Fresh air.

By kar_huma
March 30th, 2006 @ 12:06 PM Thoughts and Rants

A thought that struck me yesterday, after being stuck in traffic for 40 minutes: When was the last time you inhaled fresh, clean air in this city?

17 Comments so far

  1. Abid Ansari (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 12:16 pm

    Is it the first time u got stuck?, its common for the ppl who touches Shahra e Faisal, no proper management just care for VVIPs


  2. Schawlaf (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 12:39 pm

    Subha Subha Fajar ke bad Hillpark par achi hawa aati hai , I’ve never been there but my Abu goes there for walk


  3. MB (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 12:43 pm

    @HUMA : You are really lucky. Say “shabash” to me. I got stuck near Mazar-e-Quaid for not more, but “only” 105 minutes on Imam Hussain’s chehlum. The buses, Trucks, Rickshaws , with the most “clean” of gasses throwing out tried their best that i die right there. But thanks to my good health that i & all others there survived.

    Be content dear. Worst is yet to come.

    I saw an apparently ill women asking her son to see a way out, which he obviously could not. I only managed calling few “good” names to those responsible for such a mess. I wonder if she made it to the doctor or THE GOD.

    @ABID: Abid atleast SF has open space, so once in a while you can be fortunate to breath few fresh air molecules. Try an adventure near Sadar or MA JINNAH.


  4. Adnan Siddiqi (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 1:00 pm


    But thanks to my good health that i & all others there survived.

    you still drink NIDO milk?


  5. Zain (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 1:08 pm

    MB, didn’t you know that it was Chehlum procession that day?

    Well I have a lovely balcony with yards of open space in front hence fresh air all the time after a rough and tough day in KHI traffic.


  6. MB (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 2:35 pm

    @ZAIB : I did, and I had to do my work as well. I was feeling more for that poor lady.


  7. MB (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 2:36 pm

    ZAIN *

    Sorry for the spell


  8. Inspirex (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 3:09 pm

    Last time, march 23, 2006. I took a drive out towards hawks bay.


  9. Jay the big J (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 5:33 pm

    Never,.. .. But my father did about 40 – 45 years back when our city had no Traffic and very Innocent Awaam !


  10. Afreen (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 6:19 pm

    Today, when I woke up at fajr.

    Nothing better than early morning fresh air.


  11. yo yo (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 7:58 pm

    There is a thick dense layer of black SMOG in Karachi mornings. Which thins away during the day as the temprature rises.

    I am not sure how u get fresh air in the morning. Feels like inhaling all the pollution from yesterday.


  12. DarthVader (unregistered) on March 30th, 2006 @ 8:15 pm

    fresh air makes me sick now. can’t handle it .


  13. Inspirex (unregistered) on March 31st, 2006 @ 6:28 am

    i got caught up in VIP movement today….
    was forced to drive about 5 km ahead from my intended destination…..while i was low on fuel….
    the cops later allowed me to stop close to a closed fuel station, till the VIP passed…and then i refuelled and got moving again….


  14. Zag (unregistered) on March 31st, 2006 @ 12:17 pm

    The flip side……. While everyone was stuck on the side of Metroploe to airport, the other side was empty and I was the lucky few who were doing 140 kph on SF. Also, it was a weird experience driving on Karsaz where one side was jam packed for almost half the stretch, but on the other side, there were only two cars, mine and one of these new corollas they’ve given to the police department.


  15. Jay the big J (unregistered) on April 1st, 2006 @ 7:33 am

    Sadly the traffic Diversion Claimed another Innocent life.. A University student had to be rushed to hospital for Appendix… But died on her way to the hospital ( more in Dawn).


  16. temporal (unregistered) on April 3rd, 2006 @ 3:15 am

    hill park

    last visit to khi…woke up before sunrise and walked up to the hill park

    the air was fresh

    but when the sun rose the rest of the city was still bathed in pollution


  17. RAMZAN (unregistered) on April 19th, 2006 @ 3:10 pm

    FOR FRESH AIR, PLEASE DONOT TALK MORE ON THIS TOPIC OTHERWISE GOVT WL IMPOSE MORE THAN ONE TAX ON IT … FOR GOD SAKE ,, ITS ALREADY TOO MUCH ON AWAM, PLS AVOID SUCH TOPICS… HAVE A FRESH THINK ON THIS TOO.



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