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Shaniera Akram demands to close Clifton beach

Shaniera Akram demands to close Clifton beach
September 3, 2019
KARACHI (92 News) – Wasim Akram’s wife, former Pakistan cricket captain, Shaniera Akram on Tuesday demanded to close the Clifton beach, declaring as unsaved place. the wofe of Wasim Akram took her twitter to declare that the Karachi beach in a state of emergency. She urged the concerned authorities to draw attention towards the horrific condition of Karachi’s Clifton beach. “As of this minute, I Shaniera Akram, a citizen of Karachi declare Clifton beach officially hazardous and is in state of an emergency,” she tweeted. “I have found over 4 dozen open syringes in the last 10 minutes. This is a biohazard and our beach needs to be closed down until the proper authorities can guarantee the people of Karachi are safe. This has gone on long enough, peoples lives are at risk.” “Medical waste, syringes, viles of blood that has come in from the ocean has spread across Clifton beach for kilometres. The beach is biohazardous and in a state of emergency.” She said, “There is kilometres of medical waste including hundreds of open needle syringes amongst other things, that has come in from the ocean. Clifton beach, at this moment, is extremely dangerous and needs to be shut down.” “Right now on Clifton Beach! Please listen to me, this has crossed the line of dangerous! We need to #CloseTheBeachNow #StateOfEmergency #CliftonBeachIsABioHazardZone,” Akram shared images and mentioned.   “Why is the beach still open? For me,This is not a blame game this is a “we need to act now”problem & close the beach. I don’t want to be in this position but I have no choice peoples lives are at stake and I was faced with a moral obligation. People needed to know about this.”