A Diamond In The Rough
A few days back, on one of my midnight walks in the streets of the capital. I saw this diamond in the rough lying right in the heart of Islamabad near F-6 super market. Yes this is a picture of a play ground in Islamabad not some western european welfare state. The facility has two tennis courts, a hockey ground, and a basketball field. It used be an old rugged playground that hardly had any grass, and where children from the nearby F-6 slum across the road used to play cricket. Now we see a world class facility for the citizens. 
The area is still under construction and would take a while to complete, but I hope there are more playgrounds such as these being developed in and around Islamabad because our youth is in serious needs of sports facilities.
This place looks absolutely fabulous!
Fucking NICE!
ah my love basketball :( i never found good one in Lahore…and i believe in every sector different kind of sports ground are being prepared. Atleast i have seen 3/4 of them.
They do have these sort of things on a subsector level to some extent. The quality however is very varying. This court seems out of this world. I will proudly say, projects like these are only feasible in Islamabad, on a city level.
Its not like kay only our DHAs and Cantt. residence areas are good, the entire city is getting a facelift. Yaaay to Kamran Lashari!
i wonder special effort for girls can also be made as i am extremely fond of playing basket ball.i recall that was the one sport in school that i was so obsessed about but latter in my college there was no basket ball sport available only tennis, wally ball kind ofthing (don’y know exctly)but i reallly miss playing basket ball.iwish i can do that again.
Nosheen, I am sure if you make an effort to the court with your own basket ball, you will get a chance. Slowly try to prove yourself, and I am sure the males there will give you a chance to play. Its all about confidence, and the confidence in have confidence. Other than that you can gather a small group of friends and head on to the court and ask people playing there to give you some court time because its all about sharing and caring! Somethings that I use for my footie practice. I am sure, we are not [a community] affluent enough to have walled, roofed playing areas for women now.
nice
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw those fiber glass boards for basketball!!!
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> It used be an old rugged playground that hardly
> had any grass, and where children from the
> nearby F-6 slum across the road used to play
> cricket.
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so where do these “children from the nearby F-6 slum” play cricket *now* ?
it actually looks really good … i didn’t know there was a park this amazing in Pakistan … i’ve got to come to Islamabad and play in that basketball court …
it actually looks really good … i didn’t know there was a park this amazing in Pakistan … i’ve got to come to Islamabad and play in that basketball court …