area around lal masjid in islamabad

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what is the area like i.e. from an economic perspective, affluent area, poor area?

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Lal masjid is in the G Sector right, near Apbara Market, if so ... it used to be a poor area compared to the F sector, but now I dont know. Kyoun ap ne plot khardana hia?

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kyun aap apni jhuggi baych rahee hain?

I am just confused that reporters are saying that people dont have anythign to eat or drink.

fridge waghaira naheen hotay logon kay paas?

dry cheezainn bhi hoti hain ghar mein, daal, chawal, piyaz, etc

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hain?
we use to live near that area 25 years ago, ppl are not that poor.
wahan pe governement ke quatars tee, they also used to be red color, actualy not a rich area, not not poor also. abb ka mujay nahi patta. Lakin islamabad's properity bohut expensive ho gi hai and those quatars are given to that ppl as owners.

hum kahan islamabad me plot ke malak.

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Moslty people from grades I to 16 live in sector G-6 and most of them are considered to be poor - compared to the people who live in the F sectors.

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Sector G-6 has got lal quarters and lal masjid i.e. majority of the houses are government servant quarters.

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I do not thinks so, they have been given to them on ownership basis. But majority of the Government servants got plots in new areas of Islamabad over the years.

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Yeah I know of new Plots for Government servants, but are those who have been living for decades in those quarters not their owners now? I thought they have been given to them on ownership basis.

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but are they at a level that if they dont do groceries for one day that they will have nothing to eat?

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^ NO NO ... there was this jumma bazar near by, there is the abpara market, there is plenty to eat.

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yeah but like if teh market is closed for one or 2 days would people run out of food?

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if you ask me seriously, from my childhood experience, we allways had plenty even though my father wasnt getting that much pay as he did later. Food was allways plenty.

There are small shops on every corner of the blocks, there are shops at ppl's homes, there are stocks that ppl have at home, like sugar, rice, atta wagaira, we went to bazar once a week to get fresh veggies, fruits supplies and my mom would by small things from the shops nearby.

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no, not if they have supplies at home which most of them do.

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i dunno what the hue and cry is about ppl w/o food to eat in the area who are hungry due to curfew

sounded a bit over teh top

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which channel was saying this? pakistani?

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yeah AAj TV

http://www.jumptv.com/en/channel/aajtv/?language=English&region=&ref=C_B_Asia_www.aaj.tv_012307&utm_source=www.aaj.tv&utm_medium=Channel&utm_content=aaj_tv&utm_campaign=Asia_aaj_tv-012307

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uh! getting Webwasher at work, so cannot see the link, but its a bit over the top, which idiot goes shopping everday, no one dies if they cannot go to the shops for 2 days. maybe they cannot get their ready made chat patta food from the markets and are dying of eating at home.

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Its one of the oldest area's of Islamabad. I guess the Islambadian middle class lives and has always lived in the area.

Maybe not everyone was able to keep stock of edibles to come through the curfew, and all daal chawal and aaata is fnished for some. So they must be hungry. Or close to starving even.

They were saying the same thing on Geo TV this morning.

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Yaar Gizzy, neighbors kis leyay hai, do din ki baat hai,curfew is over.

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Maybe neighours ko bhi apni apni parhi hogi..

curfew is over?
I was watching live coverage just now and they were saying its like ghost town around here, as no one was on the streets?