I was born and raised in Karachi

I lived in Karachi for very brief periods, One thing I remember from my child hood in Karachi is walking in F.B. Area/water pump night time with my brother in law for a soft drinks, Eid shopping on Tariq raod and riding G-3 bus to commute to PECHS FDN school. etc etc. Can we have security and honesty in Karachi, and it is the best place. Always pray for Pakistan.

It's still better to see kids playing rather than under hard labor.

A childhood favourite past-time of mine was reading story books. Ofcourse children in Karachi should be given larger space for their own leisure and game. Physical activity is a must, as simple as playing tag among a group of children to develop social skills. But self-development and introspection is just as vital - which I believe happens most readily by reading. Children in Pakistan need to be encouraged more to read simply for the joy of it rather than due to the academic obligation. Stories, be it books or children newspapers is an indispensable means for them to grow their imagination and create a sense of hope in themselves of what they're capable of achieving.

I grew up in the 13-C block of Gulshan-e-Iqbal located between the Gilani and Urdu College train stations. When we moved to that neighborhood in 1977 it was very sparsely populated with dirt roads and no apartment buildings. The whole neighborhood had just one designated open area in the middle of the block where we kids use to play. As the area grew, some adults started using a small portion of the playground for Friday prayers. Slowly this weekly congregation expanded to the daily five times gathering which resulted in the construction of a permanent concrete slab for prayer in the middle of the ground. A year later they added a permanent mosque structure on that slab with walls and temporary roof and few years later they added temporary housing for imam and a mosque courtyard. Eventually, we were told that they we couldn

In an overpopulated and crowded city like Karachi recreational activities, parks, places of leisure are almost an after thought. Yes the city could use a few more public parks, grounds and play areas for children. However Karachi's problems are so basic that a demand of public parks, grounds and play areas doesn

It is fine if you are a little young and wasting time playing forever. What is hard to bear is to see young men behaving like young boys and playing cricket on the streets or simply wasting time on the street corners. We are lucky so far that the photographer has decided to stay enchanted taking shots at the little boys. Imagine if he takes shots at those who are sitting aimlessly in the restaurants. Why be sentimental about the past?

When I was growing in Saddar on Mansefield Street, the same roads appeared un-crossable because they appeared so big and could be used as playgrounds. Then suddenly there were buses all over the road and there was no place to play. Yes indeed children of Karachi need large play areas so that they can spend time in healthy sports activities and not in snooker clubs. These clubs are not for small children who are not going to school and spending time in these suspicious place where they are vulnerable to exploitation of various forms. The children in the picture are more like street children, who should be in schools studying.

Give children a place of play, and produce another Shoaib Akhtar.

While looking at the little boy busy in playing I notice that he never forgot to raise his hand to greet with enthusiasm and spirit, which shows that our values and hope is still alive in our future to survive ignoring the cacophony of drones, bomb blast & hue and cry of their parents in panic. Let the clouds be cleared and sun rays to come and shine through out the world.

Not Karachi but children from all parts of Pakistan must be provided the place for healthy extra and co curricular activities. They deserve it and it

It actually frightens me to see children playing in the open without the care of their parents. It definitely is going to sound very negative and very dark but the fact is that in our society not only the Talibans are a big threat but also there are so many other people who use children for their ill purposes. There are those that molest children. Then we have those who kidnap children for ransom, to make them beggars/thieves/pickpockets etc or to smuggle them to other countries. I dread to see children playing in the open without any parental supervision. When we were young we never had such problems but even in those good times there was a limit on the playing areas and as well as the timings. But that did not turned us into silk purse.