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  • In his crisp blue shalwar qameez and dark brown glasses it was easier to imagine him giving a class in theology than leading men in battle.

    The Taliban troop with an east London cab driver in its ranks Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Dhani-Ghorri 2010

  • The police lined up along the side of a dirt road, while the star of the scene, Lal Muhammad, dressed again in freshly laundered shalwar qameez, strutted around with the police commander following sheepishly behind.

    The Taliban troop with an east London cab driver in its ranks Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Dhani-Ghorri 2010

  • -- Muslims who wear Western clothing and speak English with Marxist-Islamist vocabulary are vastly more likely to be suicide bombers in the West than a devout Muslim in an abaya or thobe or Pakistani shalwar qameez.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Reuel Marc Gerecht 2010

  • I still can recall those beautiful red apple faced small girls; hanging their school bags on theirs backs; in white clean shalwar qameez [National Dress of Pakistan] uniform; covering their heads with scarfs leaving for schools in groups early morning.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

  • Is that a see through qameez (shirt) this sham is wearing? with all the golden flowers on the qameez.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

  • Is that a see through qameez (shirt) this sham is wearing? with all the golden flowers on the qameez.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

  • The KESC technician is working in loose shalwar qameez and without even insulated gloves.

    ALL THINGS PAKISTAN 2008

  • NO loose clothing (e.g. no shalwar qameez) and some way of making the ladders fall-safe (e.g. harnesses) may be the easiest and cheaper way of ensuring an electrical worker's safety. photo to the left above is from July 21, 2008 in Karachi.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

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