-long offensive to crush Taliban fighters in the northwest could end within days. afp


Mohammad Aslam sells caps at a stall outside a mosque in Karachi May 29, 2009. Each cap sells for 30 to 120 PKR. — Reuters/Athar Hussain.

Model Zara Sheikh

 

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Internally displaced Sikh girls, fleeing military operations in the Swat valley region, take refuge in the hallways of the Sikh temple — Reuters/Adrees Latif


Displaced persons and locals travel in a convoy a few miles from Taliban check posts where militants warn against supporting the army. Photos by Emilio Morenatti/AP

 

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Autumn in Nagar Valley

K2 (the highest mountain in Pakistan and the 2nd highest mountain in the world).

Nanga Parbat (the 2nd highest mountain in Pakistan)

 

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ISLAMABAD: An Amaltas tree is in bloom at Super Market. shabbir hussain