Pakistan

DADU, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 13: Flood victims scramble for food rations, dropped by Pakistan Army soldiers, as they battle the downwash from a Pakistan Army helicopter during relief operations on September 13, 2010 on the Suprio Bund near the village of Goza in Dadu district in Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: A young girl, displaced by flooding, carries firewood to her families temporary shelter in a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 15, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: Flood victims make their way through a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 15, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 16: Sakeena, 22, sits with her daughters three-year-old Satara and six-year-old Kahalda and what is left of her belongings, after being displaced by flooding and separated from her husband, and evacuated to a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 16, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: A young girl, displaced by flooding, sits in front of her families temporary shelter in a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 15, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: Twelve-year-old Kasbano, a flood victim, holds her three-year old nephew Athar while she prepares a meal for her brothers and sisters in a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 15, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

NOWSHERA, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 2: Local residents scramble to recover water bottles dropped from a Pakistan Air force helicopter on August 2, 2010 in Nowshera, Pakistan. Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods since 1929, according to officials. Heavy monsoon rains have triggered severe, deadly flooding in Northwest Pakistan, claiming the lives of more than 800 people and forcing thousands from their homes. The United Nations estimates that around one million people nationwide are affected by the disaster.

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: Families, displaced by flooding, prepare meals in a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 15, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

DADU, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 13: Land washed away by flooding is seen from a Pakistan Army helicopter during relief operations on September 13, 2010 in the village of Goza in Dadu district in Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

Pakistan's Secretary of State for Financial Affairs Hini Raddani Khar (C) speaks with US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke (L) and Bristih Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth William Hague prior a meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan on October 15, 2010 at the European Union headquarters in Brussels. This Third council is expected in particular to look at the aftermath of the recent floods in Pakistan (humanitarian situation, reconstruction and rehabilitation) and at a longer term comprehensive approach to recovery (economic recovery, trade, institution building and administrative reforms).

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: Twelve-year-old Kasbano, a flood victim, holds her three-year old nephew Athar while she prepares a meal for her brothers and sisters in a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 15, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 16: A girl, displaced by flooding, looks over a Pakistan Army run flood relief camp on September 16, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

(From L) Pakistan's Secretary of State for Financial Affairs Hini Raddani Khar, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Bristih Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth William Hague, and an unidentified special advisor talk prior a meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan on October 15, 2010 at the European Union headquarters in Brussels. This Third council is expected in particular to look at the aftermath of the recent floods in Pakistan (humanitarian situation, reconstruction and rehabilitation) and at a longer term comprehensive approach to recovery (economic recovery, trade, institution building and administrative reforms).

SEHWAN SHARIF, PAKISTAN - SEPTEMBER 16: Flood victims travel across flood waters on barrels on September 16, 2010 on the outskirts of Sehwan Sharif in the Jamshoro District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Over six weeks after flooding began, new devastation continues across the Sindh province of Pakistan, as flood waters, still on the rise, continue to overcome new villages. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 22 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organisations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

NOWSHERA, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 3: Families set in for the evening in their makeshift tent homes located on the median strip after having abandoned their flood destroyed homes, on August 3, 2010 in Pabi near to Nowshera, Pakistan. Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods since 1929, according to officials. Heavy monsoon rains have triggered severe, deadly flooding in Northwest Pakistan, claiming the lives of more than 1,100 people and forcing thousands from their homes. The United Nations estimates that around one million people nationwide are affected by the disaster.

Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi (R) delivers the ball as South African batsman Hashim Amla looks on during the third day-night international match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Dubai cricket Stadium in Gulf emirate on November 2, 2010. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and put South Africa into bat.

Abdul Haseem Khan (L) from Pakistan celebrates a goal with Shakeel Abbbasi (C) and Muhammad Waqas (R) during the field hockey match between Pakistan and Scotland at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium during the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 5, 2010. Pakistan won the match 3 to 0.

Pakistan's Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar (L), US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2nd-L), Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and US Admiral Michael Mullen listen as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (not in picture) speaks during the US-Pakistan Dialogue Plenary Session at the State Department in Washington, DC, on October 22, 2010.

