Rawalpindi

Pakistan’s lawyers work in an area that looks more like a Middle Eastern market than a court and judicial system. But that’s just the beginning of their problems, which also include a judicial system that can be extremely slow at it’s best, and downright corrupt at its worst.

Pakistan’s limited water supply is making many millions sick from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, hepatitis and typhoid.

Last year, in Pakistan, at least 150 acid attacks were reported. Many more are not reported, because victims are pressured by their community to keep quiet. Now, a new law gives acid burn survivors some legal recourse.

On hands and knees, he painstakingly sweeps every inch of the street with an old shoe brush. But he and his young son Asad aren’t collecting trash. They’re looking for gold dust that blows out of the jewellery shops around them.