Pakistani demonstrators pay homage to 15 years old Pakistani activist, Malala Yousoufzai, shot in the head by the Talibans, in October 2012, for promoting girls'education in Swat Valley.
(AP Photo)
Afghan refugee and Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, attend their daily Quran class, in a slum, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Learning how to read verses of Quran (Islam's Holy book) is the only class that get most children of this poor neighborhood.
Children play in the schoolyard of a slum, on the outskirts of Islamabad. After the class, most of the boys go work to the market while the girls go beg in the streets of Islamabad or Rawalpindi to support their family.
"School is cool" reads the slogan on the wall of this makeshift school, on the outskirts of Islamabad. (AP Photo)
Pakistani Nisha Nadeem, 6, during her daily class at her school, in a slum, on the outskirts of Islamabad. (AP Photo)
Pakistani girls help each other to learn how to read verses of Quran, Islam's holy book, in a slum of Islamabad.
A makeshift school set up by volunteers, in a Public Park, downtown Islamabad. (AP Photo)
A Pakistani student stands on a chair to write on the board, at the EHD foundation school, in Islamabad. (AP Photo)
Afghan refugee and Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, attend their daily Quran class, in a slum, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Learning how to read verses of Quran (Islam's Holy book) is the only class for most children of this poor neighborhood. (AP Photo)
Dolores Arif, 40, teaches the alphabet to children, in a Church, turned into a kindergarden, in a Christian neighborhood of Islamabad. (AP Photo)
Pakistani demonstrators pay homage to 15 years old Pakistani activist, Malala Yousoufzai, shot in the head by the Talibans, in October 2012, for promoting girls'education in Swat Valley.