{"id":279659,"date":"2020-09-09T14:58:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T09:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=279659"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T09:58:24","slug":"wasim-akram-is-sad-about-how-messy-karachi-beach-is-again-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wasim-akram-is-sad-about-how-messy-karachi-beach-is-again-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasim Akram is Sad About How Messy Karachi Beach is (Again) [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistani cricketer, cricket commentator, and coach Wasim Akram recently returned home from England. He was happy to be back, however a walk at the beach changed all of that. The former bowler posted a video on Instagram expressing his grief over the garbage-filled Clifton Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, his wife Shaniera Akram organized a beach clean up drive. Many residents of the area, school children, and others joined her. Their beach clean up was a massive success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d I\u2019m so proud!! What a city we have!!!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveKarachi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveKarachi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CleanAndProud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CleanAndProud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LJzjOBcntj\">https:\/\/t.co\/LJzjOBcntj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shaniera Akram (@iamShaniera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamShaniera\/status\/1222722399071657985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, after the storm and disastrous flooding, it seems like the area is worse than it was before. With plastic bags, syringes, and even shoes lying around. Wasim Akram is highly disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what he posted on his Instagram account:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CE3FUV5gJJr\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pk.undp.org\/content\/pakistan\/en\/home\/blog\/2020\/the-good--the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-plastics-in-pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">UNDP<\/a> almost 3.3 million tonnes of plastic is thrown out as waste in Pakistan. While plastic on its own is hazardous enough, threatening the wildlife, throwing it out in public is even more so.<\/p>\n<p>We hope Wasim Akram&#8217;s video is taken as a message of awareness and people start taking the responsibility of keeping their city clean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wasim-akram-shuts-down-troll-who-started-moral-policing-his-daughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wasim Akram Shuts Down Troll Who Started Moral Policing His Daughter<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistani cricketer, cricket commentator, and coach Wasim Akram recently returned home from England. He was happy to be back, however a walk at the beach changed all of that. The former bowler posted a video on Instagram expressing his grief over the garbage-filled Clifton Beach. Earlier this year, his wife Shaniera Akram organized a beach clean up drive. Many [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wasim-akram-is-sad-about-how-messy-karachi-beach-is-again-video\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":279663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"We hope his message spreads awareness.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lens-24-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lens-24-758x427.jpg",758,427,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lens-24.jpg",1000,563,false]},"author_name":"Yusra Rafiq","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Social Media"],"title_text":"Wasim Akram is Sad About How Messy Karachi Beach is (Again) [Video]","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1291&exclude=279659","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279659"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=279659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}