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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…
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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
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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
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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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Valentine’s Day in Pakistan
A Pakistani woman chooses gifts for the upcoming Valentine’s Day in a shop in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on Feb. 11, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Umar Qayyum> news@theasian.asia
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Fortune Whaleshark Left
A boy lies on a dead whale shark in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Feb. 9, 2012. The 40-foot whale shark was found dead at a coastal area of Karachi in the Arabian Sea. <Photo: Xinhua/Toheed> news@theasian.asia
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Pakistan Factory Collapse, 3 Dead
Rescuers work on the ruins of a collapsed building in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Feb. 6, 2012. At least three people were killed, 17 injured and over 100 buried under the rubbles of a factory building that collapsed following a boiler explosion in eastern Pakistani city of…
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Pakistani Muslims Celebrate Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi
Pakistani Muslims sit on a decorated truck in a procession to celebrate Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, festival marking the birth of Prophet Mohammed in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 5, 2012. Thousands of local Muslims celebrated Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi by participating in religious processions, ceremonies and distributing free meals among the poor. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad…
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Winter Season Continue to March
Meteorological Department has forecast prolonged winter for Pakistan this season that may continue up to March. During this winter a number of areas of country received unprecedented snowfall. On February 03, 2012, the second spell of winter started with heavy snowfall in northern parts of country. In these pictures a…
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Pakistan Launches 1st Luxury Train Service
A policeman stands guard next to Pakistan’s first luxury business train at a railway station in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Feb. 3, 2012. The first ever luxury train of Pakistan started its travel from eastern city of Lahore to southern port city of Karachi on Friday. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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