State of the nation 2011

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  • The man known as @reallyvirtual on Twitter. A 30-something IT consultant, Sohaib Athar had a front-seat to the end of the bin Laden story.
  • A local restaurant owner looks onto the street where CIA contractor Raymond Davis shot dead two motorcyclists on January 27.
  • Imran Khan addresses a rally for engineers in Lahore.
  • The entrance to the Hazara graveyard in Quetta.
    The entrance to the Hazara graveyard in Quetta.
  • Rubbish collects at the base of a PPP sign in Lyari. The conflict in the area this year is attributed to gang warfare and drugs; the main perpetrators were the MQM and the People’s Amn Committee.
    Rubbish collects at the base of a PPP sign in Lyari. The conflict in the area this year is attributed to gang warfare and drugs.
  • Guards and drivers sit at the edge of Kohsar Market, where Salmaan Taseer was assassinated on January 4.
  • Schoolboys cling to the back of a van on their way to school in Peshawar. At least two militant attacks this year have targeted students in the city.
  • Saleem Shahzad’s mother wipes away her tears as she recounts the events leading to her son’s murder on May 30. Shahzad, an investigative reporter, was found dead in a canal near Islamabad.
    Saleem Shahzad’s mother recounts the events leading to her son’s murder on May 30. Shahzad, an investigative reporter, was found dead near Islamabad.
  • A devotee crouches on the ground near the Shah Rukn-e-Alam mausoleum in Multan. Multan is often referred to as the city of saints, Sufis and beggars.
    A devotee crouches on the ground near the Shah Rukn-e-Alam mausoleum in Multan. Multan is often referred to as the city of saints, Sufis and beggars.
  • Minar-e-Pakistan as reflected in the lake in Minto Park. The monument is a favourite for political rallies, given its historic significance.
  • An Occupy Pakistan poster plastered on an outside wall of the casualty ward of the Sandeman Hospital in Quetta.
  • Business as usual in Kohsar Market in Islamabad, which hosts some of the capital’s best coffee shops.
  • Students take at the Khushal School in Mingora, Swat. The region is recovering from a period of militancy that saw more than 50,000 students suffer.
  • The man known as @reallyvirtual on Twitter. A 30-something IT consultant, Sohaib Athar had a front-seat to the end of the bin Laden story.A local restaurant owner looks onto the street where CIA contractor Raymond Davis shot dead two motorcyclists on January 27.Imran Khan addresses a rally for engineers in Lahore.The entrance to the Hazara graveyard in Quetta.Rubbish collects at the base of a PPP sign in Lyari. The conflict in the area this year is attributed to gang warfare and drugs; the main perpetrators were the MQM and the People’s Amn Committee.Guards and drivers sit at the edge of Kohsar Market, where Salmaan Taseer was assassinated on January 4.Schoolboys cling to the back of a van on their way to school in Peshawar. At least two militant attacks this year have targeted students in the city.Saleem Shahzad’s mother wipes away her tears as she recounts the events leading to her son’s murder on May 30. Shahzad, an investigative reporter, was found dead in a canal near Islamabad.
  • A devotee crouches on the ground near the Shah Rukn-e-Alam mausoleum in Multan. Multan is often referred to as the city of saints, Sufis and beggars.Minar-e-Pakistan as reflected in the lake in Minto Park. The monument is a favourite for political rallies, given its historic significance.An Occupy Pakistan poster plastered on an outside wall of the casualty ward of the Sandeman Hospital in Quetta.Business as usual in Kohsar Market in Islamabad, which hosts some of the capital’s best coffee shops.Students take at the Khushal School in Mingora, Swat. The region is recovering from a period of militancy that saw more than 50,000 students suffer.

    • Late in the morning, early in the year, as Salmaan Taseer stepped out of a coffee shop inIslamabad’s Kohsar Market, his bodyguard pumped 26 bullets into his body, then dropped the rifle and raised his hands in serene surrender. With this act of vigilante killing, a chilling indication of the deep rifts in society, Pakistan hurtled head first into an uncertain year, propelled by faith, and the fear and force invoked in its name.

    As the year drew to a close, long after television crews had thinned and the glare of the media had dimmed, photographer Kohi Marri revisited the places and people that captivated the attention of Pakistan and the world in 2011.

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