Postcard from Islamabad - Fatima Jinnah Park

Photographer in Pakistan

Monument - Fatima Jinnah Park

Islamabad is a planned city, split into different zones. It is an easy city to get around as each sector is given a letter and a number. Each residential sector covers a block, an area of approximately 2km by 2km.

F9 is given over entirely to Fatima Jinnah Park. The park has lots of walking paths through natural grasslands and trees. As I went out early on a cold and foggy morning it was eerily beautiful with dew gathering on leaves and branches, trees and park benches were opaque in the fog.

As it was cold and because the park is large I hardly saw another person. The few people I did see were jogging or walking briskly to keep warm.

I also came across three women cutting firewood. I didn’t speak to them but I am guessing that the firewood will be used for cooking, keeping warm and perhaps some of it will be sold.

I will return to Fatima Jinnah Park, when the weather is a little warmer.

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