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Picking a living  off garbage dumpsISLAMABAD

Picking a living off garbage dumps

Nisar Ahmed, 17, gets up early in the morning and makes rounds in the streets of the federal capital to search and collect waste material. Collecting garbage is not Nisar’s hobby but<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/picking-a-living-off-garbage-dumps/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 4, 2011
Foreign

UN-sponsored reconciliation talks to open in Somalia

Somali leaders began gathering Sunday for a three-day national reconciliation conference under UN auspices amid high security in war-shattered Mogadishu. African Union peacekeepers deployed around the parliament talks venue in the capital<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/un-sponsored-reconciliation-talks-to-open-in-somalia/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 4, 2011
LAHORE

132 Pakistanis stranded in Jeddah reach Lahore

The 132 Pakistani Umrah pilgrims who had been stranded at Jeddah airport for the past week reached Lahore on Saturday. As per details, PIA’s first flight, PK-760 carrying 450 passengers, including the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/132-pakistanis-stranded-in-jeddah-reach-lahore/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 4, 2011
NATIONAL

Dengue fever hits Punjab

Punjab is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals across the province, said officials and hospital sources. A report issued by the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/dengue-fever-hits-punjab/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 4, 2011
NATIONAL

PIA flight cancellations, delays annoy Umra pilgrims

A large number of Umra pilgrims are still stranded at Jeddah International Airport because of heavy rush and mismanagement. Six Lahore-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights have been cancelled in the last<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/03/pia-flight-cancellations-delays-annoy-umra-pilgrims/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 3, 2011
Sports

Rubens tells Williams to stick with him

Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello has urged his Williams team to follow the example of Red Bull and Mercedes and put their faith in experience next year by re-signing him as lead driver<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/03/rubens-tells-williams-to-stick-with-him/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 3, 2011
NATIONAL

US arrests Pakistani on terror support charges

A Pakistani man who received commando training from Islamist militants before moving to a Washington suburb has been arrested and charged with providing support to a terror group, US officials said Friday.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/03/us-arrests-pakistani-on-terror-support-charges/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 3, 2011
England hold their nerve as India lose againSports

England hold their nerve as India lose again

England inflicted yet another defeat upon India as they won the lone Twenty20 international by six wickets at Old Trafford here on Wednesday. The hosts, chasing 166 to win, finished on 169<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/03/england-hold-their-nerve-as-india-lose-again/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 3, 2011
NATIONAL

Hurriyat leaders contemplated contesting state elections in 2008

Whistleblower website Wikileaks, which published its full archive of 251,000 covert US diplomatic cables, claims that the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was contemplating contesting state assembly election in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/03/hurriyat-leaders-contemplated-contesting-state-elections-in-2008/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 3, 2011