War on Terror & Pakistan's Unsung Heroes

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While the nation fears terrorist attacks and mourns the victims of suicide bombers, a few brave Pakistanis are willing to confront the horror and sift through the rubble after a militant strikes.

Thanks to their efforts, the wounded get a second chance and victims of terror are treated with dignity. Without these unsung heroes, Pakistanis would have a much harder time moving on after each atrocity.




Rescue workers look at the body of a female UN worker pulled from the rubble of a bomb blast that killed 11 and injured at least 52 people at the Pearl Continental Hotel on June 10, 2009, in Peshawar





Rescuers walk outside the burnt Marriott hotel in Islamabad on September 21, 2008, a day after the suicide bombing. Rescuers were set to search the smouldering remains of the hotel for survivors following a huge truck bombing which left at least 60 people dead and 200 injured





Police and emergency services scour the grounds of Islamabad's police headquarters for evidence after a suspected suicide bombing on October 9, 2008.




Rescue workers inspect the site of a bomb blast in Lahore on October 7, 2008. Three low-intensity bombs exploded in the city on October 7, wounding six people and damaging a number of shops





Rescue workers work among the wreckage of the devastated Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on September 22, 2008



Source: Dawn Media Gallery

 

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Rescue workers remove debris at the site where a fire burnt down several houses in Karachi, January 8, 2009. At least 38 people were killed and 25 wounded when a fire ripped through dozens of homes in a shanty town in the city.





Police and rescue workers are seen next to a damaged bus at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi, July 2, 2009






Edhi volunteers remove a body from a suicide attack site in front of the exit gates of Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) in Wah, August 21, 2008






Rescue workers look for trapped people in the rubble of a building destroyed by an explosion in Lahore on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Gunmen detonated a car bomb near police and intelligence agency offices in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, in one of the country's deadliest attacks this year






Rescue personnel carry an injured man after an explosion in Lahore, Oct 7, 2008. Three small bombs exploded in the city, slightly injuring at least four people, officials said