Pakistan has 198 Polio in 2011
A Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccine to a child in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, on March 14, 2012. A total of 198 polio cases had been reported in 2011 throughout the country, Pakistan Pediatric Association said. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
Pakistan’s 1st Oscar
Oscar winner Pakistani film maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy leaves after a press conference in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 10, 2012. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won Pakistan’s first ever Oscar in the short documentary category with her film “Saving Face” about survivors of acid attacks and British Pakistani plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad, who returned to […]
Pakistanis Celebrate ‘Holi Festival’
A Pakistani Hindu girl celebrates Holi, the festival of colors, in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 7, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Toheed> news@theasian.asia
IMF “Pakistani Economy Would Speed up”
An elderly Pakistani man walks back to his home carrying wood that he collected to be used for heating in a slum area on the outskirts of northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, on March 6, 2012. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Pakistani economy would speed up to a 3.4 percent growth pace in fiscal 2011-2012, […]
“Let’s Make our Street Bright”
A Pakistani art student paints a wall along a street in Lahore, Pakistan on March 5, 2012. More than 300 art students and youths participate in a street art painting competition run by a local youth organization with the aim of improving the city vista. <Photo: Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed> news@theasian.asia
“Give me my Home Back”
Residents of different villages located along both sides of railway track in Larkana district of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan staged demonstration, blocked railway track by setting ablaze old tyres and wood and halted the train for many hours to lodge protest against razing of their homes by Pakistan Railway authorities. The agitators are holding […]
Pakistan Estimates Drug Abuser 4 mil.
A Pakistani drug addict injects himself with heroin in a roadside corner in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on March 2, 2012. It is estimated that the total number of drug abusers in Pakistan is about four million. But a survey conducted by the United Nations in 2006 shows the total number of addicts in the country […]
Decorated Hands of Pakistani Brides
Pakistani brides show their hands decorated with henna on a mass wedding ceremony in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, March 1, 2012. Around 50 couples participated in a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Welfare Association. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
Daily Life in Pakistan
A Pakistani vendor sits on top of a pile of blankets as he drives his donkey-cart along a road in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Feb. 27, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Mohammad> news@theasian.asia
Cold Weather Last Few Days Across Pakistan
A man walks in a street during a snowfall in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta, on Feb. 17, 2012. The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Friday forecasted that cold weather conditions would last few days across the country. <Photo: Xinhua/Iqbal Hussain> news@theasian.asia
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