Pakistan spin bower Abdur Rehman delivers the ball on the fourth day of the second and last Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at the Abu Dhabi cricket Stadium on November 23, 2010. Pakistan were dismissed for 434 in their first-inning on the fourth day of the second Test, conceding a lead of 150 runs to South Africa who declared at 584-9.

Pakistan spin bower Abdur Rehman delivers the ball on the fourth day of the second and last Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at the Abu Dhabi cricket Stadium on November 23, 2010. Pakistan were dismissed for 434 in their first-inning on the fourth day of the second Test, conceding a lead of 150 runs to South Africa who declared at 584-9.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton (R) talk before a daylong 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan' meeting on October 15, 2010 at the Europen Union headquarters in Brussels. Also attending the meeting of 26 countries and international institutions are a slew of foreign ministers and dignitaries, including US envoy for the region, Richard Holbrooke. October 15,2010 at the EU headquarters in Brussels. This Third council is expected in particular to look at the aftermath of the recent floods in Pakistan (humanitarian situation, reconstruction and rehabilitation) and at a longer term comprehensive approach to recovery (economic recovery, trade, institution building and administrative reforms).

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Javed Miandad (R) watches the cricket quarter-final match between Pakistan and China with an unidentified official at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou on November 22, 2010. Pakistan crushed China by 128 runs to reach the semi-finals.

Next US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter holds a press conference beside the meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan on October 15, 2010 at the EU eadquarters in Brussels. Pakistan pledged to continue on the road to reform and offered to facilitate Afghan-Taliban talks to bolster regional peace at a gathering Friday of 26 countries and key global institutions.

Pakistan's Naval Chief Admiral Aziz Mirza (2nd R) briefs French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (2ndL) about the suicide bombing incident at the site in Karachi, 09 May 2002. Alliot visited the wounded 10 french citizens and then to the site of the worst-ever suicide attack in Pakistan. At least 14 people including 11 french nationals were killed in yesterday's bomb attack in front of Sheraton hotel. Pakistan's information minister Nisar Memon is at left.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt speaks during a news conference in Lahore on September 9, 2010. Pakistan's cricket chief on September 9 said three players under investigation in Britain for corruption can return home as no charges had been brought against them. Pakistan Test team captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif have been interrogated by police over claims that they took money to deliberately bowl no-balls against England at Lord's last month.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt gestures during a news conference in Lahore on September 9, 2010. Pakistan's cricket chief on September 9 said three players under investigation in Britain for corruption can return home as no charges had been brought against them. Pakistan Test team captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif have been interrogated by police over claims that they took money to deliberately bowl no-balls against England at Lord's last month.

Muhammad Waqas (R) from Pakistan celebrates a goal with Shakeel Abbasi (L) and Abdul Haseem Khan during the field hockey match between Pakistan and Scotland at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium during the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 5, 2010. Pakistan won the match 3 - 0.

Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi delivers the ball during the third day-night international match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Dubai cricket Stadium in Gulf emirate on November 2, 2010. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and put South Africa into bat in the third day-night international match in Dubai on November 2.

A Pakistani Ranger talk to sick Pakistani fishermen prisoner Abdul Rahim, laying on a mattress, after crossing over to Pakistan at the international India-Pakistan Wagah Border in India's northwestern Punjab state on November 9, 2010. The Indian government in a goodwill gesture released 64 Pakistani nationals including 54 fishermen to Pakistan.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton (R) talk before a daylong 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan' meeting on October 15, 2010 at the Europen Union headquarters in Brussels. Also attending the meeting of 26 countries and international institutions are a slew of foreign ministers and dignitaries, including US envoy for the region, Richard Holbrooke. October 15,2010 at the EU headquarters in Brussels. This Third council is expected in particular to look at the aftermath of the recent floods in Pakistan (humanitarian situation, reconstruction and rehabilitation) and at a longer term comprehensive approach to recovery (economic recovery, trade, institution building and administrative reforms).

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton (R) talk before a daylong 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan' meeting on October 15, 2010 at the Europen Union headquarters in Brussels. Also attending the meeting of 26 countries and international institutions are a slew of foreign ministers and dignitaries, including US envoy for the region, Richard Holbrooke. October 15,2010 at the EU headquarters in Brussels. This Third council is expected in particular to look at the aftermath of the recent floods in Pakistan (humanitarian situation, reconstruction and rehabilitation) and at a longer term comprehensive approach to recovery (economic recovery, trade, institution building and administrative reforms).

