QUETTA needs parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities. Other than Quetta Cantonment, which has Musa Stadium and some other parks for public, the city does not have any major facility.

Askari Park, Benazir Bhutto Park and Liaquat Park are now reduced to only barren pieces of land or merely gathering spots for families.

Balochistan’s annual budget of around Rs17 billion lapsed in May 2017 and it was returned to the federal government. The provincial government could have at least repaired or constructed parks with that money not only in Quetta but in all district and divisional headquarters, but it did not.

Parks should be built by the city government and they should have walking tracks besides play areas for kids and cafeterias.

M. Zakaullah Khan

Quetta

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2017