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  • Even though different caps and bare heads have become more common over the years, this flamboyant Peshawari turban is still worn by many in the settled areas of NWFP, the Khyber Agency, the Galliyat region and even the districts adjoining NWFP such as Mianwali and Attock.

    ALL THINGS PAKISTAN Adil Najam 2008

  • People from Swat, Rawalpindi, Mianwali, Karachi, even a family visiting from Saudia Arabia, all guaranteeing the spring water's miracle effect on a person's health.

    Maria Tirmizi: Drinking to your health Maria Tirmizi 2010

  • A group of women arrived at a relief camp in Mianwali, Punjab.

    Punjab Struggles Amid Flooding 2010

  • Zackary Canepari for The Wall Street Journal Police perform routine searches of vehicles at the last checkpoint in Mianwali.

    Insurgents Target Pakistani Police 2009

  • At left, a plainclothes police officer in Mianwali walks through the rubble of a police station destroyed by Islamic militants in February.

    Insurgents Target Pakistani Police 2009

  • Similarly there are strong militant networks in Mianwali, Sargodha, Fasilabad and other important cities and districts of Pakistan.

    Striking Taliban's Center of Gravity 2009

  • "They always tell people, 'You are doing something wrong, give me your rupees,'" said Abdul Karim, a 30-year-old mechanic in Mianwali.

    Taliban Wages War on Police 2009

  • Zackary Canepari for The Wall Street Journal At left, a police officer in Mianwali walks over the rubble of a police checkpoint.

    Insurgents Target Pakistani Police 2009

  • "They're trying to prove they are the most brutal force," said Akbar Nasir Khan, the police chief of Mianwali, where gunmen on motorcycles rushed at a roadside police checkpoint shortly before midnight Feb. 6 and killed eight officers.

    Taliban Wages War on Police 2009

  • Zackary Canepari for The Wall Street Journal The Mianwali District sits on the edge of the craggy hills that mark the end of Punjab's fertile plans with the northwest.

    Insurgents Target Pakistani Police 2009

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