NEWS OF SUBSTANCE

Update on Afghan children and scavengers:

By: Nasser Yousaf

Last night, I went out in my car to fetch some grocery. Rain was really pouring down. The so called upscale Jadoon Market in Abbottabad was closed from one end to the other except for a vegetable shop where a six or seven year old Afghan boy was standing right in the middle of the road, not even caring to take shelter from the rain that was falling down in torrents. This child is a common sight at this particular spot. I wonder who his father is 🤔; today, I will try to check with the vege seller if we could locate him.

If this child hasn't got fever and cold after having got himself exposed to the elements in this manner then he must be a supernatural being, made of steel.

Elsewhere scavengers could be seen rummaging through the garbage as usual while the other Afghan children, who beg while pretending to be selling green coriander and mint, could now be seen selling masks 🎭 made from cloth. Life thus goes on in the Time of Corona 😏.