KARACHI 18 Sep (Online): The recent floods have caused a whole lot of damage but only those who have visited the sites can begin to understand how deep it really goes. Anoushey Ashraf travelled to Balochistan with RJ Dino Ali and musician Natasha Baig to help out flood affectees and was saddened by the overall situation and neglect. She penned a passionate note, expressing her disappointment and blamed everyone who is okay with the state the country is in at the moment.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, she shared a video compilation of her visit and talked about sights that made her heart sink. \u201cEven though the floods have ravaged much of Pakistan, visiting the villages in Balochistan was of particular interest and high on the list of priorities for me. The province has been neglected as it is for way toooooo long. We don\u2019t know much about what it\u2019s really like,\u201d she wrote. \u201cAs expected, we were saddened to see broken roads, inundated lands, washed away bridges, etc but more than anything else, I was saddened to see the countless children affected by the negligence of their adults. Collectively, we\u2019ve given them next to nothing for their future. Not even slippers to wear. Today, I just don\u2019t blame the government but I blame myself, I blame you and every Pakistani who\u2019s okay with this.\u201d<\/p>\n
She talked about ignorance on the citizens\u2019 part and how they justify the wrongs in society instead of taking action. \u201cUs, the people who\u2019ve learned how to live with crisis everywhere around us like it doesn\u2019t exist. Unchecked population growth, poverty, sickness and bad healthcare is where our focus should be\u2026 Yet people turn a blind eye to this and find reasons to explain \u2018why this is the way it is\u2019\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
She prodded her followers with questions, claiming that the general public is in deep slumber. \u201cIf you can\u2019t help fix it, why run to them for votes? When does your integrity and moral compass come into play? When does an ounce of humanity awaken in you? In me? Indeed we\u2019re the way we are for we are in a deep, deep slumber. While God periodically sends us calamities one after the other for we may wake up. But alas.\u201d<\/p>\n
She quoted a poem by Lawrence Tribble that highlighted the power of one person who awakens and influences another and then a lot more with the domino effect. \u201cThank you Dino Ali Natasha Baig and Hassan Ali Effendi for being the best coworkers. We kept each other afloat. Thaila Sherwani zindabad!!\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n
In the video, Ashraf attached photos and clips that documented their journey of distributing over 2500 ration packs in a village in Wadh. \u201cBack broken but heart mended, a bit,\u201d she wrote. She explained that they had gone there with a company that was distributing relief items and had security provided by the FC Balochistan. She added that though she doesn\u2019t encourage protocol, it helped them deliver the items to the right place without trouble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI 18 Sep (Online): The recent floods have caused a whole lot of damage but only those who have visited the sites can begin to understand how deep it really goes. Anoushey Ashraf travelled to Balochistan with RJ Dino Ali and musician Natasha Baig to […]<\/p>\n
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