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  • 17
    Jan
    2013
    12:06pm, EST

    In rain-soaked protest, cleric demands resignation of Pakistan's president

    B.K. Bangash / AP

    Pakistani Sunni cleric Tahirul Qadri addresses a rally from a bullet-proof container, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Jan. 17.

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    Supporters of Pakistani cleric Tahirul Qadri chant slogans at a protest rally in Islamabad on Jan. 17.

    B.K. Bangash / AP

    Supporters of Pakistani Sunni cleric Tahirul Qadri, celebrate the deadline that Qadri gave to the government for negotiation during a rally in Islamabad.

    Zohra Bensemra / Reuters

    A supporter of Sufi cleric and leader of Tahirul Qadri leans against a container blocking a road to prevent them from reaching the parliament building during the fourth day of protests in Islamabad on Jan. 17.

    Muhammad Tahirul Qadri is calling for the immediate resignation of Pakistan's president and cabinet and the installation of a caretaker administration in the run-up to elections due in the next few months.

    Qadri issued what he called a final warning to the government as supporters listened to his latest speech during heavy rain in the heart of the capital.

    "Now I give an ultimatum that the president and his team must come for dialogue in one and a half hours and it's the last peaceful offer to them," said Qadri, who returned home from Canada a few weeks ago and became a media sensation with calls for a new political landscape. Continue reading complete article.

    -- Reuters

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    I would like to call for the resignation of Pakistan as a nation and Islam as an organized religion. Anyone with me?

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  • 19
    Oct
    2012
    2:43pm, EDT

    Pakistani girls endeavor for education

    All photos by Nathalie Bardou / AP

    Pakistani schoolgirl Nisha Nadeem, six, center, attends class in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 11, 2012.

    Nathalie Bardou, AP — A teenage activist recently shot and critically wounded by the Taliban risked her life to attend school, but the threat from the militant group is just one of many obstacles Pakistani girls face in getting an education. Others include rampant poverty, harassment and the government's failure to prioritize education spending.

    Afghan refugee and Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, are examined by their teacher during their daily class to learn how to recite verses of the holy Quran, in a mosque, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 17.

    A displaced Pakistani student, seen through the window of school's classroom, sits on a bed during a break in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 19.

    Displaced Pakistani students chant a song with their teacher, not pictured, during school in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 19.

    Displaced Pakistani schoolgirls play in their school yard in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 19.

    A Pakistani protestor holds a candle and a poster that reads: "Are you with us or the Taliban? Long live Malala Yousufzai" and shows 15-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a candlelight vigil in Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 11, 2012. Yousufzai risked her life to attend school.

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    Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was shot by the Taliban for speaking out against Pakistani militants and promoting education for girls.

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    NBC's Keir Simmons reports on an upbeat assessment from Malala Yousafzai's doctors.

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    The problem ; 6th century education in the 21st century.

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  • 5
    Oct
    2012
    1:35pm, EDT

    Scenes from a Pakistani Christian wedding

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Pakistani groom, Phaloos Sohtra, 22, unveils his bride Shabana Gill, 20, during their wedding in a church in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 5.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Pakistani bride Shabana Gill, 20, is flanked by relatives and friends while walking to a church for her wedding procession, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 5.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A Pakistani girl, bottom left, throws flowers on groom Phaloos Sohtra, 22, and his bride Shabana Gill, 20, as they exchange rings during their wedding in a church in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 5.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Pakistani neighbors of bride Shabana Gill, 20, not pictured, wait her arrival outside a church during her wedding in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 5.

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    At Christian weddings in Pakistan, the Christians throw flowers and confetti, the Muslims throw rocks.

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  • 6
    Sep
    2012
    3:03pm, EDT

    An embattled minority: Christians in Pakistan

     

    Nathalie Bardou / AP

    Pakistani Christians chant prayers during Sunday Mass at a church in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad on Sept. 2.

    In the wake of the international furor over the case of a young and reportedly mentally handicapped Christian girl arrested in Pakistan after she was accused of insulting Islam, AP photographer Nathalie Bardou took a closer look at the Christian community in Pakistan through the lens of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, the capital city. 

     EDITOR'S NOTE: These images were received by NBC News on Sept. 6.

    Nathalie Bardou / AP

    Soraya Zafar, 30, hangs an image of Jesus and Mary on the wall of her home before her house receives blessing from the local parish priest.

    Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. 

    Nathalie Bardou / AP

    Pakistanis pass a cross on a sign in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad on Aug. 30.

    Nathalie Bardou / AP

    Nazia Mansoor, 26, wears a cross around her neck as she adjusts her hair at her home on Sept. 3.

    Nathalie Bardou / AP

    Pakistani men and children attend Sunday Mass on Sept. 2.

    Nathalie Bardou / AP

    Pakistani Christians perform their daily prayers on a rooftop on Sept. 2.

     

     

     

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    13 comments

    I see where your coming from rock but we (Christians) enjoy more freedoms here than any where else in the world... would I don't appreciate is the Media and libs "lumping" Christians with Muslims... the above article really outlines the differences. Christians are persecuted every where.

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  • 19
    Jul
    2012
    12:20pm, EDT

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Afghan refugees survive in slums of Pakistan

    An Afghan refugee girl takes a break from searching for useful items in a pile of garbage next to a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.

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  • 27
    Jun
    2012
    3:08pm, EDT

    B.K. Bangash / AP

    Dry, hot weather causes water shortages in Pakistan

    A Pakistani woman walks on a dry bank at the Rawal dam in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday. The dam provides water to Islamabad and Rawalpindi cities, but the water level in the dams and rivers are low because of dry and hot weather causing water and energy shortage to civilians.

