ICT parks and picnic points bustle during Eid holidays
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
On the final day of Eid, major parks in Islamabad saw large crowds as families gathered for celebrations. District officials remained on-site to manage traffic and safety, with parks set to close after sunset to ease post-holiday transitions. According to the spokesman of ICT administration, residents flocked to popular green spaces like Daman-e-Koh, Lake View Park, F-9 Park, and Japan Park on Eid’s final day.
To manage the surge, Islamabad’s district administration deployed teams to monitor traffic flow and enforce safety protocols. Key officials, including Additional Deputy Commissioner General Sahibzada Yousaf and Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Ali, oversaw operations.
In a statement, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad Irfan Nawaz Memon confirmed that parks would close after Maghrib prayers to ensure public safety. Meawhile, he praised district staff for working through the holiday, emphasising their role in maintaining order. “Despite being away from their families, our teams prioritised citizen safety on roads and in parks,” Memon said. Coordination between Islamabad Police and district authorities ensured smooth operations across the three-day holiday, with no major incidents reported.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