Next US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter holds a press conference beside the meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan on October 15, 2010 at the EU eadquarters in Brussels. Pakistan pledged to continue on the road to reform and offered to facilitate Afghan-Taliban talks to bolster regional peace at a gathering Friday of 26 countries and key global institutions.

Pakistan's former President and chief of a political group Millat Party Farooq Leghari (2nd L) shakes hand with Mian Mohammad Azher (2nd R), chief of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid group) prior to their meeting for an electoral alliance in Islamabad, 12 August 2002. Some ten political parties of the country formed a alliance named Grand National Alliance for the upcoming general elections in the country scheduled in October this year. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (R), former interim prime minister of Pakistan, Ajmal Khattak (L), leader of Awami national party and former interior minister Chaudhary Shujahat Hussain (C) also seen in the picture.

Pakistan cricketer Saeed Ajmal (C) fields a ball during the third day-night international match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Dubai cricket Stadium in Gulf emirate on November 2, 2010. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and put South Africa into bat.

Pakistan spin bower Abdur Rehman (R) deliveres the ball past South African cricketer Ashwell Prince in their second innings on the fourth day of the second and last Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at the Abu Dhabi cricket Stadium on November 23, 2010. Pakistan were dismissed for 434 in their first-inning on the fourth day of the second Test, conceding a lead of 150 runs to South Africa who declared at 584-9.

Pakistan's goal keeper Imran Shah (C) tries to save a goal from Scotland during the field hockey match between Pakistan and Scotland at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium during the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on October 5, 2010. Pakistan won the match 3 to 0.

next US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter holds a press conference beside the meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan on October 15, 2010 at the EU eadquarters in Brussels. Pakistan pledged to continue on the road to reform and offered to facilitate Afghan-Taliban talks to bolster regional peace at a gathering Friday of 26 countries and key global institutions.

A Pakistan health worker gives polio drops to a flood affected child at a makeshifts camp on the outskirts of Karachi on September 29, 2010. The United Nations called for 180 million dollars to feed six million flood victims in Pakistan till the end of this year. Torrential rain began falling in northern Pakistan in July and the floods have since moved slowly south, wiping out villages and farmland, and affecting an area roughly the size of England.

To go with story 'Pakistan-social-women-acid-crime' by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson This picture taken on December 4, 2009, shows Pakistani acid attack survivor Naziran Bibi (L) learning to walk down the stairs with a stick at the Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness in Rawalpindi on the outskirts of capital Islamabad. Naziran Bibi knows exactly what she would consider apt justice for the person who hurled acid in her face, burnt out her eyes, disfigured her beyond recognition and destroyed her life. An eye for an eye, she tells AFP, her rage palatable at her small rooms at a charity's office in Pakistan's capital, her children scrambling over her as she gropes for a sewing box and twists thread round her fingers. Bibi is locked in a complicated legal tussle over the attack and is fighting for custody of her young children, while learning how to live without sight and struggling with surgeries to rebuild her ruined face.

Passengers going to Pakistan wave from the Thar Express train while leaving India's Munabao railway station some 550 kms from Ahmedabad on November 13, 2010. The Thar Express train runs between Jodhpur in India and Karachi in Pakistan. The train halts at the Zero Point railway station in Pakistan and at Munabao railway station in India for completing the immigration formalities and customs checks.

US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke listens to a question from a media representative during a news conference in Karachi on August 19, 2009. Holbrooke vowed to help Pakistan deal with its crushing energy crisis and provide economic assistance, a key plank of Washington's strategy to fight Islamist militancy. Pakistan faces a crippling energy crisis, as it is only able to produce about 80 percent of the electricity it needs, causing debilitating blackouts and suffocating industry.

