PHOTOS: Marching for missing relatives in Pakistan, a portrait series
February 28, 2014
Ali Haider, 10, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of his father, who went missing on July 14, 2010, while he and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Ten-year-old Ali Haider has spent the last four months of his life walking across the breadth of Pakistan in an effort to find out what has happened to his father who has been missing since 2010. Haider is the youngest of two dozen activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( APTOPIX Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Mohammed Qadir, 62, and his grandson Meer, 7, pose for a portrait holding a photograph of his dead father Jaleel, who went missing in 2010 and reported dead in 2013, while he and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. They are part of two dozen activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Robi Zarmen poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her dead brother, who went missing on February 11, 2011, and a year after was reported dead, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She is part of a group of activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Farzana Majeed, 27, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her brother Zakir, who went missing on June 8, 2009, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Farzana is one of two dozen activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Sameena Haider, 14, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her brother, who went missing on August 17, 2013, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She is part of a group of activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Zareena Qalandrani poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her brother Manzoor, who went missing on August 2, 2012, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She is part of a group of activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Sameena Rudni, 20, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her brother Mushtaq, who went missing on March 27, 2009, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She is part of a group of activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Somi Baloch, 16, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her brother Deen, who went missing on June 28, 2009, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She is part of a group of activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Bahiyya Murree poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her brother Akbar, who went missing on April 20, 2010, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She is one of two dozen activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
Maheen Baloch, 15, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her brother Naveed, who went missing on August 17, 2013, while she and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She is part of a group of activists from the impoverished southwestern province of Baluchistan who walked roughly 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) to the capital of Islamabad to draw attention to alleged abductions of their loved ones by the Pakistani government. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan March Photo Essay )
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