Relatives mourn the death of a blast victim at a hospital in Quetta on September 29, 2023, after a suicide bomber targeted a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Mastung district. At least 25 people were killed and dozens more wounded on September 29 by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. (Photo by Banaras Khan/AFP Photo)





People mourn for their relative, who was killed in a bomb explosion, at a hospital, in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, September 29, 2023. A powerful bomb exploded at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing multiple people and wounding dozens of others, police and a government official said. (Photo by Arshad Butt/AP Photo)





A relative mourns the death of a blast victim at a hospital in Quetta on September 29, 2023, after a suicide bomber targeted a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Mastung district. (Photo by Banaras Khan/AFP Photo)





Local residents gather at the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan, 29 September 2023. At least 52 people were killed and over 50 wounded on 29 September in a suicide bombing in Mastung, during a rally celebrating Eid-e-Miladun Nabi, a festival to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad, according to the officer-in-charge of the police station at Mastung, Mohammad Javed Lehri. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terrorism-related incidents, including sectarian violence between Islamists, following the fall of Kabul to the Afghan Taliban. (Photo by Jamal Taraqai/EPA/EFE)





Youngsters in traditional dresses take part in a ceremony celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, September 29, 2023. Thousands of Muslims take part in religious processions, ceremonies and distributing free meals among the poor to mark the holiday. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Girls reach out to collect snacks during the celebrations to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, in Karachi, Pakistan on September 29, 2023. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





An injured victim of Friday's deadly bombing is treated at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, September 30, 2023. A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing more then 50 people and wounding dozens others, authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest attacks targeting civilians in months. (Photo by Arshad Butt/AP Photo)





Supporters of a religious group hold a demonstration to condemn Friday's deadliest bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, September 30, 2023. The banner read “we strongly condemn the brutality and suicide attack on peaceful procession in Baluchistan”. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Pakistani people closed their shops during protest against the Mastung bombing alleging that the government's indifference caused the heavy loss of lives in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, October 1, 2023. A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing more then 50 people and wounding dozens others, authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest attacks targeting civilians in months. (Photo by Arshad Butt/AP Photo)





A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, October 2, 2023. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Bags belonging to students hang from the back of a school van, on a road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on October 5, 2023. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Afghan families wait to board into a bus to depart for their homeland, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, October 6, 2023. Pakistan's government announced a major crackdown Tuesday on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Afghan families wait to board into a bus to depart for their homeland, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, October 6, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Afghan families board into a bus to depart for their homeland, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, October 6, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Residents use a cable trolly as they cross indus river along Karakoram highway near Dasu, Pakistan on October 6, 2023. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A family rides a bike amid rain in Lahore on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





People gather along the roadside to receive free food being distributed on the occasion of World Food Day in Lahore on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A policeman closes the main gate of the Adiala Jail during the hearing of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, in Rawalpindi on October 23, 2023. Khan was on October 23 charged with leaking classified documents, a prosecutor said, a charge that carries a prison term of up to 14 years. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center in vehicle, waves to his supporters as he leaves after appearing in a court in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Sharif returned to Pakistan on last Saturday, ending his four years of self-imposed exile in London. Sharif is facing multiple legal challenges. A Pakistani federal court on last Thursday granted him bail until Oct. 24, giving him protection from arrest until then. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)





Afghan refugees voluntarily depart for their homeland, with the support of the UNHCR, following Pakistan's order for all illegal migrants to leave the country at the Pakistan-Afghanistan through the Chaman border in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan, 25 October 2023. Pakistani government ordered all immigrants, including 1.73 million Afghans living illegally, to leave the country by the end of the month or face expulsion after a surge in militant attacks largely blamed on Afghan militants. (Photo by Fayyaz Ahmad/EPA/EFE)