The residents of Mohallah Imambargah have protested against lack of public parks in the area during Eid holidays. “In every area and sector of the city, public parks provide healthy environment to the residents, but, we, the inhabitants of Mohalla Imambargah have been deprived of this facility, said Liaqat Hussain, a teacher.
“We, the housewives, continue to remain confined in the four walls of our homes the whole day long and in the evening we can not find any place to have a walk as no parks has been built in this area, said a group of house wives.
“Our children are going to indulge in immoral habits due to non availability of any public park, said a group of parents.
“We the retired employees are living a frustrated life as no public park exists here to provide us opportunity to have a walk, said Jan Mohammad a pensioner.
The residents have demanded immediate construction of a public park in the area to provide healthy milieu to them.
Life returning to normal in twin cities: After giving a deserted look for almost five days, life is slowly returning to normal in the twin cities as people are returning from their hometowns after celebrating Eidul Fitr with their families and relatives.
A large number of people residing in the twin cities in connection with their jobs go to their hometowns every year to celebrate Eid with their near and dear ones.
They mainly belong to various cities of the country and are living in the twin cities for their studies or jobs.
The government this time has announced three Eid holidays, while people started leaving for home to celebrate Eid on Friday as the government has also announced two weekly offs.
It took the total number of holidays to seven, as people also attached two days of Thursday and Friday to make their stay longer at their native towns.
Adeel Arshad, a resident of Shamsabad, said, “It is good to see people coming back to Rawalpindi after celebrating Eid. Rawalpindi had become a ghost town during Eid holidays.
