Shaniera and Wasim Akram Raise Voice to Draw Attention Towards Littered Sea and Karachi City
Star cricketer Wasim Akram and his wife Shaniera Akram were out on a walk earlier this week and the had a rather unpleasant experience at the Karachi beach. Filled with heaps of garbage and trash, the place reeked of a dump and the couple ‘has had enough’ so they took it to social media to raise voice on the matter.
“It was Monday morning, and I thought it is a fresh start, the first day of the week, but I’ve made a huge mistake bringing my wife to Seaview,” said the former skipper.
“It’s embarrassing. She chants to the entire world that Pakistan is beautiful, its people are beautiful – yes people might be beautiful, but they’re also dirty,” he added.
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Wasim then rightly pointed out that the citizens of Karachi are themselves responsible for their miserable conditions and nobody can help them if they don’t do anything.
We need to stop pretending this is ok because it’s not! pic.twitter.com/obPZhP44Vd
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) October 5, 2020
Shaniera too then took to Twitter and lamented over the same issue.
Our city is in pain and it’s telling us every day. We are crying out for help but no body can hear us. This has got to stop! This has bought shame on our city, our people and on our culture. This is not who we are 🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/aM0gAXL7dU
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) October 5, 2020
“Our city is sick, our marine life is choking, our people are crying, our children are playing in rubbish and the world is watching us do nothing!” tweeted Shaniera.
Our city is sick, our marine life is choking, our people are crying, our children are playing in rubbish and the world is watching us do nothing! pic.twitter.com/SEiIXyEAOO
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) October 5, 2020
“It’s not just the beach, there is garbage everywhere. It’s on our street corners, our lanes, outside our shops, in front of our offices, next to our schools, dumped on vacant land, outside our homes, on our only beach, and its in our ocean. We are literally swimming in it!” the socialite added while urging authorities and citizens to take charge.
It’s not just the beach, there is garbage everywhere. It’s on our street corners, our lanes, outside our shops, in front of our offices, next to our schools, dumped on vacant land, outside our homes, on our only beach and its in our ocean. We are literally swimming in it !
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) October 4, 2020
All I see is rubbish & people breaking the law. Shops with piles of rubbish, sewerage tankers offloading in the ocean, Housing blocks looking like they are falling apart because no one wants to paint or fix them.There is no pride anymore Karachi. It’s like we have given up caring
— Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) October 4, 2020
