A police officer rappels off a building during a practice session at the Elite Police Training Centre in Nowshera, Pakistan on February 10, 2023. Newly graduated police officers are trained at the vast Elite Police Training Center for six months, where they are taught how to conduct raids, to rappel from buildings with a rope and use rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns, which they practice on a simulated militant training camp. (Photo by Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)





A girl peeks from the entrance of her family home, in the Police Lines area, Peshawar, Pakistan on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)





People wait their turn for filling gas into their vehicles gas at a CNG station, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Cash-strapped Pakistan nearly doubled natural gas taxes Tuesday in an effort to comply with a long-stalled financial bailout, raising concerns about the hardship that could be passed on to consumers in the impoverished south Asian country. Pakistan's move came as the country struggles with instability stemming from an economic crisis. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





Rescue workers move an injured in the aftermath of an attack on a police station in Karachi, Pakistan on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A day laborer waits for work at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Feb.ruary17, 2023. Many laborers are worried how they will survive after the government advanced a bill to raise 170 billion rupees in tax revenue. That could worsen impoverished Pakistan's economic outlook as it struggles to recover from devastating summer floods and a wave of violence. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





Stranded trucks loaded with supplies for Afghanistan, line up on a highway after Afghan Taliban rulers closed a key border crossing point Torkham, in Landi Kotal, an area Pakistan's district Khyber along Afghan border, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. The main crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border remained shut Tuesday for the third straight day, officials said, after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers earlier this week closed the key trade route and exchanged fire with Pakistani border guards. (Photo by Qazi Rauf/AP Photo)





Drivers drink green tea close to their stranded trucks loaded with supplies for Afghanistan, line up on a highway as they wait to open the Torkham crossing point, which was closed by Afghan Taliban rulers, in Landi Kotal, an area Pakistan's district Khyber along Afghan border, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. The main crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border remained shut Tuesday for the third straight day, officials said, after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers earlier this week closed the key trade route and exchanged fire with Pakistani border guards. (Phoot by Qazi Rauf/AP Photo)





Shah Mahmood Qureshi, bottom center, a senior leader of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf” party takes part in a rally, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister on Wednesday defied a ban on rallies in a commercial area of the city of Lahore, taunting police and asking to be arrested en masse. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf” party participate in a rally, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, February 22, 2023. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





A worker of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) collects data for the digital census, in Karachi, Pakistan, 01 March 2023. PBS has launched a digital census and portal to allow citizens to submit their data. The census that began on 01 March, will be used for the upcoming general elections. So far, 4.3 million people have registered. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





A government worker collects data from a woman during census, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Pakistan on Wednesday launched its first-ever digital population and housing census to gather demographic data on every individual ahead of the parliamentary elections which are due later this year, officials said. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





A paramilitary soldier and volunteers gather at the site of a suicide bombing, in Sibi, a district in the Pakistan's Baluchistan province, Monday, March 6, 2023. A suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rammed into a police truck in Pakistan's restive southwest, killing and wounding police officers in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent months, authorities said. (Photo by Saeed-ud-Din/AP Photo)





Security officials examine the site after a suicide attack on a police truck near Dhadar, the main town of Kachhi district, about 120 kms southeast of Quetta in Balochistan province on March 6, 2023. A suicide bomber killed nine police officers and wounded 16 others on March 6 in an attack on their truck in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. (Photo by Mohammad Aslam/AFP Photo)





Girls from Pakistani Hindu community smear their faces with colors to to celebrate the Holi Festival, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, March 6, 2023. Holi Festival marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





A woman, who sells fruit to earn a living for her family, waits for customers along roadside, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Pakistan is observing the International Women's Day with other nations. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Women supporters of a religious party “Jamaat-e-Islami” participate in a rally to mark International Women's Day, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The day officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Police officers detain a supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a clash, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Pakistani police used water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the country's former Prime Minister Khan Wednesday in the eastern city of Lahore. Two dozen Khan supporters were arrested for defying a government ban on holding rallies, police said. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Police officers use water cannon to disperse the supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan during clashes, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Police officers help their colleague injured in the clashes with the supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





A woman, who has the words “Woman's Freedom” and “Social Freedom” painted on her cheeks, along with others, participate in "Aurat March" or “Women's March”, to mark International Women's Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)