Karachi is sprawling with poor people.
KARACHI: Karachi is sprawling with poor people. Many live on the street, around shrines and inside parks. The weather of Karachi is unpredictable. During winter, Karachi can get significantly cold enough. These poor people spend cold nights without a shelter over their heads and make do with whatever clothes they have. They do not have comforters and shawls like many of us. Owing to the recent economic conditions the city has become increasingly polarised where the rich are getting richer and the poor are dying. Being able members of society, we have to contribute whatever we can for those in need, not because they have less, but because as fellow human beings and for the sake of humanity it is our responsibility to help the needy. By doing so you are nothing more or nothing less.
Just the other day my friend met a boy on the road who was crying non-stop. When my friend asked the poor boy, he said that he was feeling really cold. This melted my friend’s heart and he decided to drop it back home after giving the boy the shawl my friend brought from Sehwan.
Try and give away anything warm you have lying around in your house that is not being used. Take out warm old clothes those that are not being worn anymore and donate them to those you see on the streets. If God has blessed you with more then please buy some warm clothes and distribute it to those that need them.
Rehman Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, December 29th, 2019.
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