Street delicacies

Despite the question of hygiene, some of the better tasting food can be found on the streets as opposed to the fancy - and often prohibitively expensive.

A stack of rotis is piled up at a food joint on a street in Peshawar

A roadside vendor arranges his collection of dates neatly for the customer.

At a local market in Rawalpinidi, a man prepares chai (tea)

A man prepares tikkas while a customer eagerly waits in the background in Islamabad

A man prepares bhuttas (corn) for his customers