Spitting habit

Published October 15, 2018

THE addicts among us don’t care about where they spit. This is now a major problem leading to health hazards and social inconvenience to people.

In our case, be it Quetta, Karachi or any other city, passersby and even people driving cars spit mucus along with rapper (naswar) and paan on roads, with no care or concerned about others walking along the way. This must stop now and people doing so be fined by the traffic police.

Shagufta Manzoor

Karachi

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2018

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