A Pakistani man rides on his horse cart through a flooded square after heavy rains in Lahore on July 3, 2018. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





In this December 25, 2016, photo, a Pakistani Christian girl crosses a bridge in poor Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. Minorities in Muslim majority Pakistan seek equality in upcoming polls and a voice they say that will protect them against an increasingly intolerant and radical atmosphere that targets them. (Photo byB.K. Bangash/AP Photo)





Pakistan motorcyclists ride past plates of Iftar foods placed for residents to break their fast along a street in Karachi on May 29, 2017. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP Photo)





Pakistani children travel to school in a van in Peshawar on January 12, 2015. Schools in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar re-opened on January 12 for the first time since a Taliban raid massacred 150 people, mainly children, with returning students expressing defiance tinged with apprehension. (Photo by A. Majeed/AFP Photo)





Pakistani residents eat food given out by a charity outside a restaurant in Karachi on April 8, 2016. Nearly 60 million people live below the poverty line in Pakistan, making almost a third of the country poor under a new formula adopted by the government to measure poverty. The report, from Pakistan's Planning Commission, estimates that adults in up to 7.6 million households are earning less than 3,030 rupees per month ($30), raising poverty levels to 29.5 percent from nine percent under former estimates. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP Photo)





Pakistani children sit on a tank as they enjoy the park during a public holiday ahead of National Day celebration in Rawalpindi on March 22, 2015. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo)





Devotees reach out for sacred water from a carved silver casing in the hallway at the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Usman Marwandi, also known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in Sehwan Sharif, in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, September 5, 2013. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A Pakistani labourer makes bricks at a factory on the outskirts of Lahore on Marchi 7, 2016, ahead of International Women's Day. Women in Pakistan have fought for their rights for decades, in a country where so-called honour killings and acid attacks remain commonplace. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A general view of the illuminated shrine of Muslim Sufi Saint Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan Sharif, Pakistan, in the early hours of 28 June 2013. Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177-1274) was a Persian (Tajik) Sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar. Born Syed Usman Shah Marwandi, he belonged to the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufis. He preached religious tolerance among Muslims and Hindus. Thousands of pilgrims visit his shrine every year, especially on the occasion of his Urs. (Photo by Nadeem Khawer/EPA/EFE)





A street is decorated with posters of election candidates in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Pakistan's military announced on Tuesday that it would deploy more than 371,000 members of the country's security forces to polling stations to ensure free, fair and transparent national elections on July 25. (Photo by Shakil Adil/AP Photo)





A girls hugs a sheep for sale ahead of Eid al-Adha on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, September 16, 2015. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the annual hajj pilgrimage, by slaughtering goats, sheep, cows and camels in commemoration of the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah. (Photo by Athar Hussain/Reuters)





Pakistani boys wear masks in colors of national flag as the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, in Karachi, Pakistan, 07 August 2017. Pakistan celebrates its 70th independence anniversary from British rule in 1947, on 14 August 2017. (Photo by Rehan Khan/EPA/EFE)





Pakistani students ride a cart through the village of Hussain Khanwala in Punjab Province on August 10, 2015. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





People mourn the deaths of their family members in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, July 20, 2018. Heavy rain resulted in roof collapsing and has killed a father and daughter while injuring son, police said. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





In this July 11, 2018, photo, Radesh Singh, right, is one of about 200,000 Sikhs living in Pakistan, talks to local people in his constituency in Peshawar, Pakistan. Despite attacks on his fellow Sikhs by radicals and even by Islamic State insurgents, he is running in elections as an independent. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, April 3, 2018, photo, a senior tailor talks with customers about upcoming designs and increase of fees at Needles Tailoring in Mardan, Pakistan. Today women – even in conservative regions of the country – are more visible, boosting orders for the tailors who once were effectively banned from the much bigger business of sewing clothes for fashion-conscious women. (Photo by Saba Rehman/AP Photo)





Pakistani residents inspect a three wheeler water bike standing over a dry portion of the Rawal dam in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 19, 2018. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Women react as they ride a camel during Eid al-Fitr celebrations, at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on June 18, 2018. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A girl adorned with jewelry wears a traditional dress while walking with her sibling during Eid al-Fitr celebrations, at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on June 18, 2018. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A bull savar (jockey) guides his bulls as he competes in a bull race on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan July 1, 2018. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)





Supporters of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), listen to his speech during a campaign rally ahead of general elections in District Thatta, Pakistan, July 2, 2018. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Children play on a trampoline, near electoral flag of a political party, with the under-construction buildings in the background, in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan July 18, 2018. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





In this July 19, 2018, photo, Banners and posters of election candidates from political parties, decorated outside a compound of Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. Minorities face a daunting battle in parliamentary elections this week in Muslim-majority Pakistan, striving for more representation and a voice that will speak up for them in an increasingly intolerant and radical atmosphere. (Photo by B.K. Bangash/AP Photo)





Supporters of Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, cheer and gesture as they sit on the branches of a tree during his campaign rally, in Islamabad, on July 21, 2018, ahead of the general election. Pakistan will hold the general election on July 25, 2018. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)





A man wades through a flooded road after heavy rain fall in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Heavy rain lashed Lahore causing several rain-linked accidents. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)