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Pakistan Fashion Week a Symbolic Blow to Taliban

Nov. 5: Pakistan's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever fashion week. KARACHI, Pakistan Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Full Article at FOX News

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  1. A Pakistani model takes to the catwalk in the fourth day of Fashion Pakistan Week on Saturday in Karachi. ( Daniel Berehulak, Getty Images ) KARACHI, Pakistan — Some women strode the catwalk in spiked bracelets and body armor. Full Article at Denver Post

  2. Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Full Article at ABC News

  3. Model at Karachi show

    Pakistan is hosting its first ever fashion week in the city of Karachi against a backdrop of heavy security. Around 30 Pakistani designers are taking part in the event which ends on Saturday. The shows are taking place in the luxury Marriott hotel. Full Article at BBC News

  4. Bare shoulders, backless gowns and pouting models are wowing Pakistan's glitterati as Karachi fashion week shows the world a different side of the Taliban-troubled nation. Full Article at Hindustan Times

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  2. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 18: Richard Holbrooke (R), special U.S envoy to Afghanisitan and Pakistan, talks on the phone before the arrival of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on November 18, 2009  in Kabul, Afghanistan. This is her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S Secretary of State.
  3. PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 17:  Projectionist Musta Gamut sits as he waits between changing reels during a screening of 'Zakham' at the Shabistan Cinema on November 17, 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan.
  4. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 13:  Police officers screen vehicles at a checkpoint on November 13, 2009 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
  5. SINGAPORE - NOVEMBER 13:  Carol Hansell, Senior Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP and Chairperson of the Corporate, George Kirkland, Executive Vice President, Chevron Global Upstream, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan attend th...
  6. KARACHI, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 06:  A model wearing a creation by Pakistani designer Nomi Ansari, prepares backstage during the 3rd day of Fashion Pakistan Week on November 6, 2009 in Karachi, Pakistan. Fashion Pakistan Week commenced today amidst security threats.
  7. BASEL, SWITZERLAND - NOVEMBER 05:  Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Daniel Nestor of Canada in action against James Cerretani of USA and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan during Day Four of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors Tennis at St Jakobshalle on November 5, 2009 in Basel, Switzerland.
  8. BASEL, SWITZERLAND - NOVEMBER 03:  Roger Federer (R) and Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland in action against James Cerretani of USA and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan in the doubles during Day Two of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors Tennis at St Jakobshalle on November 3, 2009 in Basel, Switzerland.
  9. RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 03:  Rescue workers and volunteers work on retrieving survivors and bodies from a train crash wreck on November 3, 2009 in Karachi, Pakistan.
  10. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Martin Guptill, Tim Southee and Scott Styris check in as the New Zealand Black Caps depart for their cricket tour to Pakistan from Auckland International Airport on October 27, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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