MUZAFFARGARH, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 25: Villagers, displaced from their homes by flooding, tussle as they queue for relief rations on August 25, 2010 in the Sultan Colony Army flood relief camp near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 20 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organizations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,600 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

To go with story 'Pakistan-social-women-acid-crime' by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson This picture taken on December 4, 2009, shows Pakistani acid attack survivor Naziran Bibi (L) learning to walk down the stairs with a stick at the Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness in Rawalpindi on the outskirts of capital Islamabad. Naziran Bibi knows exactly what she would consider apt justice for the person who hurled acid in her face, burnt out her eyes, disfigured her beyond recognition and destroyed her life. An eye for an eye, she tells AFP, her rage palatable at her small rooms at a charity's office in Pakistan's capital, her children scrambling over her as she gropes for a sewing box and twists thread round her fingers. Bibi is locked in a complicated legal tussle over the attack and is fighting for custody of her young children, while learning how to live without sight and struggling with surgeries to rebuild her ruined face.

To go with story 'Pakistan-social-women-acid-crime' by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson This picture taken on December 4, 2009, shows Pakistani acid attack survivor Naziran Bibi (L) learning to walk down the stairs with a stick at the Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness in Rawalpindi on the outskirts of capital Islamabad. Naziran Bibi knows exactly what she would consider apt justice for the person who hurled acid in her face, burnt out her eyes, disfigured her beyond recognition and destroyed her life. An eye for an eye, she tells AFP, her rage palatable at her small rooms at a charity's office in Pakistan's capital, her children scrambling over her as she gropes for a sewing box and twists thread round her fingers. Bibi is locked in a complicated legal tussle over the attack and is fighting for custody of her young children, while learning how to live without sight and struggling with surgeries to rebuild her ruined face.

Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan party supporters shout slogans during a protest rally in Lahore on September 26, 2010 after a US court sentenced Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in prison. Pakistan. A New York court found Siddiqui, the once respected scientist dubbed 'Lady Qaeda' by the US tabloids, guilty of the attempted murder of US military officers in Afghanistan in a case that sparked outrage in Pakistan.

To go with story 'Pakistan-social-women-acid-crime' by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson This picture taken on December 4, 2009, shows Pakistani acid attack survivor Naziran Bibi (C) taking lessons at the Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness in Rawalpindi on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad. Naziran Bibi knows exactly what she would consider apt justice for the person who hurled acid in her face, burnt out her eyes, disfigured her beyond recognition and destroyed her life. An eye for an eye, she tells AFP, her rage palatable at her small rooms at a charity's office in Pakistan's capital, her children scrambling over her as she gropes for a sewing box and twists thread round her fingers. Bibi is locked in a complicated legal tussle over the attack and is fighting for custody of her young children, while learning how to live without sight and struggling with surgeries to rebuild her ruined face.

To go with story 'Pakistan-social-women-acid-crime' by Charlotte McDonald-Gibson This picture taken on December 4, 2009, shows Pakistani acid attack survivor Naziran Bibi (C) taking lessons at the Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness in Rawalpindi on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad. Naziran Bibi knows exactly what she would consider apt justice for the person who hurled acid in her face, burnt out her eyes, disfigured her beyond recognition and destroyed her life. An eye for an eye, she tells AFP, her rage palatable at her small rooms at a charity's office in Pakistan's capital, her children scrambling over her as she gropes for a sewing box and twists thread round her fingers. Bibi is locked in a complicated legal tussle over the attack and is fighting for custody of her young children, while learning how to live without sight and struggling with surgeries to rebuild her ruined face.

MUZAFFARGARH, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 20: A baby, held by his mother, is crushed as she and other villagers, displaced from their homes by flooding, fight for bags of flour during relief distribution on August 20, 2010 on the outskirts of Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 20 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organizations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,600 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water.

Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan party chief Munawar Hasan (C) addresses a protest rally in Lahore on September 26, 2010 after a US court sentenced Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in prison. Pakistan. A New York court found Siddiqui, the once respected scientist dubbed 'Lady Qaeda' by the US tabloids, guilty of the attempted murder of US military officers in Afghanistan in a case that sparked outrage in Pakistan.

Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan party supporters shout slogans during a protest rally in Lahore on September 26, 2010 after a US court sentenced Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in prison. Pakistan. A New York court found Siddiqui, the once respected scientist dubbed 'Lady Qaeda' by the US tabloids, guilty of the attempted murder of US military officers in Afghanistan in a case that sparked outrage in Pakistan.