Walk for a Better Tomorrow; A healthy day pass

 

Walking through Rose and Jasmine Garden to Shakrparia Islamabad, Pakistan 28-11-2020

Munaza Kazmi

Saturday 28 November 2020, an event was conducted namely “Save Tomorrow Walk for a Better World” by Karim Khan Afridi Welfare Foundation (KKAWF) with collaboration of Serena Hotels, in which several participants of civil society and senior members of diplomatic community have joined. The walk was basically grounded on raising the awareness for the public regarding the overdose of drug; is one of the curliest enemies of all the times, that had consumed over 130 million youth of Pakistan and not just Pakistan, I would say it is a global issue.

It was a three Kilometers walk, stated from Rose and Jasmine Garden to finished at Open Air Theater Shakrparia. In the way the participants were served by fresh water and truly breath-taking scenes of towering bamboo tree, the beautiful red roses and widespread bushes of Jasmine, there I remembered of my childhood when I come along my family to the nearby parks and much celebrated Lok-Virsa.

Here I would love to add that, now a days our lives held tightly with the 9am-5pm, OH no! since some difficult business owners asks for 9am-6pm working hours, on that the web of virtual world had tighten the grip so hard around us that in that beautiful colorful place my heart felt with disgust when I saw couple of youth hovering over their mobile phones and ignoring the magic of surroundings. Sadly, we don’t have time or we ourselves have engulfed in the technology that we had forgotten how marvelous the nature surrounding us exits. In my opinion much of such events should be organized with public private partnership in order to make the lives more beautiful, healthy and natural.

 

Well the walk ended at Open Air Theater Shakrparia, where an event began with an energetic performance of all the participants by chanting the National Anthem of Pakistan, followed by speech of KKAWF president Cristina Afridi who stressed on the idea of drug free populace, then prize distribution ceremony and a heartily goodbye with high tea.

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Munaza Kazmi is a student of Master of Philosophy at Bahria University Islamabad. 

Her debut novel is Unrequited Love. She’s an author, columnist writing in different newspapers and a researcher having seven publications till yet, she’s been writing since 2016.

You can connect to Kazmi at twitter @munaza_kazmi or on research gate as munaza kazmi.