Hey guyss ! For all the other people not living in Karachi ,don't be saddened ,you all have motorways .
So I'm back in Karachi for vacations,it's actually time to go back in a week,and recently I've started to feel unsafe in Karachi . PS: Karachi is my home and I'm not one of those burger kids . I've actually spent good amount of my life here .
my vacations started on 13th Jan and that's the day I flew back to Karachi . And for almost a month,I felt pretty comfortable and safe in Karachi.Last year when I visited,I usually kept a small Nokia phone with myself but now I use a S4 whenever I go outside (I travel in Qingqis and rickshaws btw,no car ) and I until now I wasn't reluctant to use it .But these last couple of days since the bomb blasts started happening again ,I've found a huge feeling of uneasiness . Just today a random woman was continously ringing our bell and asking for capsule or other medicine and after an hour of ignoring her bell rings,she finally nudged off . Yesterday,my neighbor ,he was on his bike at the gate(who lives upstairs on third floor) asked his wife to send some stuff down with the help of that basket-tied-to-a-rope and while his wife was throwing the basket down,2 folks on bike came and snatched his wallet,cellphones EVEN his bike keys which had the keys to the house . As a result we (of course the neighbors) have to change the keys of the gates .
Yesterday,when I was coming back home from visiting a friend,the traffic jam on Rashid Minhas road was also making me feel unsafe,i've been stuck in traffic before but at that moment in the rickshaw,I was paranoid that some A-hole on a bike will come and snatch shit off of me and when I passed the Imtiaz super store ,I saw 3/4 cop cars which did not satisfy me because I have little to no hope in cops here.I feel a lot safe when I see rangers on the street compared to police .
Karachiites on PG,share your recent experience ! Do you think I'm being too paranoid ?
To add to this,my dad has also forbidden me from going outside at night regardless of what reason ,this includes even bringing rotis or other chores whatsoever.
So I'm back in Karachi for vacations,it's actually time to go back in a week,and recently I've started to feel unsafe in Karachi . PS: Karachi is my home and I'm not one of those burger kids . I've actually spent good amount of my life here .
my vacations started on 13th Jan and that's the day I flew back to Karachi . And for almost a month,I felt pretty comfortable and safe in Karachi.Last year when I visited,I usually kept a small Nokia phone with myself but now I use a S4 whenever I go outside (I travel in Qingqis and rickshaws btw,no car ) and I until now I wasn't reluctant to use it .But these last couple of days since the bomb blasts started happening again ,I've found a huge feeling of uneasiness . Just today a random woman was continously ringing our bell and asking for capsule or other medicine and after an hour of ignoring her bell rings,she finally nudged off . Yesterday,my neighbor ,he was on his bike at the gate(who lives upstairs on third floor) asked his wife to send some stuff down with the help of that basket-tied-to-a-rope and while his wife was throwing the basket down,2 folks on bike came and snatched his wallet,cellphones EVEN his bike keys which had the keys to the house . As a result we (of course the neighbors) have to change the keys of the gates .
Yesterday,when I was coming back home from visiting a friend,the traffic jam on Rashid Minhas road was also making me feel unsafe,i've been stuck in traffic before but at that moment in the rickshaw,I was paranoid that some A-hole on a bike will come and snatch shit off of me and when I passed the Imtiaz super store ,I saw 3/4 cop cars which did not satisfy me because I have little to no hope in cops here.I feel a lot safe when I see rangers on the street compared to police .
Karachiites on PG,share your recent experience ! Do you think I'm being too paranoid ?
To add to this,my dad has also forbidden me from going outside at night regardless of what reason ,this includes even bringing rotis or other chores whatsoever.
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