After Karachi, Islamabad faces municipal chaos
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad: Pakistan´s green and clean capital city is presenting a pathetic picture of neglect by its administrators and municipal authorities these days, as sanitary workers of the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad recently observed five-day strike protesting non-payment of wages for last five months. The city is divided into sectors, and the maintenance of Islamabad´s `G´ sectors (G-5 to G-14) is done through private contractors who hire daily-wage sweepers, mostly from the Christian community of the city, and pay them Rs12,500 (Dh293) monthly as...