Pakistan In Pictures: Pakistan in Pictures

As Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police fights its fierce battle against militancy, women officers stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their male colleagues. Some, like Shazia Gul, pay the ultimate price for their courage.

Her family was fully aware of the perils of the job, but for them her wish to die for the country was enough reason to pledge all their support.

And die in the line of duty, she did. Shazia Gul, 25, became the first policewoman to die in the ongoing fight against militancy in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa when she was killed in a bomb blast on May 10, 2011, in the cantonment city of Nowshera, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of provincial capital Peshawar. The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, May 13^th, 2012

Pir Ghaib, near Bolan Baluchistan.

These mountains of Mankhial and their meadows are located Just above the town of Kalam in Swat.

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A heavy meal in Pakistan is often followed by a trip to the “Paan Shop”. Paan is said to help digestion and freshen breath. A paan can contain many varying ingredients with tastes ranging from sweet to bitter, all wrapped in a fragrant betel leaf and served to be eaten in one bite. Common paan ingredients include areca nuts, lime paste, and tobacco. Source: Dawn

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