Amidst dense fog: Pakistan

Published January 21, 2012
Children play during a foggy morning in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, January 16, 2012. - AP Photo
Children play during a foggy morning in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, January 16, 2012. - AP Photo
Pakistani students are on their way to school as fog engulfed the city of Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, January 16, 2012. - AP Photo
Pakistani students are on their way to school as fog engulfed the city of Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, January 16, 2012. - AP Photo
A Pakistani man looks inside a garbage container while collecting items he hopes to sell to a recycling factory, on a foggy and cold morning in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, January 20, 2012. - AP Photo
A Pakistani man looks inside a garbage container while collecting items he hopes to sell to a recycling factory, on a foggy and cold morning in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, January 20, 2012. - AP Photo
Heavy fog engulfs the city of Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, January 16, 2012. - AP Photo
Heavy fog engulfs the city of Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, January 16, 2012. - AP Photo
A family travels on a donkey cart amid dense fog on a cold morning in Lahore January 18, 2012. - Reuters Photo
A family travels on a donkey cart amid dense fog on a cold morning in Lahore January 18, 2012. - Reuters Photo
A boy rides on the back of a bicycle amid dense fog on a cold morning in Lahore on January 18, 2012.- Reuters Photo
A boy rides on the back of a bicycle amid dense fog on a cold morning in Lahore on January 18, 2012.- Reuters Photo
Pakistani men stand next to their camels in amidst fog in Peshawar on January 16, 2012. Several major cities of Pakistan have been engulfed by thick fog for many days causing cancellation, delays of flights and trains for indefinite period and closure of motorway for traffic at different sections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. - AFP Photo
Pakistani men stand next to their camels in amidst fog in Peshawar on January 16, 2012. Several major cities of Pakistan have been engulfed by thick fog for many days causing cancellation, delays of flights and trains for indefinite period and closure of motorway for traffic at different sections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. - AFP Photo
A Pakistani man rides his bicycle along a foggy street of Peshawar on January 16, 2012.  Several major cities of Pakistan have been engulfed by thick fog for many days causing cancellations, delays of flights and trains for indefinite period and closure of motorway for traffic at different sections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. - AFP Photo
A Pakistani man rides his bicycle along a foggy street of Peshawar on January 16, 2012. Several major cities of Pakistan have been engulfed by thick fog for many days causing cancellations, delays of flights and trains for indefinite period and closure of motorway for traffic at different sections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. - AFP Photo

Several cities of Pakistan have been engulfed by a thick fog for many days, causing flight and train cancellations as well as the closure of the motorways in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Photos by Agencies

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