Abandoned newborns at the Edhi Center in Islamabad. Edhi has widely advertised and urged people to leave unwanted babies in the dispensary to discourage the common practice of killing abandoned infants.

A little boy at the Edhi Center points his toy camera at me. I wish more children had the opportunity to pursue the arts and to bring the change the country needs.

An old woman, recently abandoned by her family at the Edhi Center weeps for home. It is not an uncommon occurrence for family members to get rid of their elderly because of their handicap, for greed of inheritance or just because of the liability.

This photograph is perhaps the epitome of how the West perceives Pakistan. Context is everything when handling a lens. This was taken at a protest against the government on the pressing issue of Missing Persons. The woman in the photograph is a tired protester and in her background is the Parliament House guarded by the police, concrete and barbed wire. Residents of Islamabad are now used to driving through military check-points although the psychological effects of such an everyday evasion are not addressed. We are a resilient nation, no doubt.

Food inflation in Pakistan has lead to an increase in food queues at shrines such as Bari Imam where the rich offer food for the poor in order to have their wishes fulfilled. Pakistan has grown increasingly unstable both politically and economically in the last few years with price hikes, electric/gas shortages on top of the devastation caused by the recent floods and the Military offensive in its northwest region.

A little boy holds a picture of his father at a protest against Missing Persons in Islamabad.