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    There's still plenty of water off in the distance with a small boat riding through it ....

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  • 2
    Jun
    2012
    11:54pm, EDT

    Rebecca Conway / Reuters

    Bath time at a brick factory in Pakistan

    A boy bathes next to a well while his family members collect water at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 2.

    2 comments

    i bet that smoke stack isn't regulated by the EPA and all that horse dung they burn is contributing to global warming... anyone think its a bad thing to bath next to the head of your well? I wonder if they put the outhouse on th other side of the well. Just saying...

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  • 16
    May
    2012
    2:45pm, EDT

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Pakistani girls are reflected on a rickshaw's mirror while fetching water from a hand pump, as a boy seen through the windshield pushing his cart toward the main road, in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on May 16.

    Reflecting on daily life in Islamabad, Pakistan

    Pakistani girls are reflected on a rickshaw's mirror while fetching water from a hand pump, as a boy seen through the windshield pushing his cart toward the main road, in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on May 16.

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  • 24
    Apr
    2012
    2:03pm, EDT

    Life goes on for villagers displaced by 2010 flood in Pakistan

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Pakistani girls, who were displaced from a village near Multan, Pakistan by floods in 2010, play with stones in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 24.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Pakistani men, displaced from a village near Multan by floods in 2010, play a game of pool in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on April 24.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A Pakistani child, whose family was displaced from their village near Multan, Pakistan by floods in 2010, sleeps in a hammock attached in a makeshift tent in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 24.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    Pakistani Nori Basheer, 25, who was displaced by 2010 floods from a village near Multan, Pakistan, plays with her son Baber, while sitting outside her makeshift tent in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 24.

    Muhammed Muheisen / AP

    A Pakistani family makes a tandoor, a clay oven used in cooking and baking, outside their makeshift tent on April 24 in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.

     

    Footage of 2010 floods in Pakistan.

     

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    Slideshow: Pakistan: A nation in turmoil

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    Where's people's humanism- these peole who were forced to flee the floods (cuased in part by a dam built in India and 2nd dam in China- they won in court but no monies have been paid yet. These are the people who lived in FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) where Obama adm. has been killing  …

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  • 21
    Apr
    2012
    1:12am, EDT

    Search for victims of Pakistani jet crash continues in Islamabad

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    Pakistani soldiers and rescue workers search through debris in Hussain Abad after a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 21, 2012. Pakistan has launched an investigation after the passenger jet crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm, with all 127 people on board believed dead.

    Md Nadeem / EPA

    Soldiers inspect the wreckage of the airliner that crashed minutes before landing.

    NBC News, msnbc.com and news services

    A Pakistani airliner crashed just short of landing in Islamabad on Friday, killing all 127 people aboard, the country's Civil Aviation Authority told NBC on Friday.

    The flight data recorder has been located, NBC’s Fakhar Rehman reported from Islamabad, and the so-called "black box" was expected to reveal why the plane went down. But the apparent cause was that pilots were flying low under heavy clouds and hit high-tension wires as they approached Benazir Bhutto International Airport, he said.

     

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  • 7
    Feb
    2012
    11:32am, EST

    Millions pushed into child labor in Pakistan

    Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

    Zakir, 10, pauses during his work of cutting fish at Karachi's Fish Harbor on Feb. 1, 2012. Zakir earns $2.20 per day. Rising food and fuel prices and a struggling economy have forced many families to send their children to work instead of school.

    Faisal Mahmood / Reuters

    Simon, 12, holds a light to assist his supervisor working on a motorcycle engine at a workshop in Islamabad on Jan. 31, 2011. Simon earns 22 cents per day working as a workshop helper.

    Reuters reports: Tears tracing lines of dirt on his face, six-year-old Pakistani boy Nabeel Mukhtar cries while crouching on a pavement to scrub motorbikes, his job for nine hours a day, six days a week in Islamabad, Pakistan.

    "From the bottom of my heart, I want to send my son to school but we have so many expenses ... We struggle to put food on our table," said Mukhtar's mother, Shazia, who also has a four-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter.

    "He's learning to work and he also earns around 300-400 rupees. So what's wrong in that? We are poor," Mohammed said of the boy.

    Meanwhile in Lahore, Pakistan the death toll from the collapse of a three-story factory rose to 17 on Tuesday as rescuers searched for survivors in the rubble. A gas explosion caused the building to collapse on Monday, trapping dozens of laborers, mostly boys aged 14 – 14 inside.

    Governance in Pakistan is described as too corrupt and inept to tackle an array of problems, from struggling industries and child labor problems to Taliban insurgents who carry out suicide bombings across the South Asian nation.

    Related PhotoBlog posts:

    • Pakistan's railways driven toward ruin
    • Factory collapse in Pakistan traps dozens
    • Gunmen set fuel trucks ablaze in Pakistan
    • See more images of Pakistan in our slideshow: A nation in turmoil.

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    life sucks. we take the luxury we have in US for granted

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  • 13
    Jan
    2012
    11:42am, EST

    B.K. Bangash / AP

    A dressed monkey sits at a roadside to earn money from passers-by for his owner in Islamabad, Pakistan on Jan 13.

    This monkey means business

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    This poor monkey has probably never known a day without chains around his neck - and having to "beg" for his owner. You see this alot in India and the Phillapines. Absolute neglect and abuse of animals and no laws against it.

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