Milk of human kindness
A 45-day-old black bear cub is nursed by a wildlife official after being found by children in a town on the edge of forest in north-west Pakistan. (Copyright: AFP/Getty Images)
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It has touched me in recent years how often I have witnessed the exploitation of farming communities by wealthy land owners as we have traveled the world. It is truly a universal norm to economically enslave share croppers by creating debt structures in the wake of drought or natural disaster, which in turn bind whole families to a land owner.
This man lives and works as a share cropper along the Indus River in Pakistan. I can still remember the hopelessness in his eyes as he explained how the land owner whose fields he tended had not changed his expected quota of grain following the massive floods of last summer, which has forced his children to quit school and work the fields themselves. Even with the extra hands they still can’t make the quota and are now bound to their master by debt.
FACT: This is a totally legal and recognized practice of slavery all across the world. (via aphotographicprotest)
Refuelling#log #photos #Pakistan #Lahore #culture (at Shell, photo by umalik)
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Street vendor #log #photos #Pakistan #Lahore #streetphotography #social #culture (at Tawa Chicken Taxali, photo by umalik)
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The legendary Phajja Paye (hooves). #log #Pakistan #Lahore #photos #culture #streetphotography (at phajay day paay, photo by umalik)
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Lost Glory, an abandoned building (at Nisbat Road, via umalik)
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Lahori breakfast, Puri (via umalik)
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Street herbal medicine vendor. (at Nisbat Road, via umalik)
Sign details that he is selling a unqiue oil of 40 herbs which can solve all sort of pains, stroke, skin rash and what not. Small bottle for 20 Rs and larges one for 50 Rupee. Oh and that if you can prove him wrong you will get a 500 Rupee reward!
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Furthering diplomatic ties: Japanese wrestler Inoki arrives in Pakistan
Antonio Inoki, a former Japanese professional wrestler, arrived in Pakistan on late on Friday to participate in an international wrestling competition, Express News reported.
Talking to reporters at the Benazir International airport in Islamabad upon his arrival, Inoki said that he was visiting Pakistan as part of the 60-year celebrations of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Japan.
Expess News added that during the brief press talk, the Japanese wrestler revealed that he had accepted Islam and that his Muslim name was “Muhamamd Hussain”.
Inoki, who has previously visited Pakistan to take on late wrestler Akram, reminisced that the Japanese wrestler had managed to break the Pakistani challenger’s arm. Inoki said that he would visit the graves of late wrestlers Gama and Akram and pay his respects. (Complete news)
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